What caused Birmingham City’s Alfie May to unleash foul-mouthed rant at Amazon Prime cameraman

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Former Birmingham City striker Alfie May directed a foul-mouthed demand towards an Amazon Prime cameraman during the filming of Built In Birmingham.

Birmingham City have released an Amazon Prime fly-on-the-wall documentary, starring Tom Brady and Tom Wagner during the Blues’ triumphant League One-winning season. 

The documentary showcased Birmingham City in their finest hour, picking up silverware at the end of a record-breaking campaign, but things did not always go the way of Blues boss Chris Davies.

Throughout the season, there was plenty of back-and-forth with Wrexham, who are owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac. The away contest against the Red Dragons finished as a stalemate, which sparked a huge reaction from former Birmingham City striker Alfie May, who proceeded to scream a foul-mouthed rant towards a cameraman in the dressing room.

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What Alfie May said following Wrexham draw

In the fly-on-the-wall documentary, viewers are taken behind-the-scenes as the Birmingham City squad react to a 1-1 draw away to Wrexham during a time the league leaders had seen a drop in form.

Before the game, Blues boss Chris Davies is seen saying: “We know we are better than them [Wrexham], so let’s go and f____ prove it.”

Unfortunately, it didn’t play out that way. Blues were held to a 1-1 draw after falling behind inside the first 10 minutes, with Ollie Rathbone opening the scoring for Wrexham.

Throughout the game, club owner Tom Wagner was clearly unimpressed with the performance. He said: “They’re definitely not pressing as much as they usually do, they just do not have the same energy tonight.

“What we wanted was to kick the s___ out of them, what we got was a draw.”

A clip then showed May being substituted, where he was clearly frustrated, declaring: “we should have ‘f____ scored”.

Tempers continued to fray in the dressing room following the game, which ended 1-1 as Chris Davies told the cameraman to “get out of here” and as the camera moved towards the exit, Alfie May then screamed: f___ off cameraman, f___ off!”

May had been revealing about the levels that Blues boss Davies expects of the players, having previously said: “The gaffer wants every day 100%, he wants to win the ball high, he wants to play football in their half. It’s not easy, it’s relentless.”

Reacting to May’s outburst, Davies saw the positives of players showing ‘passion’ and ‘emotion’, where he said: “There’s a theory that if you just stay completely calm the whole time, everything will be alright but sometimes it needs emotion, it needs passion and the players know what I’m like, the emotional side is real and it’s there.”

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Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight details the minimum Birmingham City fans expect

Steven Knight, the executive producer behind the new Birmingham City documentary also sympathised with the reaction by May, which was arguably sparked because of the lofty expectations that Blues fans rightly hold.

Speaking on the documentary, Knight said: “You’re playing a team you’re expected to beat, if things go wrong as a consequence of our own mistakes, then there will be an issue; nobody will be sympathetic to players who are getting paid to do this job.

“Blues fans have travelled and spent money, and if they see a performance where people don’t seem to be trying, that really does cause trouble.

“There’s nothing like winning to keep the energy up, but it’s a totally different thing if you’re going away and drawing or losing, it’s a totally different emotional experience.”

Following the promotion last season, there is no doubt that Blues fans will continue to expect plenty of this Birmingham City side, especially after the signings that have been made.

Birmingham City have spent big this summer, and they will no doubt share the fans’ lofty expectations.