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Small Heath F.C., champions of the inaugural Football League Second Division 1892–93

Birmingham City Football Club are a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Founded in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, the club turned professional in 1885[1] and three years later, under the name of Small Heath F.C. Ltd, were the first football club to become a limited company with a board of directors.[2] They were later known as Birmingham before adopting their current name in 1943.[3] Elected to the newly-formed Second Division of the Football League in 1892, they have never dropped below the third tier of English football.[4] They were also pioneers of European football competition, taking part in the inaugural season of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[5]

The list encompasses the major honours won by Birmingham City, records set by the club, their managers and their players, and details of their performance in European competition. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Birmingham players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at St Andrew's, the club's home ground since 1906, are also included.

All figures are correct as at 25 June 2009.

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[edit] Honours

Birmingham's first ever silverware was the Walsall Cup which they won in 1883. Their first honour in national competitive football was the inaugural championship of the Football League Second Division in 1892–93. The majority of their success came in the period from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s. Promoted to the First Division in 1955, in the following season they achieved their highest league finish of sixth place and their second FA Cup final appearance.[6][7] They went on to reach two successive finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and won their only major trophy, the League Cup, in 1963. Their last senior honours were the Division Two (level 3) championship and the Football League Trophy, a cup competition open to clubs in the third and fourth tiers of English football, in 1994–95;[8] this was the first time the golden goal was used to decide the winner of a senior English cup final.[9]

Birmingham City's honours and achievements include the following:[6][8][10]

European competition

The Football League

Domestic cup competition

Wartime competition

[edit] Player records

See also: List of Birmingham City F.C. players

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets.[12][13][14]
# Name Years Leaguea FA Cup League Cup Otherb Total
1 Merrick, GilGil Merrick 1946–1959 485 (0) 56 (0) 0 (0) 10 (0) 551   (0)
2 Womack, FrankFrank Womack 1908–1928 491 (0) 24 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 515   (0)
3 Bradford, JoeJoe Bradford 1920–1935 414 (0) 31 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 445   (0)
4 Green, KenKen Green 1947–1958 401 (0) 36 (0) 0 (0) 4 (0) 440   (0)
5 Crosbie, JohnnyJohnny Crosbie 1920–1932 409 (0) 23 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 432   (0)
6 Smith, TrevorTrevor Smith 1953–1964 365 (0) 35 (0) 12 (0) 18 (0) 430   (0)
7 Beard, MalcolmMalcolm Beard 1960–1970 349 (1) 24 (1) 25 (0) 4 (0) 402   (2)
8 Tremelling, DanDan Tremelling 1919–1931 382 (0) 13 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 395   (0)
9 Page, MalcolmMalcolm Page 1965–1980 328 (8) 29 (0) 14 (0) 12 (0) 383   (8)
10 Hibbs, HarryHarry Hibbs 1926–1938 358 (0) 30 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 388   (0)
a. Includes the Football Alliance, the Football League and the Premier League.
b. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in test matches and promotion playoffs, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup,
the Football League Trophy, and the now-defunct Anglo-Italian Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Full Members' Cup and Texaco Cup.

[edit] Goalscorers

[edit] Top goalscorers

Joe Bradford is the all-time top goalscorer for Birmingham City. He was their leading goalscorer for twelve consecutive seasons, from 1921–22 to 1932–33, and won 12 caps for England.[17]

Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played (including as substitute) appear in brackets.[14][17][18]
# Name Years Leaguea FA Cup League Cup Otherb Total
1 Bradford, JoeJoe Bradford 1920–1935 249 (414) 18 (31) 0 (0) 0 (0) 267 (445)
2 Francis, TrevorTrevor Francis 1970–1979 119 (280) 6 (20) 4 (19) 4 (10) 133 (329)
3 Murphy, PeterPeter Murphy 1952–1960 107 (245) 16 (24) 0 (0) 4 (9) 127 (278)
4 Wheldon, FredFred Wheldon 1890–1896 99 (155) 12 (13) 0 (0) 5 (7) 116 (175)
5 Briggs, GeorgeGeorge Briggs 1924–33 98 (298) 9 (26) 0 (0) 0 (0) 107 (324)
6 Jones, BillyBilly Jones 1901–1909
1912–1913		 99 (236) 3 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0) 102 (253)
7 Vowden, GeoffGeoff Vowden 1964–1970 79 (221) 8 (16) 7 (16) 0 (0) 94 (253)
8 Brown, EddyEddy Brown 1954–1958 74 (158) 13 (18) 0 (0) 3 (9) 90 (185)
9 Latchford, BobBob Latchford 1969–1974 68 (160) 6 (12) 6 (16) 4 (6) 84 (193)
10 McRoberts, BobBob McRoberts 1898–1905 70 (173) 12 (14) 0 (0) 0 (0) 82 (187)
a. Includes the Football Alliance, the Football League and the Premier League.
b. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in test matches and promotion playoffs, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup,
the Football League Trophy, and the now-defunct Anglo-Italian Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Full Members' Cup and Texaco Cup.

[edit] International caps

Maik Taylor, the club's most capped player

This section refers only to caps won while a Birmingham City player.

[edit] Transfers

Trevor Francis, who joined Birmingham as a 15-year-old, was the first British footballer to be transferred for a fee of at least £1 million when Brian Clough signed him for league champions Nottingham Forest in February 1979. The basic fee was below £1m – Clough claimed in his autobiography to have set the fee at £999,999 because he did not want the idea of being the first £1m player going to Francis's head[21] – but VAT and the transfer levy raised the total payable to £1.18m.[22] Within three months he scored the winning goal in the 1979 European Cup Final.[23] Some four years earlier, Birmingham had also been involved in a British record transfer when they sold Bob Latchford to Everton, in part exchange for Howard Kendall and Archie Styles, the deal valuing Latchford at £350,000.[24]

For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer. Where the report mentions an initial fee potentially rising to a higher figure depending on contractual clauses being satisfied in the future, only the initial fee is listed in the tables.

[edit] Record transfer fees paid

# Fee Paid to For Date Notes
1 £5.5m Blackburn Rovers  ENG Dunn, DavidDavid Dunn 02003-07-07 7 July 2003 [25]
2 £5m Cardiff City  ENG Johnson, RogerRoger Johnson 02009-06-25 25 June 2009 [26]
3 £4.75m Everton  SCO McFadden, JamesJames McFadden 02008-01-18 18 January 2008 [27]
4 £4.25m Crystal Palace  IRL Morrison, ClintonClinton Morrison 02002-07-30 30 July 2002 [28]
5 £4m Coventry City  ENG McSheffrey, GaryGary McSheffrey 02006-08-16 16 August 2006 [29]

[edit] Record transfer fees received

# Fee Received from For Date Notes
1 £6.7m Liverpool  ENG Pennant, JermaineJermaine Pennant 02006-07-26 26 July 2006 [30]
2 £6m West Ham United  ENG Upson, MatthewMatthew Upson 02007-01-31 31 January 2007 [31]
3 £5.5m Wigan Athletic  ENG Heskey, EmileEmile Heskey 02006-07-07 7 July 2006 [32]
4 £5m Bolton Wanderers  ENG Muamba, FabriceFabrice Muamba 02008-06-16 16 June 2008 [33]
5 £3.5m Wigan Athletic  FRA Kapo, OlivierOlivier Kapo 02008-07-16 16 July 2008 [34]

[edit] Managerial records

See also: List of Birmingham City F.C. managers
  • First full-time manager: Bob McRoberts managed the club for five complete seasons, which included 203 matches, from July 1910 to May 1915.[F][35]
  • Longest serving manager by time: George Liddell managed the club for six years and two months, which included 267 matches, from July 1933 to September 1939.[35][36]
  • Longest serving manager by matches: Trevor Francis managed the club for 290 matches over a period of five years and five months, from May 1996 to October 2001.[36]

All three of the above had formerly played for the club.[37]

[edit] Club records

[edit] Goals

28 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2005–06.[4]
30 in 42 matches, First Division, 1985–86.[4]
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 96 in 42 matches, First Division, 1964–65.[4]
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 24 in 42 matches, Second Division, 1947–48.[4]

[edit] Points

  • Most points in a season:
Two points for a win: 59 in 42 matches, Second Division, 1947–48.[4]
Three points for a win: 89 in 46 matches, Second Division (level 3), 1994–95.[4]
  • Fewest points in a season:
Two points for a win:
20 in 30 matches, First Division, 1895–96.[4]
22 in 42 matches, First Division, 1978–79.[4]
Three points for a win: 29 in 42 matches, First Division, 1985–86.[4]

[edit] Matches

[edit] Firsts

[edit] Record wins

  • Record league win:[45]
Small Heath 12–0 Doncaster Rovers, Second Division, 11 April 1903.
Small Heath 12–0 Walsall Town Swifts, Second Division, 17 December 1892.
  • Record FA Cup win: Small Heath 10–0 Druids, fourth qualifying round, 9 November 1893.[45]
  • Record League Cup win:[45]
Birmingham City 6–0 Manchester City, fifth round, 11 December 1962.
Birmingham City 6–0 v Macclesfield Town, second round, 22 September 1998.
  • Record European win: Birmingham City 5–0 KB, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup quarter final, 7 December 1960.[45]

[edit] Record defeats

  • Record league defeat:[45]
Sheffield Wednesday 9–1 Small Heath, Football Alliance, 21 December 1889.
Newton Heath 9–1 v Small Heath, Football Alliance, 7 April 1890.
Blackburn Rovers 9–1 v Small Heath, First Division, 5 February 1895.
Sheffield Wednesday 9–1 v Birmingham, First Division, 13 December 1930.
  • Record FA Cup defeat: Birmingham City 0–7 Liverpool, quarter final, 21 March 2006.[46]
  • Record League Cup defeat: Manchester City 6–0 v Birmingham, third round, 10 October 2001.[45]
  • Record European defeat: RCD Espanyol 5–2 v Birmingham City, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, second round, 11 November 1961.[45]

[edit] Record consecutive results

This section applies to league matches only.[7][47]

  • Record consecutive wins: 13, from 17 December 1892 to 16 September 1893, Second Division.
  • Record consecutive defeats:
8, from 26 December 1922 to 17 February 1923, First Division.
8, from 2 December 1978 to 24 February 1979 , First Division.
8, from 28 September 1985 to 23 November 1985 , First Division.
  • Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 20, from 3 September 1994 to 2 January 1995, Second Division.
  • Record consecutive matches without a win: 17, from 28 September 1985 to 18 January 1986, First Division.

[edit] Attendances

Average and peak league attendances at St Andrew's

This section applies to attendances at St Andrew's, where Birmingham have played their home matches since 1906. Attendance figures from the club's early days are approximate.[48]

  • Highest attendance: 67,341, against Everton, FA Cup fifth round, 11 February 1939.
  • Highest league attendance: 60,250, against Aston Villa, First Division, 23 November 1935.
  • Lowest attendance:
1,000, against Blackpool, Second Division, 27 November 1909.
1,000, against Burnley, Second Division, 28 February 1910.
  • Highest seasonal average league attendance: 38,821, First Division, 1948–49.
  • Lowest seasonal average league attendance: 6,289, Second Division, 1988–89.

[edit] Birmingham City in Europe

Invitations to enter the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a football tournament set up to promote industrial trade fairs, were extended to the city hosting the trade fair rather than to clubs. Some cities entered a select team including players from more than one club, but Aston Villa, the other major club based in the city of Birmingham, rejected the opportunity to field a combined team.[5][49] Thus Birmingham City became the first English club side to play in European competition when they played their first match in the 1955–58 Fairs Cup on 15 May 1956. They were also the first English club side to reach a European final, the 1958–60 Fairs Cup, where they met Barcelona. The home leg, a goalless draw, was played on 29 March 1960 and the away leg, which Barcelona won 4–1, some six weeks later.[G] In the semifinal of the 1961 Fairs Cup Birmingham beat Internazionale home and away; no other English club beat them in a competitive match in the San Siro until Arsenal did so in the Champions League over 40 years later.[50]

[edit] Record by season

Birmingham City's scores are given first in all scorelines.
Season Competition Round Opponent Home leg Away leg Play-
off		 Notes
Country Club
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup GS  ITA Internazionale 2–1 0–0 [H]
GS  YUG Zagreb XI 3–0 1–0
SF  ESP Barcelona 4–3 0–1 1–2 [I]
1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R  GER Cologne XI 2–0 2–2 [J]
2R  YUG Zagreb XI 1–0 3–3
SF  BEL R. Union Saint-Gilloise 4–2 4–2
F  ESP Barcelona 0–0 1–4
1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R  HUN Újpesti Dózsa 3–2 2–1 [J]
2R  DEN KB 5–0 4–4
SF  ITA Internazionale 2–1 2–1
F  ITA A.S. Roma 2–2 0–2
1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2R  ESP RCD Espanyol 1–0 2–5 [J]
Key
  • GS = group stage
  • 1R = first round
  • 2R = second round
  • SF = semifinal
  • F = final

[edit] European attendance records

  • Highest home attendance: 40,524, against Barcelona, Fairs Cup 1958–60 final first leg, 29 March 1960.[51]
  • Lowest home attendance: 14,152, against R. Union Saint-Gilloise, Fairs Cup 1958–60 semifinal second leg, 3 October 1979.[51]
  • Highest away attendance: 75,000, against Barcelona, Fairs Cup 1958–60 final second leg, 4 May 1960.[51]
  • Lowest away attendance: 2,500, against KB, Fairs Cup 1960–61 second round first leg, 23 November 1960.[51]

[edit] Notes

A. ^  Promoted automatically to the Football League First Division by finishing in third place in the Football League Second Division.

B. ^  Promoted via the playoff system to the Premier League after finishing in fifth place in the Championship.

C. ^  This competition, open to teams in the third and fourth tiers of English football, was renamed the Football League Trophy in 1992. It is more often referred to by its sponsored name, which in 1991 was the Leyland DAF Trophy and in 1995 was the Auto Windscreens Shield.

D. ^  Taylor's total includes four caps won while on loan from Fulham.[52]

E. ^  Managing director Karren Brady stated that Birmingham's 2006 relegation meant that the last £1.5m of the maximum £6.25m fee would not be payable, implying that the actual fee paid was £4.75m.[53]

F. ^  Prior to 1910, the club was managed by committee or by a secretary-manager who combined club administration with responsibility for the team's affairs on the pitch. McRoberts was the first manager whose role did not include secretarial duties.

G. ^  The London XI, including players from several London clubs, were the first English team to play in European competition when they played their first match in the inaugural Fairs Cup in 1955, and the first English team to reach a final, in the same campaign.[54]

H. ^  Invitations to enter the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a football tournament set up to promote industrial trade fairs, were extended to the city hosting the trade fair rather than to clubs. Some cities entered a select team including players from more than one club; others, including Birmingham, chose a club side to represent them.[55]

I. ^  The away goals rule did not apply when aggregate scores were level, so a playoff was staged at St. Jakob-Park, Basel, which Barcelona won 2–1 to reach the final.

J. a b c  Until the mid-1960s, entry to this competition remained by invitation, independent of domestic league position. Birmingham City's continued invitations resulted from their success in the previous edition of the competition. In 1961–62, there was an expanded entry of 28 teams, and Birmingham received a bye to the second round as losing finalist from the previous edition.[56]

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