1968–69 Birmingham City F.C. season

Birmingham City F.C.
1968–69 season
Chairman	Clifford Coombs
Manager	Bristol City, 14 December 1968
Average home league attendance	26,008 (League matches only)
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The

Manchester United after a replay, and were beaten by Chelsea in their opening second-round match in the League Cup

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Twenty-three players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were twelve different goalscorers. Midfielder Johnny Vincent played in 46 of the 48 first-team matches over the season. Fred Pickering and Phil Summerill finished as joint leading goalscorers with 17 goals in all competitions; the best goal return in League competition was Summerill's 16.

Football League Second Division

On 7 September 1968, the home match against

Huddersfield Town saw Geoff Vowden become the first substitute to score a hat-trick in a Football League match.^[1]

Note that Birmingham were in sixth place in the division after their last match of the season, played on 19 April,[2] but not every team completed their fixtures on that date. By the time all matches had been played, on 30 April, they had dropped to seventh.^[3]

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1968	17th	Norwich City	H	L	1–2	Pickering	27,715
27 August 1968	20th	Crystal Palace	A	L	2–3	Vowden, Vincent	17,679
20 August 1968	22nd	Charlton Athletic	A	L	1–3	Vincent	14,220
24 August 1968	17th	Portsmouth	H	W	5–2	Pickering 2, Vowden, Summerill, Tindall og	23,915
28 August 1968	21st	Cardiff City	A	L	0–4		14,967
31 August 1968	22nd	Preston North End	A	L	1–4	Greenhoff	13,112
7 September 1968	19th	Huddersfield Town	H	W	5–1	Greenhoff, Pickering, Vowden 3	25,001
14 September 1968	21st	Middlesbrough	A	L	1–3	Vincent	17,398
17 September 1968	21st	Bury	H	L	1–3	Greenhoff	24,178
21 September 1968	20th	Aston Villa	H	W	4–0	Vowden, Greenhoff, Vincent, Summerill	40,527
28 September 1968	18th	Carlisle United	A	W	3–2	Greenhoff, Summerill, Green	7,623
5 October 1968	17th	Fulham	H	W	5–4	Greenhoff 4, Vincent	28,448
8 October 1968	15th	Cardiff City	H	W	2–0	Greenhoff, Vincent	28,238
12 October 1968	15th	Bristol City	A	D	0–0		19,578
19 October 1968	15th	Millwall	H	L	1–2	Greenhoff pen	29,770
26 October 1968	17th	Derby County	A	L	0–1		34,218
2 November 1968	18th	Oxford United	H	L	0–1		23,466
9 November 1968	19th	Blackburn Rovers	A	L	2–3	Pickering 2	11,721
16 November 1968	17th	Blackpool	H	W	1–0	Summerill	22,206
23 November 1968	17th	Bolton Wanderers	A	D	0–0		7,175
30 November 1968	16th	Hull City	H	W	5–2	Pickering, Greenhoff, Summerill 3	21,352
7 December 1968	17th	Sheffield United	A	L	0–2		14,339
14 December 1968	17th	Bristol City	H	W	2–0	Pickering 2	18,958
21 December 1968	16th	Millwall	A	W	3–1	Pickering, Vincent, Darrell	12,652
26 December 1968	17th	Fulham	A	L	0–2		13,192
11 January 1968	15th	Oxford United	A	W	2–1	Pickering, Summerill	11,587
14 January 1969	14th	Derby County	H	D	1–1	Pickering	39,977
18 January 1969	12th	Blackburn Rovers	H	W	3–1	Pickering, Robinson pen, Coddington og	27,161
1 February 1969	14th	Blackpool	A	L	1–2	James og	11,294
1 March 1969	17th	Norwich City	A	D	1–1	Vowden	15,894
4 March 1969	16th	Sheffield United	H	D	2–2	Pickering, Beard	25,123
8 March 1969	16th	Crystal Palace	H	L	0–1		25,298
15 March 1969	15th	Portsmouth	A	D	0–0		15,556
22 March 1969	13th	Preston North End	H	W	3–1	R. Latchford 2, Summerill	22,020
25 March 1969	11th	Bolton Wanderers	H	W	5–0	Vincent, Summerill 3, Beard	20,454
29 March 1969	11th	Huddersfield Town	A	D	0–0		8,105
5 April 1969	11th	Carlisle United	H	W	3–0	Greenhoff 2, Hockey	22,397
7 April 1969	11th	Charlton Athletic	H	D	0–0		25,884
8 April 1969	9th	Bury	A	W	2–1	Summerill 2	5,819
12 April 1969	10th	Aston Villa	A	L	0–1		53,647
15 April 1969	8th	Hull City	A	W	2–1	Vincent, Hockey	8,702
19 April 1969	6th	Middlesbrough	H	W	3–1	Summerill 2, G. Smith og	25,899

League table (part)

Final Second Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
5th	Cardiff City	42	20	7	15	67	54	1.24	47
6th	Huddersfield Town	42	17	12	13	53	46	1.15	46
7th	Birmingham City	42	18	8	16	73	59	1.24	44
8th	Blackpool	42	14	15	13	51	41	1.24	43
9th	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	61	50	1.22	43
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	^[3]

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	4 January 1969	Lincoln City	H	W	2–1	Robinson	31,429
Fourth round	25 January 1969	Sheffield Wednesday	A	D	2–2	Pickering, Thwaites	52,062
Fourth round replay	28 January 1969	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	2–1	Pickering, Beard	51,463
Fifth round	11 February 1969	Manchester United	H	D	2–2	Beard, Robinson	51,685
Fifth round replay	24 February 1969	Manchester United	A	L	2–6	Greenhoff, Summerill	61,934

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Second round	3 September 1968	Chelsea	H	L	0–1		31,530

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players having played at least one first-team match
Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	SCO	Jim Herriot	38	0	5	0	1	0	44	0
GK	ENG	Dave Latchford	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	ENG	Winston Foster	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
DF	WAL	Colin Green	28	1	5	0	1	0	34	1
DF	ENG	Ray Martin	31 (1)	0	5	0	0 (1)	0	36 (2)	0
DF	ENG	Bert Murray	8 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	9 (2)	0
DF	ENG	Garry Pendrey	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
DF	ENG	Dave Robinson	29	1	5	2	0	0	34	3
DF	ENG	Brian Sharples	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	ENG	John Sleeuwenhoek	7 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	8 (2)	0
DF	ENG	Bobby Thomson	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
MF	ENG	Malcolm Beard	32	2	3 (1)	2	1	0	36 (1)	4
MF	WAL	Malcolm Page	33 (1)	0	5	0	1	0	39 (1)	0
MF	SCO	Ron Wylie	26	0	3	0	1	0	30	0
FW	ENG	~~Barry Bridges~~†	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG	Mick Darrell	4 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	5 (1)	1
FW	ENG	Jimmy Greenhoff	31	14	5	1	0	0	36	15
FW	WAL	Trevor Hockey	37	2	5	0	0	0	42	2
FW	ENG	Bob Latchford	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	2
FW	ENG	Fred Pickering	32	14	5	3	2	0	40	17
FW	ENG	Phil Summerill	28 (2)	16	1 (1)	1	1	0	30 (3)	17
FW	ENG	Denis Thwaites	2	0	3	1	0	0	5	1
FW	ENG	Johnny Vincent	40 (1)	9	4	0	1	0	45 (1)	9
FW	ENG	Geoff Vowden	22 (4)	7	0	0	1	0	23 (4)	7

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 1968–1969: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 372–73.
Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

Specific

^ Thomson, Doug (2 September 2006). "Caught in time 1968" (reprint hosted at The Free Library (Farlex)). Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
^ "Birmingham City 1968–1969: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Birmingham City 1968–1969: English Division Two (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2012.

[1] Thomson, Doug (2 September 2006). "Caught in time 1968" (reprint hosted at The Free Library (Farlex)). Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

[2] "Birmingham City 1968–1969: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2012.

[LeagueTable-3] "Birmingham City 1968–1969: English Division Two (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2012.

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