The midlands club took the lead after just 9 minutes, when Zigic got his head on the end of a David Murphy throw in. However the tractor boys were not lying still, young midfielder Lee Martin picked the ball up from the half way line and skipped into the birmingham half to lash a fine strike into the corner past goalkeeper, Boaz Myhill and the scores were tied after 18 minutes.
Ipswich dominated most of the second half and Paul Jewell was furious when a penalty was denied by referee, Ray Lewis. After Michael Chopra was brought down by Stephen Caldwell. However Birmingham grabbed their second and the winner in similar fashion to their first goal, David Murphy's throw was poorly defended by the ipswich back line and Serbian foward Nikola Zigic applied the finish over Alex Mccarthy to send the St andrews faithful into jubilation.
The win has lifted Birmingham into 9th place in the championship with manager, Chris Hughton possibly eyeing the playoff places. On the other hand Ipswich slipped futher down the league to 20th, meaning the theart of relegation is becoming more imminant for the suffolk based club.
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