The 2018-19 campaign was a season of spectacular individual brilliance and hard-fought survival for Birmingham City. The Blues battled through the turbulence of a crippling nine-point deduction for financial breaches, which saw their promotion hopes dramatically curtailed, ultimately securing their Championship status with a 17th-place finish. Leading the charge was the sensational Che Adams, whose career-best 22 goals earned him an EFL Player of the Year nomination and proved decisive in a season built on grit and his formidable partnership with Lukas Jutkiewicz.