Culture lovers flocked to the Hockley Social Club this year to marvel at the Birmingham Royal Ballet performing highlights from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty. On Sunday, it will be the balletic grace of local lad Jude Bellingham that awakens the spirits of 1,000 football fans gathering to watch England battle Spain in the Euro 2024 final.
The success of the Three Lions heralds a badly needed money-spinner for the venue, one that is particularly poignant because it came courtesy of a last-minute winner from another Birmingham hero, Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins.
