Queudrue: Calls for home support
Franck Queudrue believes it is imperative Birmingham City make St Andrews a fortress against next season if they are to stay up.
Blues clinched an immediate return to top-flight football last weekend after their 2-1 win at Reading secured the second automatic promotion place behind Wolves.
The fans' Player of the Year remembers coming to St Andrews as a Middlesbrough player and says if the fans that stayed away this term can get back in their numbers, they will succeed on home soil.
"When I was at Middlesbrough I hated coming here and playing. The atmosphere was heavy," he told Sky Sports News.
"You felt them on your back, you carried them. So it was difficult. If they can get that back that would be brilliant at home."
Manager Alex McLeish nearly kept Blues in the Premier League after being named Steve Bruce's successor mid-season and Queudrue is pleased the Scot has been given time to mould his own side.
"He came when we were in a difficult position in the Premier League," he continued.
"He didn't have all his players he wanted to start with, obviously. Now everything's fallen back together, so it's good."
Queudrue was singled out for criticism from co-owner David Sullivan following their relegation, but the French full-back insists everyone is happy after winning promotion.
"The main objective altogether was to get back in the Premier League. As we always said. We did it so everyone is happy at the end of the day."
| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Sunday 21st March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:30 | Man Utd vs Liverpool |
| 15:00 | Fulham vs Man City |
| 16:00 | Blackburn vs Chelsea |
| Tuesday 23rd March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 20:00 | West Ham vs Wolverhampton |
| Wednesday 24th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 19:45 | Aston Villa vs Sunderland |
| 19:45 | Man City vs Everton |
| 19:45 | Portsmouth vs Chelsea |
| 20:00 | Blackburn vs Birmingham |
| Saturday 27th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Birmingham vs Arsenal |
| 15:00 | Chelsea vs Aston Villa |
| 15:00 | Hull vs Fulham |
| 15:00 | Tottenham vs Portsmouth |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Stoke |
| 15:00 | Wolverhampton vs Everton |
| 17:30 | Bolton vs Man Utd |
| Sunday 28th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 12:00 | Burnley vs Blackburn |
| 16:00 | Liverpool vs Sunderland |
| Monday 29th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 20:00 | Man City vs Wigan |
| Friday 2nd April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Fulham vs Wigan |
| Saturday 3rd April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 12:45 | Man Utd vs Chelsea |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Saturday 20th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Aston Villa 2 - 2 Wolverhampton | |
| Stoke 1 - 2 Tottenham | |
| Everton 2 - 0 Bolton | |
| Wigan 1 - 0 Burnley | |
| Arsenal 2 - 0 West Ham | |
| Portsmouth 3 - 2 Hull | |
| Sunderland 3 - 1 Birmingham | |
| Tuesday 16th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Wigan 1 - 2 Aston Villa | |
| Monday 15th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Liverpool 4 - 1 Portsmouth | |
| Sunday 14th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man Utd 3 - 0 Fulham | |
| Sunderland 1 - 1 Man City | |
| Saturday 13th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Tottenham 3 - 1 Blackburn | |
| Bolton 4 - 0 Wigan | |
| Birmingham 2 - 2 Everton | |
| Stoke 0 - 0 Aston Villa | |
| Chelsea 4 - 1 West Ham | |
| Burnley 1 - 2 Wolverhampton | |
| Hull 1 - 2 Arsenal | |
| Wednesday 10th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Burnley 1 - 1 Stoke | |
| Tuesday 9th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Sunderland 4 - 0 Bolton | |
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