Birmingham City F.C.
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Birmingham City (BCFC) is one of
Birmingham's two professional
soccer teams (the other is
Aston Villa F.C.). Originally known as
The Small Heath Alliance, they became
Birmingham F.C. in
1905 and Birmingham City F.C. in
1945.
After a number of years in the second flight league, Birmingham gained promotion to the
FA Premier league for the 2002/3 season, under the guidance of Manager
Steve Bruce in an playoff final win over Norwich City, Darren Carter became a hero for a few months after scoring the winning penalty.
In The 2003/2004 season Birmingham City got off to a brilliant start staying in the top 4 for the first month and after 6 weeks had statisticcly the best defence in the season after a very succesful season till the last 14 or so games they stumbled and ended up on an set of 7 games without an win.
In the off-season between the end of the 03/04 season and the begining of the 04/05 season they signed Muzzy Izzet,
Jesper Grønkjær, Mario Melchiot,
Emile Heskey, Darren Anderton, Julian Gray, 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.
Honours
Famous past & present players
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Football in England
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League competitions
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The FA
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Cup competitions
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FA Premier League
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FA Cup
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The Football League (
Champ,
1,
2)
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England
team
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League Cup
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Football Conference (
Nat,
N,
S)
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FA Community Shield
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Northern Premier League (
Prem,
1)
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List of
clubs
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Football League Trophy
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Southern League (
Prem,
1W,
1E)
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FA Trophy
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Isthmian League (
Prem,
1,
2)
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Records
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FA Vase
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English football league system
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FA NLS Cup
