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Birmingham City have only won one major trophy in their history but it was a sweet moment for all Birmingham players and supporters. They lifte the Leaguer Cup in 1963 by beating old rivals Aston Villa 3-1 on aggregate.  The 1950s and 60s were arguably the finest years for Birmingham as they finished sixth in the top flight in 1956 and reached the FA Cup Final as well. However, they lost 3-1 to Manchester City in a game that was infamous for Bert Trautmann playing the last 20 minutes with a broken neck.

Birmingham have a European history too and were ground-breaking in the 1950's as the first English club to take part in European competition. They played in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as it was known then and reached the semi final before losing to Barcelona.  Blues were also the first English club to reach a European final as they lost twice to Barcelona in 1960 and AS Roma in 1961 in the same tournament.

In the 1961 semi-final they beat Inter Milan home and away, which no other English club managed to achieve until Arsenal in the 21st Century.  Casting the net back further, Birmingham also reached the FA Cup Final in 1931 only to lose 2-1 to West Bromwich Albion. They adopted the ‘City’ moniker in 1943 having previously been known as Small Heath Alliance on formation and then Birmingham from 1905.

Trevor Francis is arguably Birmingham's greatest ever player and he was part of a fearsome forward line in the 1970s that also contained Bob Latchford and Bob Hatton as well as PFA Chief Executive Gordon Taylor.  Birmingham slipped into the third tier of English football for the first time in their history in 1989 but they lifted the Leyland DAF Trophy in 1991 and its successor, the Auto Windscreens Shield in 1995, under the lively guidance of Barry Fry.  A League Cup final appearance against Liverpool followed in 2001 but they lost on penalties and they will be hoping to make Birmingham news by winning the Championship for the first time since 1955 this season.

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