Birmingham City Football Club welcomes the sentence handed down to Paul Mitchell by Birmingham Magistrates today.

What he did was unacceptable and has no place in football.



The Club can confirm that Mr Mitchell is banned from our home ground, the St. Andrew’s Trillion Trophy Stadium, for life. And nor will he have access to purchase tickets for away games involving Birmingham City Football Club, or have tickets purchased on his behalf.



The Club has also banned another supporter for life for a series of vile and malicious Tweets on social media, relating to Jack Grealish and his family.



The individual in question remains the subject of an ongoing investigation by West Midlands Police.



Birmingham City FC rejects all forms of anti-social behaviour. We will not tolerate the kind of incidents we have seen during and since Sunday’s derby fixture against Aston Villa Football Club.



Any further comment from the Club on other issues will be released in due course.