1950–51 Birmingham City F.C. season
1950–51 season | ||
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Chairman | Harry Morris Jr | |
Manager | Manchester United, FA Cup sixth round, 24 February 1951 | |
Lowest home attendance | 12,593 vs Southampton, 28 February 1951 | |
Average home league attendance | 25,333 | |
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The
Twenty-two players made at least one appearance in nationally organised competitive football during the season, and there were thirteen different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Gil Merrick, full-back Arthur Atkins and winger Johnny Berry were ever-present in the 48-game season, and Cyril Trigg was the leading goalscorer with 19 goals, of which 17 came in league matches.
As part of the
Football League Second Division
Note that not all teams completed their playing season on the same day. Birmingham were in third position after their last game of the season, on 28 April, but by the time the last game was played, on 5 May, they had been overtaken by
Date | League position |
Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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19 August 1950 | 1st | Swansea Town | A | W | 1–0 | Boyd | 25,012 |
23 August 1950 | 1st | Leicester City |
H | W | 2–0 | Smith
|
28,343 |
26 August 1950 | 4th | Grimsby Town |
H | D | 1–1 | Powell | 33,017 |
28 August 1950 | 1st | Leicester City |
A | W | 3–1 | Trigg, Smith, Stewart
|
31,291 |
2 September 1950 | 1st | Notts County |
A | W | 1–0 | Smith | 34,648 |
6 September 1950 | 1st | Coventry City |
H | D | 1–1 | Higgins | 24,719 |
9 September 1950 | 1st | Preston North End |
H | W | 1–0 | Smith | 32,633 |
11 September 1950 | 2nd | Coventry City |
H | L | 1–3 | Berry | 30,448 |
16 September 1950 | 5th | Bury | A | L | 1–4 | Dorman | 16,809 |
23 September 1950 | 5th | Queens Park Rangers |
H | D | 1–1 | Heath og | 26,583 |
30 September 1950 | 4th | Chesterfield | A | D | 1–1 | Trigg | 12,330 |
7 October 1950 | 4th | Southampton | A | W | 2–0 | Smith, Green | 25,499 |
14 October 1950 | 3rd | Barnsley | H | W | 2–0 | Smith, Boyd | 26,617 |
21 October 1950 | 4th | Brentford | A | L | 1–2 | Trigg | 19,273 |
28 October 1950 | 3rd | Blackburn Rovers |
H | W | 3–2 | Trigg, Smith, Stewart | 24,552 |
4 November 1950 | 4th | Hull City | A | L | 2–3 | Trigg 2 | 32,038 |
11 November 1950 | 5th | Doncaster Rovers |
H | L | 0–2 | 26,779 | |
18 November 1950 | 5th | Sheffield United | A | L | 2–3 | Smith, Stewart | 23,879 |
25 November 1950 | 5th | Luton Town |
H | W | 3–0 | Higgins 2, Smith | 18,606 |
2 December 1950 | 7th | Leeds United |
A | L | 0–3 | 23,355 | |
9 December 1950 | 6th | West Ham United |
H | W | 3–1 | Higgins, Stewart, Smith | 18,180 |
16 December 1950 | 4th | Swansea Town | H | W | 5–0 | Trigg 3, Stewart, Berry | 15,649 |
23 December 1950 | 4th | Grimsby Town |
A | D | 1–1 | Smith | 13,141 |
25 December 1950 | 6th | Manchester City | A | L | 1–3 | Trigg | 40,173 |
26 December 1950 | 4th | Manchester City | H | W | 1–0 | Trigg | 32,092 |
30 December 1950 | 5th | Notts County |
H | L | 1–4 | Stewart | 33,770 |
13 January 1951 | 7th | Preston North End |
A | L | 0–1 | 30,662 | |
20 January 1951 | 7th | Bury | H | D | 3–3 | Trigg 2, Stewart | 25,653 |
3 February 1951 | 9th | Queens Park Rangers |
A | L | 0–2 | 12,295 | |
17 February 1951 | 7th | Chesterfield | H | W | 2–1 | Trigg, Higgins | 33,768 |
28 February 1951 | 7th | Southampton | H | W | 2–1 | Trigg, Stewart | 12,593 |
3 March 1951 | 5th | Barnsley | A | W | 2–0 | Dailey, Stewart | 15,450 |
17 March 1951 | 5th | Blackburn Rovers |
A | W | 3–2 | Dailey 2, Higgins | 28,116 |
23 March 1951 | 5th | Cardiff City |
H | D | 0–0 | 15,054 | |
24 March 1951 | 4th | Hull City | H | W | 2–1 | Dailey, Boyd | 27,512 |
26 March 1951 | 5th | Cardiff City |
A | L | 1–2 | Rowley | 36,992 |
31 March 1951 | 5th | Doncaster Rovers |
A | W | 1–0 | Trigg | 16,091 |
7 April 1951 | 3rd | Sheffield United | H | W | 3–0 | Higgins, Rowley, Warhurst | 21,974 |
14 April 1951 | 4th | Luton Town |
A | D | 1–1 | Warhurst | 16,324 |
21 April 1951 | 4th | Leeds United |
H | L | 0–1 | 23,809 | |
25 April 1951 | 4th | Brentford | H | D | 1–1 | Smith | 13,643 |
28 April 1951 | 3rd | West Ham United |
A | W | 2–1 | Rowley, Ferris | 12,396 |
League table (part)
Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
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2nd | Manchester City | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 89 | 61 | 1.46 | 52 |
3rd | Cardiff City |
42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 53 | 45 | 1.18 | 50 |
4th | Birmingham City |
42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 53 | 1.21 | 49 |
5th | Leeds United |
42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 63 | 55 | 1.15 | 48 |
6th | Blackburn Rovers |
42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 66 | 0.98 | 46 |
Key | Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average ; Pts = Points
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Source | [1] |
FA Cup
Birmingham beat
Blackpool were the class team, but "Birmingham, with their fiery, quick tackling, their spirit and the snapping up of stray chances, have swept class aside before now."
In the replay, at
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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Third round | 6 January 1951 | Manchester City | H | W | 2–0 | Stewart, Higgins
|
30,057 |
Fourth round | 27 January 1951 | Derby County |
A | W | 3–1 | Stewart, Smith
|
37,384 |
Fifth round | 10 February 1951 | Bristol City |
H | W | 2–0 | Stewart, Trigg | 47,831 |
Sixth round | 24 February 1951 | Manchester United |
H | W | 1–0 | Higgins | 50,764 |
Semi-final | 10 March 1951 | Blackpool | Maine Road, Manchester | D | 0–0 | 71,890 | |
Semi-final replay | 14 March 1951 | Blackpool | Goodison Park, Liverpool | L | 1–2 | Smith | 70,114 |
Festival of Britain
As part of the
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 May 1951 | Airdrieonians | H | L | 3–5 | Berry 2, Kelly og | 7,985 |
12 May 1951 | Dinamo (Yugoslavia ) |
H | L | 0–2 | 12,058 | |
18 May 1951 | Home Farm (Dublin) | A | W | 2–1 | Stewart , Berry
|
3,000 |
20 May 1951 | Cork Athletic |
A | W | 5–2 | Trigg 2, Higgins, Stewart, Dailey | 2,750 |
Appearances and goals
- Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
GK | ENG | Gil Merrick | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
FB | ENG | Jack Badham | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
FB | ENG | Ken Green | 39 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
FB | ENG | Jeff Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FB | SCO | Roy Martin | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
HB | ENG | Arthur Atkins | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
HB | ENG | Len Boyd | 36 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 3 |
HB | ENG | Don Dorman | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
HB | NIR | Ray Ferris | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
FW | ZAF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Frank McKee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
FW | ENG | Johnny Berry | 42 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 2 |
FW | SCO | Jimmy Dailey | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
FW | IRL | Jim Higgins | 28 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 9 |
FW | IRL | Eddie O'Hara
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
FW | WAL | Aubrey Powell | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
FW | ENG | Harold Roberts | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
FW | ENG | Ken Rowley | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
FW | ENG | Bill Smith | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 14 |
FW | SCO | Jackie Stewart | 25 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 12 |
FW | ENG | Cyril Trigg | 30 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 19 |
FW | ENG | Roy Warhurst | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
See also
- Birmingham City F.C. seasons
References
General
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
- Source for match dates and results: "Birmingham City 1950–1951: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 336–37.
- Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
Specific
- ^ "Birmingham City 1950–1951: English Division Two (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "The F.A. Cup. Semi-Final Draw". The Times. London. 27 February 1951. p. 2.
- ^ "All-Night Wait for Cup Tickets". The Manchester Guardian. 5 March 1951. p. 6.
- ^ "Cup-Tie Invasion of Manchester". The Manchester Guardian. 12 March 1951. p. 2.
- ^ "The F.A. Cup. Semi-Final Round". The Times. London. 10 March 1951. p. 4.
- ^ "No Goals at Maine Road. Birmingham Hold Blackpool". The Times. London. 12 March 1951. p. 2.
- ^ An Old International (12 March 1951). "Two Goalless Semi-Finals". The Manchester Guardian. p. 2.
- ^ a b "The F.A. Cup. Blackpool's Second Final". The Times. London. 15 March 1951. p. 2.
- ^ a b "Blackpool Reach Final". The Manchester Guardian. 15 March 1951. p. 6.
- ^ Matthews (1995), p. 243.