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Quick Facts: |
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Nickname:
Blues
Founded: 1875
Clothing: Lonsdale
Sponsor: flybe.com
Stadium: St. Andrews (attendance: 30009) |
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Club Honors |
»League Cup winners: 1963
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History |
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Birmingham City were formed as Small Heath
Alliance in 1875 and have always battled it out with rivals
Aston Villa for supremacy in the city. The glory years of the
early 1960s, which saw successive Fairs Cup finals against
European giants Barcelona and Roma and League Cup success
brought the club and their fans much attention. They were in
England's third tier for the first time in their history by
1989, but that had a galvanising effect on the Blues and
served to renew interest in the team. Former St Andrews
favourite Trevor Francis did his utmost to take Birmingham
into the FA Premier League, only to be thwarted three times in
the play-offs with defeats to Watford, Barnsley and Preston.
But with Steve Bruce at the helm, the Blues finally secured
their place in the top flight with a penalty shoot-out victory
over Norwich City in the First Division play-off final in May
2002. |
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