Birmingham City F.C. seasons

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

This is a list of seasons played by Birmingham City Football Club in English and European football from their first appearance in the FA Cup to the end of the latest completed season. It details the club's achievements in senior league and cup competitions and the top scorers for each season.

Birmingham City was founded in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance. For the first thirteen years of their existence, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an ad hoc basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at local and national level. Small Heath first entered the FA Cup in the 1881–82 season, and won their first trophy, the Walsall Cup, the following season.[1] During the 1880s, they played between 20 and 30 matches each season.[2]

In 1888, the club became a limited company under the name of Small Heath F.C. Ltd,[3] and joined the Combination, a league set up to provide organised football for those clubs not invited to join the Football League which was to start the same year. However, the Combination was not well organised and folded in April 1889 with many fixtures still outstanding.[A] Small Heath were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889–90, and three years later were elected to the newly-formed Second Division of the Football League. They topped the table in their first season, failing to win promotion via the test match system then in operation, but reached the top flight for the first time in 1894.[4] They were renamed Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.[5]

The club's official history rates 1955–56 as their best season to date.[6] The newly-promoted club achieved their highest ever finishing position of sixth in the First Division, reached the FA Cup final, and became the first English club side to participate in European competition when they played their opening game in the group stages of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[B] Their only major trophy is the League Cup which they won in 1963; they reached the FA Cup final twice and the final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice. During the 1990s, they won the Leyland DAF Cup and the Auto Windscreens Shield, competitions open to clubs in the third and fourth tiers of English football. As at the end of the 2007–08 season, the club have spent 55 seasons in the top division of English football, 46 seasons in the second, and four seasons in the third.

Contents

[edit] Seasons

Season League record FA Cup League
Cup[C]		 Other competitions Top goalscorer[D] Average attend-
ance[E]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Gls
1881–82 There was no League football until 1888. R2 Billy Slater[F] 2
1882–83 R1 Billy Slater 2
1883–84 R1 Arthur James 2
1884–85 R1 n/a
1885–86 SF Eddy Stanley 7
1886–87 R1 Jack Price 1
1887–88 R2 Walter Dixon
Austin Smith		 2
1888–89 Comb[A] 11 6 3 2 24 17 15 6th R1 Will Devey[G] 5
1889–90 Alliance[H] 22 6 5 11 44 67 17 10th R2 Will Devey 27 01,068
1890–91 Alliance 22 7 2 13 58 66 16 10th disq[I] Will Devey 20 02,545
1891–92 Alliance 22 12 5 5 53 36 29 3rd R2 Fred Wheldon 29 02,100
1892–93 Div 2[J] 22 17 2 3 90 35 36 1st[K] R1 Fred Wheldon[L] 26 02,181
1893–94 Div 2 28 21 0 7 103 44 42 2nd[M] R1 Frank Mobley[N] 25 02,928
1894–95 Div 1 30 9 7 14 50 74 25 12th R1 Frank Mobley 13 06,440
1895–96 Div 1 30 8 4 18 39 79 20 15th[O] R1 Frank Mobley 11 06,233
1896–97 Div 2 30 16 5 9 69 47 37 4th R1 Jimmy Inglis 16 04,526
1897–98 Div 2 30 16 4 10 58 50 36 6th[P] QR3 Walter Abbott 19 05,633
1898–99 Div 2 34 17 7 10 85 50 41 8th R2 Walter Abbott[Q] 42 05,588
1899–1900 Div 2 34 20 6 8 78 38 46 3rd QR5 Bob McRoberts 24 05,176
1900–01 Div 2 34 19 10 5 57 24 48 2nd QF Bob McRoberts 13 05,558
1901–02 Div 1 34 11 8 15 47 45 30 17th RInt Bob McRoberts 11 13,058
1902–03 Div 2 34 24 3 7 74 36 51 2nd R1 Arthur Leonard 16 07,411
1903–04 Div 1 34 11 8 15 39 52 30 11th RInt Freddie Wilcox
Billy Jones		 8 11,386
1904–05 Div 1 34 17 5 12 54 38 39 7th R1 Billy Jones 16 14,441
1905–06 Div 1 38 17 7 14 65 59 41 7th QF Billy Jones 24 11,868
1906–07 Div 1 38 15 8 15 52 52 38 9th R1 Billy Jones 15 15,315
1907–08 Div 1 38 9 12 17 40 60 30 20th R1 Edmund Eyre 9 15,473
1908–09 Div 2 38 14 9 15 58 61 37 11th R1 Billy Beer
Frederick Chapple		 8 10,607
1909–10 Div 2 38 8 7 23 42 78 23 20th[R] R1 Walter Freeman 10 08,921
1910–11 Div 2 38 12 8 18 42 64 32 16th R1 Jack Hall 14 13,764
1911–12 Div 2 38 14 6 18 55 59 34 12th R1 Jack Hall 21 13,052
1912–13 Div 2 38 18 10 10 59 44 46 3rd R1 Billy Jones 16 15,157
1913–14 Div 2 38 12 10 16 48 60 34 14th R3 Andy Smith 10 17,411
1914–15 Div 2 38 17 9 12 62 39 43 6th R3 Andy Smith 24 11,315
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.[S]
1919–20 Div 2 42 24 8 10 85 34 56 3rd R3 Bert Millard 15 22,880
1920–21 Div 2 42 24 10 8 79 38 58 1st R1 Harry Hampton 16 31,244
1921–22 Div 1 42 15 7 20 48 60 37 18th n/a[T] Joe Bradford
Johnny Crosbie		 10 27,967
1922–23 Div 1 42 13 11 18 41 57 37 17th R1 Joe Bradford 19 25,328
1923–24 Div 1 42 13 13 16 41 49 39 14th R1 Joe Bradford 24 20,395
1924–25 Div 1 42 17 12 13 49 53 46 8th R3 Joe Bradford
George Briggs
Ernie Islip		 11 22,547
1925–26 Div 1 42 16 8 18 66 81 40 14th R4 Joe Bradford 27 21,649
1926–27 Div 1 42 17 4 21 64 73 38 17th R4 Joe Bradford 23 24,372
1927–28 Div 1 42 13 15 14 70 75 41 11th R5 Joe Bradford 32 21,646
1928–29 Div 1 42 15 10 17 68 77 40 15th R4 Joe Bradford 24 23,406
1929–30 Div 1 42 16 9 17 67 62 41 11th R4 Joe Bradford 23 22,193
1930–31 Div 1 42 13 10 19 55 70 36 19th RU[U] Joe Bradford 22 21,275
1931–32 Div 1 42 18 8 16 78 67 44 9th R4 Joe Bradford 28 23,380
1932–33 Div 1 42 14 11 17 57 57 39 13th QF Joe Bradford
Ernie Curtis		 14 20,044
1933–34 Div 1 42 12 12 18 54 56 36 20th R5 Fred Roberts 8 24,718
1934–35 Div 1 42 13 10 19 63 81 36 19th QF Wilson Jones 17 22,795
1935–36 Div 1 42 15 11 16 61 63 41 12th R3 Wilson Jones 20 22,955
1936–37 Div 1 42 13 15 14 64 60 41 11th R3 Seymour Morris 16 25,452
1937–38 Div 1 42 10 18 14 58 62 38 18th R3 Don Dearson
Wilson Jones		 9 26,434
1938–39 Div 1 42 12 8 22 62 84 32 21st R5 Fred Harris 17 22,432
1939–40 Div 2 3 2 1 0 5 1 5 2nd[V] n/a
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.[W]
1945–46 FL South[X] 42 28 5 9 96 45 61 1st SF[Y] Wilson Jones[Z]
Jock Mulraney[G]		 25
7
1946–47 Div 2 42 25 5 12 74 33 55 3rd QF Cyril Trigg 19 32,462
1947–48 Div 2 42 22 15 5 55 24 59 1st R3 Harold Bodle 14 36,467
1948–49 Div 1 42 11 15 16 36 38 37 17th R3 Jackie Stewart 11 38,821
1949–50 Div 1 42 7 14 21 31 67 28 22nd R3 Jimmy Dailey 9 34,310
1950–51 Div 2 42 20 9 13 64 53 49 4th SF Cyril Trigg 19 24,728
1951–52 Div 2 42 21 9 12 67 56 51 3rd R4 Tommy Briggs 19 24,570
1952–53 Div 2 42 19 10 13 71 66 48 6th QF Peter Murphy 26 20,046
1953–54 Div 2 42 18 11 13 78 58 47 7th R4 Ted Purdon 15 22,594
1954–55 Div 2 42 22 10 10 92 47 54 1st QF Peter Murphy 20 21,002
1955–56 Div 1 42 18 9 15 75 57 45 6th[AA] RU[AB] [B] Eddy Brown 29 33,828
1956–57 Div 1 42 15 9 18 69 69 39 =12th[AC] SF Alex Govan 30 32,582
1957–58 Div 1 42 14 11 17 76 89 39 13th R3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup SF Peter Murphy 23 29,647
1958–59 Div 1 42 20 6 16 84 68 46 9th R5 Bunny Larkin 23 26,893
1959–60 Div 1 42 13 10 19 63 80 36 19th R3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[AD] RU Johnny Gordon 19 26,880
1960–61 Div 1 42 14 6 22 62 84 34 19th R5 R3[C] Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[AE] RU Jimmy Harris 17 25,751
1961–62 Div 1 42 14 10 18 65 81 38 17th R3 R1 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R2 Jimmy Harris
Ken Leek		 20 23,587
1962–63 Div 1 42 10 13 19 63 90 33 20th R3 W[AF] Ken Leek 29 22,559
1963–64 Div 1 42 11 7 24 54 92 29 20th R3 R2 Bertie Auld 10 21,996
1964–65 Div 1 42 8 11 23 64 96 27 22nd R3 R2 Stan Lynn
Geoff Vowden		 10 19,714
1965–66 Div 2 42 16 9 17 70 75 41 10th R4 R2 Geoff Vowden 23 14,398
1966–67 Div 2 42 16 8 18 70 66 40 10th QF SF Geoff Vowden 21 19,798
1967–68 Div 2 42 19 14 9 83 51 52 4th SF R3 Barry Bridges 28 28,083
1968–69 Div 2 42 18 8 16 73 59 44 7th R5 R2 Fred Pickering
Phil Summerill		 17 26,008
1969–70 Div 2 42 11 11 20 51 78 33 18th R3 R2 Phil Summerill 13 24,028
1970–71 Div 2 42 17 12 13 58 48 46 9th R3 R4 Phil Summerill 21 24,164
1971–72 Div 2 42 19 18 5 60 31 56 2nd 3rd[AG] R2 Anglo-Italian Cup Grp Bob Latchford[N] 30 32,337
1972–73 Div 1 42 15 12 15 53 54 42 10th R3 R4 Bob Latchford 20 36,663
1973–74 Div 1 42 12 13 17 52 64 37 19th R4 QF Texaco Cup[AH] QF Bob Hatton 20 33,048
1974–75 Div 1 42 14 9 19 53 61 37 17th SF R2 Texaco Cup SF Bob Hatton 18 30,854
1975–76 Div 1 42 13 7 22 57 75 33 19th R3 R3 Trevor Francis 18 28,002
1976–77 Div 1 42 13 12 17 63 61 38 13th R4 R2 Trevor Francis 21 28,338
1977–78 Div 1 42 16 9 17 55 60 41 11th R4 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup Grp Trevor Francis 29 23,910
1978–79 Div 1 42 6 10 26 37 64 22 21st R3 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup Grp Alan Buckley 8 20,164
1979–80 Div 2 42 21 11 10 58 38 53 3rd[AI] R5 R3 Keith Bertschin 15 20,427
1980–81 Div 1 42 13 12 17 50 61 38 13th R4 QF Frank Worthington 18 19,248
1981–82 Div 1[AJ] 42 10 14 18 53 61 44 16th R3 R2 Tony Evans 16 17,116
1982–83 Div 1 42 12 14 16 40 55 50 17th R4 R4 Mick Ferguson 8 15,880
1983–84 Div 1 42 12 12 18 39 50 48 20th QF R4 Mick Harford 15 14,106
1984–85 Div 2 42 25 7 10 59 33 82 2nd R3 R3 Wayne Clarke 19 12,522
1985–86 Div 1 42 8 5 29 30 73 29 21st R3 R3 Andy Kennedy 9 10,899
1986–87 Div 2 42 11 17 14 47 59 50 19th R4 R3 Full Members Cup R2 Wayne Clarke 19 07,426
1987–88 Div 2 44 11 15 18 41 66 48 19th R5 R1 Full Members Cup R1 Steve Whitton 16 08,576
1988–89 Div 2 46 8 11 27 31 76 35 23rd[AK] R3 R2 Full Members Cup R1 Steve Whitton 6 06,289
1989–90 Div 3 46 18 12 16 60 59 66 7th R3 R2 Associate Members Cup Grp Dennis Bailey 20 08,558
1990–91 Div 3 46 16 17 13 45 49 65 12th R2 R1 Associate Members Cup[AL] W John Gayle
Simon Sturridge		 10 07,030
1991–92 Div 3 46 23 12 11 69 52 81 2nd R1 R3 Associate Members Cup Grp Nigel Gleghorn 22 12,399
1992–93 Div 1[AM] 46 13 12 21 50 72 51 19th R1 R1 Anglo-Italian Cup IGr Paul Peschisolido
Andy Saville		 7 12,328
1993–94 Div 1 46 13 12 21 52 69 51 22nd R3 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup EGr Paul Peschisolido
Andy Saville		 10 14,378
1994–95 Div 2 46 25 14 7 84 37 89 1st R3 R2 Football League Trophy[AN] W Steve Claridge 24 16,941
1995–96 Div 1 46 15 13 18 61 64 58 15th R3 SF Anglo-Italian Cup ESF Jonathan Hunt 15 18,098
1996–97 Div 1 46 17 15 14 52 48 66 10th R5 R2 Paul Devlin 19 17,732
1997–98 Div 1 46 19 17 10 60 35 74 7th[AO] R5 R3 Paul Furlong 19 18,751
1998–99 Div 1 46 23 12 11 66 37 81 4th[AP] R3 R3 Dele Adebola 17 20,794
1999–2000 Div 1 46 22 11 13 65 44 77 5th[AQ] R4 R4 Paul Furlong 11 21,895
2000–01 Div 1 46 23 9 14 59 48 78 5th[AR] R3 RU[AS] Geoff Horsfield 12 21,283
2001–02 Div 1 46 21 13 12 70 49 76 5th[AT] R3 R3 Tommy Mooney 15 21,978
2002–03 Prem 38 13 9 16 41 49 48 13th R3 R3 Stern John 9 28,831
2003–04 Prem 38 12 14 12 43 48 50 10th R5 R2 Mikael Forssell 19 29,078
2004–05 Prem 38 11 12 15 40 46 45 12th R4 R3 Emile Heskey 11 28,760
2005–06 Prem 38 8 10 20 28 50 34 18th QF QF Mikael Forssell
Jiří Jarošík		 8 27,392
2006–07 Champ[AU] 46 26 8 12 67 42 86 2nd R4 R4 Gary McSheffrey 16 22,273
2007–08 Prem 38 8 11 19 46 62 35 19th R3 R3 Mikael Forssell 9 26,181


[edit] Key

Key to league record:
P – games played
W – games won
D – games drawn
L – games lost
F – goals for
A – goals against
Pts – points
Pos – final position

Key to rounds:
P3rd – third place
QF – quarter-final
QR3 – third qualifying round
QR5 – fifth qualifying round
R1 – first round
R2 – second round, etc.
RInt – intermediate round
SF – semi-final
disq – disqualified
n/a – not applicable

Key to divisions:
Alliance – Football Alliance
Champ – The Championship
Comb – The Combination
Div 1 – Football League First Division
Div 2 – Football League Second Division
Div 3 – Football League Third Division
FL South – Football League South
Prem – Premier League
Promoted Relegated Winners Runners up

Top scorer shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.
Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or reorganisation.
League results shown in italics for abandoned or wartime competitions.

[edit] Notes

A. a b : An attempt was made to set up a league called The Combination involving clubs not invited to join the Football League. Lack of proper organisation meant it was wound up in April 1889 with many fixtures still outstanding. Small Heath played 11 of their full 16 fixtures.[7]
B. a b : Birmingham City became the first English club side to take part in European competition when they played their first group game in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58 on 15 May 1956, a goalless draw away at Inter Milan. The competition lasted over three English seasons with the final not played until 1958. The London XI, a representative side made up of players from several London clubs, were the first English team when they played their first group game in 1955.[8]
C. ^ : The League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.
D. ^ : Includes goals scored in the Football Alliance, The Football League (including test matches and play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy in its various manifestations (Leyland DAF Cup, Auto Windscreens Shield, ...), and several now-defunct competitions such as the Anglo-Italian Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup and Full Members' Cup. Excludes Birmingham Senior Cup: in its early days this was a prestigious first-team competition, but over the years its status has declined and it is now contested by the club's reserve team.
E. ^ : League matches only (including Football Alliance, the Football League, and Premier League, but excluding test matches and play-offs). Sourced from Matthews, Complete Record up to and including the 1994–95 season, from European Football Statistics[9] from 1995–96 to 2001–02 inclusive, and from the Football League[10] and Premier League[11] websites as appropriate thereafter.
F. ^ : The first of Slater's two goals in the FA Cup first round tie against Derby Town, a 4–1 win played at the Muntz Street ground on 17 October 1881, was the club's first ever goal in national competitive football.
G. a b : FA Cup goals only.
H. ^ : Founder member of the Football Alliance, which started a year after the Football League.
I. ^ : Disqualified for fielding an improperly registered player, after eliminating Hednesford Town and Wednesbury Old Athletic in the qualifying rounds.
J. ^ : The Football League expanded its membership at the end of this season by forming a Second Division. 11 of the 12 Football Alliance teams accepted invitations to join the Football League.
K. ^ : Promotion and relegation decided by test matches, in which third bottom in First Division played third in Second Division, second bottom in First Division played second in Second Division, and bottom club in First Division played top club from Second Division, in one-off games at neutral venues, winners to play in the following season's First Division. Small Heath drew 1–1 with Newton Heath but lost the replay 5–2, so were not promoted despite winning the division.
L. ^ : 24 goals in Second Division.
M. ^ : Promoted via test match, beating Darwen 3–1.
N. a b : 23 goals in Second Division.
O. ^ : Promotion and relegation decided by test match system in which bottom two clubs in First Division and top two clubs in Second Division played a mini-league of home and away matches against the two clubs in the other division, top two in mini-league to play in following season's First Division. Small Heath finished third in the mini-league so were relegated.
P. ^ : The final test match left the two clubs involved needing to draw for them both to win promotion, which unsurprisingly is what happened. The Football League decided to expand each division by two places, and the existing clubs voted for two clubs to take the two new places in the First Division. Candidates were the losers from the two test match series plus teams placed third to sixth in the Second Division. Small Heath came fourth in the vote, so remained in the Second Division. From then on the League adopted promotion and relegation directly dependent on league position (two up, two down).
Q. ^ : 34 goals in Second Division. Abbott's 34 league goals and 42 total goals in a season are club records.
R. ^ : There was no automatic relegation from the Football League until 1987. The bottom two clubs in the League applied for re-election, together with candidates from outside the League. Each current League club had a vote. Small Heath were re-elected.
S. ^ : The club played 106 competitive games in regional football, the Midland Section Principal and Subsidiary Competitions, over three seasons from 1916 to 1919. Guest players were permitted, and results and records from this period are not included in official statistics.
T. ^ : Club did not enter FA Cup because secretary Frank Richards forgot to submit the entry form.
U. ^ : Birmingham's first appearance in the Cup Final, a 2–1 defeat to Second Division West Bromwich Albion.
V. ^ : League football was abandoned after three games because of the Second World War.
W. ^ : The club played 215 competitive games in regional league and cup football between 1939 and 1946. Guest players were permitted, and results and records from this period are not included in official statistics.
X. ^ : The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League proper did not resume until the following season. However 1945–46 did see the only full season played in the wartime Football League North and South regionalised competition; this included First and Second Division clubs divided geographically, playing each other home and away. Birmingham won the Southern section on goal average from Aston Villa. Records in this competition are not counted in official statistics.
Y. ^ : From the First Round Proper to the Sixth Round of the 1945–46 FA Cup, matches were played over two legs. In the semifinal, Birmingham drew with Derby County at Hillsborough in front of 65,000 spectators. The replay at Maine Road, which attracted a crowd of over 80,000, went goalless into extra time, when defender Ted Duckhouse broke his leg trying to stop Derby's first goal. No substitutes were allowed, and Birmingham went on to lose 4–0.
Z. ^ : Including goals scored in Football League South.
AA. ^ : Club's highest League finish.
AB. ^ : Reached the final without being drawn at home in any round, the first club so to do. Lost 3–1 to Manchester City, the game remembered for City's goalkeeper Bert Trautmann playing on having broken a bone in his neck after 70 minutes.
AC. ^ : Equal with Chelsea on goal average; number of goals scored was not taken into account.
AD. ^ : Birmingham became the first English club side to reach the final of a European competition, losing on aggregate to Barcelona (0–0 at home, 1–4 away). The London XI, consisting of players from several London clubs, were the first English team when they reached the final of the ICFC 1955–58.[8]
AE. ^ : Lost on aggregate to A.S. Roma (2–2 at home, 0–2 away).[8]
AF. ^ : Beat Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate (3–1 at home, 0–0 away) to win club's first and as of 2007 only major trophy.
AG. ^ : Between 1969–70 and 1973–74 the losing semi-finalists took part in a third-place play-off.[12] Birmingham beat Stoke City on penalties after a goalless draw, the first time an FA Cup match had been determined by penalty shootout.[13]
AH. ^ : The home leg of the quarter final match against Newcastle United finished 1–1. Despite use of floodlights being banned due to the fuel crisis, the League refused to allow an earlier kickoff time for the away leg. The match was abandoned at 1–1 after 10 minutes of extra time in almost total darkness. When the match was replayed, Birmingham lost 3–1.[14]
AI. ^ : Number of teams promoted to and relegated from the First Division changed from two to three in season 1973–74.
AJ. ^ : This season saw the introduction of three points for a win intead of two.
AK. ^ : Relegated to the third tier of English football for the first time.
AL. ^ : Beat Tranmere Rovers 3–2 in the final of the Leyland DAF Cup at Wembley.
AM. ^ : When the FA Premiership was formed, Div 2 was renamed Division One.
AN. ^ : Beat Carlisle United 1–0 in the final of the Auto Windscreens Shield at Wembley in front of a crowd of 76,663. The goal was scored by Paul Tait in extra time. This was the first time a senior tournament in England was decided on a golden goal.
AO. ^ : Missed out on a play-off place to Sheffield United by virtue of goals scored, which from 1992–93 to 1998–99 took precedence over goal difference in the Football League.
AP. ^ : Lost in the play-off semifinal to Watford on penalties.
AQ. ^ : Lost in the play-off semifinal to Barnsley on aggregate.
AR. ^ : Lost in the play-off semifinal to Preston North End on penalties. This was the first season that an aggregate draw was not decided on the away goals rule; Birmingham would have gone through on away goals.
AS. ^ : Lost to Liverpool on penalties after the game had finished 1–1. This was the first English football final to be held at the Millennium Stadium while the new Wembley Stadium was being built.
AT. ^ : Promoted to the Premier League via the play-offs, beating Millwall 2–1 on aggregate in the semifinal and Norwich City on penalties in the final after the game had finished 1–1.
AU. ^ : Division One was renamed The Championship in 2004–05.

[edit] References

General
Specific
  1. ^ Matthews, Complete Record, p. 8.
  2. ^ Matthews, Encyclopedia, p. 8.
  3. ^ Matthews, Complete Record, p. 9.
  4. ^ Small Heath at the Football Club History Database.
  5. ^ Matthews, Encyclopedia, p. 194.
  6. ^ Club History. Birmingham City F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
  7. ^ Shury, Alan; Landamore, Brian [2002] (2005). The Definitive Newton Heath F.C., 2nd ed., 'Definitive' Club Histories, Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). ISBN 1899468161. 
  8. ^ a b c Ross, James M. (2006-07-13). European Cups Archive. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
  9. ^ English historical attendance and performance: Birmingham City. European Football Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  10. ^ Club Stats. The Football League. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  11. ^ Statistics. Premier League. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  12. ^ Semi-Final Factfile. The Football Association (2005-04-13). Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
  13. ^ FA Cup Trivia. The Football Association (2003-05-16). Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  14. ^ Season 1973/74. Toonarama (a Newcastle United fansite). Retrieved on 2007-05-22.


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