Tom Brady has parted ways with the Birmingham City Football Club and it wasn’t a pretty split, according to a source familiar with the situation.
On Monday, BCFC announced Brady’s departure on its website and expressed “sincere gratitude” for his association with the club.
“Birmingham City Football Club expresses its sincere gratitude to Tom Brady for his involvement with and unwavering support for the Club over the last three years,” the statement read.
“It was truly amazing to have someone with Tom’s experience and passion associated with the Club, and the Club looks forward to continuing to build on that foundation from the training ground to the Birmingham community,” they shared.
Our source, however, told Page Six that Brady’s support of the club wavered and his disgust with the club became apparent after he was made chairman of their advisory board in 2023.
Nearly eight weeks after Brady was appointed, the club hired Wayne Rooney as its head coach. “Rooney lasted 83 days and [Tom] questioned his work ethic,” the source said.
This criticism is in line with prior statements from Brady. In the 2025 doc, “Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues,” Brady delivered the “work ethic” line about Rooney and blasted the team from the 2023-24 season as “lazy and entitled.”
Brady became a minority investor and chairman of the advisory board months after he announced his retirement from the NFL.
“You may be asking, ‘What do you know about football, Tom?’ Well, let’s just say I’ve got a lot to learn,” Brady said in a video announcement on the club’s social media pages. “But I do know a few things about winning. I think they might translate pretty well. I know success starts with the work put in when the world isn’t watching,” he added.
It turns out he didn’t learn fast enough.
“He used to always support. He would go to games and support on social, and do press for their season,” the source said. But eventually, “he completely checked out.”
At one point, we’re told, fashion was more important to him than his minority stake in the team. “He’d fly to NYC and walk in a Gucci runway show for $180,000, but wouldn’t go to BCFC games. They gave him equity and expected support,” the source said. “His small amount of equity would still get him several million [dollars] and he was doing nothing for it.”
After Page Six reached out for comment, Brady thanked the players and coach Chris Davies in an Instagram post.
“Being part of Birmingham City Football Club the last three years has been one of the most rewarding journeys of my life… I’ll always be rooting for your success,” he wrote.
A spokesperson for BCFC did not comment.
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