‘Not done yet’ – Tom Brady puts EFL on notice as NFL icon helps League One club to promotion
Tom Brady has warned there’s more success to come at Birmingham City after they sealed their instant return to the Championship. The Blues beat Peterborough United 2-1 in their League One clash on Tuesday night to confirm their promotion to the second tier. Birmingham are on their way back to the ChampionshipGetty After 40 matches, Birmingham are top of the standings and 17 points ahead of third-placed Wycombe Wanderers with a game in hand. They are the first club in the English Football League to have secured their promotion during the 2024/25 season. And minority owner Brady has put the rest of the EFL on alert as they eye further on-pitch success before the campaign draws to a close. “Straight back up to the Championship, and not done yet,” the seven-time Super Bowl champion and NFL icon said on his Instagram story. “NFL fans are getting a crash course in the English football pyramid!!!” Birmingham face Peterborough again for the Vertu Trophy final this Sunday at Wembley, live on talkSPORT 2. Victory will see them win a second trophy in one weekend if a League One result the day before goes in their favour. Should Wrexham fail to beat Wigan Athletic, Birmingham will become the official league champions without even playing. A record League One points tally could also be achieved during their last six matches of the season ahead of a Championship comeback. Birmingham’s current tally stands at 95, which is just nine shy of the 103 points that Wolves won by the end of the 2013/14 campaign. Brady has hinted that Birmingham will be even more successful after Tuesday’s win@tombrady Instagram The former quarterback has helped guide the club back into the second tierGetty Blues fans will already be looking ahead to next season and hope they can push on even further with an ambitious Premier League return. Ipswich Town sealed back-to-back promotions from the third tier to the first in 2024, an achievement that could be repeated a year later. talkSPORT pundit and former Birmingham captain Troy Deeney has already thought about such a prospect thanks to the club’s position. “It’s great, it’s about alignment,” he said on talkSPORT Breakfast the morning after promotion was confirmed. “I was thinking, ‘How big do you go on this?’ But you actually don’t go that big, we should win. “We should be out of League One, we should win on Sunday. It’s about, ‘How do we do the next step of the Championship?’ Because now there’s expectation to get promoted straight away. “So I feel that we’re in a good place. The manager [Chris Davies] deserves so much credit, and so does Craig Gardner as well for getting alignment. Birmingham go a step further next season and reach the Premier LeagueGetty “The last ten, 15 years, it’s been a mess. They’ve got money, they’ve sorted the stadium out, we’ve got the players to get us up. Now can we go and recruit and do it again properly? “So all the jokes aside, yes we should be promoted and well done to everybody, but I hope there isn’t an open-top bus.”
Tom Brady has warned there’s more success to come at Birmingham City after they sealed their instant return to the Championship.
The Blues beat Peterborough United 2-1 in their League One clash on Tuesday night to confirm their promotion to the second tier.
After 40 matches, Birmingham are top of the standings and 17 points ahead of third-placed Wycombe Wanderers with a game in hand.
They are the first club in the English Football League to have secured their promotion during the 2024/25 season.
And minority owner Brady has put the rest of the EFL on alert as they eye further on-pitch success before the campaign draws to a close.
“Straight back up to the Championship, and not done yet,” the seven-time Super Bowl champion and NFL icon said on his Instagram story.
“NFL fans are getting a crash course in the English football pyramid!!!”
Birmingham face Peterborough again for the Vertu Trophy final this Sunday at Wembley, live on talkSPORT 2.
Victory will see them win a second trophy in one weekend if a League One result the day before goes in their favour.
Should Wrexham fail to beat Wigan Athletic, Birmingham will become the official league champions without even playing.
A record League One points tally could also be achieved during their last six matches of the season ahead of a Championship comeback.
Birmingham’s current tally stands at 95, which is just nine shy of the 103 points that Wolves won by the end of the 2013/14 campaign.
Blues fans will already be looking ahead to next season and hope they can push on even further with an ambitious Premier League return.
Ipswich Town sealed back-to-back promotions from the third tier to the first in 2024, an achievement that could be repeated a year later.
talkSPORT pundit and former Birmingham captain Troy Deeney has already thought about such a prospect thanks to the club’s position.
“It’s great, it’s about alignment,” he said on talkSPORT Breakfast the morning after promotion was confirmed. “I was thinking, ‘How big do you go on this?’ But you actually don’t go that big, we should win.
“We should be out of League One, we should win on Sunday. It’s about, ‘How do we do the next step of the Championship?’ Because now there’s expectation to get promoted straight away.
“So I feel that we’re in a good place. The manager [Chris Davies] deserves so much credit, and so does Craig Gardner as well for getting alignment.
“The last ten, 15 years, it’s been a mess. They’ve got money, they’ve sorted the stadium out, we’ve got the players to get us up. Now can we go and recruit and do it again properly?
“So all the jokes aside, yes we should be promoted and well done to everybody, but I hope there isn’t an open-top bus.”
