List of Birmingham City F.C. records and statistics

Last updated

Small Heath F.C., champions of the inaugural Football League Second Division 1892-93 SmallHeath1893.jpg
Small Heath F.C., champions of the inaugural Football League Second Division 1892–93

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Founded in September 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, was 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]

Contents

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 of 25 July 2020.

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, for the first time in 1963, [8] a success not repeated until 2011. [9] In the 1994–95 season they completed the "lower-division double", of the Division Two (level 3) title and the Football League Trophy, a cup competition open to teams from the third and fourth tiers of English football; [8] this was the first time the golden goal was used to decide the winner of a senior English cup final. [10]

Birmingham City's honours and achievements include the following: [6] [8] [9] [11]

European competition

The Football League

Domestic cup competition

Wartime competition

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets. [14] [15] [16]
Appearances made, broken down by competition and whether starter or substitute
No.NameYearsLeague [lower-alpha 1] FA Cup League Cup Other [lower-alpha 2] Total
1 Gil Merrick 1946–1959485 (0)56 (0)0 (0)10 (0)551 (0)
2 Frank Womack 1908–1928491 (0)24 (0)0 (0)0 (0)515 (0)
3 Joe Bradford 1920–1935414 (0)31 (0)0 (0)0 (0)445 (0)
4 Ken Green 1947–1958401 (0)36 (0)0 (0)4 (0)440 (0)
5 Johnny Crosbie 1920–1932409 (0)23 (0)0 (0)0 (0)432 (0)
6 Trevor Smith 1953–1964365 (0)35 (0)12 (0)18 (0)430 (0)
7 Malcolm Beard 1960–1970349 (1)24 (1)25 (0)4 (0)402 (2)
8 Dan Tremelling 1919–1931382 (0)13 (0)0 (0)0 (0)395 (0)
9 Malcolm Page 1965–1980328 (8)29 (0)14 (0)12 (0)383 (8)
10 Harry Hibbs 1926–1938358 (0)30 (0)0 (0)0 (0)388 (0)
  1. ↑ Includes the Football Alliance and the Football League.
  2. ↑ Includes appearances in the now-defunct Anglo-Italian Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Texaco Cup.

Goalscorers

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. [19]

Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played (including as substitute) appear in brackets. [16] [19] [20]
Goals scored and appearances made, broken down by competition
No.NameYearsLeague [lower-alpha 1] FA Cup League Cup Other [lower-alpha 2] Total
1 Joe Bradford 1920–1935249 (414)18 (31)0 (0)0 (0)267 (445)
2 Trevor Francis 1970–1979119 (280)6 (20)4 (19)4 (10)133 (329)
3 Peter Murphy 1952–1960107 (245)16 (24)0 (0)4 (9)127 (278)
4 Fred Wheldon 1890–189699 (155)12 (13)0 (0)5 (7)116 (175)
5 George Briggs 1924–193398 (298)9 (26)0 (0)0 (0)107 (324)
6 Billy Jones
  • 1901–1909
  • 1912–1913
99 (236)3 (17)0 (0)0 (0)102 (253)
7 Geoff Vowden 1964–197079 (221)8 (16)7 (16)0 (0)94 (253)
8 Eddy Brown 1954–195874 (158)13 (18)0 (0)3 (9)90 (185)
9 Bob Latchford 1969–197468 (160)6 (12)6 (16)4 (6)84 (193)
10 Bob McRoberts 1898–190570 (173)12 (14)0 (0)0 (0)82 (187)
  1. ↑ Includes the Football Alliance and the Football League and the Premier League
  2. ↑ Includes goals and appearances in promotion test matches and the now-defunct Anglo-Italian Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Texaco Cup.

International caps

Maik Taylor, the club's most capped player Maik Taylor.jpg
Maik Taylor, the club's most capped player

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

Transfers

Trevor Francis, who joined Birmingham as a 15-year-old, became 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 [24]  –but VAT and the transfer levy raised the total payable to £1.18m. [25] Within three months he scored the winning goal in the 1979 European Cup Final. [26] 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. [27] The initial £25m reportedly received from Borussia Dortmund for Jude Bellingham in 2020 made him the most expensive 17-year-old in world football history. [28]

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.

Record transfer fees paid

Transfer fees paid, club involved, player name and nationality, and date of transfer
No.FeePaid toForDateRefs
1£6.3m Dinamo Zagreb Ivan Šunjić (Croatia)26 July 2019 [29]
2£6m plus Brentford Jota (Spain)31 August 2017 [30]
3£6m Valencia Nikola Žigić (Serbia)26 May 2010 [31]
4£5.5m Blackburn Rovers David Dunn (England)7 July 2003 [32]
5£5m Cardiff City Roger Johnson (England)25 June 2009 [33]

Record transfer fees received

Transfer fees received, club involved, player name and nationality, and date of transfer
No.FeeReceived fromForDateRefs
1£25m Borussia Dortmund Jude Bellingham (England)23 July 2020 [lower-alpha 1]
2£15m Southampton Che Adams (England)1 July 2019 [35]
3£6.7m Liverpool Jermaine Pennant (England)26 July 2006 [36]
4£6m West Ham United Matthew Upson (England)31 January 2007 [37]
5£5.5m Wigan Athletic Emile Heskey (England)7 July 2006 [38]
  1. ↑ The fee was undisclosed, but was understood by Sky Sports to be an initial £25 million –making him the most expensive 17-year-old in history –plus "several million more" dependent on performance-related criteria. [28] BBC Sport states only that the transfer "could eventually be worth over £30m." [34]

Managerial records

All three of the above had formerly played for the club. [43]

Club records

Goals

Sourced to the Football Club History Database: [4]

Points

Sourced to the Football Club History Database: [4]

Matches

Firsts

Record wins

Sourced to the Birmingham City FC Archive: [51]

  • Record league win:
  • Record FA Cup win: Small Heath 10–0 Druids, fourth qualifying round, 9 November 1893
  • Record League Cup win:
  • Record European win: Birmingham City 5–0 KB, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup quarter final, 7 December 1960

Record defeats

Sourced to the Birmingham City FC Archive [51] except where stated:

  • Record league defeat: [51] [52]
  • Record FA Cup defeat: Birmingham City 0–7 Liverpool, quarter final, 21 March 2006 [52]
  • Record League Cup defeat: Manchester City 6–0 Birmingham City, third round, 10 October 2001
  • Record European defeat: RCD Espanyol 5–2 Birmingham City, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, second round, 11 November 1961

Record consecutive results

This section applies to league matches only, and is sourced to Statto.com [52] except where stated:

Attendances

Average and peak league attendances at St Andrew's St Andrew's Stadium League Attendances.png
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. Figures from the club's early days are approximate. [54]

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] [55] Thus Birmingham City became the first English club side to play in European competition when they played their first match in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup on 15 May 1956. They were also the first English club side to reach a European final, the 1960 Fairs Cup final, in which 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. [upper-alpha 5] 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 more than 40 years later. [57]

Victory in the 2011 Football League Cup Final earned Birmingham qualification for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, which they entered at the play-off round. [58] A 3–0 aggregate victory over C.D. Nacional of Portugal [59] qualified Birmingham for the group stage, in which they were drawn alongside the previous season's finalists, S.C. Braga of Portugal, Slovenian champions NK Maribor, and fourth-placed Belgian team Club Brugge. They finished third in group H, one point behind Club Brugge and Braga, so failed to qualify for the knockout rounds. [60]

Record by season

Birmingham City's scores are given first in all scorelines.
SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHome legAway legPlay-
off		NotesRefs
CountryClub
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup GSFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Internazionale 2–10–0 [upper-alpha 6] [62]
GSFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Zagreb XI3–01–0 [62]
SFFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Barcelona 4–30–11–2 [upper-alpha 7] [62]
1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1RFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Cologne XI2–02–2 [upper-alpha 8] [64]
2RFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Zagreb XI1–03–3 [64]
SFFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium R. Union Saint-Gilloise 4–24–2 [64]
FFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Barcelona 0–01–4 [64]
1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1RFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 3–22–1 [upper-alpha 8] [65]
2RFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark KB 5–04–4 [65]
SFFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Internazionale 2–12–1 [65]
FFlag of Italy.svg  Italy A.S. Roma 2–20–2 [65]
1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup2RFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain RCD Espanyol 1–02–5 [upper-alpha 8] [66]
2011–12 UEFA Europa League POFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal C.D. Nacional 3–00–0 [59]
GSFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal S.C. Braga 1–30–1 [60]
GSFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia NK Maribor 1–02–1 [60]
GSFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Club Brugge 2–22–1 [60]

Key

European attendance records

Notes

  1. ↑ Promoted automatically to the Football League First Division by finishing in third place in the Second.
  2. ↑ Promoted via the playoff system to the Premier League after finishing fifth in the Championship.
  3. ↑ This competition, open to teams in the third and fourth tiers of English football, was renamed the EFL Trophy in 2016. 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.
  4. ↑ Taylor's total includes caps won while on loan from Fulham. [22]
  5. ↑ 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. [56]
  6. ↑ 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. [61]
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. 1 2 3 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. [63]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham City F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first team have competed in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football.

Arthur Owen Turner was an English professional association football player and manager. He played as a centre-half for Stoke City, Birmingham City and Southport. Turner was player-manager of Southport, managed Crewe Alexandra and was assistant at Stoke before joining Birmingham City as manager. He won the Second Division championship in 1954–55, led them the following season to the 1956 FA Cup Final and their highest ever top flight finish, and became the first man to manage an English club side in European competition when he took the club to the semi-final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1958. Turner went on to manage the transformation of Southern League club Headington United into Oxford United of the Second Division of the Football League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Birmingham City F.C. (1875–1965)</span>

Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in Birmingham, was founded as Small Heath Alliance in September 1875, and from 1877 played home games at Muntz Street. It adopted professionalism in 1885, and three years later, as Small Heath F.C., became a limited company with a board of directors, the first football club so to do. The team played in the Football Alliance from the 1889–90 season, and in 1892, along with the other Alliance teams, were invited to join the newly formed Second Division of the Football League. Although they finished as champions, they failed to win promotion via the test match system; the following season promotion to the First Division was secured after a second-place finish and test match victory over Darwen. The club adopted the name Birmingham Football Club in 1905, and the following year moved into a new home, St Andrew's Ground. Matters on the field failed to live up to their surroundings. Birmingham were relegated in 1908, obliged to apply for re-election two years later, and remained in the Second Division until after the First World War.

The 1955–56 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 53rd in the Football League and their 29th in the First Division, having been promoted as Second Division champions in 1954–55. They finished in a club-record sixth position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1955–56 FA Cup in the third round proper and reached the Final for only the second time, despite being drawn to play away from home in each round, the first time this had occurred. They lost 3–1 to Manchester City in a match remembered for City's goalkeeper Bert Trautmann playing the last 25 minutes with a broken neck.

The 1969–70 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 67th in the Football League and their 29th in the Second Division. They finished in 18th position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1969–70 FA Cup in the third round proper and the League Cup in the second round; they lost their opening match in each competition, to Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion respectively.

The 1961–62 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 59th in the Football League and their 35th in the First Division. They finished in 17th position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1961–62 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost in that round to Tottenham Hotspur after a replay, and entered the League Cup at the first round, again losing their opening match after a replay, this time against Swindon Town. Birmingham lost in the final of the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in October 1961, and only a few weeks later, were eliminated from the 1961–62 competition in the second round by Espanyol. This was Birmingham's last appearance in major European competition for nearly 50 years.

The 1960–61 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 58th in the Football League and their 34th in the First Division. They finished in 19th position in the 22-team division for the second consecutive season. They entered the 1960–61 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost to Leicester City in the fifth round after a replay, and entered the inaugural season of the Football League Cup in the second round, losing to Plymouth Argyle in the third, again after a replay. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Birmingham beat Inter Milan both at home and away in the semi-final to reach their second consecutive final, but the competition schedule meant that the match itself was played in September and October 1962, well into the 1961–62 playing season.

The 1959–60 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 57th in the Football League and their 33rd in the First Division. They finished in 19th position in the 22-team division. They lost their opening third-round 1959–60 FA Cup-tie to Watford. In the 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Birmingham reached the final, in which they lost 4–1 on aggregate to Barcelona.

The 1956–57 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 54th in the Football League and their 30th in the First Division. They finished in 12th position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1956–57 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost in the semi-final to Manchester United. In the inaugural edition of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Birmingham finished top of their group so progressed to the semi-final.

The 1938–39 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 43rd in the Football League and their 26th in the First Division. They were in the relegation positions after the second game of the season, rarely rose above them, and finished in 21st place in the 22-team division, one point from safety, so dropped to the Second Division for the 1939–40 season. They entered the 1938–39 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost to Everton in the fifth round after a replay. The club's record attendance was set in the FA Cup-tie at home to Everton, variously recorded as 67,341 or 66,844.

The 1903–04 Football League season was Small Heath Football Club's 12th in the Football League and their 4th in the First Division, having been promoted from the Second Division as runners-up in 1902–03. After spending much of the season in the relegation places, they won six of the last nine matches to finish in 11th place in the 18-team league. They also took part in the 1903–04 FA Cup, entering at the intermediate round and losing in that round to Manchester United after three replays. In locally organised competition, they lost to Aston Villa in the first round of the Birmingham Senior Cup.

The 1901–02 Football League season was Small Heath Football Club's tenth in the Football League and their third in the First Division, having been promoted as runners-up in the Second Division in 1900–01. They finished in 17th place in the 18-team league, one point away from safety, so were relegated back to the Second Division. They also took part in the 1901–02 FA Cup, entering at the intermediate round and losing in that round to Portsmouth. In locally organised competition, they lost to Aston Villa in the first round of the Birmingham Senior Cup.

The 1889–90 season was the ninth season of competitive association football played by Small Heath F.C., an English football club based in the Small Heath district of Birmingham. They competed in the inaugural season of the Football Alliance. They finished in tenth position in the twelve-team league with six wins, five draws and eleven defeats, which gave them seventeen points. The team scored 44 goals in Alliance competition but conceded 67.

Birmingham City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Birmingham. The club's involvement in European competition dates back to the 1950s.

References

General

Specific

  1. 1 2 Matthews (1995), p. 8.
  2. ↑ Williams, John; Neatrour, Sam (March 2002). "Fact Sheet 10: The 'New' Football Economics" (PDF). Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research, University of Leicester. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Matthews (2000), "Club name", p. 55.
  4. 1 2 3 "Small Heath"., "Birmingham"., and "Birmingham City". Football Club History Database (FCHD). Richard Rundle. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 Radnedge, Keir (1998). "Inter-Cities Fairs/UEFA Cup". The Complete Encyclopedia of Football. Carlton Books. p. 200. ISBN   978-1-85833-979-5.
  6. 1 2 "Honours". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005.
  7. ↑ "Team Records". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 23 June 2003.
  8. 1 2 3 Oliver, Peter (2007). Birmingham City The Official Annual 2008. Grange Communications. ISBN   978-1-905426-79-9.
  9. 1 2 McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  10. ↑ Haylett, Trevor (24 April 1995). "Fry's delight as Carlisle succumb to sudden death". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  11. ↑ Fletcher, Paul (3 May 2009). "Birmingham clinch top-flight spot". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  12. ↑ "Bellingham creates Blues history". Birmingham City F.C. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  13. ↑ Matthews (2000), "Age", p. 10.
  14. ↑ "Appearance Records". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 11 March 2005.
  15. ↑ Matthews (1995), pp. 201–16, 243–44.
  16. 1 2 Matthews (2000), "Appearances", pp. 12–14.
  17. 1 2 3 "Individual Records". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 11 March 2005.
  18. ↑ "Top League Goalscorers". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 10 April 2003.
  19. 1 2 "Top Goalscorers". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Tony Jordan. Archived from the original on 10 April 2003.
  20. ↑ Matthews (2000), "Goalscoring", pp. 96–97.
  21. 1 2 3 Matthews (2000), "International Blues", pp. 119–22.
  22. ↑ Courtney, Barrie (2 March 2005). "(Northern) Ireland – International Results 2000–2005 – Details". RSSSF . Retrieved 8 June 2011.
    "International: Maik Taylor". Irish Football Association. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  23. ↑ "England in Switzerland 1954". England Football Online. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  24. ↑ Clough, Brian (1995). Clough: The Autobiography. Corgi. ISBN   978-0-552-14003-4.
  25. ↑ Harris, Nick (4 February 2004). "Landmark £1m fee for Francis was no big deal for Clough". The Independent. London. p. 26. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  26. ↑ Matthews (2000), "Francis, Trevor", p. 86.
  27. ↑ Matthews (2000), "Latchford, Bob", p. 132.
  28. 1 2 "Jude Bellingham signs for Borussia Dortmund from Birmingham". Sky Sports. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  29. ↑ "Ivan Sunjic: Birmingham City sign Dinamo Zagreb midfielder on five-year deal". BBC Sport. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  30. ↑ "Birmingham City: Jota, Maxime Colin and Jason Lowe join Championship club". BBC Sport. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  31. ↑ "Birmingham seal signing of giant striker Nikola Zigic". BBC Sport. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  32. ↑ "Dunn signs for Blues". BBC Sport. 7 July 2003. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  33. ↑ "Johnson completes Birmingham move". BBC Sport. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  34. ↑ "Jude Bellingham: Borussia Dortmund sign midfielder from Birmingham City". BBC Sport. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  35. ↑ "Che Adams: Southampton sign Birmingham forward". BBC Sport. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  36. ↑ "Pennant completes Liverpool move". BBC Sport. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  37. ↑ "West Ham capture Upson from Blues". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  38. ↑ "Wigan seal £5.5m move for Heskey". BBC Sport. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  39. ↑ "Birmingham F.C. Team manager appointed". Birmingham Daily Mail. 20 June 1911. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  40. ↑ "Manager search: McRoberts, R (Bobby)" . English National Football Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  41. ↑ "Managers". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 9 April 2003.
  42. 1 2 "Birmingham Managers". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  43. ↑ Matthews (2000), "Managers", p. 148.
  44. ↑ Matthews (1995), p. 231.
  45. ↑ Matthews (1995), p. 140.
  46. ↑ Matthews (1995), p. 141.
  47. ↑ Matthews (1995), p. 142.
  48. ↑ Matthews (1995), p. 13.
  49. ↑ Matthews (1995), p. 241.
  50. ↑ Matthews (1995), p. 196.
  51. 1 2 3 "Record Results". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 11 March 2005.
  52. 1 2 3 4 "Birmingham City: Records". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 9 December 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  53. ↑ "Blues hold ten-man United". Sky Sports. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  54. ↑ Matthews (2000), "Attendances", pp. 20–21.
  55. ↑ Goodyear, David; Matthews, Tony (1988). Aston Villa A Complete Record 1875–1988. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN   0-907969-37-2. At this time there seemed a general lack of ambition at Villa Park. The club were slow to install floodlights, they turned down the chance of combining with Blues to field a 'Birmingham' team for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup...
  56. ↑ Ross, James M. (13 July 2006). "European Cups Archive". RSSSF . Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  57. ↑ "Arsenal routs Inter Milan". The New York Times. Reuters. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  58. ↑ "2011/12 list of participants". UEFA. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  59. 1 2 "UEFA Europa League 2012: Nacional–Birmingham". UEFA. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
    "UEFA Europa League 2012: Birmingham–Nacional". UEFA. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  60. 1 2 3 4 Stokkermans, Karel (23 April 2015). "UEFA European Competitions 2011–12: Europa League". RSSSF . Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  61. ↑ Radnedge, p. 200.
  62. 1 2 3 Ross, James M. (28 February 2008). "European Competitions 1957–58: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955–58". RSSSF . Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  63. ↑ Radnedge, pp. 200–04.
  64. 1 2 3 4 Ross, James M. (27 June 2007). "European Competitions 1959–60: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958–60". RSSSF . Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  65. 1 2 3 4 Ross, James M. (27 June 2007). "European Competitions 1960–61: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960–61". RSSSF . Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  66. ↑ Ross, James M. (27 June 2007). "European Competitions 1961–62: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1961–62". RSSSF . Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  67. 1 2 3 4 Matthews (1995), "Blues in Europe", pp. 241–42.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.