The stewards at St Andrew’s, decked out in orange bibs, were in no mood to allow a second fans’ protest to take place last night..
It wasn’t so much a 50-man ring of steel - and it wouldn’t have been obliterated set against mass dissension - but any attempt by disgruntled Birmingham City supporters to make their point about the Championship club’s ownership wasn’t on the agenda of the hired guardians.
At the weekend, the fans’ frustration became the focal point ahead of a meeting with Barnsley. A march from the city centre that ended on the Kop car park certainly left few under any illusion as to the depth of feeling.