Football: Gold surprised over Eriksson's Heskey snub FIRST Edition

"[Emile Heskey] then had to play wide left and then back up front on his own and Emile is the sort of person who would always put the team before his own ambitions." [David Gold]'s verdict on Heskey was echoed by Birmingham's assistant manager, Eric Black. The Blues No 2 is a con...

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Published inBirmingham post (Birmingham, England)
Main Author Clarkson, Ian
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Birmingham (UK) Mirror Regional Newspapers 07.10.2005
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Black, Eric
Eriksson, Sven Goran
Gold, David
Grainger, Martin
Heskey, Emile
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Summary:"[Emile Heskey] then had to play wide left and then back up front on his own and Emile is the sort of person who would always put the team before his own ambitions." [David Gold]'s verdict on Heskey was echoed by Birmingham's assistant manager, Eric Black. The Blues No 2 is a confirmed Heskey fan and believes he is as good as any player in Europe for holding the ball up. While Heskey plays second fiddle to [Peter Crouch] in the England pecking order, Black says that, from a club point of view, it is of a huge benefit to Birmingham. He was Blues' player of the year last term and has started this campaign as though he has a point to prove once again.