- Birmingham City L.F.C.
Football club infobox
clubname = Birmingham City
fullname = Birmingham City Ladies Football Club
nickname = The Blues
founded = 1968
ground =The Valley Stadium ,Redditch
capacity = 5,000 (400 seated)
chairman = flagicon|England Steve Shipway
manager = flagicon|England Laura Harvey
league = Premiership
season = 2006-07
position = Premiership, 7th
shirtsupplier =Nike
shirtsponsors = John Lewis
pattern_la1=_blueshoulders|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=_blueshoulders
leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=0000FF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FFFFFF
pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_thinredsides|pattern_ra2=
leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFBirmingham City L.F.C. is an English
Women's football club, who whilst have the same name, are not affiliated withBirmingham City F.C. . They play their home games atThe Valley Stadium , the home ofRedditch United F.C. History
The club was formed in 1968 by a group of female fans, local friendly matches up until 1970. They joined the
Heart of England League in 1970, and played in the league until 1973 when it underwent a major restructure, and become known as theWest Midland Regional League in 1974. Birmingham were successful during this period, winning these leagues five times burring the entire 70's and 80's (1971/72, 1974/75, 1976/77, 1987/88, 1988/89) among other trophies.Birmingham ran into difficult times in the 90's, with many staff and player changes. It was decided that they would create an academy of young players, which would go on and player for the senior team to try and regain stability.
In 1998/99 Birmingham were promoted to the newly created
Combination League and, in their first season, won the league, thus gaining automatic promotion into theNational Northern Division . After two seasons, Birming gained promotion in to the top flight of women's football, by joining the FA Women's Premier League.The academy had began to produce player for the first team at this point, and
Laura Bassett became the first Birmingham City Ladies player, from the academy or otherwise, to receive a full England cap.Birmingham signed a lot of big name players, including
Rachel Yankey and Alex Scott, for the 2004/05 season, and finished fourth. However, Birmingham City L.F.C. ran into financial problems in the off season, and had to let a few major players go before the start of the 2005/06 season, which they finished in sixth position.Also in 2005, the club's junior sides joined the newly-formed Centre of Excellence league in the Central Warwickshire area.
Current squad
Honours
*Heart of England League: 1
:1971/71
*West Midland Regional League: 4:1974/75, 1976/77, 1987/88, 1988/89
*Midland Combination League:1:1998/99
*AXA Northern Premier League:1:2001/02
ee also
*
Birmingham External links
* [http://www.bclfc.com/ The Birmingham City L.F.C. homepage]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/sport/football/birmingham_city_ladies_fc/index.shtml BBC page on Birmingham City L.F.C.]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
