Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England.
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13 Facts About Birmingham City
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Birmingham City have played in the top tier of English football for around half of their history: the longest period spent outside the top division, between 1986 and 2002, included two brief spells in the third tier of English football, during which time they won the Football League Trophy twice.
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Birmingham City were founded as Small Heath Alliance in 1875, and from 1877 played their home games at Muntz Street.
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Birmingham City were relegated in 1908, obliged to apply for re-election two years later, and remained in the Second Division until after the First World War.
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Saunders quit after FA Cup defeat to non-League team Altrincham, staff were laid off, the training ground was sold, and by 1989 Birmingham City were in the Third Division for the first time in their history.
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Birmingham City equalised in the last minute of normal time, but the match went to a penalty shoot-out which Liverpool won.
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Birmingham City narrowly failed to reach the knockout rounds of the Europa League and the play-off final.
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Two wins from 24 matches under Zola left Birmingham City needing two wins from the last three games to stay up, which they achieved under the managership of Harry Redknapp.
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Birmingham City was succeeded by his assistant, Pep Clotet, initially as caretaker.
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Birmingham City's supporters are generally referred to as "Bluenoses" in the media and by the fans themselves; the name is used in a derogatory manner by fans of other clubs.
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Birmingham City clans swept their side along to Wembley – the first side ever to reach a final without once playing at home – on the wings of the song "Keep right on to the end of the road".
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Birmingham City reached the 2001 Football League Cup Final under Trevor Francis, whose successor as permanent manager, Steve Bruce, twice achieved promotion to the Premier League.
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Birmingham City won the League Cup for the second time under Alex McLeish in 2011.
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