In 1975 the World Championships was held outside America for the first time, in Birmingham, England at the Town Hall, hosted by the legendary Vic Mercer.

SPSS did not wish to sell and support Poplog as such, so Poplog then became available as open source software, hosted at the University of Birmingham, which had also been involved in development after 1991.

The venues that hosted replays were Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Old Trafford and Maine Road in Manchester and Villa Park in Birmingham.

Up until the late 1990s, Legion Field hosted the more important games, including the Iron Bowl, which was considered a neutral site from 1948 through 1987 ; the Tide hosted Tennessee in odd-numbered years in Birmingham until 1999, and hosted LSU in even-numbered years from 1964 through 1986, except for 1980.

Handsworth Park has hosted numerous events: The Birmingham Tattoo, The Birmingham Festival ( both originally called Handsworth-rather than Birmingham -) and the Flower Show, and in 1967 The Birmingham Dog Show.

For a short period in 2006 / 07, the Medicine Bar hosted the Birmingham leg of Club NME.

Crufts is an annual international Championship conformation show for dogs organised and hosted by the Kennel Club, currently held every March at the National Exhibition Centre ( NEC ) in Birmingham, England.

Perry Park hosted the Birmingham Carnival in 2005.

As mentioned above BBC Birmingham hosted many London produced programmes when studio requirements demanded it, an example was The Brothers starring Jean Anderson from BBC Drama Serials.

Presenters who have hosted shows on Heart in the past include many who have either been or gone on to become well known personalities within the Birmingham and West Midlands region, as well as at national level.

On March 24, 1972 the Condors hosted the Kentucky Colonels in Birmingham, Alabama ; four days later, the Condors hosted the Colonels again, this time in their last ever ' home ' game, in Tucson, Arizona.

On 21 April 2008, she hosted a VIP-night performance of Hapgood at The Birmingham Rep in aid of Sunfield and raised a further £ 3, 500 for the charity.

* A high quality scan of the book, in PDF and TIFF formats, hosted at the University of Birmingham, UK

The Alabama Theater hosted the Miss Birmingham Pageant in those years.

The National Queer Youth Conference is hosted annually by the Queer Youth Network, in 2003 it took place in London, 2004 saw it come to Birmingham, Manchester in 2005 and to Birmingham again in 2007.

Alabama has hosted 10 shows ( 3-7 ), the first three of which were in Birmingham.

Also during the 1960s Fannie Flagg hosted a morning show on WBRC-TV in Birmingham, and occasionally reported the weather in the 1970s on the same station.

' The Portland Storm became the Portland Thunder, the Birmingham Americans were replaced by the Vulcans, and the Chicago Fire became the Winds.

On October 23, amid reports that four of its remaining ten teams were on the verge of folding, the entire league shut down and the Birmingham Vulcans, with a league-best record of 9-3, were proclaimed league champions.

Notable local announcers include John Sterling ( New York Stars / Charlotte Hornets television ), Spencer Ross ( New York Stars radio ), Bob Sheppard ( New York Stars PA ), Mike Patrick ( Jacksonville Sharks ), Larry King ( Shreveport Steamer ), Larry Matson ( Birmingham Americans / Birmingham Vulcans ), Fred Sington ( Birmingham Americans / Birmingham Vulcans ) and Eddie Doucette and Vince Lloyd ( Chicago Fire radio and TV respectively ).

* Birmingham Americans 1974 / Birmingham Vulcans 1975

The 1975 Grizzlies finished 7-4 ; in their last WFL game, they were shut out by the Birmingham Vulcans, 21-0.

The Americans were replaced as the Birmingham WFL franchise for the 1975 season by a new team called the Birmingham Vulcans.

The Birmingham Vulcans were a professional American football team located in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Vulcans replaced the Birmingham Americans who had held the WFL franchise for Birmingham in 1974, winning World Bowl I in December 1974 before suffering financial collapse.

* WFL1974-a Birmingham Americans & Vulcans history site

Vulcans, Birmingham

Birmingham Vulcans

At that time Schramm stated the Birmingham was under consideration for a franchise based on its past support of the Americans / Vulcans of the World Football League and the Stallions of the United States Football League.

The largest crowd of the season ( 35, 000 ) turned out in Birmingham to watch the two best teams ( the 8-3-0 Birmingham Vulcans and the 7-4-0 Memphis Southmen ) play ; Birmingham won 21-0.

Birmingham experienced such rapid growth that it was nicknamed " The Magic City.

The turn of the century brought the substantial growth that gave Birmingham the nickname " The Magic City " as the downtown area developed from a low-rise commercial and residential district into a busy grid of neoclassical mid-rise and high-rise buildings and busy streetcar lines.

Birmingham, Alabama boasts several active big bands, including the SuperJazz Big Band, the Joe Giattina Orchestra, the Night Flight Big Band and the Magic City Jazz Orchestra, founded and directed by Ray Reach.

The Kansas City ( later Oakland ) Athletics, owned by Charles O. Finley brought baseball back to the Magic City in 1967 with the Birmingham A's.

* Howell, J. Scott ( 2004 ) " Bringing Back the Magic: Restoring Giuseppi Moretti's Vulcan in Birmingham, Alabama.

They have played widely outside Birmingham too and since 2005 they have toured extensively around the UK with forays into Europe, and support slots for The Zutons and The Magic Numbers.

He also played for the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL.

Birmingham competed in the Southern Division along with the San Antonio Texans, Baltimore Stallions, Memphis Mad Dogs, and Shreveport Pirates.

" In order to introduce the Miami fans to the CFL game, a pre-season game was played at the Orange Bowl between the Baltimore Stallions and the Birmingham Barracudas in 1995 ( Baltimore won the game by a score of 37 – 0 ).

Anderson decided to fold the team at the end of the season after Memphis, Shreveport and Birmingham all folded and the Stallions relocated to Montreal to become the new Alouettes.

Fri. Jun. 17-( W ) BLITZ 29 @ Birmingham Stallions 14 ( Att.

On Monday, March 7, 1983 ; they opened the season with a 9-7 win over the Birmingham Stallions at Legion Field in Birmingham, AL.

On May 23, the Panthers faced the Birmingham Stallions, and the two teams were tied 20-20 in the fourth quarter.

The game went into overtime, and was won by Birmingham thanks to a 46 yard field goal by Stallions placekicker Scott Norwood.

* 1995 CFL exhibition game – Birmingham Barracudas vs. Baltimore Stallions.

The Maulers opened their season with a March 11, 1984 sellout crowd at Three Rivers Stadium facing the Birmingham Stallions team with former longtime Terry Bradshaw backup and 1982 starting Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Cliff Stoudt.

July 2-( L ) BANDITS 17 @ Birmingham Stallions 29 ( Att.

Like the rest of the division, they were left far behind by the Birmingham Stallions and Tampa Bay Bandits.

The Birmingham Stallions were a franchise in the United States Football League, an attempt to establish a second professional league of American football in the United States in competition with the National Football League.

Banks eventually retired after the 1984 Stallions ' season and became an assistant coach on the Birmingham staff in 1985.

Birmingham finished the season as the top rushing club in the USFL with 3, 017 yards on 701 carries, however, the Stallions ranked 11th in the 12-team loop with 2, 999 yards passing.

11-( L ) BULLS 10 @ Birmingham Stallions 42-( Att.

With one of the league's lowest payrolls going into the 1984 season, the Gold shot out of the gate to a surprising 7-1 record and were tied atop the USFL along with the powerful Philadelphia Stars and Birmingham Stallions after 8 weeks.

In the first CFL playoff game ever played between two U. S .- based franchises, the Texans defeated the Birmingham Barracudas 52 – 9 at the Alamodome on November 5, The team then lost to the Baltimore Stallions 21 – 11 in Baltimore on November 11.

Category: Birmingham Stallions players

Sean Jones ' brother Max Jones played college football at Massachusetts and later played professional football with the Birmingham Stallions in the USFL in 1984

Category: Birmingham Stallions players

The team made the playoffs with a 10-8 record and again lost in a nailbiter to an excellent team, the 13-5 veteran, Cliff Stoudt / Joe Cribbs / Jim Smith-led Birmingham Stallions, 22-20.