 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zita rokuti Birmingham City F.C. rakagamuchirwa muna 1943. Pasi paHarry Storer, akagadzwa maneja muna 1945, chikwata chakakunda Football League South munguva yehondo uye chakasvika kuma semi fainari ekutanga mushure mehondo yeFA Cup. Makore maviri gare gare vakakunda mukombe wavo weChipiri weChipiri, vachibvuma zvibodzwa makumi maviri nezvina mumutambo wemitambo makumi mana nemaviri. Mutsivi waStorer, Bob Brocklebank, kunyange zvazvo akakundikana kudzivisa kudzikiswa mu1950, akaunza vatambi vakaita mupiro mukuru mukubudirira kwechikwata mumakore gumi anotevera. Mushure mekutora pakati pe1954-55 mwaka, Arthur Turner akatungamira timu kune imwe zita reChipiri Chikamu rakateverwa neicho chinoramba chiri chinzvimbo chavo chepamusoro cheligi, chechitanhatu muChikamu Chekutanga, muna 1955-56. Vakasvikawo kumagumo eFA Cup, yakarasikirwa neManchester City 3-1 mumutambo unonyanyorangarirwa nemuchengeti wepagedhi weCity Bert Trautmann achitamba maminetsi makumi maviri ekupedzisira negonzo rakatyoka mumutsipa wake. Mwaka wakatevera kirabhu yakarasikirwa muFA Cup semi-fainari kechitatu kubva hondo, panguva ino yakarohwa 20 neManchester United Busby Babes. 