:00:00. > 3:59:59now. There is more throughout the evening
:00:00. > :00:09.on bids the BBC News There is more throughout the evening
:00:10. > :00:12.Good evening. Birmingham City have survived in the
:00:13. > :00:19.Championship with almost the last kick of the season. They equalised
:00:20. > :00:24.in the third minute of stoppage time to earn a 2`2 draw at Bolton. And
:00:25. > :00:32.that was enough to avoid relegation on goal difference. Ian Winter was
:00:33. > :00:35.at the game. They'd travelled north dressed for
:00:36. > :00:38.an end of season party. But fearing an end of season wake. Over the
:00:39. > :00:45.years, Birmingham City fans have come to expect the unexpected. But
:00:46. > :00:47.none of them saw this one coming. It was crazy.
:00:48. > :00:51.Outside, the England legend Nat Lofthouse listened to the cheers as
:00:52. > :00:54.Bolton raced into a 2`0 lead. With 12 minutes left, Birmingham were
:00:55. > :00:57.down and out of the Championship. And that's when their Serbian
:00:58. > :01:00.striker Nicola Zigic made it 2`1 to throw Blues a possible lifeline.
:01:01. > :01:04.And then, incredibly, in the third minute of stoppage time, the
:01:05. > :01:07.unthinkable happened. Paul Caddis popped in one priceless goal to
:01:08. > :01:11.steal one precious point and trigger one huge celebration. Mission
:01:12. > :01:22.accomplished, survival on goal difference, Doncaster down instead.
:01:23. > :01:30.Amazing scenes here. Birmingham City have survived by the skin of their
:01:31. > :01:37.teeth. The fans cannot believe it. It has been the most remarkable,
:01:38. > :01:44.dramatic end to a dramatic season. That is what football is all about.
:01:45. > :01:50.They kept on going. I have just said to the players, let's use this as a
:01:51. > :01:55.learning curve. We have diced with death is a bit.
:01:56. > :02:03.To go down and then come back like that is amazing. Everyone saw the
:02:04. > :02:06.joy of the fans. Tonight, news of the Blues' great
:02:07. > :02:09.escape will have reached Hong Kong where Carson Yeung is serving six
:02:10. > :02:13.years for money laundering. His reaction is unknown. But there's no
:02:14. > :02:16.mistaking the pure delight and sheer relief of thousands of Birmingham
:02:17. > :02:20.City fans this evening. What a season.
:02:21. > :02:31.And you can see more on the match on tonight's Football League Show at
:02:32. > :02:34.quarter to midnight. Onto football now and in the
:02:35. > :02:37.Premiership, Aston Villa beat Hull at home 3`1, almost guaranteeing
:02:38. > :02:39.their place for another season and a comfortable win for Stoke against
:02:40. > :02:42.Fulham 4`1. And in League One, a 1`1 draw for
:02:43. > :02:45.Shrewsbury away at Gillingham, a goalless draw for Port Vale, also
:02:46. > :02:48.away at Peterborough. Coventry City were beaten by Sheffield United 2`1,
:02:49. > :03:09.while Walsall lost to Warriors, relegated back to the
:03:10. > :03:20.Championship after losing 44`20 to the Saracens, while Gloucester beat
:03:21. > :03:24.London Irish at home 35`30. The 21st National Open Dwarf Games
:03:25. > :03:26.got under way this morning, at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium. Over
:03:27. > :03:29.the course of the weekend, around 200 athletes with dwarfism will
:03:30. > :03:31.compete against one another in sports including athletics,
:03:32. > :03:36.swimming, basketball and rifle shooting. Paralympian Ellie Simmonds
:03:37. > :03:40.is a patron of the Dwarf Sports Association.
:03:41. > :03:46.This is grassroots sport, really, at its best. It is great to be here and
:03:47. > :03:50.to see them all enjoying it and hopefully they will get inspired by
:03:51. > :03:54.it all and maybe find a sport for them that they enjoy for the future.
:03:55. > :03:56.It shows that the legacy of London is continuing with record numbers of
:03:57. > :04:50.dwarf athletes competing.