Congratulations and jubilations, as Cliff Richard so eloquently put it.
Today is the 34th birthday for one of Birmingham City’s goalkeepers, David Stockdale.
Stockdale joined the club back in 2017 and went on to establish himself as the club’s number one in his first season, however he fell down the pecking order with the arrival of Lee Camp and subsequently spent last season on loan at Wycombe Wanderers, Coventry City and Southend United.
Stockdale has come in for a lot of stick whilst he’s been at St Andrew’s, but fans were quick to put their differences aside in wishing him all the best on his special day.
youve had some stick mate but you shown in your interview you do care about this club and thats the sort of players we want here, KRO mate an Happy Birthday ????
— BradBCFC (@BCFCKRO123) September 20, 2019
Someone order a statue of this guy, happy birthday lad
— Callum (@CallumJones1904) September 20, 2019
Happy birthday mate, enjoy your day????
Lovely day, sun is shining in the sky
— Paul Richard Harborne (@BluesZulus) September 20, 2019
Happy birthday stocko ????????
— Anthony Towner (@bhafctowner) September 20, 2019
Happy birthday mate, have a good one!
— Ashley Watson (@AshWatson21) September 20, 2019
Although, there were a few people who were less than complimentary when it came to what they wrote the stopper. To which I say, really is that the best you could come up with?
*Local buffets close down*.
— Callum_KRO (@CallumKro) September 20, 2019
Bet it’s a massive cake
— Dan (@dan_bcfc) September 20, 2019
34 stone
— Joe Wathen (@JoeWathen9) September 20, 2019
Perhaps Pep Clotet would be able to let him start tomorrow as a bit of a birthday treat. As I said earlier in the summer, it probably would be the better option over Lee Camp, but I’ll leave that up to him.
What have been your thoughts on Stockdale’s time in B9?