Birmingham City survived the drop from the Championship by
the skin of their teeth yesterday. Originally formed in 1875 from a clutch of
Trinity church cricketers in Bordesley, they became Small Heath Alliance. Having
dropped the Alliance, Small Heath was, reputedly, the first club to become a
limited company (1888). Known then as the Heathens, the club played on waste ground and joined Division Two
in 1892. The name changed to Birmingham FC in 1905, they moved to St Andrew's
Ground in 1906, adding City to their name in 1943. In 2014, with the club's affairs in
disarray, their £65,000 a week striker, Nikola Zigic, managed a goal after 78 minutes on Saturday
to help them survive in the Championship. But it was Paul Caddis' leveller in stoppage time that forced the 2-2 draw against Bolton, from being 0-2 down. Poor Doncaster playing at Leicester City (the champions) had little hope of getting the points to keep them up, so they join Barnsley and Yeovil in Division One next year. Remaining in the Championship will give new stability to the proposed sale of the club by parent company Birmingham International Holdings Ltd. This will give the club some credence when it comes to signing new players for the coming season and no doubt Lee Clark will be employed, at least in Autumn.
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