Colin Doyle, Nicola Zigic among eight players released by Birmingham City

Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett releases eight players following the end of the Championship season.

Published: May 5 2015 | 11:59

Last updated: May 5 2015 | 12:23

Championship side Birmingham City have released eight players as manager Gary Rowett begins to shape the squad ahead of next season.

Long-serving back-up goalkeeper Colin Doyle and striker Nicola Zigic are among those who will not be offered new contracts.

Doyle will leave St Andrew's after 12 years, having spent most of his time as Birmingham's goalkeeping understudy.

The Irishman made his debut in 2006 and went on to make 62 appearances for the Blues, with four of those coming this season.

Zigic, 34, joined Birmingham from Valencia in 2010 and scored 36 goals in 159 appearances for the West Midlands outfit.

Callum Reilly, Will Packwood, Olly Lee, Matt Green, Gavin Gunning and Kamal Guthmy are the other players who will be looking for new clubs this summer.

amp_article__221097 : Database Data restored...  : 

last updated article - 2015-05-05 11:23:35: 

html db last update  - 2015-05-05 11:23:35 : 


ex  - 7200 : read : read cache amp html

Click here for more stories about Gary Rowett

Click here for more stories about Birmingham City

Share this article now:

TRENDING TOPICS

Preview: Liverpool vs. Wolves

Preview: St Mirren vs. Hibernian

Preview: Monza vs. Lecce

Preview: Udinese vs. Empoli

Today's previews

Follow @SportsMole for the latest breaking news stories.

Recommended Next on SM

Preview: Nottm Forest vs. Birmingham

Superstar targeted! Man United 'preparing £125m bid' for 17-goal forward

Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Birmingham City Birmingham	29	21	6	2	51	19	32	69
2	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe	30	17	9	4	56	31	25	60
3	Wrexham	30	17	7	6	45	25	20	58
4	Stockport County Stockport	32	16	9	7	49	30	19	57
5	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	30	15	7	8	43	27	16	52
6	Leyton Orient	30	15	5	10	46	27	19	50
7	Charlton Athletic Charlton	31	14	8	9	40	30	10	50
8	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	31	15	5	11	50	48	2	50
9	Reading	31	14	7	10	46	43	3	49
10	Barnsley	31	12	7	12	43	43	0	43
11	Blackpool	31	9	14	8	45	44	1	41
12	Stevenage	30	11	8	11	29	31	-2	41
13	Lincoln City Lincoln	31	10	10	11	38	38	0	40
14	Rotherham United Rotherham	31	10	8	13	35	37	-2	38
15	Mansfield Town Mansfield	30	11	5	14	38	41	-3	38
16	Exeter City Exeter	30	10	5	15	34	46	-12	35
17	Bristol Rovers	30	10	5	15	32	46	-14	35
18	Wigan Athletic Wigan	29	9	7	13	27	30	-3	34
19	Northampton Town Northampton	31	8	9	14	29	47	-18	33
20	Peterborough United Peterborough	31	8	7	16	47	58	-11	31
21	Crawley Town Crawley	30	7	7	16	34	54	-20	28
22	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury	31	7	6	18	33	53	-20	27
23	Burton Albion	31	5	11	15	32	48	-16	26
24	Cambridge United Cambridge	31	5	8	18	30	56	-26	23