Birmingham City F.C. league record by opponent
2002–03 season
.
Birmingham's
West Bromwich Albion. Birmingham have recorded more league victories against Leicester City
than against any other club, having beaten them 50 times out of 126 attempts.
All statistics are correct up to and including the match played against Norwich City on 4 May 2024, the final fixture of the 2023–24 EFL Championship regular season.
Key
- The table includes results of matches played by Birmingham City's first team (under that name and under its former names, Birmingham and Small Heath) in the Football League play-offs, and matches in the various wartime competitions.
- The name used for each opponent is the name they had when Birmingham City most recently played a league match against them. Results against each opponent include results against that club under any former name. For example, results against Leyton Orient include matches played against Orient (1966–1987) and Clapton Orient (before 1945).
- The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Birmingham City played league matches against each opponent.
- P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win% = percentage of total matches won
- † Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are Birmingham City's divisional rivals in the current season, the 2023–24 EFL Championship.
- ‡ Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are defunct.
All-time league record
Opponent | P | W | D | L | P | W | D | L | P | W | D | L | Win% | First | Last | Notes |
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AFC Bournemouth | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16.67 | 1987–88
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2021–22 | |
Arsenal | 62 | 30 | 15 | 17 | 62 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 124 | 34 | 33 | 57 | 27.42 | 1893–94
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2010–11 | [A] |
Aston Villa | 58 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 58 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 116 | 36 | 31 | 49 | 31.03 | 1894–95
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2018–19 | |
Barnsley | 40 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 80 | 38 | 19 | 23 | 47.50 | 1898–99
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2021–22 | |
Birmingham St George's ‡ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16.67 | 1889–90 | 1891–92 | |
Blackburn Rovers † | 64 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 64 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 128 | 45 | 33 | 50 | 35.16 | 1894–95
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2023–24 | |
Blackpool | 45 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 90 | 33 | 21 | 36 | 36.67 | 1896–97
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2022–23 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 64 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 64 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 128 | 43 | 34 | 51 | 33.59 | 1894–95
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2018–19 | |
Bootle ‡ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62.50 | 1889–90 | 1892–93
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Bradford City | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 50.00 | 1921–22 | 2001–02
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Bradford Park Avenue
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 37.50 | 1908–09
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1947–48
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Brentford | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 50.00 | 1935–36
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2020–21 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23.08 | 1980–81
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2016–17 | |
Bristol City † | 35 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 70 | 34 | 17 | 19 | 48.57 | 1902–03
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2023–24 | |
Bristol Rovers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 25.00 | 1953–54
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1994–95
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Burnley | 47 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 94 | 31 | 22 | 41 | 32.98 | 1894–95
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2022–23 | |
Burton Albion | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | |
Burton Swifts ‡ | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 81.25 | 1891–92 | 1900–01
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Burton United ‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1902–03
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1902–03
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Burton Wanderers ‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1896–97
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1896–97
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Bury | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 64 | 26 | 9 | 29 | 40.63 | 1895–96
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1998–99
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Cambridge United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 37.50 | 1979–80
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1994–95
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Cardiff City † | 40 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 80 | 29 | 19 | 32 | 36.25 | 1920–21
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2023–24 | |
Carlisle United | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 44.44 | 1965–66
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1984–85
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Charlton Athletic | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 64 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 31.25 | 1936–37
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2019–20 | |
Chelsea | 41 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 82 | 20 | 24 | 38 | 24.39 | 1907–08
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2010–11 | |
Chester City ‡ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.00 | 1989–90
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1994–95
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Chesterfield | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 42.86 | 1899–1900
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1950–51
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[B] |
Colchester United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 2006–07 | 2006–07 | |
Coventry City † | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 37.50 | 1919–20
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2023–24 | |
Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 65.38 | 1889–90 | 2001–02
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Crystal Palace | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 45.45 | 1965–66
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2012–13 | |
Darlington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 1991–92
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1991–92
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Darwen ‡ | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 41.67 | 1889–90 | 1898–99
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Derby County | 58 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 58 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 116 | 36 | 36 | 44 | 31.03 | 1894–95
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2021–22 | |
Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 60.00 | 1902–03
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2013–14 | |
Everton | 59 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 59 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 118 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 20.34 | 1894–95
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2010–11 | |
Exeter City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | 1990–91
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1991–92
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Fulham | 43 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 86 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 36.05 | 1908–09
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2021–22 | |
Gainsborough Trinity | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 50.00 | 1896–97
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1911–12
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Gillingham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | 2000–01
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2001–02
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Glossop | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 40.00 | 1898–99
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1914–15
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Grimsby Town | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 76 | 28 | 18 | 30 | 36.84 | 1889–90 | 2001–02
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Hartlepool United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | 1991–92
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1991–92
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Huddersfield Town † | 56 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 11 | 25 | 20 | 112 | 39 | 34 | 39 | 34.82 | 1910–11
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2023–24 | |
Hull City † | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 72 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 36.11 | 1908–09
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2023–24 | |
Ipswich Town † | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 76 | 24 | 19 | 33 | 31.58 | 1954–55
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2023–24 | |
Leeds City ‡ | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28.57 | 1908–09
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1914–15
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Leeds United † | 51 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 102 | 40 | 25 | 37 | 39.22 | 1920–21
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2023–24 | |
Leicester City † | 63 | 32 | 11 | 20 | 63 | 18 | 12 | 33 | 126 | 50 | 23 | 53 | 39.68 | 1896–97
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2023–24 | [C] |
Leyton Orient | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 47.22 | 1908–09
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1994–95
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[D] |
Lincoln City | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 63.89 | 1891–92 | 1954–55
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Liverpool | 50 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 50 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 100 | 28 | 25 | 47 | 28.00 | 1893–94
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2010–11 | |
Long Eaton Rangers ‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1889–90 | 1889–90 | |
Loughborough ‡ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.00 | 1896–97
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1899–1900 | |
Luton Town | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 48.33 | 1897–98
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2022–23 | |
Manchester City | 67 | 40 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 134 | 49 | 25 | 60 | 36.57 | 1891–92 | 2010–11 | [E] |
Manchester United | 50 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 100 | 26 | 29 | 45 | 26.00 | 1889–90 | 2010–11 | [F] |
Mansfield Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | 1989–90
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1990–91
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Middlesbrough † | 58 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 58 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 116 | 41 | 33 | 42 | 35.34 | 1899–1900
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2023–24 | |
Middlesbrough Ironopolis ‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 1893–94
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1893–94
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Millwall † | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 38.00 | 1946–47
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2023–24 | |
Milton Keynes Dons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2015–16 | 2015–16 | [G] |
New Brighton Tower ‡ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | 1898–99
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1900–01
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Newcastle United | 48 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 48 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 96 | 29 | 26 | 41 | 30.21 | 1893–94
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2016–17 | |
Newport County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 1946–47
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1946–47
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Northampton Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | 1966–67
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1989–90
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Northwich Victoria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1892–93
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1893–94
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Norwich City † | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 66 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 30.30 | 1965–66
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2023–24 | |
Nottingham Forest | 57 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 57 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 114 | 39 | 32 | 43 | 34.21 | 1889–90 | 2021–22 | |
Notts County | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 38.46 | 1893–94
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1993–94
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Oldham Athletic | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33.33 | 1908–09
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1996–97
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Oxford United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 38.46 | 1968–69
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1998–99
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Peterborough United | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 35.71 | 1991–92
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2021–22 | |
Plymouth Argyle † | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 53.33 | 1946–47
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2023–24 | |
Portsmouth | 43 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 86 | 38 | 23 | 25 | 44.19 | 1927–28 | 2011–12 | |
Port Vale | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 60.71 | 1892–93
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1999–2000
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[H] |
Preston North End † | 49 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 98 | 33 | 25 | 40 | 33.67 | 1894–95
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2023–24 | |
Queens Park Rangers † | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 40.63 | 1950–51
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2023–24 | |
Reading | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 40.48 | 1986–87
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2022–23 | |
Rotherham Town ‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1893–94
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1893–94
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Rotherham County ‡ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | 1919–20
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1920–21
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Rotherham United † | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 50.00 | 1951–52
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2023–24 | |
Sheffield United | 53 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 53 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 106 | 41 | 21 | 44 | 38.68 | 1892–93
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2022–23 | |
Sheffield Wednesday † | 52 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 52 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 104 | 38 | 29 | 37 | 36.54 | 1889–90 | 2023–24 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22.22 | 1979–80
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1994–95
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Southampton † | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 33.33 | 1946–47
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2023–24 | |
Southend United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 41.67 | 1990–91
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2006–07 | |
South Shields
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25.00 | 1919–20
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1920–21
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Stockport County | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 52.78 | 1900–01
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2001–02
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Stoke City † | 50 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 100 | 36 | 23 | 41 | 36.00 | 1890–91 | 2023–24 | [I] |
Sunderland † | 56 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 112 | 38 | 22 | 52 | 33.93 | 1894–95
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2023–24 | |
Sunderland Albion ‡ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 1889–90 | 1890–91 | |
Swansea City † | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 45.00 | 1946–47
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2023–24 | [J] |
Swindon Town | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 45.00 | 1969–70
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1999–2000
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Torquay United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1991–92
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1991–92
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Tottenham Hotspur | 41 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 82 | 26 | 16 | 40 | 31.71 | 1908–09
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2010–11 | |
Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 40.00 | 1989–90
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2000–01
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Walsall | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 64.29 | 1889–90 | 2001–02
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[K] |
Watford † | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 32.56 | 1969–70
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2023–24 | |
West Bromwich Albion † | 63 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 63 | 15 | 19 | 29 | 126 | 38 | 35 | 53 | 30.16 | 1894–95
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2023–24 | |
West Ham United | 43 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 86 | 38 | 21 | 27 | 44.19 | 1919–20
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2011–12 | |
Wigan Athletic | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 23.08 | 1989–90
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2022–23 | |
Wimbledon ‡ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.33 | 1984–85
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2001–02
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[G] |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 65 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 65 | 15 | 10 | 40 | 130 | 38 | 30 | 62 | 29.23 | 1894–95
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2017–18 | |
Wrexham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | 1979–80
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1994–95
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Wycombe Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25.00 | 1994–95
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2020–21 | |
Yeovil Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | 2013–14 | 2013–14 | |
York City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | 1994–95
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1994–95
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Notes
- ^ Arsenal statistics include matches played against Woolwich Arsenal.
- ^ Chesterfield statistics include matches played against Chesterfield Town.
- ^ Leicester City statistics include matches played against Leicester Fosse.
- ^ Leyton Orient statistics include matches played against Clapton Orient and Orient.
- ^ Manchester City statistics include matches played against Ardwick.
- ^ Manchester United statistics include matches played against Newton Heath.
- ^ a b Wimbledon F.C. relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003, and was rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons F.C. a year later. That club renounced all claims to Wimbledon's history in 2007, since when it has regarded itself as a new club founded in 2004.[5]
- ^ Port Vale statistics include matches played against Burslem Port Vale.
- ^ Stoke City statistics include matches played against Stoke.
- ^ Swansea City statistics include matches played against Swansea Town.
- ^ Walsall statistics include matches played against Walsall Town Swifts.
Sources
- Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. pp. 224–229, 460–465. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
- "Birmingham Head to Head". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- "Birmingham Results 2023/24". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
References
- ISBN 1899468161.
- ^ "Small Heath". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ Matthews (2010), p. 224.
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- ^ "Wimbledon become MK Dons FC". guardian.co.uk. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
"History and Honours of Wimbledon FC returned to Merton". Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association. 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
"Wimbledon FC patrimony is returned to its rightful home in Borough of Merton". Football Supporters Federation. 3 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.