Birmingham City

Full name	Birmingham City Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blues
Founded	1875
Ground	St Andrews Stadium, Birmingham
Capacity	30,016
Chairman	David Gold and David Sullivan
Manager	Steve Bruce
League	Coca-Cola Championship
2005-06	Premier League, 18th
Home colours Away colours

Birmingham City Football Club are an English football club who will play in the Coca Cola Championship as of next season. Originally known as Small Heath Alliance, followed by Small Heath in 1888, they became Birmingham F.C. in 1905 and Birmingham City F.C. in 1945. Image File history File links Bcfclogo. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... St. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... David Gold is an English businessman. ... David Sullivan is a British pornography magnate and newspaper proprietor; he is owner of the Daily Sport and Sunday Sport. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Stephen Roger Bruce (born December 31, 1960, in Corbridge, near Hexham in England) is a British football manager. ... The Football League Championship logo The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the FA Premier... The 2005-06 season of the FA Premier League saw Chelsea defend and win a back to back title with an awesome performance against Manchester United. ... Image File history File links soccer jersey left arm with blue shoulders File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links soccer jersey right arm with blue shoulders File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links soccer jersey with thin red sides File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

The club is nicknamed The Blues (from the colour of their kit) and the fans are known as the Bluenoses.

History

Crest

When Blues changed its name from Small Heath Alliance to Birmingham City in 1905 the city's coat of arms also became the club's crest. In 1971 the famous "penguin" kit was first worn. This featured a Glasgow Rangers style "BCFC" on the shirts.

In 1972 the current club badge (the globe and ball) was introduced, replacing the city's coat of arms. It was the winning entry of a competition organised in the Sports Argus newspaper and was designed by a local supporter. The BCFC was still worn on club shirts until 1975.

The Rangers style BCFC

In the early 1990s color was added for the first time to the globe and ball badge but it only lasted for a few seasons. When Blues hero Trevor Francis returned as manager in 1996, the club reverted the Rangers style BCFC badge, but it only lasted for a season and Blues went back to the globe and ball badge -- which is still worn on the present day shirts. Image File history File links Bcfc. ... Image File history File links Bcfc. ...

Kits

Birmingham's Usual Home Kit

When Blues (as Small Heath Alliance) first started to play football the club colours were dark blue shirts with a white sash and white shorts. In 1883-84 they changed to wearing plain blue shirts and white shorts and in 1889-90 turned out in black shirts with gold colour and cuffs and white shorts. Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football...

The very next season (1890-91) the Blues players donned light blue shirts with a dark blue trim and white shorts and this design was to stay until 1914-15 when royal blue shirts with a central white 'V replaced were introduced.

This held firm until 1927-28 when a plain royal blue shirt and white shorts came into being. During the 1930s and '40s, Blues wore traditional white collared shirts with a button-up neckline, although before the War the colour blue was a fraction lighter than it was during the forties. In the early to mid-1950s the club retained the blue shirt, white collar, white shorts design but in 1957-58 the 'V neck was introduced - and remained so until 1963 when the round neck took over (Blues still wearing white shorts).

In 1965 the large white band round the neckline disappeared, to be replaced soon afterwards by a much thinner one when Blues also donned matching blue shorts. But it was back to plain blue shirts in 1968-69 (with blue shorts) and this theme continued until 1971 when the first penguin strip was seen.

In 1975 it was back to blue shirts with a white collar and white shorts. The round neck was seen again in 1977 but in 1980 it was laced with a 'V.

A slight change in the overall design was effected during the early 80s (red socks were seen and there was a thin white strip visible on the shirt in 1984-85). A touch of red was forthcoming in the 1985-86 season (on the shoulder line) and in 1986-87 (for the very first time) Blues' shirts had a white band across the chest with white foldovers on the socks. Occasionally they also played in a lighter blue shirt with a dark blue band across the chest.

In 1989-90 (under Dave Mackay) and with Mark One flashing across the front, the shirts comprised two broad flashes on each shoulder but it was soon done away with and back to blue shirts, white collars and cuffs and white shorts as the 1990s arrived.

A patterned blue shirt was seen in 1992-93 and a distinctive design on the sleeves appeared the following season before it was back to a traditional blue shirt with a small tucked in white band under the chin for the Barry Fry era. Then, when Trevor Francis came back to St Andrew's, Blues switched to a similar penguin-design shirt (like Francis and his colleagues wore in the early '70s) with a white body, blue sleeves and neckline and white shorts.

However it was back to blue shirts with white trimmings in 97/98 thereafter it has been a more plainer design with a designer-strip down each arm.

Blues' change strips over the years, have varied considerably with players wearing matching white shirts and shorts to white shirts and black shorts, all red, black and red halved shirts, red and black stripes with black (and sometimes white) shorts, all yellow, yellow shirts with black shorts, blue and yellow shirts and yellow shorts and even a green and yellow combination.

The blue shirt though, always stands out and one suspects that it will be Birmingham City's main colour for the next 125 years!

taken from the encyclopedia of BCFC by Tony Matthews

Blues in the last 20 years

Birmingham City suffered relegation after relegation from the top division at the end of the 1985-86 season. Their two following seasons in the Second Division were unsuccessful and they were finally relegated to the Third Division for the first time ever at the end of the 1988-89 season. They won promotion as Third Division runners-up three years later, at the end of the 1991-92 season, so they would find themselves members of the new Division One for the 1992-93 season. However, they were relegated from Division One at the end of the 1993-94 season (losing on goal difference to neighbours West Bromwich Albion) despite a managerial change halfway through the season in which Terry Cooper was replaced with Barry Fry. From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Second Division was the second-highest division of The Football League and the third-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... Until the 2004/05 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... From the 1992-1993 to the 2003-2004 season, the Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League and the second-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... West Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club formed by workers from Salters Spring Works in West Bromwich, West Midlands in 1878. ... Terry Cooper (born North Yorkshire, England, July 12, 1944) was a classy and highly-rated full back in the great Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Barry Fry (born April 7, 1945) is an English football manager. ...

Fry guided Birmingham to the Division Two championship and victory in the Auto Windscreens Trophy in 1994-95,but was sacked one year later after a promising 1995-96 campaign had faded away to a 15th place finish in Division One. His successor Trevor Francis remained in charge at Birmingham until October 2001, during which time Birmingham qualified for the playoffs in three consecutive seasons and were on the losing side to Liverpool in the League Cup final. Francis's successor, Steve Bruce, helped Birmingham qualify for the 2001-02 Division One promotion playoffs where they defeated Norwich City (thanks to a winning penalty by Darren Carter) to win promotion to the Premier League for the first time in two decades. Between the 1992-93 and 2004-05 season, the Football League Second Division was the second-highest division of The Football League and the third-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... Trevor John Francis (born April 19, 1954 in Plymouth, England), was educated at Plymouths Public Secondary School for Boys and was a noted footballer and Englands first £1 million player. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: October 2 - Bankruptcy of Swissair. ... Liverpool Football Club (usually known simply as Liverpool) is an English football club that is based in Liverpool, Merseyside; the current champions of Europe (2005), they are also statistically the most successful English football team of all time. ... The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition. ... Stephen Roger Bruce (born December 31, 1960, in Corbridge, near Hexham in England) is a British football manager. ... The 2001-2002 season was the 122nd season of competitive football in England. ... Norwich City Football Club is a football club based in Norwich, England. ... Darren Carter (born December 18, 1983 in Solihull, England) is an English football player and midfielder who currently plays for Birmingham City F.C. as a midfielder. ... FA Premier League logo Team locations in England The FA Premier League (which, for sponsorship reasons, is often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in the UK and the Barclays English Premier League internationally) is a league competition for English Football clubs located at the top of the English football...

After a 13th place finish in 2002-03, Birmingham City got off to a strong start in the 2003-04 season, staying in the top four for the first month and after six weeks had statistically the best defence in the division. Good form lasted until the last fourteen or so games, when the Blues stumbled and ended the season on a run of seven games without a win to finish in a dizzy place of 10th. This article describes the FA Premier League 2002-03 season. ... This article describes the FA Premier League 2003-04 season. ...

In the close season between the end of the 2003-04 season and the beginning of the 2004-05 season they signed Muzzy Izzet, Jesper Grønkjær, Emile Heskey, Darren Anderton and finally signed Dwight Yorke on the final day of the summer transfer window. Mikael Forssell also agreed to rejoin Birmingham on a year-long loan deal from Chelsea. Mustafa Izzet, playing for Birmingham City Mustafa Muzzy Izzet (born October 31, 1974 in Mile End, London) is a British-Turkish footballer. ... Jesper Grønkjær (born 12 August 1977 in Nuuk, Greenland) is a Danish football (soccer) player who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart. ... Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey (born 11 January 1978 in Evington, Leicester, England) to an Antiguan father and Barbudan mother is a professional football player for Birmingham City F.C. and England international. ... Darren Robert Anderton (born March 3, 1972 in Southampton) is an English association football (soccer) player, who currently plays in the English Championship for Wolverhampton Wanderers. ... Dwight Yorke (born November 3, 1971 in Canaan, Tobago) is a Trinidad and Tobago football player. ... Forssell on the cover of Finnish sports magazine IS Veikkaaja Mikael Kaj Forssell (born March 15, 1981 in Steinfurt, Germany) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Birmingham City F.C. in the English Premiership. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously known as the Pensioners, a reference to the Chelsea pensioners), founded in 1905, is an English Premier League football team that plays at the Stamford Bridge football ground in south-west London. ...

Unfortunately, key striker Forssell injured his knee in the early part of the 2004-05 season, and this left the Blues struggling for in-form strikers. Walter Pandiani was brought in during the January transfer window in the hope of keeping the Blues away from relegation after quite a disappointing season. The Blues ended up finishing in 12th place. The 2004-05 season of the FA Premier League began in August 2004 and ended in May 2005. ... Walter Pandiani (born April 27, 1976 in Montevideo) is a professional football player from Uruguay currently playing for Espanyol. ...

Birmingham City entered the 2005-06 season with high expectations after finally sealing permanent deals for Mikael Forssell, Jermaine Pennant, Mehdi Nafti and Walter Pandiani. Nicky Butt also joined on a year-long loan deal from Newcastle United and Jiri Jarosik also joined on a season long loan from Chelsea F.C.. However expectations have not been met as the find themselves in the bottom three entering May. Forssell has struggled, Nafti was lost to injury for the remainder of the season, and Pandiani after struggling to find the form of last season returned to Spain after being sold to RCD Espanyol. Birmingham's place in the Premiership and Steve Bruce's job as manager are both under more serious threat than ever before, especially after a devastating 7-0 defeat to Liverpool in the FA Cup quarter-finals in March 2006. The 2005-06 season of the FA Premier League saw Chelsea defend and win a back to back title with an awesome performance against Manchester United. ... Forssell on the cover of Finnish sports magazine IS Veikkaaja Mikael Kaj Forssell (born March 15, 1981 in Steinfurt, Germany) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Birmingham City F.C. in the English Premiership. ... Jermaine Pennant (born January 15, 1983 in Nottingham) is an English football player. ... Mehdi Nafti (born November 28, 1978 in Toulouse) is a French-born Tunisian football player. ... Walter Pandiani (born April 27, 1976 in Montevideo) is a professional football player from Uruguay currently playing for Espanyol. ... Nicholas (Nicky) Butt (born 21 January 1975 in Manchester) is a professional footballer who is contracted to Newcastle United in the English Premiership, but is on loan to Birmingham City for the 2005-06 season, with a view to a permanent transfer. ... Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne, nicknamed the Magpies. Newcastle United supporters are known as the Toon Army or the Geordies. The club currently plays in the FA Premier League. ... Jiri Jarosik (born 27 October, 1977 in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic) is a Czech football player. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously known as the Pensioners, a reference to the Chelsea pensioners), founded in 1905, is an English Premier League football team that plays at the Stamford Bridge football ground in south-west London. ... RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (Catalan: Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol, Spanish: Real Club Deportivo Espanyol (not Español)) is a football club based in Barcelona, Spain. ... Liverpool Football Club (usually known simply as Liverpool) is an English football club that is based in Liverpool, Merseyside; the current champions of Europe (2005), they are also statistically the most successful English football team of all time. ... The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ...

Birmingham in the Premiership

2002-03: Back at last

Birmingham City finally made it back to the top flight in 2002 after they won the Division One playoff final on penalties against Norwich City. The victory came seven months after Steve Bruce replaced Trevor Francis as manager.

The Blues had a slow start to their first Premiership campaign and looked as though they might go down again after just one season, but when the mid-season transfer window opened Steve Bruce made some new signings who helped the club climb away from the drop zone and finish a respectable 13th.

2003-04: Further progress

Birmingham were even more impressive in 2003-04. They spent most of the season in the top half of the table and there was talk of UEFA Cup or possibly even Champions League qualification. A 10th place finish wasn't enough for either of these, but it was their highest league finish since the 1970s.

2004-05: Another solid season

Steve Bruce was linked with the Newcastle manager's job just after the start of the 2004-05 season, but turned it down and remained loyal to the Blues. He further consolidated the club's fortunes and they finished 12th - slightly lower than in 2003-04 but more than enough to secure their Premiership status for a fourth consecutive season.

2005-06: Relegated

2005-06 has been Birmingham's hardest season yet in the Premiership. They were never out of the bottom three between October and the beginning of April but finally climbed out of the drop zone after a run of good results. However a 3-1 defeat to local rivals Aston Villa and improved form from Portsmouth resulted in Birmingham's relegation to the Championship. They were officially relegated on 29 April 2006 after drawing 0-0 with Newcastle United and Portsmouth having beaten Wigan Athletic 2-1. April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Blues in Europe

In 1956 Blues became the first English club side to compete in Europe as they took part in the 1955-58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. They were not however the first English team in Europe – a representative London XI side had played their first group match in the same competition in June 1955, nearly a year before Birmingham's first group match in May 1956 UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ... The London XI was an association football representative team, specially created to take part in a Europe-wide competition, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the precursor of todays UEFA Cup. ...

Blues took part in the competition on four separate occasions between 1956 and 1962 [1]. Blues were unbeaten in the 12 home games. Of the 51 goals scored, Johnny Gordon netted 7, Jimmy Harris and Harry Hooper five apiece and Bunny Larkin and Bryan Orritt four each. The goals were divided among 19 players, including an Inter Milan defender Balleri.

Trevor Smith appeared in the most European games for Blues - 18. Brian Farmer and Johnny Watts each played 17 matches.

The biggest crowd was that of 75,000 for the 2nd leg of the Final on the 4th of May 1960 at the Nou Camp against Barcelona. An audience of 60,000 witnessed the second leg of the semi final clash with the Catalan side in November 1957 and a similar crowd saw the clash between Barca's city neighbours RCD Espanyol in November of 1961. The biggest crowd seen at St Andrews was that of 40,524 for the first leg of the Blues-Barca final in March 1960.

In April 1961 Blues became the first English side to beat Internazionale (Inter Milan) at the San Siro by two goals to one, goals from Jimmy Harris and Inter defender Balleri, in the semi final first leg of that season competition. Blues also won the return leg at St Andrews 2-1 with goals from Jimmy Harris and Bertie Auld

Club Records

Pitch Measurements: 110yds x 74yds

Record Attendance: 66,844 v Everton, FA Cup 5th Round, 11th March 1939

Record Transfer Paid: £6.25m for Emile Heskey from Liverpool May 2004

Record Transfer Received: £3.1m from Blackburn for Robbie Savage, January 2005

League Scoring Record: Joe Bradford, 29, Division 1, 1927-28

Honours

• FA Cup
  • Finalists 1956, 1931
• League Cup
  • Winners 1963
  • Finalists 2001
• Division Two
  • Champions 1995, 1955, 1948, 1921, 1893
• Football League Trophy
  • Winners 1995, 1991
• Birmingham Senior Cup
  • Winners 1905 1907 1915 1920 1921 1922 1983 1996 1999 2000 2003

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Performance in the top division

As of the 2004-05 season, Birmingham City have spent 53 seasons in the national top flight, finishing in these positions (followed by number of times):

• 6th: 1
• 7th: 2
• 8th: 1
• 9th: 3
• 10th: 2
• 11th: 5
• 12th: 4
• 13th: 5
• 14th: 2
• 15th: 2
• 16th: 1
• 17th: 7
• 18th: 2
• 19th: 6
• 20th: 5
• 21st: 3
• 22nd: 2

The Blues' «favourite» position in the table is No. 17 (7 seasons). Over the years, they have found themselves in every position in the top flight, except for the first five.

Managers

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League History

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Players

First-team squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Maik Taylor 2 DF Martin Taylor 3 DF Jamie Clapham 4 DF Kenny Cunningham (captain) 5 DF Matthew Upson 6 MF Muzzy Izzet 7 MF Jermaine Pennant 8 DF Martin Latka (on loan from Slavia Prague) 9 FW Mikael Forssell 10 MF David Dunn 11 MF Stan Lazaridis 12 MF Mehdi Nafti 14 MF Jiří Jarošík (on loan from Chelsea) 15 MF Neil Kilkenny 16 FW Emile Heskey 17 MF Asa Hall 18 GK Nico Vaesen 19 FW James McPike 20 MF Nicky Butt (on loan from Newcastle)

No. Position Player 21 MF Julian Gray 22 MF Damien Johnson 23 DF Matthew Sadler 24 DF Alex Bruce 25 MF Stephen Clemence 26 DF Olivier Tébily 27 MF Carl Motteram 28 FW Dudley Campbell 29 DF Mario Melchiot 30 DF Samuel Oji 31 DF Marcos Painter 32 MF David Howland 34 GK James Dormand 35 MF Sam Alsop 36 MF Matthew Birley 38 DF Chris Cottrill 39 FW Sone Aluko 40 FW Chris Sutton 41 FW Oliver Allen

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Players out on loan

No. Position Player 33 FW Njazi Kuqi (on loan to Peterborough United) 37 FW Peter Till (on loan to Boston United)

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Past Players

• Darren Anderton
• Steve Bruce
• Darren Carter
• Christophe Dugarry
• Trevor Francis
• Bryan Hughes
• Bob Latchford
• Gil Merrick
• Jimmy Montgomery
• Robbie Savage
• David Seaman
• Pat van den Hauwe

Darren Robert Anderton (born March 3, 1972 in Southampton) is an English association football (soccer) player, who currently plays in the English Championship for Wolverhampton Wanderers. ... Stephen Roger Bruce (born December 31, 1960, in Corbridge, near Hexham in England) is a British football manager. ... Darren Carter (born December 18, 1983 in Solihull, England) is an English football player and midfielder who currently plays for Birmingham City F.C. as a midfielder. ... Christophe Dugarry (born March 24, 1972 in Lormont) is a former French football (soccer) forward. ... Trevor John Francis (born April 19, 1954 in Plymouth, England), was educated at Plymouths Public Secondary School for Boys and was a noted footballer and Englands first £1 million player. ... Bryan Hughes (born June 19, 1976 in Liverpool) is an English football player who currently plays for Charlton Athletic. ... Robert Dennis Bob Latchford was born in Birmingham on 18 January 1951. ... Jimmy Montgomery (born 9th October 1943 in Sunderland) was a footballer who will be forever remembered as the goalkeeper who pulled off an incredible double save in the 1973 F.A. Cup final, the famous 1:0 victory for Sunderland A.F.C. over Leeds United. ... Image © soccer-europe. ... David Andrew Seaman MBE (born September 19, 1963) is an English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal and most recently with Manchester City. ... Pat van den Hauwe (born 16 December 1960 in Dendermonde, Belgium) is a Belgian former professional footballer. ...

Grounds

• 1875-1877 Arthur Street
• 1877-1906 Muntz Street, Small Heath
• 1906-Present St. Andrews

1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

St Andrews

Since World War II, redevelopments at St Andrews had been very minimal, with the only big change being the rebuilding of the Railway End. Over the years, capacity at St.Andrews had gradually been reduced, from 68,000 before the war, down to 43,204 by 1963.By 1988, the capacity had dropped further, down to little over 38,000. However, after the tragedies at Hillsborough and Valley Parade, and the subsequent issuing of the Taylor Report, the capacity at St Andrews dropped to 28,235. However, it became clear that it was time to completely renovate the stadium in order to bring it into the twenty-first century. St. ...

External links

• Birmingham City F.C. on BBC Sport: Club News - Recent results - Upcoming fixtures - Club stats
• - Official Club site
• - 4thegame.com's Birmingham City page
• - Small Heath Alliance
• - The BCFC Archive
• - Keep Right On
• - Newsnow Blues
• - Joys & Sorrows
• - Birmingham City stadium location
• - Birmingham City Football Chants
• - Premierleague.com - Birmingham City Football Club
• - Blues Kits of the past
• - Watch Blues videos here
• - Blues Photos