
Tom Brady sticks out like a sore thumb in Birmingham.
The former New England Patriots quarterback is a minority owner of Birmingham City, a working-class club in a working-class town, and seeing him in the back of a car being driven along familiar streets is a peculiar experience.
Brady was brought to Birmingham by fellow American and City chairman Tom Wagner – ‘My friend Wags’, as Brady calls him – and it was Wagner’s drive that underpinned a record-breaking 2024-25 promotion season and major regeneration plans off the pitch.