8 iconic Birmingham City memories at St Andrew's ahead of farewell amid Wheels stadium update
A look at the last 118 years of the club's home following the news of Birmingham potentially moving away from the stadium in the future as plans are put into place.
Birmingham City are putting plans into place to potentially move away from St Andrew's in the future with the purchase of land for a new stadium.
The club's owners have agreed a deal with the city council to buy the former Birmingham Wheels site. It is understood that there are plans to build a multi-sport stadium, in what is an exciting move for the Blues.
It would however mean a heart-wrenching goodbye to the venue that the club have called their home since 1906. Speaking at the Live Business of Football summit, Tom Wagner hinted that a new stadium could be on the cards.
"You have got to create a matchday experience that is worthy of folks' time - and we are not competing against other clubs in our city, we are not competing against other clubs in England," he said. "We are competing against Netflix, Apple, YouTube and every other form of entertainment you can think about.
"That’s where young people are spending their time and that’s what we have got to try and capture. That means we need to have a product that is deserving of that time and attention and part of that is the quality of play on the pitch, part of it is the story you are telling, a big part of it is the physical infrastructure. So from day one of our analysis, we asked what are the opportunities to create a new physical infrastructure for the club that is commensurate with our ambitions and that is very much on the cards."
Any potential move would see a lot of memories made at St Andrew's left behind. Below is a look at just a few of those.
1906: St Andrew's opens
St Andrew's officially opened of Boxing Day in 1906 against Middlesbrough. 32,000 saw a 0-0 draw, but the game was notable for kick-off being delayed an hour after fans had to clear snow off the pitch.
(Image: Percy Wynne)1 of 81942: Fire damage
The Main Stand was completely gutted by fire when a fire in a brazier flared out of control in January 1942. All club records and files were lost.
(Image: Birmingham Mail)2 of 8Oct 1956:
Blues played Borussia Dortmund to officially switch on new floodlights. that had been installed. The game finished in a 3-3 draw.
(Image: Mirrorpix)3 of 81971: Blues 4-0 Bolton
![Birmingham City v Bolton Wanderers in 1971.
Trevor Francis heads in the first goal despite a desperate tackle by full-back John Ritson.]()
16-year-old Trevor Francis scored all four goals.
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