History Of Birmingham City F.C. (1875–1965)
Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in Birmingham, was founded as Small Heath Alliance in September 1875, and from 1877 played home games at Muntz Street. It adopted professionalism in 1885, and three years later, as Small Heath F.C., became a private company limited by shares, limited company with a board of directors, the first football club so to do. The team played in the Football Alliance from the 1889–90 in English football, 1889–90 season, and in 1892, along with the other Alliance teams, were invited to join the newly formed Football League Second Division, Second Division of the Football League. Although they finished as champions, they failed to win promotion and relegation, promotion via the Test match (association football), test match system; the following season promotion to the Football League First Division, First Division was secured after a second-place finish and test match victory over Darwen F.C. (1870), Darwen. The cl ...
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