Birmingham Bullets

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Birmingham Bullets

League	British Basketball League
Founded	1974
Folded	2006
Team History	Coventry 1974-1980 Team Fiat 1980-1982 Birmingham Bullets 1982-2006
Arena	North Solihull Sports Centre
City	Birmingham, West Midlands
Team Colours	Red and White

The Birmingham Bullets was a basketball team competing in the British Basketball League, the top level men's basketball league in the United Kingdom. However, the club resigned from the league in the summer of 2006 and soon after went into liquidation and no-longer exist as a basketball franchise. Many of their players formed an exodus to the nearby Leicester Riders who also compete in the British Basketball League.

1 The future
2 See also
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] The future

With Worcester Wolves stepping up to replace the Birmingham franchise in the BBL in 2006 ^[1], many former Bullets fans have adopted the Wolves as their new team, but basketball's future in the Midlands took a turn for the better early in 2007. The British Basketball Association, a proposed professional league set to rival the BBL, announced Birmingham Athletics as their second franchise for the 2007-08 season ^[2], on February 19, while a month later on March 23, the BBL announced that a new franchise had been awarded to Birmingham ^[3], also for the 2007-08 season, called Birmingham Panthers.