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| name            = Birmingham Bullets
| logo            = BulletsBirmingham.jpg
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| league          = [[British Basketball League]]
| established     = 1974
| folded          = 2006
| history         = '''Coventry''' <br /> 1974-1980 <br /> '''Team Fiat''' <br /> 1980-1982 <br /> '''Birmingham Bullets''' <br /> 1982-2006
| arena           = 
| location        = [[Birmingham]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]

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The '''Birmingham Bullets''' were a British professional [[basketball]] team from [[Birmingham]], [[England]] who competed in the [[British Basketball League]] (BBL). The club was founded in 1974 as '''Coventry Granwood''' before moving to Birmingham in 1980 as part of the team's sponsorship agreement with [[Fiat]]. The Bullets achieved some success in the BBL, mostly in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including winning the Playoffs in 1996 and 1998. They also achieved a 2nd place League finish in 1998 and were runners up in the 2000 Playoffs and 2002 Trophy. In latter years, the club struggled both on and off the court. The club officially resigned from the BBL in the summer of 2006 and soon after went into [[liquidation]]. Since then both the [[Birmingham Panthers]] and [[Birmingham Knights]] have endured short-lived and unsuccessful spells in the BBL.

==Notable former players==
{{Basketball notable players criteria}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|

*{{flagicon|England}} [[Clive Allen (basketball)|Clive Allen]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Bonds]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|England}} [[Tony Dorsey]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|England}} [[Fabulous Flournoy]]
*{{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marcus Gaither]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shawn Jamison]]
*{{flagicon|Barbados}} {{flagicon|England}} [[Nigel Lloyd]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Skouson Harker]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rob Paternostro]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Paul Stewart (basketball)|Paul Stewart]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Yorick Williams]]
|}}

==Season-by-season records==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Division
!rowspan="2"|Tier
!colspan="6"|Regular Season
!rowspan="2"|Post-Season
!rowspan="2"|Cup
!rowspan="2"|Trophy
!rowspan="2"|Head coach
|-
! Finish
! Played
! Wins
! Losses
! Points
! Win %
|-
|colspan="13" align=center bgcolor="black" | <span style="color:white;">'''Coventry Granwood'''</span>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1974-75 National Basketball League season|1974–75]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|5th
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|0.444
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1975-76 National Basketball League season|1975–76]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|4th
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|0.556
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|colspan="13" align=center bgcolor="black" | <span style="color:white;">'''Coventry Team Fiat'''</span>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1976-77 National Basketball League season|1976–77]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|5th
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|0.556
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1978-79 National Basketball League season|1978–79]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|4th
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|13
|style="text-align:center;"|7
|style="text-align:center;"|26
|style="text-align:center;"|0.650
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=silver|Runners Up, losing to [[Crystal Palace (basketball)|Crystal Palace]]
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1979-80 National Basketball League season|1979–80]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|3rd
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|style="text-align:center;"|14
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|style="text-align:center;"|28
|style="text-align:center;"|0.778
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=silver|Runners Up, losing to [[Crystal Palace (basketball)|Crystal Palace]]
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|colspan="13" align=center bgcolor="red" | <span style="color:white;">'''Birmingham Team Fiat'''</span>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1980–81 National Basketball League season|1980–81]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|1st
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|style="text-align:center;"|17
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|34
|style="text-align:center;"|0.944
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1981–82 National Basketball League season|1981–82]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|5th
|style="text-align:center;"|22
|style="text-align:center;"|15
|style="text-align:center;"|7
|style="text-align:center;"|30
|style="text-align:center;"|0.682
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|colspan="13" align=center bgcolor="red" | <span style="color:white;">'''Birmingham Barrett Bullets'''</span>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1982–83 National Basketball League season|1982–83]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|4th
|style="text-align:center;"|24
|style="text-align:center;"|17
|style="text-align:center;"|7
|style="text-align:center;"|34
|style="text-align:center;"|0.708
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=silver|Runners Up, losing to [[Solent Stars|Solent]]
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|colspan="13" align=center bgcolor="red" | <span style="color:white;">'''Davenports Birmingham'''</span>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1983–84 National Basketball League season|1983–84]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|9th
|style="text-align:center;"|36
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|32
|style="text-align:center;"|0.444
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"|2nd round
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1984–85 National Basketball League season|1984–85]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|12th
|style="text-align:center;"|26
|style="text-align:center;"|6
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|12
|style="text-align:center;"|0.231
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|colspan="13" align=center bgcolor="red" | <span style="color:white;">'''Birmingham Bullets'''</span>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1985–86 National Basketball League season|1985–86]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|6th
|style="text-align:center;"|28
|style="text-align:center;"|15
|style="text-align:center;"|13
|style="text-align:center;"|30
|style="text-align:center;"|0.536
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=silver|Runners Up, losing to [[Kingston Kings|Kingston]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1986–87 National Basketball League season|1986–87]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|9th
|style="text-align:center;"|24
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|0.333
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1987–88 British Basketball League season|1987–88]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|7th
|style="text-align:center;"|28
|style="text-align:center;"|14
|style="text-align:center;"|14
|style="text-align:center;"|28
|style="text-align:center;"|0.500
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1988–89 British Basketball League season|1988–89]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL 1]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|II
|style="text-align:center;"|3rd
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|style="text-align:center;"|32
|style="text-align:center;"|0.800
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1989–90 British Basketball League season|1989–90]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL 1]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|II
|style="text-align:center;"|8th
|style="text-align:center;"|22
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|14
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|0.364
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|2nd round
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1990–91 British Basketball League season|1990–91]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL 1]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|II
|style="text-align:center;"|8th
|style="text-align:center;"|22
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|style="text-align:center;"|12
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|0.455
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|2nd round
|style="text-align:center;"|-
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1991–92 British Basketball League season|1991–92]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|8th
|style="text-align:center;"|30
|style="text-align:center;"|11
|style="text-align:center;"|19
|style="text-align:center;"|22
|style="text-align:center;"|0.367
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1992–93 British Basketball League season|1992–93]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|5th
|style="text-align:center;"|33
|style="text-align:center;"|17
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|34
|style="text-align:center;"|0.515
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|3rd round
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|Peter Mintoft
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1993–94 British Basketball League season|1993–94]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|6th
|style="text-align:center;"|36
|style="text-align:center;"|21
|style="text-align:center;"|15
|style="text-align:center;"|42
|style="text-align:center;"|0.583
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|Peter Mintoft
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1994–95 British Basketball League season|1994–95]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|8th
|style="text-align:center;"|36
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|style="text-align:center;"|36
|style="text-align:center;"|0.500
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|Steve Tucker
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1995–96 British Basketball League season|1995–96]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|3rd
|style="text-align:center;"|36
|style="text-align:center;"|26
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|style="text-align:center;"|52
|style="text-align:center;"|0.722
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[London Towers|Towers]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Nick Nurse]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1996–97 British Basketball League season|1996–97]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|4th
|style="text-align:center;"|36
|style="text-align:center;"|26
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|style="text-align:center;"|52
|style="text-align:center;"|0.722
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Nick Nurse]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1997–98 British Basketball League season|1997–98]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=silver|2nd
|style="text-align:center;"|36
|style="text-align:center;"|29
|style="text-align:center;"|7
|style="text-align:center;"|58
|style="text-align:center;"|0.806
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Thames Valley Tigers|Thames Valley]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Mike Finger
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1998–99 British Basketball League season|1998–99]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|7th
|style="text-align:center;"|36
|style="text-align:center;"|21
|style="text-align:center;"|15
|style="text-align:center;"|42
|style="text-align:center;"|0.583
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Mike Finger
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1999–2000 British Basketball League season|1999–00]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL S]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|3rd
|style="text-align:center;"|34
|style="text-align:center;"|17
|style="text-align:center;"|17
|style="text-align:center;"|34
|style="text-align:center;"|0.500
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=silver|Runners Up, losing to [[Manchester Giants (1975–2001)|Manchester]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|Mike Finger
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2000–01 British Basketball League season|2000–01]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL S]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|4th
|style="text-align:center;"|34
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|36
|style="text-align:center;"|0.529
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|Lance Randall
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2001–02 British Basketball League season|2001–02]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL S]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|5th
|style="text-align:center;"|32
|style="text-align:center;"|15
|style="text-align:center;"|17
|style="text-align:center;"|30
|style="text-align:center;"|0.469
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=silver|Runners Up, losing to [[Chester Jets|Chester]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|Lance Randall
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2002–03 British Basketball League season|2002–03]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|9th
|style="text-align:center;"|40
|style="text-align:center;"|11
|style="text-align:center;"|29
|style="text-align:center;"|22
|style="text-align:center;"|0.275
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Tony Garbelotto]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2003–04 British Basketball League season|2003–04]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|10th
|style="text-align:center;"|36
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|style="text-align:center;"|34
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|style="text-align:center;"|0.056
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|Steve Tucker
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2004–05 British Basketball League season|2004–05]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|11th
|style="text-align:center;"|40
|style="text-align:center;"|5
|style="text-align:center;"|35
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|style="text-align:center;"|0.125
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|Charlie Adams
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2005–06 British Basketball League season|2005–06]]
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[British Basketball League|BBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|I
|style="text-align:center;"|11th
|style="text-align:center;"|40
|style="text-align:center;"|9
|style="text-align:center;"|31
|style="text-align:center;"|17
|style="text-align:center;"|0.225
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Skouson Harker]]
|}

==See also==
*[[British Basketball League]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110207144805/http://birmingham-bullets.com/ Birmingham Bullets at Represent Sports]
*[http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0200sport/birminghambullets/news/ Birmingham Bullets news archive] from icBirmingham

{{British Basketball League teamlist}}

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[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Birmingham, West Midlands]]
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[[Category:1974 establishments in England]]
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