The Birmingham City Miscellany


Tony. Matthews
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Stroud : : The History Press, , 2012.
Omfang
1 online resource (311 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Potted History of the Club; Badge of Honour; Formation of a Club; Neutral Grounds; 'B' Team Brummies; Colour Change; Wartime Despatches; Fry (Big not Small); Longest Game; Police Officers in Blue!; Getting Shirty; Posh Spiked; Posh Blues!; Super Savers; Keeper Facts; Shirty!; Gypsy's Curse & Major Error!; Fight Backs; Crowds Flock in ... and Keep Out!; Football Alliance; Age Concern; Cut Short; If the Cap Fits ...; England's Last Twelve Blues!; Internationals; Anglo-Italian Cup; Ancona Controversy; Barcelona Browned Off. - Home Sweet HomeFairs Cup Adventure; Cricketing Footballers; Smith, Smith & More Smiths; Keeping up with the Joneses; First Hero in Blue; League Cup Record; Scottish Connection; San Siro Success; Auld Enemy; Jim Herriot - Goalkeeper & Vet; Believe or not!; Kop that!; Orritt from Wales; Short & Sweet; Winged Wonders; Penalty Ref!; Winter of '63; Barkas of Four!; Young Ones; Away the Blues; Name Change; Blue Belles; Olympic Lasses; Medal Winners; Fifties Front-Line; First & Foremost; Early Bath; Football League/Premiership Record; Grass Roots; Guest Players; Gayle Force; Home from Home. - Premiership Record. - Sequences (Good & Bad)Gr-Eight (Nil); Versatile Welshmen; Tedious Journeys; Dancing TV Stars; Right Real Victories; Try, Try & Try Again; Unlucky Breaks!; Celebrity 'Bluenoses'; Blues News; Cheers - Beer the Boss & Musician; 'Diamond' Fred; Hat-Trick Heroes; Magnificent Seven; Long-Throw Expert; Soccer Nomads; 'V' Sign Spells Danger for Blues!; Tanned ... in preston & Australia!; Blanket Finish - the Closest Ever; Animal Magic; Aggregate Victory (Record); Cup-Winning Captains; Blue Baggies; Not The Blues' Finest Hour; Play-Off Disappointment (& Joy); Longest Name; Second Time Round. - Spanish BluesTransfer Trivia; escapees (the Ones who Got Away!); Yet to Meet; Midland Adventurers; Family Connections; Welsh Connection; Brotherly Love; Blue Workers; Fa Cup Record; Change of Name; First Day Blues!; Goals Galore; Long Season; Major Frank Buckley - A Great Manager (But mot with the Blues); Young Skipper; Managerial Duties; Nicknames; The Blues-Villa Story; No Mean Rivals; Sunday Best (Almost); Rapid Scoring; Bearded Wonders; Test Matches; Champs - but not Promoted!; Burns Slays Rams, Foxes & Canaries (Among Others); Unusual Middle Names; Anglo-Scottish Cup; Europa League. - Vehicles on the PitchBlues Abroad; Consistency; Down But not Out; Own Goals; Nine-Goal Thumpings (for & Against!); Ten-Goal Thrillers; Void Matches; Double-Figure Scores; Hammered!; 500 Club; Blue Destination; First-Half Shocker!; Goal Shy; Keep Right on; Late, Late Blues!; Man Mountain; Playing Record; Christmas Stuffing; Four-Goal Deveys; Rejected by Liverpool; Minor Triumphs; Quick off the Mark; Yankee Doodle Blues; Bold (& Sometimes Brilliant) Blues; Auto Windscreens Shield; Autoglass Trophy; Dreaded Drop; Grassed off!; Fratton Park Thriller; Home Internationals; Instant Impression. - The Birmingham City Miscellany - a book on the Blues like no other, packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legend. Delve deep to find out all about the events and people who have shaped the club into what it is today. Featured here are a plethora of stories on this charismatic football club ranging from how the club was formed, to little-known facts about players and managers. Here you will find player feats, individual records and plenty of weird and wonderful trivia. Rivalry with Villa, favourite managers, quotes ranging from the profound to the downright bizarre and cult heroes
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