Both Beckham and Will Ferrell were at the Welsh club’s last Wembley appearance for the 2022 FA Trophy final, while among the A-listers spotted at The Racecourse Ground this season have been Channing Tatum, Eva Longoria and Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong.

Birmingham City officially secured direct promotion to the EFL Championship, giving co-owner Tom Brady plenty to celebrate. With six games left to play in the 2024–25 EFL League One season, Birmingham City became the first of three teams to punch their tickets to the Championship.

A win Tuesday guaranteed Birmingham a finish in one of the two automatic promotion spots in the third division, which is called League One.

Barry Fry has backed Birmingham City to pull off consecutive promotions and return to the Premier League for the first time since 2011. The Peterborough United football director watched from the stands as the club he managed to the League Two title and Football League Trophy double in 1995 clinched promotion back to the Championship with a 2-1 win at London Road.

The football team carrying the city name, however, are embarking on a clean sweep. Tonight, Birmingham City — the club owned by the American investment firm Knighthead and counts Tom Brady among its minority shareholders — sealed promotion from England’s third tier into the Championship,

Birmingham, the English soccer club which counts NFL great Tom Brady as a minority shareholder, has secured promotion back to the second-tier Championship.