1953–54 Birmingham City F.C. season

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Birmingham City F.C.
1953–54 season
ChairmanHarry Morris Jr
Manager
Nottingham Forest
, 19 April 1954
Average home league attendance22,353

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Twenty-eight players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were eleven different goalscorers. Full-back Ken Green played in 41 of the 44 first-team matches over the season, and Ted Purdon was leading goalscorer with 15 goals, all scored in league competition.

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1953–54 Football League

Note that not all teams completed their playing season on the same day. Birmingham were in sixth position after their last game of the season, on 24 April, but by the time the last game was played, five days later, they were seventh, having been overtaken by

Rotherham United
.

Date League
position		 Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
19 August 1953 1st Hull City H W 2–0
Murphy, Govan
 23,846
22 August 1953 1st
Swansea Town
 H W 6–0 Purdon 2, Murphy 3, Kinsey 26,817
24 August 1953 1st
Plymouth Argyle
 A D 2–2 Kinsey, Govan 21,019
29 August 1953 3rd
Rotherham United
 A L 0–1 12,670
2 September 1953 3rd
Plymouth Argyle
 H W 3–0 Purdon, Kinsey,
Stewart
 21,440
5 September 1953 6th
Leicester City
 H L 1–2 Stewart 30,973
9 September 1953 2nd
Luton Town
 H W 5–1 Murphy, Purdon 2 18,881
12 September 1953 8th
Stoke City
 A L 2–3 Purdon, Hall 22,958
16 September 1953 11th
Luton Town
 A L 0–2 12,231
19 September 1953 11th Fulham H D 2–2 Purdon 2 21,138
26 September 1953 8th
West Ham United
 A W 2–1 Purdon, Kinsey 36,091
3 October 1953 10th
Leeds United
 H D 3–3 Kinsey, Murphy, Govan 26,434
10 October 1953 6th Lincoln City H W 1–0 Stewart 21,948
17 October 1953 6th
Bristol Rovers
 A D 1–1 Purdon 33,634
24 October 1953 6th Brentford H W 5–1 Purdon, Kinsey, Murphy, Govan, Bragg og 23,582
31 October 1953 6th
Derby County
 A W 4–2 Purdon, Stewart, Murphy, Astall 18,278
7 November 1953 5th
Blackburn Rovers
 H D 0–0 24,604
14 November 1953 5th
Doncaster Rovers
 A L 1–3 Kinsey 16,586
21 November 1953 5th Bury H D 0–0 20,723
28 November 1953 4th
Oldham Athletic
 A W 3–2 Kinsey, Astall, Govan 18,264
5 December 1953 4th Everton H W 5–1 Trigg, Murphy, Astall 2, Clinton og 23,557
12 December 1953 5th Hull City A L 0–3 19,752
19 December 1953 4th
Swansea Town
 A W 3–1 Rowley 2, Purdon 12,493
25 December 1953 4th
Notts County
 H W 3–0 Rowley 2, Govan 30,489
26 December 1953 4th
Notts County
 A L 1–2 Astall 20,986
2 January 1954 6th
Rotherham United
 H L 2–3 Purdon 2 16,768
16 January 1954 4th
Leicester City
 A W 4–3 Murphy, Rowley, Govan 2 34,704
23 January 1954 2nd
Stoke City
 H W 1–0 Kinsey 26,206
6 February 1954 6th Fulham A L 2–5 Trigg 2 20,540
13 February 1954 5th
West Ham United
 H W 2–0 Cochrane, Astall 22,716
20 February 1954 5th
Leeds United
 A D 1–1 Rowley 22,803
27 February 1954 4th Lincoln City A W 1–0 Lane 13,924
6 March 1954 5th
Bristol Rovers
 H D 1–1 Boyd 25,331
13 March 1954 5th Brentford A L 0–2 12,584
20 March 1954 5th
Derby County
 H W 3–0 Trigg 2, Stewart 18,219
27 March 1954 5th Bury A D 1–1 Stewart 11,293
3 April 1954 5th
Oldham Athletic
 H W 2–1 Murphy, Boyd 15,848
10 April 1954 5th
Blackburn Rovers
 A L 0–3 31,995
16 April 1954 5th
Nottingham Forest
 A D 1–1 Kinsey 25,285
17 April 1954 5th
Doncaster Rovers
 H L 0–1 15,266
19 April 1954 5th
Nottingham Forest
 H D 2–2 Lane, Stewart 14,625
24 April 1954 6th Everton A L 0–1 62,865

League table (part)

Final Second Division table (part)
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts
5th
Rotherham United
 42 21 7 14 80 67 1.19 49
6th
Luton Town
 42 18 12 12 64 59 1.08 48
7th
Birmingham City
 42 18 11 13 78 58 1.34 47
8th Fulham 42 17 10 15 98 85 1.15 44
9th
Bristol Rovers
 42 14 16 12 64 58 1.10 44
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
Source [1]

FA Cup

Main article: 1953–54 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
Third round 9 January 1954
Wolverhampton Wanderers
 A W 2–1
Murphy, Rowley
 36,784
Fourth round 30 January 1954
Ipswich Town
 A L 0–1 25,088

Appearances and goals

Players marked † left the club during the playing season.
Key to positions: GK –
Full back; HB – Half back; FW – Forward
Players' appearances and goals by competition
Pos. Nat. Name
League
 FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  ENG Gil Merrick 38 0 2 0 40 0
GK  ENG Johnny Schofield 4 0 0 0 4 0
FB  ENG George Allen 1 0 0 0 1 0
FB  ENG Ken Green 39 0 2 0 41 0
FB  ENG Jeff Hall 32 1 2 0 34 1
FB  SCO Roy Martin 13 0 0 0 13 0
HB  ENG Jack Badham 7 0 0 0 7 0
HB  ENG Keith Bannister 8 0 0 0 8 0
HB  ENG Len Boyd 35 2 2 0 37 2
HB  ENG Johnny Newman 7 0 1 0 8 0
HB  ENG Trevor Smith 24 0 1 0 25 0
HB  ENG Roy Warhurst 37 0 1 0 38 0
HB  ENG Johnny Watts 7 0 0 0 7 0
FW  ENG Gordon Astall 24 6 2 0 26 6
FW  ENG Arthur Atkins 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW  ENG Jimmy Cochrane 1 1 0 0 1 1
FW  ENG Geoff Cox 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW  SCO Alex Govan 38 8 2 0 40 8
FW  ENG Dennis Hill 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW  ENG John James 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW  WAL Noel Kinsey 37 10 2 0 39 10
FW  ENG Jackie Lane 8 2 1 0 9 2
FW  ENG Peter Murphy 32 13 2 1 34 14
FW  ZAF Ted Purdon † 23 15 0 0 23 15
FW  ENG Ken Rowley 8 6 2 1 10 7
FW  ENG Barry Squires 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW  SCO Jackie Stewart 22 7 0 0 29 7
FW  ENG Cyril Trigg 11 5 0 0 11 5

See also

  • Birmingham City F.C. seasons

References

General

Specific

  1. ^ "Birmingham City 1953–1954: English Division Two (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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