Birmingham City Football Club are an English football club based in Birmingham. They currently play in the Football League Championship. ← Originally known as Small Heath Alliance, followed by Small Heath in 1888, they became Birmingham F.C. in 1905 and Birmingham City F.C. in 1945. They were FA Cup losing finalists in 1931 and 1956. They won their only major silverware to date in 1963 when they lifted the League Cup beating local rivals Aston Villa. The club's darkest era came between 1986 and 2002, when they endured a long exile from the top flight and had two brief spells in the third tier of the English league. The club is nicknamed Blues, due to the colour of their kit, and their fans are known as Bluenoses. Full Article on Wikipedia