Revealed: The sacrifice Barry Ferguson had to make to be a success at Birmingham City

May 2 2010 by Andy Walker, Sunday Mercury

Barry Ferguson

BARRY Ferguson has revealed how he sacrificed family life in a bid to be a Blues success and ‘shut a few people up’.

With Alex McLeish’s men on course to register the club’s highest finish in over half a century, Ferguson can quite rightfully reflect on a tremendous return to English football.

Having left his boyhood club Rangers for a second time last summer, the midfielder was once again looking to prove his worth in arguably the best league in the world.

Some had incorrectly labelled him a flop during his time at Blackburn, having not taken into consideration his lengthy lay-off in Lancashire with a fractured knee-cap.

Add to that the fact that the exiled Scotland international had extra motivation to succeed down south having left Ibrox under a cloud.

Now, being one of the favourites to pick up Blues’ player-of-the-season award, Ferguson can consider it mission complete.