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Nickname |
'The Blues' |
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Year turned professional |
1888 |
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Previous club names: |
Small Heath Alliance 1875-88 |
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Club Colours |
Blue and White |
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Transfer Record (Received) |
£3.1m for Robbie Savage from Blackburn, 2005 |
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Tranfer Record (Paid) |
£6.25m Emile Heskey from Liverpool, 2004 |
Birmingham City FC History Birmingham Cit FC was formed in 1875 under the name of Small Heath Alliance by a group of cricketers from Holy church in Bordesley green. The Club used several home grounds for their games, it wasn’t until 1905 that the club moved to St Andrews Stadium. The club name also changed this year to Birmingham FC. The first match played at the new Stadium was against Middlesbrough with an attendance of 32,000. Before the 1930’s blues were unable to achieve any cup finals or trophies. In 1931 the club managed to play their first FA cup final at Wembley against West Brom, unfortunately they were unable to win and lost 2-1. Club success was not found until 1946 when they won the football league championship and appeared in the FA Cup semi final. The season of 1954-55 Blues managed to gain promotion from the second division to the first. The following year they achieved 6th place in the league, which is their highest recorded position and again reached the FA Cup final against Manchester city losing 3-1. |
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Birmingham city became the first English club to
play in Europe and were entered for the inter-city fairs cup final
against
Barcelona, the team were unable to achieve a win by losing
4-1 on aggregate. Blues spent most of their season getting promoted into 1st division and then relegated to the division two, however in 1989 Birmingham City were again relegated but this time into the third division for the first time ever. Blues found little success in the leagues, although in 1995 they won a trophy at Wembley in the Auto Windscreen Shield competition. In 2001 blues found themselves in the Worthington Cup final at the Millennium stadium where they were beaten by Liverpool. The following season blues made great success where they were promoted into the Premiership for the first time in 16years under the management of Steve Bruce, a former player. Birmingham City FC continues to perform in the premiership and
are working at staying in the top league to avoid relegation. |
Division 1 - Promotion: |
2001-2002 |
Division 2 - Champions: |
1892-93, 1920-21, 1947-48, 1954-55, 1994-95 |
FA Cup - Runners-up: |
1931, 1956 |
League cup - Runners-up: |
1963 |
League cup - Runners-up: |
2001 |
European fairs cup - Runners-up: |
1958, 1960 |
Leyland DAF cup - Winners: |
1991 |
Auto windscreens Shield - Winners: |
1995 |
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Trevor Francis was Britain’s first £1million footballer he signed for Birmingham City in 1969 at the age of 16. He made his debut in 1970 and finished the season scoring 15goals in 22 games. In 1977 Francis was given his first England cap against Holland. Nottingham Forest in 1978 made a £1million bid for Francis as they were the remaining league champions and league cup, he moved to the club that year. Francis made great impact in the new squad by scoring a vital goal in the European cup final against Malmo and again winning the European cup 1980. In 1981 Francis was again sold for £1million pound to Manchester City scoring 12 goals in 26games his first season. Francis in 1986 made his 52nd and final appearance for England against Scotland. |
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Steve Bruce started his career with Gillingham in 1977, he remained there until 1983 where he was transferred to Norwich City. Steve Bruce’s height of his career started at Manchester United where he was transferred in 1987. He made over 300 appearance for Man Utd scoring 51 goals. He won 3 premiership titles, 2 FA cup, 1 league Cup and 1 Cup Winners Cup. In 1991 he became Manchester United’s captain until 1996 where he was dropped out of the FA Cup final, within two weeks he joined Birmingham City. Bruce was a first team player for Birmingham, although he played excellently it was not enough to gain promotion for his team. At the end of 1998 season he retired as a player and became a mangers for Sheffield. Bruce currently Manages Birmingham City and gained promotion for the side in 2001-02 season. |
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Christophe Dugarry joined blues in 2002 for their first season in the premiership and was considered as one of their key player in saving them from relegation. He has won many titles including the world cup and European championships. He started his Career in France for bodeaux in 1988 and has appeared in 44 games for France scoring 7goals. |
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Emile Heskey played his first game for Leicester in 1995, in his first season he appeared in 30 games and helped earn promotion to the premiership. He made his England debut as a friendly against Hungary and achieved the man of the match award. Heskey joined Liverpool in 2000 for £11 million, and scored 22 goals in his first season. In 2001 he was part of the squad that won five trophies in one season (UEFA cup, FA cup, European Supercup, league cup and charity Shield). Birmingham Paid a record fee of £6.25 million for Heskey and since joining scored 12 goals in 45 games. |
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