{"id":84411,"date":"2025-05-08T10:52:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/84411\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:52:19","slug":"lyndon-dykes-makes-birmingham-city-promise-after-tough-first-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/84411\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyndon Dykes makes Birmingham City promise after ‘tough’ first season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Birmingham City is hoping to be back from injury for Scotland’s summer internationals afterThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more<\/a>\"BirminghamBirmingham City’s Lyndon Dykes<\/p>\n

Lyndon Dykes intends to \u2018come back flying\u2019 as Birmingham City<\/a> return to the Championship next season.<\/p>\n

By his own admission the striker, a summer signing from Queen\u2019s Park Rangers, has had a \u2018tough\u2019 first campaign at St Andrew\u2019s @Knighthead Park having found it difficult to crack the starting XI.<\/p>\n

His appearances were further limited by a calf injury which ended his Blues season in February,<\/a> a knock from which is has mostly recovered.<\/p>\n

Indeed the 29-year-old, who made just nine League One starts, is hoping to be back playing next month and to take part in Scotland\u2019s friendlies against Iceland and Liechtenstein, increasing his total of 42 caps.<\/p>\n

“I’m feeling good,” Dykes<\/a> told BBC Scotland<\/a>. “I’ve been on the pitch running this week.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully I can get through a couple more weeks of rehab with the physios and the aim is to be involved in the June camp for Scotland.<\/p>\n

“This whole season has been tough but I’m sure I’ll come out of it strong and get back to playing consistently and delivering the goods. Having these internationals coming up is good for me to get into that rhythm again and gives me something to look forward to.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been looking at those games, then have a little break and come back flying for next season.”<\/p>\n

The Scots face Iceland at home on June 6 then are away to Liechtenstein three days later.<\/p>\n

He will then return for Blues\u2019 pre-season, including the training camp in Portugal in mid-July and hope to provide more highlights like his spectacular FA Cup<\/a> goal against Lincoln and his unforgettable headed winner in the Vertu Trophy semi-final victory<\/a> over Bradford City.<\/p>\n

What do you expect from Dykes next season? Let us know here<\/a>\"\"Birmingham City Champions 2024\/25 <\/p>\n

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Everyday, the BirminghamLive football desk strive to deliver all manner of news, features and transfer-related stories as a part of our overall package of Birmingham City content. Our dedicated reporters Alex Dicken and Brian Dick – you can follow Alex on X here<\/a> and Brian here<\/a> – follow Blues around the country and they offer you comprehensive coverage from matchdays, press conferences and everything that happens in between. So much happens day to day and sometimes you can struggle to keep on top of the very latest updates as and when they occur – that’s why we have produced a daily newsletter which you can sign up to, for free, and which means you’ll have a round-up of the key stories land in your email inbox. Sign up to the Blues newsletter here<\/a>. You can also get all your favourite content from BirminghamLive’s Blues team on WhatsApp. Click here<\/a> to sign up for breaking updates about the biggest stories and insight from in and around the club. If you prefer reading our Blues stories on your phone, consider downloading the BirminghamLive app, in which you can personalise the content you see by selecting Blues as one of your designated topics. You can get it from Apple here<\/a> and for Android here<\/a>. Our weekly Birmingham City podcast, Keep Right On, is also available to watch and listen on all major streaming services. You can subscribe to the YouTube channel here, while you can access the podcast on Spotify here<\/a> and via Apple here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Birmingham City is hoping to be back from injury for Scotland’s summer internationals afterThis article contains affiliate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,1205,748,393,4884,15955,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-84411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-fc","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-lyndon-dykes","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114471839052208108","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}