Stoke City officials have released midfielders Tom Thorley and Jimmy Phillips as well as forward Marc Grocott.

Fresh off their promotion to the Premier League, Kevin Phillips and Chris Iwelumo guest star.

Bowyer, Carr and Phillips … they’ll bring Birmingham straight back down

Big-time Blues: Phillips fires Birmingham back to Prem

Kevin Phillips was the hero as his second-half winner sent Birmingham back to the Barclays Premier League with a 2-1 win over Reading.

Kevin Phillips has described his first season with Birmingham as “frustrating” despite the prospect of sealing promotion on Saturday.City are currently second in the Championship and will book their return to the Premier League if they beat Preston this Saturday.

Birmingham City’s top scorer Kevin Phillips says he has found this season “frustrating” even though Blues are on the verge of promotion.

The pick of the round in Dutch Eredivisie is the clash between PSV and Ajax, which will be played at Phillips Stadium. Ajax are doing much better than their rivals this season but the reigning champions have shown a lot of improvement in the last few weeks and they enter the match full of confidence.

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Kevin Phillips has pledged his future to Birmingham after recent reports linking him with a summer move to Australian side Perth Glory.The 35-year-old penned a two-year deal with Blues at the start of the season and has enjoyed a successful first campaign at St Andrew’s, grabbing 13 goals despite spending much of the season sidelined through injury.

WOLVES boss Mick McCarthy has told his players: Just stop Kevin Phillips