1961–62 Birmingham City F.C. season
1961–62 season | ||
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Chairman | Harry Morris, Jr | |
Manager | Swindon Town , League Cup 1st round, 13 September 1961 | |
Average home league attendance | 25,751 | |
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The
Twenty-five players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were eleven different goalscorers. Forward Mike Hellawell played in all 50 first-team matches over the season (half back Malcolm Beard missed only one), and Ken Leek and Jimmy Harris finished as joint leading goalscorers with 20 goals in all competitions; Leek was top scorer in league competition with 18 goals.
Football League First Division
Date | League position |
Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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19 August 1961 | 4th | Fulham | H | W | 2–1 | Harris, Bloomfield | 25,387 |
22 August 1961 | 8th | Nottingham Forest |
A | L | 1–2 | Harris | 19,486 |
26 August 1961 | 17th | Sheffield Wednesday |
A | L | 1–5 | Bloomfield | 29,931 |
30 August 1961 | 19th | Nottingham Forest |
H | D | 1–1 | Harris | 21,095 |
2 September 1961 | 21st | Leicester City |
H | L | 1–5 | Bloomfield | 21,977 |
6 September 1961 | 20th | West Bromwich Albion |
A | D | 0–0 | 20,541 | |
9 September 1961 | 21st | Ipswich Town |
A | L | 1–4 | Singer | 20,017 |
16 September 1961 | 22nd | Burnley | H | L | 2–6 | Bloomfield, Hellawell | 18,764 |
20 September 1961 | 22nd | West Bromwich Albion |
H | L | 1–2 | Hellawell | 23,931 |
23 September 1961 | 22nd | Arsenal | A | D | 1–1 | Harris pen | 31,749 |
30 September 1961 | 22nd | Bolton Wanderers |
H | W | 2–1 | Bloomfield, Auld | 17,214 |
7 October 1961 | 22nd | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
H | L | 3–6 | Harris 2 (1 pen), Bloomfield | 29,159 |
14 October 1961 | 21st | Manchester United |
A | W | 2–0 | Orritt, Hellawell | 30,674 |
21 October 1961 | 21st | Chelsea | H | W | 3–2 | Harris, Bloomfield 2 | 20,095 |
28 October 1961 | 19th | Aston Villa |
A | W | 3–1 | Harris 2, Orritt | 49,532 |
4 November 1961 | 17th | Blackpool | H | D | 1–1 | Orritt | 21,450 |
11 November 1961 | 21st | Blackburn Rovers |
A | L | 0–2 | 12,083 | |
18 November 1961 | 19th | West Ham United |
H | W | 4–0 | Harris pen, Bloomfield, Orritt, Auld | 20,682 |
25 November 1961 | 20th | Sheffield United | A | L | 1–3 | Harris | 16,838 |
2 December 1961 | 15th | Cardiff City |
H | W | 3–0 | Leek 2, Hellawell | 20,959 |
9 December 1961 | 19th | Tottenham Hotspur |
A | L | 1–3 | Leek | 32,509 |
16 December 1961 | 16th | Fulham | A | W | 1–0 | Leek | 12,730 |
23 December 1961 | 12th | Sheffield Wednesday |
H | D | 1–1 | Leek | 19,109 |
26 December 1961 | 13th | Manchester City | H | D | 1–1 | Leek | 21,926 |
13 January 1962 | 11th | Leicester City |
A | W | 2–1 | Harris, Auld | 22,691 |
20 January 1962 | 10th | Ipswich Town |
H | W | 3–1 | Leek 2, Baker og | 26,968 |
3 February 1962 | 11th | Burnley | A | L | 1–7 | Auld | 24,047 |
10 February 1962 | 10th | Arsenal | H | W | 1–0 | Harris | 27,797 |
17 February 1962 | 11th | Bolton Wanderers |
A | L | 2–3 | Leek, Auld | 13,308 |
24 February 1962 | 14th | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
A | L | 1–2 | Leek | 29,665 |
3 March 1962 | 13th | Manchester United |
H | D | 1–1 | Leek | 25,817 |
9 March 1962 | 13th | Chelsea | A | D | 1–1 | Leek | 23,959 |
17 March 1962 | 16th | Aston Villa |
H | L | 0–2 | 43,489 | |
24 March 1962 | 18th | Blackpool | A | L | 0–1 | 11,854 | |
30 March 1962 | 16th | Blackburn Rovers |
H | W | 2–1 | Leek, Hellawell | 17,431 |
6 April 1962 | 14th | West Ham United |
A | D | 2–2 | Bloomfield, Leek | 22,668 |
11 April 1962 | 14th | Manchester City | A | W | 4–1 | Harris, Bloomfield, Leek, Hellawell | 21,941 |
14 April 1962 | 14th | Sheffield United | H | W | 3–0 | Harris 2 (1 pen), Hellawell | 19,514 |
20 April 1962 | 14th | Everton | A | L | 1–4 | Leek | 47,506 |
21 April 1962 | 17th | Cardiff City |
A | L | 2–3 | Leek 2 | 8,608 |
24 April 1962 | 17th | Everton | H | D | 0–0 | 21,910 | |
28 April 1962 | 17th | Tottenham Hotspur |
H | L | 2–3 | Leek, Beard | 29,614 |
League table (part)
Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
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15th | Manchester United |
42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 72 | 75 | 0.96 | 39 |
16th | Blackburn Rovers |
42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 58 | 0.86 | 39 |
17th | Birmingham City |
42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 65 | 81 | 0.80 | 38 |
18th | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 73 | 86 | 0.85 | 36 |
19th | Nottingham Forest |
42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 63 | 79 | 0.80 | 36 |
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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FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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Third round | 6 January 1962 | Tottenham Hotspur |
H | D | 3–3 | Harris 2, Leek | 46,096 |
Third round replay | 10 January 1962 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | L | 2–4 | Harris, Leek | 62,917 |
League Cup
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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First round | 13 September 1961 | Swindon Town |
H | D | 1–1 | Neal
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11,596 |
First round replay | 25 September 1961 | Swindon Town | A | L | 0–2 | 13,063 |
1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The final of the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place in late September and mid-October 1961, when the first round of the 1961–62 competition was already under way. In the semi-final, Birmingham had beaten
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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Final 1st leg | 27 September 1961 | AS Roma | H | D | 2–2 | Hellawell, Orritt | 21,005 |
Final 2nd leg | 11 October 1961 | AS Roma | A | L | 0–2 | 50,000 |
1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
As finalists in the previous season's competition, Birmingham were awarded a bye to the second round, in which they were drawn against Espanyol. They lost heavily in the first leg, in Barcelona, where Antonio Camps scored a hat-trick.[6] They won the ill-tempered return leg 1–0 with a goal from Bertie Auld, but four players, including Birmingham's Jimmy Harris and Auld himself, were sent off.[7]
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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Second round 1st leg | 15 November 1961 | Espanyol | A | L | 2–5 | Bloomfield, Harris pen | 60,000 |
Second round 2nd leg | 7 December 1961 | Espanyol | H | W | 1–0 | Auld | 16,874 |
Appearances and goals
- Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | 1960–61 Fairs Cup | 1961–62 Fairs Cup | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
GK | ENG | Johnny Schofield | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
GK | ENG | Colin Withers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
FB | ENG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
FB | ENG | 7[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
FB | ENG | Winston Foster | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
FB | ENG | Stan Lynn | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
FB | ENG | Graham Sissons | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
FB | ENG | Pat Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
HB | ENG | Malcolm Beard | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 1 |
HB | WAL | Terry Hennessey | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
HB | ENG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
HB | ENG | Trevor Smith | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
HB | ENG | Johnny Watts | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
FW | SCO | Bertie Auld | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 6 |
FW | ENG | Jimmy Bloomfield | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 12 |
FW | ENG | Peter Bullock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FW | ENG | Jimmy Harris | 39 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 20 |
FW | ENG | Mike Hellawell | 42 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 8 |
FW | WAL | Ken Leek | 24 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 20 |
FW | WAL | Bryan Orritt | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
FW | ENG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Jimmy Singer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
FW | ENG | Robin Stubbs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
FW | ENG | Brian Taylor |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
FW | ENG | Denis Thwaites | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
See also
- Birmingham City F.C. seasons
Notes
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 1961–1962: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 358–59, 474–75.
- Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
Specific
- ^ Zea, Antonio & Haisma, Marcel (2 October 2009). "Fairs' Cup 1960–61". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ Zea, Antonio & Haisma, Marcel (2 October 2009). "Fairs' Cup 1961–62". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "Birmingham City 1961–1962: English Division One (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ "Arsenal routs Inter Milan". New York Times. Reuters. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ Matthews (2010), p. 98.
- ^ Matthews (2010), p. 46.
- ^ "Four Players Sent Off". The Times. London. 8 December 1961. p. 5.
- ^ "Player search: Farmer, FBW (Brian)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ Edwards, Leslie (24 April 1962). "West kept busy in Everton goal". Liverpool Echo – via BlueCorrespondent.co.uk.