[35] The club lacked stability both on and off the field. [138][139], In June 2015, the receivers granted a two-year exclusivity period to their preferred bidder, the British Virgin Islands-registered investment vehicle Trillion Trophy Asia (TTA), wholly owned by Chinese businessman Paul Suen Cho Hung. Harrogate Town have signed Birmingham City striker Josh Andrews on loan until the end of the season. [26], Businessman Clifford Coombs took over as chairman in 1965, luring Stan Cullis out of retirement to manage the club. When league football began, the first team – then playing under the name Small Heath – competed in the Football Alliance before being elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League in 1892. [20] In their first season back in the First Division, Birmingham achieved their highest league finish of sixth place. Made in Brum, first issued in 2000, was the only one regularly on sale in 2013. [41] After one more year, Fry was dismissed to make way for the return of Trevor Francis. Cotterill's appointment was announced on 29 September 2017 but did not take effect until 2 October. Champions League | Champions League Qual. A year later, they moved again, to a field adjoining Muntz Street, Small Heath, near the main Coventry Road, with a capacity of about 10,000. 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On the last day of the season, the team avoided relegation back to the third tier,[40] but after a poor start to the 1993–94 season Cooper was replaced by Barry Fry. The club turned professional in 1885,[8] and three years later became the first football club to become a limited company with a board of directors,[9] under the name of Small Heath F.C. [78][79] The home shirt has only once featured stripes: in 1999, the blue shirt had a front central panel in narrow blue and white stripes, a design similar to the Tesco supermarket carrier bag of the time. Caretaker managers are also included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge. Though the design changed, the royal blue remained. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. [172] A second-place finish in the 2012 FA WSL earned them qualification for the 2013–14 Champions League, in which they reached the semi-final. All first-team matches in national or international competition are counted, except the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and matches in wartime leagues and cups. [12] Matters on the field failed to live up to their surroundings. Cullis accepted the managerial position on 7 December 1965, BCFC Archive totals include the away leg of the. [38][39] Birmingham City plc, of which the football club was a wholly owned subsidiary, was floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 1997 with an issue of 15 million new shares,[123] raising £7.5 million of new investment. [25] In 1965, after ten years in the top flight, they returned to the Second Division. [15] Beasley and successor Gil Merrick took the club to successive finals of the Fairs Cup in 1960 and 1961. [88] The ground is reputed to have been cursed by gypsies evicted from the site;[89] although gypsies are known to have camped nearby,[90] there is no contemporary evidence for their eviction by the club. Control passed from the Coombs family to former Walsall F.C. [20] Birmingham reached the 2001 Football League Cup Final under Trevor Francis,[43] whose successor as permanent manager, Steve Bruce, twice achieved promotion to the Premier League. [112] The Zulu began some years earlier and ran for at least 16 seasons. Beasley was appointed "acting manager" when Turner left in September 1958, becoming manager in January 1959. [D], Financial difficulties and instability at board level led to six managerial changes in seven years. Matthews (2000), "Brocklebank, Bob", p. 42. If all senior competitions are included, Merrick has 551, less closely followed by Womack's 515 which is the record for an outfield player. [178] Leslie Knighton took the club to the final of the FA Cup in 1931;[16] Arthur Turner did likewise in 1956, as well as taking charge of the club's highest league finish, sixth place in the 1955–56 First Division. It is variously recorded as 66,844 or 67,341. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. [75] Several variations on a blue theme were tried; the one that stuck was the royal blue shirt with a white "V", adopted during the First World War and retained until the late 1920s. 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They have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with Aston Villa, their nearest neighbours, with whom they play the Second City derby. Though opponents in the 1963 League Cup final, local rivals Aston Villa, were pre-match favourites, Birmingham raised their game and won 3–1 on aggregate to lift their first major trophy. by EFLChampNews February 26, 2021. [17], The name Birmingham City F.C. Ramsey duly handed in his notice. M: Matches played [84], The club rarely spends more than three seasons with the same kit supplier. Director Harry Morris identified a site for a new ground in Bordesley Green, some three-quarters of a mile (1 km) from Muntz Street towards the city centre. withdrew financial support in 2005, the club were only able to continue because of a personal donation. As interest grew, they moved to a fenced-off field in Ladypool Road, Sparkbrook, where admission could be charged. White, yellow, red and black, on their own or in combination, have been the most frequently used colours for the away kit. [46][53] Birmingham won the League Cup for the second time under Alex McLeish in 2011. [73][5], The Small Heath Alliance members decided among themselves that their colours would be blue; in the early days, they wore whatever blue shirt they had. In 2019, the club website listed the stadium capacity as 29,409. [64], Two wins from 24 matches under Zola left Birmingham needing two wins from the last three games to stay up, which they achieved under the managership of Harry Redknapp. They also reached the FA Cup final, losing 3–1 to Manchester City in the game notable for City's goalkeeper Bert Trautmann playing the last 20 minutes with a broken bone in his neck. [54], Redknapp kept the team in the Championship, and signed a 12-month contract,[55] but six consecutive losses in the first eight games of 2017–18 season brought about his dismissal. An experiment was made in the early 1990s with colouring in the globe and ball, but was soon abandoned. Matthews (2000), "Watson, Alexander", p. 231. [69] He was succeeded by his assistant, Pep Clotet, initially as caretaker. Win percentage is rounded to one decimal place. [151], Birmingham's home attendance record was set at the fifth-round FA Cup tie against Everton on 11 February 1939. Birmingham City were founded as Small Heath Alliance in 1875, and from 1877 played their home games at Muntz Street. [76] Since then they have generally worn plain, nominally royal blue shirts, though the actual shade used has varied. Squad correct as of 1 March 2021.[155][156][157]. [21] The side struggled after Goodwin sold Bob Latchford, so first-team coach Willie Bell was promoted to manager, initially in a caretaker capacity. [137] On 17 February, the board voluntarily appointed receivers from accountants Ernst & Young to take over management of the company. Their last home match had ended in a win, and the host has lost only one of their recent three league fixtures. As a result, Carla Ward's side suffered a 4-0 defeat to Gareth Taylor's side. This was on the same day as the Bradford City stadium fire, and the events at St Andrew's formed part of the remit of Mr Justice Popplewell's inquiry into safety at sports grounds. What are his intentions for Blues? Those involved in Birmingham’s famous League Cup final win over Arsenal – and subsequent relegation – reflect on a dramatic season 10 years on. [174], Gil Merrick was the first Birmingham manager to win a major trophy, the League Cup in 1963. [13] Womack went on to make 515 appearances, a club record for an outfielder, over a twenty-year career. [53], In July 2007, Hong Kong-based businessman Carson Yeung bought 29.9% of shares in the club, making him the biggest single shareholder, with a view to taking full control in the future. Birmingham City Football Club, an English professional football club based in the city of Birmingham, was founded in 1875.When league football began, the first team – then playing under the name Small Heath – competed in the Football Alliance before being elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League in 1892. [122] By the mid-1980s the club was in financial trouble. Birmingham City Football Club team news on Sky Sports - See fixtures, live scores, results, stats, video, photos and more.. ... Europa League. Saunders' team struggled to score goals and were relegated in 1984. Birmingham played in two Inter-Cities Fairs Cup finals, in 1960, as the first English club side to reach a major European final, and again the following year. As Small Heath, they played in the Football Alliance before becoming founder members and first champions of the Football League Second Division. Still unable to make the club pay, Wheldon sold it to the Kumar brothers, owners of a clothing chain. The feasibility of the plan depended on the government issuing a licence for a super casino, and Birmingham being chosen as the venue,[97] but this did not happen. [44] Bruce's return as manager shook up a stale team; he took them from mid-table to the play-offs, and beat Norwich City on penalties in the final to secure promotion to the Premier League. Wycombe Wanderers vs Birmingham City live streaming & live stream video: Watch online, preview, prediction & odds. It confirmed that Suen would hold 60.78% of BIH shares and the Yeung faction no more than 14%, and that the company would not be sold on within two years. Leicester City. Matthews (2000), "Beer, Billy", pp. [16] They were finally relegated in 1939, the last full season before the Football League was abandoned for the duration of the Second World War. [29] Two years later, the club raised money by selling Bob Latchford to Everton for a British record fee of £350,000, but without his goals the team struggled. They were also the first English club side to reach a European final, losing 4–1 on aggregate to Barcelona in the 1960 Fairs Cup final and 4–2 to A.S. Roma the following year. [101] This requires any proposed sale to be notified to the Council, and provides for a six-month moratorium on that sale to allow the Trust and other community groups to submit their own bid. With the club in financial turmoil and under a transfer embargo, manager Chris Hughton left. His position was made permanent on 4 December. [148] The player who won most international caps while at the club is Maik Taylor with 58 for Northern Ireland. Competition: Championship Market: Teemu Pukki to score anytime Odds: 1/1 @ 888sport In a real battle between two sides at opposite ends of the Championship table, Norwich will make the trip to St. Andrew’s on Tuesday night. They achieved their highest finishing position of sixth in the First Division in the 1955–56 season and reached the 1956 FA Cup Final. The host enjoys the ground advantage in the middle but has no use of it since they are the worst team at home. 27–28. [60] Steve Spooner and Craig Gardner took charge for the final games, ending with the club finishing just outside the relegation zone. Starting with the hosts, after managing to pick up what was a hard-fought 1-0 win against Sheffield Wednesday over … [10], Harry Storer, appointed just before the war ended, won the championship of the 1945–46 Football League South wartime league and the Second Division title two years later. [59] The 1966 World Cup-winning manager, Sir Alf Ramsey, took charge of the club briefly in 1977. [14] 1920 also saw the debut of the 19-year-old Joe Bradford, who went on to score a club record 267 goals in 445 games, and won 12 caps for England. As the, The Associate Members' Cup was renamed the Football League Trophy in 1992 and the. He also forgot to enter them in the 1922 FA Cup. [A] The highest transfer fee received for a Birmingham player is, according to the Sky Sports website, "a guaranteed £25 million up front" received in July 2020 from Borussia Dortmund for Jude Bellingham, which made him the most expensive 17-year-old in world football; the deal also included add-ons "worth 'several millions more'". Birmingham City - Bristol City Follow the Championship live Football match between Birmingham City and Bristol City with Eurosport. After initially accepting the player's transfer request, the board changed their minds, fearful they would "incur the wrath of already disgruntled fans". The first team worked their way through the leagues until promoted to the FA Women's Premier League in 2002. Small Heath's election to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League in 1892 prompted the board of directors to appoint him as the club's first paid official, responsible as secretary-manager for matters on the field in addition to his administrative duties. [34] They bounced back up, but the last home game of the 1984–85 promotion season, against Leeds United, was marred by rioting, culminating in the death of a boy when a wall collapsed on him. After one ineffectual season in the second tier which brought his total of players used up to 61, he was sacked. [49] Lee Clark, dismissed by Huddersfield Town earlier in 2012,[50] led Birmingham to a mid-table finish in his first season. 's website, Bank of Credit and Commerce International, List of Birmingham City F.C. The site was where a brickworks once operated; the land sloped steeply down to stagnant pools, yet the stadium was constructed in under twelve months from land clearance to opening ceremony on Boxing Day 1906. [16][17], Joe Mallett presided over relegation before acting as assistant to Stan Cullis,[18] who laid the foundations for the team's future success before retiring from football in 1970. Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 27 February 2021. The most successful period in their history was in the 1950s and early 1960s. Merrick managed the club to their first major trophy, the League Cup in 1963, beating local rivals Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate, but four years in the bottom six places earned him the sack. Took charge of matches in wartime leagues/cups only. Shorts have been either blue or white, and socks usually blue, white or a combination. Two years later they won their third Second Division title, conceding only 24 goals in the 42-game season. [48] Injuries, loss of form, and lack of transfer window investment saw them relegated in a season whose lowlight was a 7–0 FA Cup defeat to Liverpool. Matthews (2000), "Knighton, Albert Leslie", p. 130. D: Matches drawn [136] Relationships became increasingly factional, as illustrated by the failure of three directors, including the club's de facto chief executive Panos Pavlakis, to gain re-election, followed the next day by their reinstatement. [113] The hooligan firm associated with the club, the Zulu Warriors, were unusual in that they had multi-racial membership at a time when many such firms had associations with racist or right-wing groups. The change did not prevent relegation, but Fry's first full season brought promotion back to the second tier as champions, and victory over Carlisle United in the Football League Trophy via Paul Tait's golden goal completed the "lower-league Double". [30] Within 18 months, with relegation to the Fourth Division a possibility, Mackay resigned. [24] Gil Merrick's side saved their best form for cup competitions. [36] A rapid turnover of managers, the absence of promised investment, and a threatened mass refusal of players to renew contracts was relieved only by a victorious trip to Wembley in the Associate Members' Cup. [151] Their record FA Cup win was 10–0 against Druids in the fourth qualifying round of the 1899 competition;[152] their record FA Cup defeat was 7–0 at home to Liverpool in the 2006 quarter-final. [99], In 2013, the Birmingham City Supporters' Trust's application for listing St Andrew's as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) – a building or other land whose main use "furthers the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community" and where it is realistic to believe it could do so in the future. records and statistics, Birmingham City F.C. [135], Going into 2015, the Football League made public their concerns over Yeung's attempts to impose his choice of directors on the BIHL board despite his conviction disqualifying him from exerting influence over a club. Watch the Championship match on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. The Sports Argus newspaper ran a competition in 1972 to design a new badge for the club. [178], This article is about the men's football club. [100] – under the Localism Act 2011 was approved by Birmingham City Council. [83] The home kit consists of a blue shirt with white sleeves, a buttoned collar, white shorts and blue socks, while the away kit is all red. Birmingham City » Appearances Europa League 1958/1960 sorted by Names. All three formerly played for the club. Matthews (2000), "Harvey, Billy", p. 107. Lesser rivalries include fellow West Midlands clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion. "[171], Birmingham City Ladies Football Club was formed in 1968. Birmingham City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Birmingham.The club's involvement in European competition dates back to the 1950s. [120], Small Heath F.C. [54] Uncertain as to his future under possible new owners, Bruce left in mid-season. chairman Ken Wheldon, who cut costs, made redundancies, and sold off assets, including the club's training ground. [102], Birmingham fans consider their main rivals to be Aston Villa, their nearest neighbours geographically, with whom they contest the Second City derby. Founded 1875 Address St. Andrew's Road B9 4RL Birmingham Country England Phone +44 (844) 557 1875 Fax +44 (121) 766 7866 E-mail reception@bcfc.com The Muntz Street ground was adequate for 1880s friendly matches, and the capacity was gradually raised to around 30,000, but when several thousand spectators scaled walls and broke down turnstiles to get into a First Division match against Aston Villa, it became clear that it could no longer cope with the demand.[88]. The original capacity of St Andrew's was reported as 75,000, with 4,000 seats in the Main Stand and space for 22,000 under cover. When payment of players was legalised in 1885, Alf Jones began to act as club secretary on a voluntary basis. [61] Under Lee Clark, Birmingham twice retained their divisional status, albeit through Paul Caddis's 93rd-minute goal in the last match of 2013–14 to avoid relegation on goal difference,[62] but continued poor form saw him dismissed in October 2014. [71][72] Academy product Jude Bellingham was sold to Borussia Dortmund in the summer for a club-record deal reported to be worth up to £30 million, and Clotet departed with Aitor Karanka being appointed his replacement. [127][57][128], Trading in BIH shares was suspended in June 2011 after Yeung's arrest on charges of money-laundering. [63] Gary Rowett stabilised the team and led them to two tenth-place finishes before being controversially dismissed by new owners Trillion Trophy Asia in favour of the "pedigree" of Gianfranco Zola, who would aid the club's "strategic, long-term view" to take the club in a new direction. [154], Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. [38] Omissions and other discrepancies are corrected with input from Matthews (1995), Matthews (2000) and elsewhere, and are noted in the table. [101] In 2018, the club's owners agreed a three-year sponsorship deal under which the name became St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. [23] In the 1961 semifinal they beat Internazionale home and away;[23] no other English club won a competitive game in the San Siro until Arsenal managed it more than 40 years later. The 1970s "penguin" shirt carried the letters "BCFC" intertwined at the centre of the chest. In 1971 they adopted the "penguin" strip – royal blue with a broad white central front panel – which lasted five years. [114][115], The fans' anthem,[116] an adaptation of Harry Lauder's "Keep Right On to the End of the Road",[117] was adopted during the 1956 FA Cup campaign. became a limited company in 1888; its first share issue was to the value of £650. [14] In 1958 the club experimented with a joint appointment, hiring Pat Beasley to work alongside Turner; the experiment annoyed Turner and after six months prompted his resignation. [50], The club's widest victory margin in the league was 12–0, a scoreline which they achieved once in the Football Alliance, against Nottingham Forest in 1899, and twice in the Second Division, against Walsall Town Swifts in 1892 and Doncaster Rovers in 1903. (via the proceeds of the sale of St Andrew's) and the casino group Las Vegas Sands. [52], Burton Albion manager and former Birmingham City player Gary Rowett achieved two tenth-place finishes before – on 14 December 2016, with the team just outside the play-off positions, and to widespread surprise – the club's new owners relieved him and his staff of their duties and, within hours, appointed former Italian international player Gianfranco Zola. Saturday is the 10-year anniversary of one of the great League Cup final upsets With less than 10 minutes to go at Wembley, Alex McLeish turned to Obafemi Martins and asked him to win the 2011 Carling Cup final for Birmingham City. Saunders resigned after FA Cup defeat to non-league Altrincham,[28] John Bond seemed out of touch,[29] and in April 1989, once relegation to the Third Division for the first time in the club's history was confirmed, the club's new owners replaced Garry Pendrey with Dave Mackay. [58] Garry Monk kept the team out of the relegation places, repeated the feat in 2018–19 despite transfer restrictions and a nine-point deduction for failure to comply with the league's spending rules, and was popular with the fans, but he was sacked over disputes with the ownership over transfer strategy and style of play. [60], Birmingham narrowly failed to reach the knockout rounds of the Europa League and the play-off final. Under Arthur Turner, Birmingham won the 1954–55 Second Division title, followed up with what remains the team's highest league finish, sixth place in the 1955–56 First Division, and reached the 1956 FA Cup Final. [12] Turner won promotion in 1955, the next season led the team to their highest league finish of sixth place and their second FA Cup final,[13] and in 1957 reached the semifinals of both the FA Cup and the inaugural Inter-Cities Fairs Cup competition. 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Manager dates and statistics are sourced from Matthews (1995) for Jones and Watson,[63] The Birmingham City FC Archive for McRoberts to Francis,[64][65] and Soccerbase thereafter. was adopted in 1943. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. In the build-up to the 1956 FA Cup semi-final with Sunderland I was interviewed by the press and happened to let slip that my favourite song was Harry Lauder's old music hall number "Keep Right on to the End of the Road".
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