Birmingham City
Nickname: Blues
Founded: 1875
Manager:Alex McLeish
Ground: St Andrews
Last Season: 2nd in Championship (promoted)
Titles:Division Two Champions: 1892-93, 1920-21, 1947-48, 1954-55
Nationwide Two Champions; 1994-95
League Cup Winners: 1963
Leyland Daf Cup Winners: 1991
Auto Windscreens Shield Winners: 1995
Off-season player movements
Ins: Christian Benitez (Santos Laguna, 9m pds), Scott Dann (Coventry, 3.5m pds), Joe Hart (Man City, loan), Giovanny Espinoza (Barcelona SC, undisc), Roger Johnson (Cardiff, 5m pds), Lee Bowyer (West Ham, free), Barry Ferguson (Rangers, 1m pds)
Outs: Mehdi Nafti, Radhi Jaidi, Artur Krysiak (all released), Stephen Kelly (Fulham, free), Krystian Pearce (Peterborough, loan), Semih Aydilek (Kayserispor)