NeighbourhoodOn the 24th May 2010 the Spark-brook Neighbourhood Office has moved from the ground floor of the Green-coat House to a new purpose built tem-porary accommodation on Mole Street. Supported by the Office Manager ‘Mu-ried Teague’ said that the new office is ‘air conditioned and has a bright new décor’. The accommodation of Greencoat house was too hot and cramped for residents to sort out council tax and housing benefits enquires. It was discovered that the location before wasn’t convenient and was hard to find so The Birmingham City Council have therefore relocated the Neighbourhood Office to make it convenient for residents in Sparkbrook. The city council negotiated for a short ex-tension of the lease at Greencoat House fell through at the last minute as the owner of the site found a new long term tenant of the building. ‘Birmingham city council moved swiftly into action to ensure the service continues without disruptions’ said Cllr Jerry Evans ‘and we now have a new temporary of-fice designed and built in record time’.

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On the Friday 5th November in Pyes Hayes Park Erdington, North Birmingham will hit off a spectaculr bonfire night with best and safest fireworks display for all the family. TURN TO PAGE 12

On the 26th September 2010, Eid Mela returns returns to Cannon Hill Park to celebrate the diversity of the Muslim community. TURN TO PAGE 12

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Sparkbrook Wander-ers have now been tak-en over by new man-ager Sojib Ahmed in hope to win the Shapla League season this year. Last year, was a down-hill for Sparkbrook Wan-derers as they came 12th in the Premiership table putting them in the Divi-sion 1 table this season. With the new manage-ment and organisation and restructing the whole team it is believed that they have established a perfect mix of experience and youth in the squad. It seems that this year the determination is infact high to win the cup.The club rivals are the Sparkhill Rang-ers after kicking Sparkbrook Wanderers out of the season last year which shat-tered their dreams of winning the cup. There have been other disputes stated

by the manager that Sparkhill Rang-ers in fact tried to steal players from Sparkbrook Wanderers however their team know where their loyalty lies. There have been new recruitment to theteam like Saiful Islam and Luke Shah

who are studying A levels at college. At the training ground they both showed excellent enthusiasm and skill for the sport. Sojib Ahmed commented that ‘Luke Shah is one of our secret weapons’. TURN TO PAGE 51

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Shapla League Over 35s 7 a sideShapla league have now introduced a 7 a side league which will be held at Saltley Leisue Centre to commence on the 1st November 2010. To take part phone Monjur on 07966414727. TURN TO PAGE 23

Farzan MinhasFormer goalkeeper for Sparkbrook wanderers has now been replaced with Farzan Minhas. His influence to the club has improved their progress and he stated that ‘No one can save goals like me!’ TURN TO PAGE 22

Aston XI los-es Farhan Azad

After losing a number of players last season and reforming the whole team Farhan Azad has confirmed that he no longer has an input in Aston XI. Farhan said to us that his presence was not appreciated by the current manager TURN TO PAGE 5.

The Ghazal Miah Charity Football is back to raise money for CLICSargent, a cancer orientated charity which supports children and their families throughout their treatment for cancer. The 20-team tournament will be held on Sunday the 21st of February 2010. To par-ticipate in the tournament TURN TO PAGE 26 Last years winners

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Former goalkeeper for Sparkbrook wanderers has now been replaced with Farzan Minhas. His influence to the club has improved their progress and he stated that ‘No one can save goals like me!’ TURN TO PAGE 22

Aston XI los-es Farhan Azad

After losing a number of players last season and reforming the whole team Farhan Azad has confirmed that he no longer has an input in Aston XI. Farhan said to us that his presence was not appreciated by the current manager TURN TO PAGE 5.

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