Coming up in the Braggers' league in October and November...

Blues fans are hoping for more than a Toby Jug from their

Staffordshire sojourn in November

Bottom of the Braggers' League, Small Heath Alliance aka the Noses, have two forthcoming opportunities to clinch West Midlands 'Braggers' rights' this autumn firstly with a match against their old adversaries, Aston Villa, in October and a then second away trip, this one up the M6 to Stoke just a week later.

But it will be more than a pint of Ansells and a ceramic Toby Jug from which to drink it that Blues hope to bring home with them from these two clashes and I for one would not want to call the result of either game right now.

With the other 4 West Midlands teams on three points a piece in the Braggers' League as it stands after 4 local derbies, Blues fans will be feeling nervous but not desperate and six points from these two games will take them straight to the top, pending Stokes visit to the Hawthorns in late November.

Baggy Bird - on a roll

Here are the big autumnal fixtures for the Braggers' League:

31st October

Aston Villa v Birmingham 12.00

9th November
Stoke v Birmingham 19.45

20th November
West Brom v Stoke, 15:00

Who do you think will come away from these matches with West Midlands Braggers' Rights?