1996/97 Birmingham City Away Football Shirt #3 (L)

Condition: 8/10 Excellent. Light wear to the manufacturer logo & sponsor on the chest

Size: Adult Large (loose fitting)

Chest Measurement: 44-46 Inches / 112-117 CM

Manufacturer: Pony

Colour: Black & red stripes, white trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 1996/1997

Player: #3

Patches: N/A

Original Pony Birmingham City away football shirt from the 1996/97 season. Complete with #3 on the back of the shirt in original flock numbering.

This jersey was bought by ourselves from a collector of Birmingham City shirts and is believed to have been worn in a reserve game (Birmingham City's 'second team').

The condition of this vintage football jersey is 8/10 - Excellent. Light wear to the manufacturer logo & sponsor on the chest (see photos).

In April 1989 the Kumar brothers, owners of a clothing chain, bought the club. A rapid turnover of managers, the absence of promised investment, and a threatened mass refusal of players to renew contracts was relieved only by a victorious trip to Wembley in the Associate Members Cup. Terry Cooper delivered promotion, but the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) put the Kumars' businesses into receivership; in November 1992 BCCI's liquidator put up for sale their 84% holding in the football club. The club continued in administration for four months, until publisher David Sullivan bought it for £700,000, installed the then 23-year-old Karren Brady as managing director and allowed Cooper money for signings.

On the last day of the season, the team avoided relegation back to the third tier, but after a poor start to the 1993–94 season Cooper was replaced by Barry Fry. The change did not prevent relegation, but Fry's first full season brought promotion back to the second tier as champions, and victory in the Football League Trophy at Wembley, beating Carlisle United with a Paul Tait golden goal, completed the "lower-league Double". After one more year, Fry was sacked to make way for the return of Trevor Francis.