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Established
1875 (149 years old)
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St Andrews
(30,016 Capacity)
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Birmingham, England
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Il Birmingham City Football Club, meglio noto come Birmingham City, è una società calcistica inglese con sede a Birmingham. Milita in Championship, la seconda divisione del campionato inglese di calcio.
Fondato nel 1875 come Small Heath Alliance, è diventato Small Heath nel 1888, Birmingham Football Club nel 1905 infine Birmingham City Football Club nel 1943. Alla fine della stagione 2008-2009 la squadra è stata promossa nella Premier League. Come Small Heat fu tra i fondatori e primo campione di sempre nella Second Division. Il periodo di maggior successo della storia del club è stato negli anni 1950-1960. Il miglior risultato raggiunto in First Division è stato il sesto posto nella stagione 1955-1956 e la finale in FA Cup nel 1956. Nel 1960 e nel 1961 raggiunge per due volte consecutive la finale della Coppa delle Fiere (antesignana dell'attuale Europa League, seppur questo aspetto non sia formalmente riconosciuto dalla UEFA), perdendo in entrambi i casi, rispettivamente contro il Barcellona e la Roma. Nel 1963 riesce a vincere la prima League Cup battendo Aston Villa 3-1.
Il secondo successo in tale competizione l'ha ottenuto nel 2011, a distanza di quarantotto anni dal precedente, battendo l'Arsenal 2-1. Il Birmingham City ha passato la maggior parte della sua storia nel livello superiore del calcio inglese[1] ma ha avuto anche un periodo nero tra il 1986 e il 2002 quando fu costantemente fuori dalla massima divisione. In questo periodo trascorse anche due stagioni nella terza divisione inglese durante le quali vinse due volte il Football League Trophy.
I giocatori sono conosciuti con il soprannome di Blues (per via del colore delle magliette) e i tifosi sono per questo soprannominati Bluenoses. La squadra gioca le partite in casa al St Andrew's dal 1906.
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St Andrew's is an association football stadium in the Bordesley district of Birmingham, England. It has been the home ground of Birmingham City Football Club for more than a century.
Constructed and opened in 1906 to replace the Muntz Street ground, which had become too small to meet the club's needs, the original St Andrew's could hold an estimated 75,000 spectators, housed in one grandstand and a large uncovered terrace. The attendance record, variously recorded as 66,844 or 67,341, was set at a 1939 FA Cup tie against Everton. During the Second World War, St Andrew's suffered bomb damage and the grandstand, housing a temporary fire station, burned down in an accidental fire. In the 1950s, the club replaced the stand and installed floodlights, and later erected a second small stand and roofed over the open terraces, but there were few further changes.
The ground became dilapidated: a boy was killed when a wall collapsed during rioting in the 1980s. When new owners took the club out of administration in 1993, they began a six-year redevelopment programme during which the ground was converted to an all-seater stadium to comply with the Taylor Report into safety at sports grounds, and all areas apart from the Main Stand were completely rebuilt. The seating capacity of the modern stadium is just over 30,000. It has function rooms suitable for business or social events and a club store selling Birmingham City merchandise. A 2004 proposal that the club should sell the ground and move into a multi-purpose City of Birmingham Stadium remains speculative. In 2013, the ground was listed as an Asset of Community Value under the Localism Act 2011.
St Andrew's has been the venue for England international football matches at all levels below the senior national team, and for semifinal matches in the FA Cup and finals of lesser competitions. It has played host to events in other sports, including rugby union and professional boxing, and more recently has staged music concerts.
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