Sport Birmingham

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aston villa vs. birmingham city in second city derby @ villa park


birmingham has played important part in history of modern sport. football league – world s first league football competition – founded birmingham resident , aston villa director william mcgregor, wrote fellow club directors in 1888 proposing ten or twelve of prominent clubs in england combine arrange home-and-away fixtures each season . modern game of tennis developed between 1859 , 1865 harry gem , friend augurio perera @ perera s house in edgbaston, edgbaston archery , lawn tennis society remaining oldest tennis club in world. birmingham , district cricket league oldest cricket league in world, , birmingham host first ever cricket world cup, women s cricket world cup in 1973. birmingham first city named national city of sport sports council. birmingham selected ahead of london , manchester bid 1992 summer olympics, unsuccessful in final selection process, won barcelona.



test cricket @ edgbaston cricket ground


today, city home of 2 of country s oldest professional football teams: aston villa f.c., founded in 1874 , plays @ villa park; , birmingham city f.c., founded in 1875 , plays @ st andrew s. rivalry between clubs fierce , fixture between 2 called second city derby. aston villa 7-time first division champions , 1982 european champions, play in championship following relegation premier league in 2015–16 season. birmingham city play in championship.


seven times county championship winners warwickshire county cricket club play @ edgbaston cricket ground, hosts test cricket , 1 day internationals , largest cricket ground in united kingdom after lord s. edgbaston scene of highest ever score batsman in first-class cricket, when brian lara scored 501 not out warwickshire in 1994.


birmingham has professional rugby union club, moseley r.f.c., play @ billesley common, second professional club, birmingham & solihull r.f.c., playing @ damson park in neighbouring borough of solihull. city has rugby league club, birmingham bulldogs, compete in co-operative rlc midlands premier league (rlc). city home 1 of oldest american football teams in bafa national leagues, birmingham bulls.



international athletics @ national indoor arena


two major championship golf courses lie on city s outskirts. belfry near sutton coldfield headquarters of professional golfers association , has hosted ryder cup more times other venue. forest of arden hotel , country club near birmingham airport regular host of tournaments on pga european tour, including british masters , english open.


the aegon classic is, alongside wimbledon , eastbourne, 1 of 3 uk tennis tournaments on wta tour. played annually @ edgbaston priory club, in 2010 announced plans multimillion-pound redevelopment, including new showcase centre court , museum celebrating game s birmingham origins.


the alexander stadium in perry barr headquarters of uk athletics, , 1 of 2 british venues host fixtures in elite international iaaf diamond league. home of birchfield harriers, has many international athletes among members. national indoor arena hosted 2007 european athletics indoor championships , 2003 iaaf world indoor championships, hosting annual aviva indoor grand prix – british indoor athletics fixture qualify iaaf indoor permit meeting – , wide variety of other sporting events. venue host world indoor athletics championships second time, when come birmingham in 2018.


birmingham host 2022 commonwealth games, replacing durban had withdraw host.


professional boxing, hockey, skateboarding, stock-car racing, greyhound racing , speedway takes place within city.


all england badminton takes place in city.








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