It opened on 8 May 1960, with a 2–0 friendly win against Birmingham City.
The Causeway Ground has been floodlit since 1991 when the club took on Birmingham City in a friendly to inaugurate the lights.
The 'Blues' part of the title refers to Skinner's beloved Birmingham City.
De la Cruz, who is a UNICEF ambassador, donated about 10% of his salary from Birmingham City.
In August 2010 it began operating services during Aston Villa and Birmingham football clubs home matches.
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United used six keepers again and Steve McGavin moved to Birmingham for £150,000 in January with no funds made available.
Albert Noble Rawson (October 1900 – 1949) was an English professional footballer born in West Melton, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, who played in the Football League for Sheffield United, Birmingham and Barnsley.
Barry John Bridges (born 29 April 1941 in Horsford, Norfolk) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Chelsea, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Millwall and Brighton & Hove Albion and was capped four times for England.
He had been on the books of Falkirk, but while stationed at Hednesford, Staffordshire, during the Second World War, he appeared for Birmingham City in the wartime Football League South.
Charles Henry Tickle, otherwise Charlie Tickle, (born 1883), English professional footballer who played as an inside forward for Small Heath F.C. (later renamed Birmingham City F.C. in 1905), and who lived in both Heeley Road and Exeter Road
During their 'glory years' of the late 1970s through the 1980s they were managed by ex-Preston North End & Birmingham City striker Eddy Brown.
As a player, he scored 144 goals from 221 appearances in the Football League playing for Leeds United, Huddersfield Town, Birmingham, West Ham United, Millwall and Queens Park Rangers.
He made just seven appearances (scoring twice) for the Saints in the 1992–93 league campaign, having unsuccessful loan spells with Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion before another loan deal in early March took him to Division One promotion contenders West Ham United.
He had spent nearly 14 years as Torquay manager, signing a number of players who would go on to greater things, including Robin Stubbs who he signed from Birmingham City for £6,000.
Sheffield United were the Champions of League North and Birmingham City were the Champions of League South for the only full season in 1945-46.
Allner started his playing career as a schoolboy at Birmingham City before signing amateur forms at Walsall playing reserve football.
He was one of five brothers who all played professional football, Ted and Will for Small Heath and Jack, Harry and Bob for Aston Villa.
Surtees arrived at Hillsborough in November 1934 and contrary to his earlier career, his fine form was an eye-opener, so much so that he was given a first team chance on Christmas Day 1934 in a 2–0 home victory against Birmingham City when Ronnie Starling was rested.
He joined Exeter City as a trainee after playing for a Merseyside youth team in Toxteth, after being brought to Exeter for a friendly by former Birmingham City and Liverpool player Howard Gayle.
Born in Wheatley Hill, County Durham, he spent most of his professional career at Birmingham, for whom he played 246 games in all competitions, including 230 in the First Division.
He later signed for Qatari side Al-Sadd in 2008, where he played only six months before transferring on loan to Birmingham City in England.
In January 1998, dozens of hooligans invaded the pitch at the club's new Britannia Stadium at the end of a 7-0 Division One defeat by Birmingham City and several seats were thrown onto the pitch.
In awarding Birmingham City a penalty 13 minutes from time during the Premier League game at St Andrews on 29 March 2008, Styles caused many observers in the media to question whether the away side's Sun Jihai had actually fouled home striker Gary McSheffrey in the penalty area, or merely been punished for a legitimate shoulder-to-shoulder challenge, which would ordinarily have brought no sanction whatsoever.
After spending some time as press officer for Birmingham City, Connor moved to America where he coached in the USL First Division under John McGinlay for Cincinnati Riverhawks, Boston Bulldogs and in the Eastern Indoor Soccer League with the Lafayette Swamp Cats.
Most of the cost of the above work was covered (as had become the norm) by the sale of assets, the most notable of those being Jackie Stewart to Birmingham City, Jim Baxter to Rangers and Jimmy MacEwan to Aston Villa, the latter deal also leading to Villa travelling north to play in the first match under the new lights.
Born in Porsgrunn, Telemark, Capaldi began his career at Birmingham City, where he came through the youth ranks as a trainee.
In the 1995–96 season, he spent time on loan at Division One sides Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City.
Walter "Wally" Quinton (13 December 1917 – 1996) was an English professional footballer who made 85 appearances in the Football League playing for Rotherham United, Birmingham City, Brentford and Shrewsbury Town.