1969–70 Birmingham City F.C. season

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.

Birmingham City F.C.
1969–70 season
ChairmanClifford Coombs
ManagerStan Cullis until 18 March 1970
Freddie Goodwin from 29 May
GroundSt Andrew's
Football League Second Division18th
FA CupThird round
(eliminated by Chelsea)
Football League CupSecond round
(eliminated by Brighton & Hove Albion)
Top goalscorerLeague: Phil Summerill (13)
All: Phil Summerill (13)
Highest home attendance41,696 vs Aston Villa, 30 March 1970
Lowest home attendance13,530 vs Hull City, 4 April 1970
Average home league attendance24,028 (League matches only)

Stan Cullis resigned as manager and retired from football in March 1970,[1] and chief scout Don Dorman and coach Bill Shorthouse finished the playing season as caretaker managers.[2] After unsuccessful approaches were made to Don Revie, Brian Clough and Ronnie Allen, Brighton & Hove Albion manager Freddie Goodwin took on the job at the end of May.[3]

Twenty players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were eleven different goalscorers. Defenders Ray Martin and Bobby Thomson played in all 44 first-team matches over the season. Phil Summerill finished as leading goalscorer for the second successive season, with 13 goals, all of which came in league competition.

Football League Second Division
Main article: 1969–70 Football League
DateLeague
position		Opponents VenueResultScore
F–A		Scorers Attendance
9 August 1969 16thLeicester CityA L1–3Summerill 35,168
16 August 1969 20thOxford UnitedH L1–3Summerill 27,067
19 August 1969 19thPortsmouthH D1–1Summerill 24,976
23 August 1969 21stBlackpoolA L0–2 17,495
27 August 1969 19thHull CityA D0–0 12,242
30 August 1969 17thQueens Park RangersH W3–0Murray 3 32,660
6 September 1969 18thBolton WanderersA L0–2 11,303
13 September 1969 17thSheffield UnitedH W3–1Vincent, Murray 27,201
16 September 1969 14thNorwich CityH W2–1Murray, Summerill 2 26,408
20 September 1969 12thCharlton AthleticA W1–0Hateley 13,999
27 September 1969 11thCarlisle UnitedH D1–1Summerill 28,781
4 October 1969 13thBristol CityA L0–2 18,694
8 October 1969 15thOxford UnitedA L0–2 12,621
11 October 1969 13thBlackburn RoversH W3–0Vowden 2, Summerill 25,602
18 October 1969 12thAston VillaA D0–0 54,405
25 October 1969 13thCardiff CityH D1–1Hateley 28,287
1 November 1969 11thWatfordA W3–2Vincent, Vowden, Murray 17,436
8 November 1969 11thSwindon TownH W2–0Vowden, Murray 28,391
12 November 1969 8thPortsmouthA D1–1Murray 16,508
15 November 1969 12thPreston North EndA L1–4Hateley 9,692
22 November 1969 10thMillwallH W2–0Hateley, Vincent 22,564
6 December 1969 11thHuddersfield TownH D2–2Vowden, Murray 24,956
13 December 1969 12thSheffield UnitedA L0–6 17,332
16 December 1969 12thMiddlesbroughA L2–4Hateley, Murray 17,020
26 December 1969 12thBlackpoolH L2–3James og, Hateley 29,548
27 December 1969 12thQueens Park RangersA L1–2Page 15,688
10 January 1969 12thCharlton AthleticH W3–0Vincent, Beard, Johnston 18,031
17 January 1970 12thCarlisle UnitedA L3–4Summerill 3 7,912
31 January 1970 13thBristol CityH D2–2Vincent, Summerill 20,421
14 February 1969 16thLeicester CityH L0–1 28,232
21 February 1970 18thCardiff CityA L1–3Bell og 21,887
24 February 1970 15thBolton WanderersH W2–0Vincent, Summerill 19,489
28 February 1970 15thWatfordH D0–0 22,796
4 March 1970 15thBlackburn RoversA D1–1Mulvaney og 8,639
11 March 1970 17thMillwallA L2–6Hockey, Murray 7,825
14 March 1970 15thMiddlesbroughH D0–0 17,974
21 March 1970 17thHuddersfield TownA L0–2 18,502
28 March 1970 16thPreston North EndH W1–0Vowden 16,469
30 March 1970 17thAston VillaH L0–2 41,696
31 March 1970 17thSwindon TownA L1–4Summerill 21,098
4 April 1970 18thHull CityH L2–4R. Latchford, Martin 13,530
15 April 1970 18thNorwich CityA L0–6 12,134

League table (part)
Final Second Division table (part)
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts
16th Bolton Wanderers4212121854610.8936
17th Portsmouth421392066800.8235
18th Birmingham City4211112051780.6533
19th Watford429132044570.7731
20th Charlton Athletic427171835760.4631
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
Source [4]

FA Cup
Main article: 1969–70 FA Cup
Round DateOpponentsVenue ResultScore
F–A		Scorers Attendance
Third round 3 January 1970ChelseaA L0–3 45,088

League Cup
Main article: 1969–70 Football League Cup
Round DateOpponentsVenue ResultScore
F–A		Scorers Attendance
Second round 3 September 1969Brighton & Hove AlbionA L0–2 24,232

Appearances and goals
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with name struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.
Players having played at least one first-team match
Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK SCO Jim Herriot 2601010280
GK ENG Dave Latchford 1600000160
DF ENG Ray Martin 4211010441
DF ENG Garry Pendrey 2700010280
DF ENG Dave Robinson 3301010350
DF ENG John Sleeuwenhoek 90000090
DF ENG Bobby Thomson 4201010440
MF ENG Malcolm Beard 3811010401
MF WAL Trevor Hockey 4111010431
MF WAL Malcolm Page 17 (1)1101018 (1)1
MF ENG Johnny Vincent 3661010386
MF ENG Ron Wylie 1 (3)000001 (3)0
FW ENG Mick Darrell 0 (1)000000 (1)0
FW ENG Tony Hateley 2661000276
FW SCO George Johnston 6 (3)100006 (3)1
FW ENG Bob Latchford 1010010111
FW ENG Bert Murray 33 (1)11101035 (1)11
FW ENG Phil Summerill 30 (4)13000030 (4)13
FW ENG Denis Thwaites 00001010
FW ENG Geoff Vowden 29 (3)6100030 (3)6

See also

References

General

  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  • Matthews, Tony (2000). The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875–2000. Cradley Heath: Britespot. ISBN 978-0-9539288-0-4.
  • Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
  • Source for match dates and results: "Birmingham City 1969–1970: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  • Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 374–75.
  • Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

Specific

  1. Matthews (2000), p. 63.
  2. "Managers". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Tony Jordan. Archived from the original on 10 April 2003.
  3. Matthews (2000), pp. 147–48.
  4. "Birmingham City 1969–1970: English Division Two (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
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