{"id":110,"date":"2016-04-04T15:21:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.football-stadiums.co.uk\/st-andrew-s\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:08:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:08:59","slug":"st-andrew-s","status":"publish","type":"grounds","link":"https:\/\/www.football-stadiums.co.uk\/grounds\/england\/st-andrew-s\/","title":{"rendered":"St Andrew\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite having been built in 1906, St. Andrew\u2019s wasn\u2019t actually the first stadium that Birmingham City called home. Then again, the club was formed in 1875 and was called Small Heath Alliance at the time, so that should come as too much of a shock! When the club turned professional in 1885 they renamed themselves as Small Heath F.C. Ltd and became the first ever football club to become a limited company and have a board of directors.<\/p>\n

They started life playing on waste ground in the Birmingham district of Bordesley Green before moving to a ground known as Muntz Street. This place, for it could hardly be called a stadium, could hold up to 10,000 spectators when it first opened. The capacity increased to nearly 30,000 but even this wasn\u2019t enough to cope with the demand to watch the team play. A game against Aston Villa, the club\u2019s fiercest rivals, in 1905 registered an official capacity of 28,000 but thousands more scaled walls or broke through the turnstiles in order to attend the match. Things were getting out of hand and a decision was made to find a new home, with St. Andrew\u2019s being built over the course of just ten months.<\/p>\n

Stats<\/h2>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
St Andrew\u2019s Stats<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n
Year Opened<\/td>\r\n 1906<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Capacity<\/td>\r\n 29409<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Average Attendance<\/td>\r\n 15500<\/td> \r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Attendance<\/td>\r\n 67341 (Birmingham v Everton (1939))<\/td>\r\n <\/tr> \r\n \r\n \r\n
Pitch Size<\/td>\r\n 100 x 66 (6600)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Owner<\/td>\r\n Birmingham City F.C.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Sponsor<\/td>\r\n Trillion Trophy Asia<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Clubs Hosted<\/td>\r\n Birmingham City F.C., Coventry City F.C.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
First Fixture<\/td>\r\n Birmingham City v Middlesborough (26\/12\/1906)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Birmingham City Stats<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n
Year Founded<\/td>\r\n 1875<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Nickname<\/td>\r\n The Blues<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Club Mascot<\/td>\r\n Beau Brummie<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Rivals<\/td>\r\n Aston Villa, Wolves & West Brom<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Previous Stadiums<\/td>\r\n Arthur Street, Ladypool Road, Muntz Street<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Kit<\/td>\r\n Blue (Home) \/ Orange & Black (Away)\r\n \r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Training Ground<\/td>\r\n Wast Hills Training Ground<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Shirt Sponsor<\/td>\r\n Boylesports<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Team Owner<\/td>\r\n Birmingham Sports Holdings<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Goalscorer<\/td>\r\n Joe Bradford (267)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Appearances<\/td>\r\n Gil Merrick (551)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n <\/table>\r\n\r\n\n

St Andrew\u2019s Photos<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"View\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n View from stands\r\n \r\n
\r\n Bill Boaden [CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Tilton\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Tilton Road Entrance\r\n \r\n
\r\n Carl Baker [CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"The\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n The Blues\r\n \r\n
\r\n By Bruker:TuborgLight (The Norwegian (bokm\u00e5l) Wikipedia) [GFDL<\/a> or CC-BY-SA-3.0<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"1913\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n 1913 Map\r\n \r\n
\r\n By Ordnance Survey [Public domain]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"View\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n View of a Stand at St. Andrew's\r\n \r\n
\r\n By Struway (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> or GFDL<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"The\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n The Main Stand at St. Andrew's\r\n \r\n
\r\n By Struway (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> or GFDL<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\n\r\n

St Andrew\u2019s Seating Plan and Where to Sit<\/h2>\r\n \r\n
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From Birmingham City FC<\/a><\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n

St. Andrew\u2019s has been refurbished numerous times since it first opened in 1906, but it still maintains its English style layout. There are four different stands at the ground with two of them, The Spion Kop and The Tilton Road Stand, virtually joined together to form something of a curved \u2018L\u2019 shape.<\/p>\n