1983–84 Birmingham City F.C. season

The 1983–84 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 81st in the Football League and their 49th in the First Division. They finished in 20th position in the 22-team division, so were relegated to the Second Division for 1984–85. They entered the 1983–84 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost to Watford in the quarter-final. In the League Cup, after defeating Notts County in the third round only after three replays, they lost to Liverpool in the fourth round after a replay.

Birmingham City F.C.
1983–84 season
ChairmanKeith Coombs
ManagerRon Saunders
GroundSt Andrew's
Football League First Division20th (relegated)
FA CupSixth round
(eliminated by Watford)
League CupFourth round
(eliminated by Liverpool)
Top goalscorerLeague: Mick Harford, Howard Gayle (8)
All: Mick Harford (15)
Highest home attendance40,220 vs Watford, FA Cup 6th round, 10 March 1984
Lowest home attendance7,786 vs Derby County, League Cup 2nd round, 25 October 1983
Average home league attendance14,106

Mick Harford was the club's top scorer with 15 goals in all competitions; if only league games are counted, Harford and Howard Gayle were joint leaders with 8. The highest attendance, of 40,220 against Watford in the FA Cup sixth round, was the last 40,000 crowd seen at St Andrew's, as of 2012; the ground capacity was reduced to around 30,000 when the stadium was converted to all-seater in the 1990s.[1]

Football League First Division
Main article: 1983–84 Football League
DateLeague
position		Opponents VenueResultScore
F–A		Scorers Attendance
27 August 1983 21stWest Ham UnitedA L0–4 19,729
30 August 1983 22ndNotts CountyA L1–2Harford 11,031
3 September 1983 17thWatfordH W2–0Hopkins, Halsall 11,931
6 September 1983 11thStoke CityH W1–0Blake pen 13,728
10 September 1983 10thWolverhampton WanderersA D1–1Wright pen 15,933
17 September 1983 10thIpswich TownH W1–0Gayle 13,159
24 September 1983 12thEvertonA D1–1Gayle 15,254
1 October 1983 8thLeicester CityH W2–1Rees, Harford 15,212
15 October 1983 12thAston VillaA L0–1 39,318
22 October 1983 15thTottenham HotspurH L0–1 18,937
29 October 1983 13thWest Bromwich AlbionA W2–1Gayle, Harford 20,109
5 November 1983 14thCoventry CityH L1–2Blake 16,169
12 November 1983 14thLuton TownA D1–1Hopkins 11,111
19 November 1983 15thQueens Park RangersA L1–2Harford 10,824
26 November 1983 16thSunderlandH L0–1 11,948
3 December 1983 17thLiverpoolA L0–1 24,791
10 December 1983 17thNorwich CityH L0–1 9,971
17 December 1983 17thSouthamptonA L1–2Stevenson 15,248
26 December 1983 19thNottingham ForestH L1–2Rogers 14,482
27 December 1983 19thArsenalA D1–1Hopkins 25,642
31 December 1983 19thWatfordA L0–1 14,403
2 January 1984 19thEvertonH L0–2 10,004
14 January 1984 19thWest Ham UnitedH W3–0Hopkins, Halsall, Harford 10,334
21 January 1984 19thIpswich TownA W2–1Harford, Butcher og 12,884
4 February 1984 19thLeicester CityA W3–2Peake og, Gayle, Wright pen 13,776
7 February 1984 19thManchester UnitedH D2–2Hopkins, Wright pen 19,957
11 February 1984 18thWolverhampton WanderersH D0–0 14,319
25 February 1984 15thTottenham HotspurA W1–0Harford 23,564
28 February 1984 14thWest Bromwich AlbionH W2–1Rees, Broadhurst 16,780
3 March 1984 14thCoventry CityA W1–0Gayle 13,696
17 March 1984 15thStoke CityA L1–2Gayle 13,506
20 March 1984 15thLuton TownH D1–1Wright pen 9,592
24 March 1984 13thNotts CountyH D0–0 9,040
31 March 1984 12thAston VillaH W2–1Stevenson, Gayle 23,993
7 April 1984 15thManchester UnitedA L0–1 39,896
14 April 1984 15thQueens Park RangersH L0–2 10,255
21 April 1984 17thNottingham ForestA L1–5Harford 15,323
23 April 1984 17thArsenalH D1–1Kuhl 11,164
28 April 1984 18thSunderlandA L1–2Wright pen 13,061
5 May 1984 19thLiverpoolH D0–0 18,817
7 May 1984 18thNorwich CityA D1–1Gayle 12,111
12 May 1984 20thSouthamptonH D0–0 16,445

League table (part)
Final First Division table (part)
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
18th Stoke City421311184463−1950
19th Coventry City421311185777−2050
20th Birmingham City421212183950−1148
21st Notts County421011215072−2241
22nd Wolverhampton Wanderers42611252780−5329
Key Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played;
W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;
F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source [2]

FA Cup
Main article: 1983–84 FA Cup
Round DateOpponentsVenue ResultScore
F–A		Scorers Attendance
Third round 7 January 1984Sheffield UnitedA D1–1Wright pen 17,202
Third round replay 10 January 1984Sheffield UnitedH W2–0Harford, Wright pen 10,888
Fourth round 28 January 1984SunderlandA W2–1Kuhl, Harford 21,226
Fifth round 18 February 1984West Ham UnitedH W3–0Hopkins, Rees, Wright pen 29,570
Sixth round 10 March 1984WatfordH L1–3Terry og 40,220

League Cup
Main article: 1983–84 Football League Cup
Round DateOpponentsVenue ResultScore
F–A		Scorers Attendance
Second round 1st leg 5 October 1983Derby CountyA W3–0Watson og, Rees, Gayle 13,114
Second round 2nd leg 25 October 1983Derby CountyH W4–0Harford 3, Gayle 7,786
Third round 8 November 1983Notts CountyH D2–2Handysides, Phillips 10,484
Third round replay 22 November 1983Notts CountyA D0–0
aet		 8,268
Third round 2nd replay 29 November 1983Notts CountyH D0–0
aet		 9,678
Third round 3rd replay 5 December 1983Notts CountyA W3–1Hopkins 2, Harford 7,361
Fourth round 20 December 1983LiverpoolH D1–1Harford 17,405
Fourth round replay 22 December 1983LiverpoolA L0–3 11,638

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 ENG Tony Coton 4105080540
GK ENG Mark Kendall 10000010
DF ENG Noel Blake 3925080522
DF ENG Kevan Broadhurst 22 (1)1500027 (1)1
DF NIR Jim Hagan 30 (3)0008039 (3)0
DF ENG Mark McCarrick 12 (3)0300 (1)015 (4)0
DF ENG Wayne Mumford 3 (2)000003 (2)0
DF ENG Brian Roberts 1100000110
DF WAL Pat Van Den Hauwe 4205080550
DF ENG Billy Wright 4055380538
MF ENG Mick Halsall 212304 (1)028 (1)2
MF ENG Ian Handysides 4 (1)000115 (1)1
MF ENG Robert Hopkins 3255172448
MF ENG Martin Kuhl 20 (2)1513024 (2)2
MF ENG Ivor Linton 3 (1)000003 (1)0
MF ENG Les Phillips 18 (2)0008126 (3)1
MF ENG Kevin Rogers 8 (1)100008 (1)1
MF WAL Byron Stevenson 21 (4)2406 (1)031 (5)2
FW ENG Howard Gayle 32 (1)8408244 (1)10
FW ENG Mick Harford 39852755115
FW ENG Ian Muir 10001010
FW WAL Tony Rees 22 (3)2113125 (3)4

See also

References

General

  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  • Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
  • Source for match dates, league positions and results: "Birmingham City 1983–1984 : Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  • Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 402–03.

Specific

  1. Matthews (2010), Complete Record, p. 402.
  2. "Birmingham City 1983–1984 : English Division One (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
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