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The Blues

Small Heath FC, Birmingham FC, Birmingham City FC

Founded 1875 as Small Heath Alliance FC, known as Small Heath from 1888
Turned professional 1885
Name Changed to Birmingham FC 1905
Present Name Changed 1945

Players provided 17
Different scorers 5 (13 goals)
Total appearances
122
1893-2012

St. Andrews
Domestic Honours Football League Division Two winners 1892-93, 1920-21, 1947-48, 1954-55, 1994-95, runners-up 1893-94, 1900-01, 1902-03, 1971-72, 1984-85; Division Three runners-up 1991-92;
FA Cup
runners-up 1930-31, 1955-56, third place 1971-72;
Football League Wartime South winners
1945-46;
Highest League Position: sixth, Division One 1955-56;
Football League Cup winners
1962-63, 2010-11, runners-up 2000-01;
Associate Members winners
1990-91, 1994-95;
After League restructure: Division One/Championship
fourth place-play-off semi-finalists 1998-99 & 2011-12, fifth place-play-off semi-finalists 1999-2000 & 2000-01, fifth place-play off winners 2001-02, runners-up 2006-07, 2008-09;
European Honours Inter-City Fairs Cup runners-up 1958-60, 1960-61;
Anglo-Italian Cup best:
Anglo-semi-finals 1995-96 (beaten by West Bromwich Albion on pens);
Home venue St. Andrews since 1906; previously played Muntz Street, Small Heath 1877-1906; Waste ground off Arthur Street, 1875-77;
Home strip Blue shirts, white shorts, blue socks.


The 17 Players   4 with only one app.
Ply no. Name Pos App Gls
GA
Mins Playing Career

  
Small Heath  
1 199 Chris Charsley GK 1 1ᵍᵃ 90 1893 90 min

15 years 102 days...

 
Birmingham  
2 334 Watty Corbett LB 3 0 270 1908 7 days

12 years 349 days...

 
3 417 Percy Barton LH 7 0 630 1921-24 3 years
154 days
4 463 Joe Bradford CF/IL 12 7 1080 1923-30 7 years
28 days
George Briggs reserve October 1926, reserve March 1928
5 524 Dan Tremelling GK 1 2ᵍᵃ 90 1927 90 min
6 547 Harry Hibbs GK 25 26ᵍᵃ 2250 1929-36 6 years
77 days
7 574 Lewis Stoker RH 3 0 270 1932-34 1 year
175 days
8 589 Tommy Grosvenor IR 3 2 270 1933 53 days

17 years 343 days...

 
Ply no. Name Pos Start/
Sub
App Gls
GA
Mins Playing Career
Birmingham City  
9 710 Gil Merrick GK 23
0
23 45ᵍᵃ 2046 1951-54 2 years
224 days
Ken Green party May 1954, party June 1954
10 749 Jeff Hall RB 17
0
17 0 1530 1955-57 1 year
229 days
11 756 Gordon Astall OR 2
0
2 1 180 1956 6 days
Harry Hooper provisional May 1958
12 782 Trevor Smith CH 2
0
2 1 180 1959 11 days
13 807 Mike Hellawell OR 2
0
2 0 180 1962 17 days

14 years 112 days...

 
14 926 Trevor Francis F 10
2
12 2 919 1977-78 1 year
104 days

24 years 363 days....

 
15 1126 Matthew Upson CB 4
3
7 0 454 2003-04 1 year
189 days
16 1146 Ben Foster GK 1
0
1 2ᵍᵃ 90 2010 90 min
17 1183 Jack Butland GK 1
0
1 1ᵍᵃ 45 2012 45 min

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