1968β69 season | ||
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Chairman | Clifford Coombs | |
Manager | Stan Cullis | |
Ground | St Andrew's | |
Football League Second Division | 7th | |
FA Cup |
Fifth round (eliminated by Manchester United) | |
Football League Cup |
Second round (eliminated by Chelsea) | |
Top goalscorer | League:
Phil Summerill (16) All: Fred Pickering, Phil Summerill (17) | |
Highest home attendance | 51,685 vs Manchester United, FA Cup 5th round, 11 February 1969 | |
Lowest home attendance | 18,958 vs Bristol City, 14 December 1968 | |
Average home league attendance | 26,008 | |
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The 1969β70 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 66th in the Football League and their 28th in the Second Division. They made a poor start, suffering seven defeats in the first nine matches, but an improved second half of the season led to a seventh-place finish in the 22-team division. They entered the 1969β70 FA Cup in the third round proper, reaching the fifth round in which they lost to Manchester United after a replay, and were beaten by Chelsea in their opening second-round match in the League Cup.
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.
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]
Date | League position |
Opponents | Venue | Result | Score FβA |
Scorers | Attendance |
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10 August 1968 | 17th | Norwich City | H | L | 1β2 | Pickering | 27,715 |
27 August 1968 | 20th | Crystal Palace | A | L | 2β3 | Vowden, Vincent | 17,679 |
20 August 1968 | 22nd | Charlton Athletic | A | L | 1β3 | Vincent | 14,220 |
24 August 1968 | 17th | Portsmouth | H | W | 5β2 | Pickering 2, Vowden, Summerill, Tindall og | 23,915 |
28 August 1968 | 21st | Cardiff City | A | L | 0β4 | 14,967 | |
31 August 1968 | 22nd | Preston North End | A | L | 1β4 | Greenhoff | 13,112 |
7 September 1968 | 19th | Huddersfield Town | H | W | 5β1 | Greenhoff, Pickering, Vowden 3 | 25,001 |
14 September 1968 | 21st | Middlesbrough | A | L | 1β3 | Vincent | 17,398 |
17 September 1968 | 21st | Bury | H | L | 1β3 | Greenhoff | 24,178 |
21 September 1968 | 20th | Aston Villa | H | W | 4β0 | Vowden, Greenhoff, Vincent, Summerill | 40,527 |
28 September 1968 | 18th | Carlisle United | A | W | 3β2 | Greenhoff, Summerill, Green | 7,623 |
5 October 1968 | 17th | Fulham | H | W | 5β4 | Greenhoff 4, Vincent | 28,448 |
8 October 1968 | 15th | Cardiff City | H | W | 2β0 | Greenhoff, Vincent | 28,238 |
12 October 1968 | 15th | Bristol City | A | D | 0β0 | 19,578 | |
19 October 1968 | 15th | Millwall | H | L | 1β2 | Greenhoff pen | 29,770 |
26 October 1968 | 17th | Derby County | A | L | 0β1 | 34,218 | |
2 November 1968 | 18th | Oxford United | H | L | 0β1 | 23,466 | |
9 November 1968 | 19th | Blackburn Rovers | A | L | 2β3 | Pickering 2 | 11,721 |
16 November 1968 | 17th | Blackpool | H | W | 1β0 | Summerill | 22,206 |
23 November 1968 | 17th | Bolton Wanderers | A | D | 0β0 | 7,175 | |
30 November 1968 | 16th | Hull City | H | W | 5β2 | Pickering, Greenhoff, Summerill 3 | 21,352 |
7 December 1968 | 17th | Sheffield United | A | L | 0β2 | 14,339 | |
14 December 1968 | 17th | Bristol City | H | W | 2β0 | Pickering 2 | 18,958 |
21 December 1968 | 16th | Millwall | A | W | 3β1 | Pickering, Vincent, Darrell | 12,652 |
26 December 1968 | 17th | Fulham | A | L | 0β2 | 13,192 | |
11 January 1968 | 15th | Oxford United | A | W | 2β1 | Pickering, Summerill | 11,587 |
14 January 1969 | 14th | Derby County | H | D | 1β1 | Pickering | 39,977 |
18 January 1969 | 12th | Blackburn Rovers | H | W | 3β1 | Pickering, Robinson pen, Coddington og | 27,161 |
1 February 1969 | 14th | Blackpool | A | L | 1β2 | James og | 11,294 |
1 March 1969 | 17th | Norwich City | A | D | 1β1 | Vowden | 15,894 |
4 March 1969 | 16th | Sheffield United | H | D | 2β2 | Pickering, Beard | 25,123 |
8 March 1969 | 16th | Crystal Palace | H | L | 0β1 | 25,298 | |
15 March 1969 | 15th | Portsmouth | A | D | 0β0 | 15,556 | |
22 March 1969 | 13th | Preston North End | H | W | 3β1 | R. Latchford 2, Summerill | 22,020 |
25 March 1969 | 11th | Bolton Wanderers | H | W | 5β0 | Vincent, Summerill 3, Beard | 20,454 |
29 March 1969 | 11th | Huddersfield Town | A | D | 0β0 | 8,105 | |
5 April 1969 | 11th | Carlisle United | H | W | 3β0 | Greenhoff 2, Hockey | 22,397 |
7 April 1969 | 11th | Charlton Athletic | H | D | 0β0 | 25,884 | |
8 April 1969 | 9th | Bury | A | W | 2β1 | Summerill 2 | 5,819 |
12 April 1969 | 10th | Aston Villa | A | L | 0β1 | 53,647 | |
15 April 1969 | 8th | Hull City | A | W | 2β1 | Vincent, Hockey | 8,702 |
19 April 1969 | 6th | Middlesbrough | H | W | 3β1 | Summerill 2, G. Smith og | 25,899 |
Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
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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 |
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score FβA |
Scorers | Attendance |
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Third round | 4 January 1969 | Lincoln City | H | W | 2β1 | Pickering, Robinson | 31,429 |
Fourth round | 25 January 1969 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | D | 2β2 | Pickering, Thwaites | 52,062 |
Fourth round replay | 28 January 1969 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | W | 2β1 | Pickering, Beard | 51,463 |
Fifth round | 11 February 1969 | Manchester United | H | D | 2β2 | Beard, Robinson | 51,685 |
Fifth round replay | 24 February 1969 | Manchester United | A | L | 2β6 | Greenhoff, Summerill | 61,934 |
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score FβA |
Scorers | Attendance |
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Second round | 3 September 1968 | Chelsea | H | L | 0β1 | 31,530 |
Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
GK | ![]() |
Jim Herriot | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
GK | ![]() |
Dave Latchford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Winston Foster | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Colin Green | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
DF | ![]() |
Ray Martin | 31 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 36 (2) | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Bert Murray | 8 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (2) | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Garry Pendrey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Dave Robinson | 29 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
DF | ![]() |
Brian Sharples | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
John Sleeuwenhoek | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (2) | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Bobby Thomson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
MF | ![]() |
Malcolm Beard | 32 | 2 | 3 (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 (1) | 4 |
MF | ![]() |
Malcolm Page | 33 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 (1) | 0 |
MF | ![]() |
Ron Wylie | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
Barry Bridges β | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
Mick Darrell | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Jimmy Greenhoff | 31 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 |
FW | ![]() |
Trevor Hockey | 37 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
FW | ![]() |
Bob Latchford | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
FW | ![]() |
Fred Pickering | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 17 |
FW | ![]() |
Phil Summerill | 28 (2) | 16 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 (3) | 17 |
FW | ![]() |
Denis Thwaites | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Johnny Vincent | 40 (1) | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 (1) | 9 |
FW | ![]() |
Geoff Vowden | 22 (4) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 (4) | 7 |
General
Specific
1968β69 season | ||
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Chairman | Clifford Coombs | |
Manager | Stan Cullis | |
Ground | St Andrew's | |
Football League Second Division | 7th | |
FA Cup |
Fifth round (eliminated by Manchester United) | |
Football League Cup |
Second round (eliminated by Chelsea) | |
Top goalscorer | League:
Phil Summerill (16) All: Fred Pickering, Phil Summerill (17) | |
Highest home attendance | 51,685 vs Manchester United, FA Cup 5th round, 11 February 1969 | |
Lowest home attendance | 18,958 vs Bristol City, 14 December 1968 | |
Average home league attendance | 26,008 | |
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The 1969β70 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 66th in the Football League and their 28th in the Second Division. They made a poor start, suffering seven defeats in the first nine matches, but an improved second half of the season led to a seventh-place finish in the 22-team division. They entered the 1969β70 FA Cup in the third round proper, reaching the fifth round in which they lost to Manchester United after a replay, and were beaten by Chelsea in their opening second-round match in the League Cup.
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.
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]
Date | League position |
Opponents | Venue | Result | Score FβA |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 August 1968 | 17th | Norwich City | H | L | 1β2 | Pickering | 27,715 |
27 August 1968 | 20th | Crystal Palace | A | L | 2β3 | Vowden, Vincent | 17,679 |
20 August 1968 | 22nd | Charlton Athletic | A | L | 1β3 | Vincent | 14,220 |
24 August 1968 | 17th | Portsmouth | H | W | 5β2 | Pickering 2, Vowden, Summerill, Tindall og | 23,915 |
28 August 1968 | 21st | Cardiff City | A | L | 0β4 | 14,967 | |
31 August 1968 | 22nd | Preston North End | A | L | 1β4 | Greenhoff | 13,112 |
7 September 1968 | 19th | Huddersfield Town | H | W | 5β1 | Greenhoff, Pickering, Vowden 3 | 25,001 |
14 September 1968 | 21st | Middlesbrough | A | L | 1β3 | Vincent | 17,398 |
17 September 1968 | 21st | Bury | H | L | 1β3 | Greenhoff | 24,178 |
21 September 1968 | 20th | Aston Villa | H | W | 4β0 | Vowden, Greenhoff, Vincent, Summerill | 40,527 |
28 September 1968 | 18th | Carlisle United | A | W | 3β2 | Greenhoff, Summerill, Green | 7,623 |
5 October 1968 | 17th | Fulham | H | W | 5β4 | Greenhoff 4, Vincent | 28,448 |
8 October 1968 | 15th | Cardiff City | H | W | 2β0 | Greenhoff, Vincent | 28,238 |
12 October 1968 | 15th | Bristol City | A | D | 0β0 | 19,578 | |
19 October 1968 | 15th | Millwall | H | L | 1β2 | Greenhoff pen | 29,770 |
26 October 1968 | 17th | Derby County | A | L | 0β1 | 34,218 | |
2 November 1968 | 18th | Oxford United | H | L | 0β1 | 23,466 | |
9 November 1968 | 19th | Blackburn Rovers | A | L | 2β3 | Pickering 2 | 11,721 |
16 November 1968 | 17th | Blackpool | H | W | 1β0 | Summerill | 22,206 |
23 November 1968 | 17th | Bolton Wanderers | A | D | 0β0 | 7,175 | |
30 November 1968 | 16th | Hull City | H | W | 5β2 | Pickering, Greenhoff, Summerill 3 | 21,352 |
7 December 1968 | 17th | Sheffield United | A | L | 0β2 | 14,339 | |
14 December 1968 | 17th | Bristol City | H | W | 2β0 | Pickering 2 | 18,958 |
21 December 1968 | 16th | Millwall | A | W | 3β1 | Pickering, Vincent, Darrell | 12,652 |
26 December 1968 | 17th | Fulham | A | L | 0β2 | 13,192 | |
11 January 1968 | 15th | Oxford United | A | W | 2β1 | Pickering, Summerill | 11,587 |
14 January 1969 | 14th | Derby County | H | D | 1β1 | Pickering | 39,977 |
18 January 1969 | 12th | Blackburn Rovers | H | W | 3β1 | Pickering, Robinson pen, Coddington og | 27,161 |
1 February 1969 | 14th | Blackpool | A | L | 1β2 | James og | 11,294 |
1 March 1969 | 17th | Norwich City | A | D | 1β1 | Vowden | 15,894 |
4 March 1969 | 16th | Sheffield United | H | D | 2β2 | Pickering, Beard | 25,123 |
8 March 1969 | 16th | Crystal Palace | H | L | 0β1 | 25,298 | |
15 March 1969 | 15th | Portsmouth | A | D | 0β0 | 15,556 | |
22 March 1969 | 13th | Preston North End | H | W | 3β1 | R. Latchford 2, Summerill | 22,020 |
25 March 1969 | 11th | Bolton Wanderers | H | W | 5β0 | Vincent, Summerill 3, Beard | 20,454 |
29 March 1969 | 11th | Huddersfield Town | A | D | 0β0 | 8,105 | |
5 April 1969 | 11th | Carlisle United | H | W | 3β0 | Greenhoff 2, Hockey | 22,397 |
7 April 1969 | 11th | Charlton Athletic | H | D | 0β0 | 25,884 | |
8 April 1969 | 9th | Bury | A | W | 2β1 | Summerill 2 | 5,819 |
12 April 1969 | 10th | Aston Villa | A | L | 0β1 | 53,647 | |
15 April 1969 | 8th | Hull City | A | W | 2β1 | Vincent, Hockey | 8,702 |
19 April 1969 | 6th | Middlesbrough | H | W | 3β1 | Summerill 2, G. Smith og | 25,899 |
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 |
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score FβA |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Third round | 4 January 1969 | Lincoln City | H | W | 2β1 | Pickering, Robinson | 31,429 |
Fourth round | 25 January 1969 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | D | 2β2 | Pickering, Thwaites | 52,062 |
Fourth round replay | 28 January 1969 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | W | 2β1 | Pickering, Beard | 51,463 |
Fifth round | 11 February 1969 | Manchester United | H | D | 2β2 | Beard, Robinson | 51,685 |
Fifth round replay | 24 February 1969 | Manchester United | A | L | 2β6 | Greenhoff, Summerill | 61,934 |
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score FβA |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Second round | 3 September 1968 | Chelsea | H | L | 0β1 | 31,530 |
Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
GK | ![]() |
Jim Herriot | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
GK | ![]() |
Dave Latchford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Winston Foster | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Colin Green | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
DF | ![]() |
Ray Martin | 31 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 36 (2) | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Bert Murray | 8 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (2) | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Garry Pendrey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Dave Robinson | 29 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
DF | ![]() |
Brian Sharples | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
John Sleeuwenhoek | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (2) | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Bobby Thomson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
MF | ![]() |
Malcolm Beard | 32 | 2 | 3 (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 (1) | 4 |
MF | ![]() |
Malcolm Page | 33 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 (1) | 0 |
MF | ![]() |
Ron Wylie | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
Barry Bridges β | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
Mick Darrell | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Jimmy Greenhoff | 31 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 |
FW | ![]() |
Trevor Hockey | 37 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
FW | ![]() |
Bob Latchford | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
FW | ![]() |
Fred Pickering | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 17 |
FW | ![]() |
Phil Summerill | 28 (2) | 16 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 (3) | 17 |
FW | ![]() |
Denis Thwaites | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Johnny Vincent | 40 (1) | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 (1) | 9 |
FW | ![]() |
Geoff Vowden | 22 (4) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 (4) | 7 |
General
Specific