Former West Ham United boss Alan Curbishley is delighted seeing four West Midlands clubs in the Premiership.
Curbishley is a former Birmingham player.
"It's how it used to be when I played," he told the Sunday Mercury. "Derby games every other week and they were always a major part of the season.
"It'll be a tough league next year made even tougher because there'll be so many derbies. Stoke's not far away either and it's a really competitive Premier League now."