We were handicapped from the start at Birmingham City – but I’d rather have a major trophy

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Cameron Jerome’s Birmingham City career had more major events than most players ever have.

In five years and 201 appearances, Jerome managed 41 goals, two promotions, Blues’ best-ever Premier League finish of ninth, a Carling Cup victory and two relegations. It was certainly never dull while Jerome was at St Andrew’s.

The striker was brought to Birmingham by Steve Bruce in 2006 after a goal-laden season at Cardiff City and credits Blues for being the club that turned him from boy to man.

He learned from Blues icon Mikael Forssell and picked the brains of Premier League legend Andy Cole, whose five-game loan spell at the end of the 2006/07 promotion-winning campaign is often overlooked by outsiders, before becoming one of the main men under Alex McLeish during t