If you're a Birmingham City supporter, the chances are you're feeling pretty good about the Championship campaign ahead after a seriously impressive start to the current season.

Managed by the incredibly likeable Gary Rowett, Blues have been impressive so far this season and they find themselves fifth in the table, level on points with third placed Newcastle United.

And what makes their start all the more credible is the fact they've had little to no money to spend over the past few seasons.

All players brought to St Andrews have cost less than £2million over the past few years and the likes of Che Adams and Greg Stewart have settled extremely well indeed.

So with all looking rosy in the Midlands, we want to open the vault to take a look at the past. What hidden gems of history are in their past and what might you not know about a club that have been going for over one-hundred and forty years?

FLW author Hayden Atkins takes us through FOUR facts you probably never knew about Birmingham City!

The team weren't formed by footballers

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If there's anything we like when looking at the origin of a football club, it's something a little different. And in the case of Birmingham City, you can't get much more different than their starting founders.

The team were actually formed by a group of cricketers in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham, back in 1875.

The lads were looking to play competitively football and just two years later, the club moved into its first ground, Muntz Street. The rent was £5-a-year!

Birmingham City was born in 1905

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Whilst we all know Birmingham City because of their Blue and White kit and St Andrews home, back in the day, the club were more commonly known as Small Heath Alliance.

There are plenty of songs that still ring around the St Andrews paddocks based on the former name but in 1905, the club changed it's name to Birmingham City FC and obviously, that's how we know them best today.

Blues sold the first £1 million football player

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Whilst players move on for gargantuan transfer fees on a weekly basis in modern day football, back in the early seventies, Birmingham City were the first side to sell on a player for over £1million.

The man in question? Trevor Francis, who is arguably one of the best players in the club's long history. He scored 133 goals in 328 appearances but in 1970, he moved to Nottingham Forest for £1million.

The highs and lows of the 2010/2011 season

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In February 2011 Blues lifted their first major silverware for over 55 years when the overcame Arsenal in the League cup final.

Goals from Nikola Zigic and Obafemi Martins gave Birmingham a place in the modern-day history books but it was a season that ended in disappointment.

They were relegated on the last day of the season following a 2-1 defeat at White Hart Lane which meant in two seasons, Birmingham had won major silverware, been relegated, competed in the Europa League and lost a two-legged play-off semi final the season later. Pretty hectic stuff!