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In English football, the Birmingham derby (also known as the Second City derby[1]) is the local derby between the two major clubs in the city of Birmingham, England – Aston Villa and Birmingham City.
[edit] HistoryThe clubs first met on 27 September 1879, when Birmingham City were called Small Heath Alliance. The game, on a pitch at Small Heath's Muntz Street ground described by the Villa players as "only suitable for pot-holing",[2] finished 1–0 – recorded as "one goal and a disputed goal to nil"[3] – to the home side.[4] Villa won the first competitive game between the clubs, in the Second Round of the FA Cup at Wellington Road in 1887, by four goals to nil,[5] and their first league encounter, in the First Division in the 1894–95 season, 2–1.[6] The two teams have engaged in several hotly contested matches. In the 1925 league game at Villa Park, with the home side 3–0 ahead with eleven minutes to go, Birmingham scored three times in a dramatic final spell to draw the match.[7] The following year, Aston Villa made headlines with the signing of Tom 'Pongo' Waring, and his first appearance was for the reserves against Birmingham City's reserves, which famously drew a crowd of 23,000. Waring scored three times in the match.[citation needed] The most significant clash was the final of the 1963 League Cup, which was staged not long after Aston Villa had beaten Birmingham City 4–0 in the league. Birmingham won 3–1 on aggregate over the two-legged final to claim their only major domestic honour to date.[8] During the late 1970s to early 1980s both Villa and Birmingham met regularly in the First Division and both teams had some memorable successes in the fixture. In 1980-81 Villa did the double over Birmingham and went onto win the First Division title. Birmingham scored a memorable 3-0 victory at St. Andrews in the first meeting following Villa's European Cup triumph in 1982.Both teams promptly went into decline. Birmingham racked up a 3-0 win in a relegation battle at Villa Park in March 1986 but were relegated at the end of that season. Villa would be demoted the following campaign. The next time Villa met Blues in a league fixture at Villa Park again was in the Second Division and saw a 2–1 Birmingham victory. The reverse fixture at St Andrews was a 2-1 Villa victory with both goals coming from Garry Thompson. The two sides would only meet again in the 1980s in cup competitions. Villa won 7-0 on aggregrate when they clashed twice in the 1988-89 League Cup. The same season Villa also won a Simod Cup clash 6-0. [edit] The Premier League EraFollowing the creation of the Premier League, Aston Villa and Birmingham met twice in the Second Round of the 1993-94 League Cup. Villa won both matches 1-0. The game at St. Andrews was settled by a Kevin Richardson goal after his keeper Mark Bosnich had saved a penalty to keep the game at 0-0. The second leg at Villa Park was notable for a winning goal from Villa's Dean Saunders and a red card for Birmingham's Paul Tait. Villa went onto win the trophy whilst Birmingham were relegated to the Second Division. Birmingham's promotion to the Premier League in 2002 saw eager anticipation for the first league derbies in 20 years. Birmingham won both derbies 3–0 and 2–0, respectively. Both matches saw goalkeeping errors by Villa goalkeeper Peter Enckelman, including a goal scored directly from an Olof Mellberg throw-in. Violence between both sets of fans occurred before both matches as late kick-offs had allowed fans to get drunk over the course of the day. In March 2003, during the game at Villa Park, two Villa players were sent off, Dion Dublin for a head-butt on Birmingham's Robbie Savage and Joey Guðjónsson for a reckless two-footed tackle on Matthew Upson. Trouble also took place following the game on Witton Lane outside Villa Park, where missiles were hurled at police who were attempting to keep both sets of fans apart. The 2003–04 Premiership season saw games ending in 0–0 and 2–2 draws. The 2-2 draw saw Birmingham recover a two goal defecit thanks to a 90th minute equalizer from Stern John. Both games were lunchtime kick-offs to avoid drunken behaviour, which was achieved although the games lost none of their passionate edge. The following season Birmingham got back to winning ways, with 2–1 victory at Villa Park and 2–0 at home, Villa keeper Thomas Sorensen making mistakes in both matches. In the 2005–06 Premiership Season, Aston Villa finally beat City in the Premiership, thanks to a Kevin Phillips goal. This was followed up by another Villa victory on 16 April 2006, Easter Sunday, with Aston Villa winning 3-1 thanks to two goals from Milan Baros and a bicycle kick from Gary Cahill. Birmingham were relegated in 2006 but subsequently promoted in 2007. In November 2007, Villa won their third consecutive derby match with a 2–1 victory at St Andrew's.Former Villa defender Liam Ridgewell scored an own goal to put Villa 1-0 up, Blues equalized through Mikael Forssell only for Gabriel Agbonlahor to clinch it with a late header for Villa, having cleared off his own line mere seconds before. Violent clashes took place outside the ground after the game in which over 20 police officers were hurt.[9][10] The derby on 20 April 2008 between the two sides ended in a 5–1 win for Aston Villa at Villa Park, the biggest winning margin for either side in a league match for 40 years. The most recent meeting between the clubs took place on 13 September 2009 at St. Andrews, which ended 1-0 to Aston Villa, with Gabriel Agbonlahor scoring the winner in the 85th minute. This meant Villa equalled Birmingham's record (set from 1976-8) of five straight Birmingham derby league wins. Villa also possess the record of six straight wins from 1987-93, including five cup matches. [edit] Statistics and recordsAs of the end of the 2008–09 season, there have been 115 meetings in major competition between the two teams since the first FA Cup meeting in 1887, of which Aston Villa have won 49 and Birmingham 37.[11] The most goals in one game were scored in a league game on 7 July 1895, in the First Division, as Small Heath lost to Aston Villa 7–3.[11][12] The biggest winning margin was 5–0 to Aston Villa on 12 October 1988.[11][13] The last Birmingham victory over Aston Villa was on 20 March 2005, when Birmingham won 2–0 at St Andrew's. Villa have won the last five encounters, most recently on 13 September 2009 at St Andrews, which Villa won 1-0 with a Gabby Agbonlahor headed goal. After the game, 14 fans, made up of supporters from both teams, were arrested for public disorder offences and running onto the pitch. [edit] All-time resultsAston Villa Win Birmingham City/Birmingham/Small Heath Alliance Win Draw
[edit] Summary of resultsStats correct as of 7th December 2009.
[edit] Records[edit] Firsts
[edit] Results
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[edit] Trends
[edit] Crossing the divideUnlike, for example, the Old Firm derby, there is no shortage of players who have appeared for both clubs. The most recent permanent transfer from Aston Villa to Birmingham City was that of Liam Ridgewell before the 2007–08 season. The last established first-team player to make this move was Des Bremner in 1984, though there had been loan signings and movement of youth players during this period. The last player to move directly in the other direction was Chris Sutton in 2006.[14][15] Doug Ellis was a director of Birmingham City in the late 1960s before becoming part of a consortium which took over at Aston Villa in 1968. Former Aston Villa Manager Ron Saunders, who managed Villa to League Cup in 1975 and again in 1977 before taking the club to its first Championship success for 70 years in 1981, also moved across to Birmingham City following his resignation in 1982. Notable players who have been transferred between the clubs are listed below. [edit] Aston Villa then Birmingham
[edit] Birmingham then Aston Villa
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