Birmingham City F.C. league record by opponent

A faded photograph of a posed group of men, outdoors. At the front are six men sitting on benches and two seated on the ground, each dressed in sports clothing, a light-coloured shirt with darker trim, white shorts, dark socks and boots. Standing at the back are eight men, some bearded, wearing hats and coats, and three men in sports clothing. In front of the men is a large trophy in the form of a shield.
Small Heath F.C. pictured in 1893 with the Football League Second Division trophy

Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in the city of Birmingham, was founded in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance. For their first thirteen years, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an occasional basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at both local and national level. In 1888, Small Heath 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.[1] Small Heath were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889, and three years later were elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League. They topped the table in their first season, though failed to win promotion via the test match system then in operation, but reached the top flight for the first time in 1894.[2] Since that time, they have not fallen below the third tier of the English football league system, and were promoted to the Premier League for the first time for the 2002–03 season.

Birmingham's first team have competed in a number of nationally contested leagues, and their record against each club faced in those competitions is summarised below. The opening match of the 1889–90 Football Alliance season pitted them against near neighbours Birmingham St George's,[3] their first Football League match was against Burslem Port Vale,[4] and they met their 109th and most recent different league opponent, Burton Albion, for the first time in the 2016–17 Football League season. The team that Birmingham have played most in league competition is Manchester City, whom they first met as Ardwick in the 1891–92 Football Alliance season. Wolverhampton Wanderers have beaten Birmingham 62 times in the league, more than any other team: they overtook Manchester City's total of 60 victories in the 2017–18 EFL Championship season. Everton have drawn 35 league encounters with Birmingham, more than any other club. Birmingham have recorded more league victories against Leicester City than against any other club, having beaten them 50 times out of 124 attempts.

All statistics are correct up to and including the match played against Rotherham United on 6 October 2018.

Key

  • The table includes results of matches played by Birmingham City (under that name and under former names Birmingham and Small Heath) in the Football Alliance, the Football League and the Premier League. Matches from uncompleted competitions – the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and the unfinished 1888–89 season in the Combination – are excluded, as are test matches, Football League play-offs, and matches in the various wartime competitions.
  • The name used for each opponent is the name they had when Birmingham City most recently played a league match against them. Results against each opponent include results against that club under any former name. For example, results against Leyton Orient include matches played against Orient (1966–1987) and Clapton Orient (before 1945).
  • The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Birmingham City played league matches against each opponent.
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win% = percentage of total matches won
  •    divisional rivals Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are Birmingham City's divisional rivals in the current season, the 2017–18 EFL Championship.
  •    defunct Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are defunct.

All-time league record

Birmingham City F.C. league record by opponent
Opponent P W D L P W D L P W D L Win% First Last Notes
Home Away Total
AFC Bournemouth 7034 7304 14 3 3 8 021.43 1987–88 2014–15
Arsenal 62301517 6241840 124 34 33 57 027.42 1893–94 2010–11 [upper-alpha 1]
Aston Villa divisional rivals 57221619 57141528 114 36 31 47 031.58 1894–95 2017–18
Barnsley 371999 3716912 74 35 18 21 047.30 1898–99 2017–18
Birmingham St George's defunct 3111 3003 6 1 1 4 016.67 1889–90 1891–92
Blackburn Rovers divisional rivals 5834168 5881436 116 42 30 44 036.21 1894–95 2016–17
Blackpool 43231010 4391024 86 32 20 34 037.21 1896–97 2014–15
Bolton Wanderers divisional rivals 63331515 64101935 127 43 34 50 033.86 1894–95 2018–19
Bootle defunct 4310 4211 8 5 2 1 062.50 1889–90 1892–93
Bradford City 11740 11443 22 11 8 3 050.00 1921–22 2001–02
Bradford Park Avenue 8413 8242 16 6 5 5 037.50 1908–09 1947–48
Brentford divisional rivals 18936 191045 37 19 7 11 051.35 1935–36 2018–19
Brighton & Hove Albion 13454 13238 26 6 8 12 023.08 1980–81 2016–17
Bristol City divisional rivals 291694 2911612 58 27 15 16 046.55 1902–03 2017–18
Bristol Rovers 6330 6051 12 3 8 1 025.00 1953–54 1994–95
Burnley 4623914 4681226 92 31 21 40 033.70 1894–95 2015–16
Burton Albion 2011 2002 4 0 1 3 000.00 2016–17 2017–18
Burton Swifts defunct 8701 8611 16 13 1 2 081.25 1891–92 1900–01
Burton United defunct 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 100.00 1902–03 1902–03
Burton Wanderers defunct 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 100.00 1896–97 1896–97
Bury 3216511 3210418 64 26 9 29 040.63 1895–96 1998–99
Cambridge United 4112 4202 8 3 1 4 037.50 1979–80 1994–95
Cardiff City 3518125 3510421 70 28 16 26 040.00 1920–21 2016–17
Carlisle United 9612 9225 18 8 3 7 044.44 1965–66 1984–85
Charlton Athletic 311597 3141116 62 19 20 23 030.65 1936–37 2015–16
Chelsea 41141215 4161223 82 20 24 38 024.39 1907–08 2010–11
Chester City defunct 4310 4301 8 6 1 1 075.00 1989–90 1994–95
Chesterfield 7430 7241 14 6 7 1 042.86 1899–1900 1950–51 [upper-alpha 2]
Colchester United 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 050.00 2006–07 2006–07
Coventry City 241275 24879 48 20 14 14 041.67 1919–20 2011–12
Crewe Alexandra 131003 13733 26 17 3 6 065.38 1889–90 2001–02
Crystal Palace 221435 226115 44 20 14 10 045.45 1965–66 2012–13
Darlington 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 050.00 1991–92 1991–92
Darwen 6510 6033 8 4 2 2 050.00 1889–90 1898–99
Derby County divisional rivals 54251415 5492025 108 34 34 40 031.48 1894–95 2017–18
Doncaster Rovers 10622 10613 20 12 3 5 060.00 1902–03 2013–14
Everton 59181823 5961736 118 24 35 59 020.34 1894–95 2010–11
Exeter City 2110 2101 4 2 1 1 050.00 1990–91 1991–92
Fulham 41181310 41131315 82 31 26 25 037.80 1908–09 2017–18
Gainsborough Trinity 10640 10433 20 10 7 3 050.00 1896–97 1911–12
Gillingham 2200 2110 4 3 1 0 075.00 2000–01 2001–02
Glossop 10532 10316 20 8 4 8 040.00 1898–99 1914–15
Grimsby Town 382099 388921 76 28 18 30 036.84 1889–90 2001–02
Hartlepool United 1100 1001 2 1 0 1 050.00 1991–92 1991–92
Huddersfield Town 5125917 51112119 102 36 30 36 035.29 1910–11 2016–17
Hull City divisional rivals 3116114 319616 62 25 17 20 040.32 1908–09 2017–18
Ipswich Town divisional rivals 3716138 368424 73 24 17 32 032.88 1954–55 2018–19
Leeds City defunct 7412 7025 14 4 3 7 028.57 1908–09 1914–15
Leeds United divisional rivals 4827129 49111325 97 38 25 34 039.18 1920–21 2018–19
Leicester City 62321119 62181232 124 50 23 51 040.32 1896–97 2013–14 [upper-alpha 3]
Leyton Orient 181062 18774 36 17 13 6 047.22 1908–09 1994–95 [upper-alpha 4]
Lincoln City 181422 18972 36 23 9 4 063.89 1891–92 1954–55
Liverpool 50211415 5071132 100 28 25 47 028.00 1893–94 2010–11
Long Eaton Rangers defunct 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 100.00 1889–90 1889–90
Loughborough defunct 4400 4211 8 6 1 1 075.00 1896–97 1899–1900
Luton Town 261484 261187 52 25 16 11 048.08 1897–98 2006–07
Manchester City 67401215 6791345 134 49 25 60 036.57 1891–92 2010–11 [upper-alpha 5]
Manchester United 50172013 509932 100 26 29 45 026.00 1889–90 2010–11 [upper-alpha 6]
Mansfield Town 2110 2101 4 2 1 1 050.00 1989–90 1990–91
Middlesbrough divisional rivals 5227169 53111626 105 38 32 35 036.19 1899–1900 2018–19
Middlesbrough Ironopolis defunct 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 050.00 1893–94 1893–94
Millwall divisional rivals 191144 19658 38 17 9 12 044.74 1946–47 2017–18
Milton Keynes Dons 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 100.00 2015–16 2015–16 [upper-alpha 7]
New Brighton Tower defunct 3300 3021 6 3 2 1 050.00 1898–99 1900–01
Newcastle United 48211215 4881426 96 29 26 41 030.21 1893–94 2016–17
Newport County 1010 1100 2 1 1 0 050.00 1946–47 1946–47
Northampton Town 2200 2011 4 2 1 1 050.00 1966–67 1989–90
Northwich Victoria 2200 2200 4 4 0 0 100.00 1892–93 1893–94
Norwich City divisional rivals 301587 2941114 59 19 19 21 032.20 1965–66 2018–19
Nottingham Forest divisional rivals 53221219 54151821 107 37 30 40 034.58 1889–90 2018–19
Notts County 261565 265813 52 20 14 18 038.46 1893–94 1993–94
Oldham Athletic 12444 12435 24 8 7 9 033.33 1908–09 1996–97
Oxford United 13463 13634 26 10 9 7 038.46 1968–69 1998–99
Peterborough United 6330 6222 12 5 5 2 041.67 1991–92 2012–13
Plymouth Argyle 14842 14743 28 15 8 5 053.57 1946–47 2008–09
Portsmouth 432698 43121417 86 38 23 25 044.19 1927–28 2011–12
Port Vale 141112 14626 28 17 3 8 060.71 1892–93 1999–2000 [upper-alpha 8]
Preston North End divisional rivals 4324109 4351325 86 29 23 34 033.72 1894–95 2017–18
Queens Park Rangers divisional rivals 271764 265912 53 22 15 16 041.51 1950–51 2018–19
Reading divisional rivals 16646 16664 32 12 10 10 037.50 1986–87 2017–18
Rotherham Town defunct 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 100.00 1893–94 1893–94
Rotherham County defunct 2110 2110 4 2 2 0 050.00 1919–20 1920–21
Rotherham United divisional rivals 151113 14473 29 15 8 6 051.72 1951–52 2018–19
Sheffield United divisional rivals 5029912 51111030 101 40 19 42 039.60 1892–93 2018–19
Sheffield Wednesday divisional rivals 4824177 4811928 96 35 26 35 036.46 1889–90 2017–18
Shrewsbury Town 9324 9135 18 4 5 9 022.22 1979–80 1994–95
Southampton 20974 205312 40 14 10 16 035.00 1946–47 2011–12
Southend United 6411 6114 12 5 2 5 041.67 1990–91 2006–07
South Shields 2110 2002 4 1 1 2 025.00 1919–20 1920–21
Stockport County 181422 185310 36 19 5 12 052.78 1900–01 2001–02
Stoke City divisional rivals 44231011 447928 88 30 19 39 034.09 1890–91 2010–11 [upper-alpha 9]
Sunderland 54271314 5410935 108 37 22 49 034.26 1894–95 2017–18
Sunderland Albion defunct 2002 2002 4 0 0 4 000.00 1889–90 1890–91
Swansea City divisional rivals 15852 14734 29 15 8 6 051.72 1946–47 2018–19 [upper-alpha 10]
Swindon Town 10532 10433 20 9 6 5 045.00 1969–70 1999–2000
Torquay United 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 100.00 1991–92 1991–92
Tottenham Hotspur 41181013 418627 82 26 16 40 031.71 1908–09 2010–11
Tranmere Rovers 10541 10316 20 8 5 7 040.00 1989–90 2000–01
Walsall 141112 14725 28 18 3 7 064.29 1889–90 2001–02 [upper-alpha 11]
Watford 191135 193412 38 14 7 17 036.84 1969–70 2014–15
West Bromwich Albion divisional rivals 59201623 58141826 117 34 34 49 029.06 1894–95 2018–19
West Ham United 43231010 43151117 86 38 21 27 044.19 1919–20 2011–12
Wigan Athletic divisional rivals 10442 10145 20 5 8 7 025.00 1989–90 2016–17
Wimbledon defunct 3102 3102 6 2 0 4 033.33 1984–85 2001–02 [upper-alpha 7]
Wolverhampton Wanderers 65232022 65151040 130 38 30 62 029.23 1894–95 2017–18
Wrexham 2200 2011 4 2 1 1 050.00 1979–80 1994–95
Wycombe Wanderers 1001 1100 2 1 0 1 050.00 1994–95 1994–95
Yeovil Town 1001 1100 2 1 0 1 050.00 2013–14 2013–14
York City 1100 1001 2 1 0 1 050.00 1994–95 1994–95

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Arsenal statistics include matches played against Woolwich Arsenal.
  2. ↑ Chesterfield statistics include matches played against Chesterfield Town.
  3. ↑ Leicester City statistics include matches played against Leicester Fosse.
  4. ↑ Leyton Orient statistics include matches played against Clapton Orient and Orient.
  5. ↑ Manchester City statistics include matches played against Ardwick.
  6. ↑ Manchester United statistics include matches played against Newton Heath.
  7. 1 2 Wimbledon F.C. relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003, and was rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons F.C. a year later. That club renounced all claims to Wimbledon's history in 2007, since when it has regarded itself as a new club founded in 2004.[5]
  8. ↑ Port Vale statistics include matches played against Burslem Port Vale.
  9. ↑ Stoke City statistics include matches played against Stoke.
  10. ↑ Swansea City statistics include matches played against Swansea Town.
  11. ↑ Walsall statistics include matches played against Walsall Town Swifts.

References

General

  • Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. pp. 224–29, 460–65. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
  • "Birmingham Head to Head". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  • "Birmingham Results 2018/19". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

Specific

  1. ↑ Shury, Alan & Landamore, Brian (2005). The Definitive Newton Heath F.C. (2nd ed.). Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 11. ISBN 1899468161.
  2. ↑ "Small Heath". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Matthews (2010), p. 224.
  4. ↑ "Birmingham City football club match record: 1893". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Wimbledon become MK Dons FC". guardian.co.uk. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
    "History and Honours of Wimbledon FC returned to Merton". Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association. 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
    "Wimbledon FC patrimony is returned to its rightful home in Borough of Merton". Football Supporters Federation. 3 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.

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