18 Oct 2017 08:51:40
Wombourneron and others of similar age can you enlighten me on birmingham city and the fairs cup I googled and it says they were runners up but bluenoses at work saying they won and beat barcelona. this is all I hear at work off them 1st british side to win in europe. what was the feeling of the fairs cup back then?


1.) 18 Oct 2017
18 Oct 2017 09:28:08
Chelsea didn't have that hi crowds till abrovich took over so your point is?
Go back to sandwell and support a really small club.


2.) 18 Oct 2017
18 Oct 2017 09:45:35
Can't see your point of your post jet ski,?
I can't see anything to realise every fan there satd teatime were out of this world wolves ay we!


3.) 18 Oct 2017
18 Oct 2017 09:49:22
Just googled it Philip, blues runners twice 60 and 61.


4.) 18 Oct 2017
18 Oct 2017 09:51:21
They lost one final 4-1 to Barcelona.


5.) 18 Oct 2017
18 Oct 2017 10:22:36
Blues lost second final 4-2 to Roma over two legs.


6.) 18 Oct 2017
18 Oct 2017 12:03:25
they beat Espanyol 1-0 (Bertie Auld) but lost 5 -2 in Spain - December 61 I think. If you want to brag Wolves knocked Juventus out 10 years later - that was a big deal at the time.


7.) 18 Oct 2017
18 Oct 2017 18:21:02
23 Oct 1957 Fairs Cup SF1 Birmingham 4 Barcelona 3.
13 Nov 1957 Fairs Cup SF2 Barcelona 1 Birmingham 0. (Agg 4-4)
26 Nov 1957 Fairs Cup SF Replay on neutral ground -
Barcelona 2 Birmingham 1. Birmingham eliminated.

Source - English National Football Archive.


8.) 18 Oct 2017
18 Oct 2017 20:12:42
To blues fans you also forget we got to UEFA final in 74.


9.) 19 Oct 2017
19 Oct 2017 15:23:19
We got to the UEFA Cup Final in 1971-72.
1974 was the League Cup Final.


10.) 19 Oct 2017
19 Oct 2017 21:01:35
Oh yea sorry.