More on our history.

This is the kit which Small Heath Alliance used when they entered the Football League, early in the history of the game and which is featured in one of the photographs below.

 After winning the "Test Matches" (an early equivalent to modern play-offs) the previous season, the Heathens took their place in the First Division in 1893 for the first time in their history. To celebrate this achievement, the club adopted these smart shirts in Varsity colours, making this item a must for all Blues fans with a sense of their club's heritage. In fact for only a tenner a time I have already ordered mine from 

this lot.
 Was this the reason for us being called "Blues"? Although there is still controversy as to whether we were first referred to as, "Blues" or, as many claim, "The Blues".