On 23 March 2007 it was officially confirmed that Birmingham would be part of the mass-expansion of the BBL, with former Bullets assistant coach Herman Wilson leading a consortium of investors behind the project.

[4] In the same interview with regional newspaper Birmingham Mail, Wilson was keen to stress that the new club is attempting to cut any links to the former Bullets franchise.

On 11 September it was announced that due to health and safety risks, the Aston Events Centre was not in a suitable condition to host Panthers' home games, thus a search for an alternative venue was conducted at short notice.

[6] Defeating the object of Panthers' franchise application, the BBL blocked the move in an attempt to keep basketball in Birmingham, and after discussions with the University of Wolverhampton, a deal was struck on 2 October to use their Walsall Campus Sports Centre as the home venue for all of the clubs' games for the upcoming season.

*Shropshire Warriors Manager/Owner Tom Sunley help back the idea to move to telford by selling out the 500 seater TCAT Arena.

[11] The team was comfortably beaten in both games at Telford by Newcastle Eagles and Plymouth Raiders, and the club returned to their usual home venue for the remainder of the season.

[12] The move fell apart however after Telford's backers pulled out, but with renewed interest from the Aston Events Centre, the possibility of remaining in Birmingham looked increasingly likely.