List of Birmingham City F.C. players
Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in the city of Birmingham, was founded in 1875 under the name of Small Heath Alliance. They first entered the FA Cup in the 1881–82 season. When nationally organised league football in England began, the club, by then called simply Small Heath F.C., was a founder member of the Football Alliance, formed the year after the Football League. In 1892, the Football League decided to form a Second Division, inviting the members of the Football Alliance to join; as one of the less successful members, Small Heath were placed in the Second Division. Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.
Each player's details include the duration of his Birmingham career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches. Where applicable, the list also includes the national team for which the player was selected, and the number of senior international caps he won.
Introduction
As of the date specified below, more than 200 men had made 100 or more appearances in senior competitive matches for Birmingham. Frank Womack holds the club record for league appearances, having played 491 matches between 1908 and 1928, closely followed by Gil Merrick with 485 between 1946 and 1959. If all senior competitions are included, Merrick has 551, followed by Womack's 515 which is the record for an outfield player. The goalscoring record is held by Joe Bradford, with 249 league goals, and 267 in total, scored between 1920 and 1935. No other player comes close: Trevor Francis is the nearest with 119 league goals, 133 in total, scored between 1970 and 1979. Bradford holds the record for league goals scored in a top-flight season with 29 in the 1927–28 First Division.[1] The club record for transfer fee received was set when Ché Adams joined Southampton in 2019; officially undisclosed, it was reported as £15 million.[2] Forty years earlier, Trevor Francis became the first player transferred between British clubs for a £1 million fee,[3] and in 1896, future England international forward Fred Wheldon joined league champions Aston Villa for terms reportedly "higher than have ever been concluded": a fee of £350 plus the proceeds of a friendly match between the clubs.[4] Caesar Jenkyns was the first man capped by his country while a Birmingham (then Small Heath) player when he represented Wales against Ireland in February 1892.[5] The player with most senior international caps while at the club is Maik Taylor with 58 for Northern Ireland,[6] and Harry Hibbs has most for England, with 25.[5]
Bob McRoberts, Billy Beer, George Liddell, Merrick, Garry Pendrey, Francis and Gary Rowett all went on to manage the team.[7] Others took part in significant matches in club history. Billy Ollis, Jenkyns, Ted Devey, Jack Hallam, Wheldon and Tommy Hands appeared in Small Heath's first Football League match in 1892.[8] Eight men listed here played in Birmingham's pioneering venture into club football in Europe in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup,[9][lower-alpha 1] and ten played on the losing side in the 1956 FA Cup Final (an eleventh, Roy Warhurst, missed the match through injury).[11] In more recent times, Paul Tait scored the first golden goal to decide a Wembley cup final, against Carlisle United in the 1995 Football League Trophy.[12] Geoff Horsfield scored the extra-time equaliser that took the 2002 First Division play-off final into a shootout; Paul Devlin and Stan Lazaridis converted their spot-kicks as Birmingham were promoted to the Premier League for the first time.[13] Seven men listed here, including captain Stephen Carr and goalscorer Nikola Žigić, took the field as Birmingham won the 2011 League Cup; another two were unused substitutes.[14] Just three years later, the first headed goal of full-back Paul Caddis's career, 93 minutes into the final match of the season, saved the team from relegation to the third tier of English football.[15]
Key
- The list is ordered first by number of appearances in total, then by number of League appearances, and then if necessary by date of debut.
- Appearances as a substitute are included.
- Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 20 June 2020. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
- Player
- Players marked * were registered for the club as at the date specified above.
- Players with name in italics and marked
were on loan from another club for the duration of their Birmingham career. The loaning club is noted in the Notes column. - Players marked
have been inducted into the Birmingham City F.C. Hall of Fame.[16] - Players marked
have won the Birmingham City F.C. Player of the Year award.[17] - Position
- Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.[upper-alpha 1]
- Club career
- Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
- League appearances and League goals
- League appearances and goals comprise those in the Football Alliance, the Football League and the Premier League. Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season, abandoned after three games because of the Second World War, are excluded.
- Total appearances and Total goals
- Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football Alliance, Football League (including test matches and play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Europa League, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup and Full Members' Cup. Matches in wartime competitions are excluded.
- International selection
- Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each country is shown.
- Caps
- For players having played at full international level, the caps column counts the number of such appearances during his career with the club.
Pre-1960s | 1960s– | ||
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GK | Goalkeeper | ||
FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward | ||
U | Utility player |
Players with 100 or more appearances
Player | Pos | Club career | League[upper-alpha 2] | Total[upper-alpha 2] | International selection[upper-alpha 3] | Caps[upper-alpha 3] | Notes | Refs | ||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||
Gil Merrick |
GK | 1946–1959 | 485 | 0 | 551 | 0 | 23 | [lower-alpha 2] | ||
Frank Womack | FB | 1908–1928 | 491 | 0 | 515 | 0 | — | |||
Joe Bradford |
FW | 1920–1935 | 414 | 249 | 445 | 267 | 12 | |||
Ken Green | FB | 1947–1958 | 401 | 3 | 440 | 3 | — | [lower-alpha 3] | ||
Johnny Crosbie | FW | 1920–1932 | 409 | 71 | 432 | 72 | 1 | |||
Trevor Smith | DF | 1953–1964 | 365 | 3 | 430 | 3 | 2 | |||
Malcolm Beard | MF | 1960–1970 | 350 | 28 | 404 | 34 | — | |||
Dan Tremelling | GK | 1919–1931 | 382 | 0 | 395 | 0 | 1 | |||
Malcolm Page |
DF / MF | 1965–1980 | 336 | 8 | 392 | 9 | 28 | |||
Harry Hibbs | GK | 1926–1939 | 358 | 0 | 388 | 0 | 25 | [lower-alpha 4] | ||
Ray Martin |
DF | 1964–1975 | 334 | 1 | 378 | 1 | — | — | ||
Garry Pendrey |
DF | 1969–1979 | 306 | 4 | 360 | 5 | — | — | [lower-alpha 2] | |
Walter Wigmore | FW / HB | 1899–1912 | 329 | 23 | 355 | 25 | — | — | ||
Ian Bennett | GK | 1993–2004 | 287 | 0 | 354 | 0 | — | — | ||
Percy Barton | HB | 1914–1928 | 331 | 13 | 349 | 15 | 7 | |||
George Liddell | FB / HB | 1920–1932 | 323 | 6 | 345 | 6 | — | — | [lower-alpha 2] | |
Joe Gallagher |
DF | 1973–1981 | 286 | 17 | 337 | 23 | — | |||
John Frain |
DF / MF | 1986–1996 | 274 | 23 | 336 | 26 | — | — | ||
Trevor Francis |
FW | 1970–1979 | 280 | 119 | 329 | 133 | 12 | [lower-alpha 2] | ||
George Briggs | FW | 1924–1933 | 298 | 97 | 324 | 106 | — | — | ||
Michael Johnson |
DF | 1995–2003 | 262 | 13 | 314 | 18 | 12 | [23] | ||
Fred Harris | FW / HB | 1934–1950 | 280 | 61 | 310 | 69 | — | — | [lower-alpha 4] | |
Nat Robinson | GK | 1899–1908 | 283 | 0 | 306 | 0 | — | |||
Cyril Trigg | FW / FB | 1936–1954 | 268 | 67 | 291 | 72 | — | — | [lower-alpha 4] | |
Bryan Hughes | MF | 1997–2004 | 248 | 34 | 291 | 42 | — | — | ||
Jimmy Cringan | HB | 1923–1934 | 260 | 12 | 284 | 12 | — | — | ||
Ned Barkas | FB | 1928–1937 | 256 | 9 | 284 | 9 | — | — | ||
Len Boyd | HB | 1949–1956 | 255 | 14 | 281 | 15 | — | |||
Peter Murphy | FW | 1952–1960 | 244 | 107 | 277 | 127 | — | — | ||
Gordon Astall | FW | 1953–1961 | 235 | 59 | 271 | 66 | 2 | |||
George Morrall | HB | 1927–1936 | 243 | 5 | 266 | 7 | — | — | ||
Martin Grainger |
DF | 1997–2004 | 226 | 25 | 266 | 28 | — | — | ||
Jeff Hall |
FB | 1951–1959 | 227 | 1 | 265 | 1 | 17 | |||
Geoff Vowden | FW | 1964–1970 | 221 | 79 | 253 | 94 | — | — | ||
Billy Jones | FW |
| 236 | 99 | 251 | 102 | — | |||
Billy Beer | HB | 1902–1909 | 236 | 34 | 250 | 35 | — | — | [lower-alpha 2] | |
Johnny Watts | HB | 1952–1963 | 206 | 3 | 248 | 3 | — | — | ||
Lewis Stoker | HB | 1930–1938 | 230 | 2 | 246 | 2 | 3 | |||
Maik Taylor | GK | 2003–2011 | 214 | 0 | 242 | 0 | 58 | [L 1] | ||
Dave Latchford |
GK | 1969–1978 | 206 | 0 | 240 | 0 | — | — | ||
Roy Warhurst | HB | 1950–1957 | 213 | 10 | 239 | 10 | — | — | ||
Jack Jones | FB | 1920–1927 | 228 | 1 | 237 | 1 | — | |||
Johnny Schofield | GK | 1952–1965 | 212 | 0 | 237 | 0 | — | — | ||
Billy Walton | FW / HB | 1889–1902 | 201 | 56 | 232 | 70 | — | — | ||
Trevor Hockey |
MF | 1965–1971 | 196 | 8 | 231 | 13 | 0 | |||
Martin O'Connor | MF | 1996–2002 | 187 | 16 | 223 | 19 | 2 | |||
Stan Lazaridis | MF | 1999–2006 | 191 | 8 | 222 | 8 | 33 | |||
Alex Leake | HB | 1895–1902 | 199 | 21 | 221 | 23 | 0 | |||
Jackie Stewart | FW | 1948–1954 | 203 | 52 | 218 | 55 | — | — | ||
Colin Green | DF | 1962–1970 | 183 | 1 | 217 | 1 | 15 | |||
Bob Hatton |
FW | 1971–1976 | 175 | 58 | 217 | 73 | — | — | ||
Damien Johnson |
MF | 2002–2010 | 193 | 4 | 216 | 4 | 42 | |||
Dennis Jennings | U | 1936–1950 | 192 | 12 | 214 | 14 | — | — | ||
Frank Stokes | FB | 1903–1910 | 199 | 1 | 213 | 1 | — | |||
Brian Roberts |
DF | 1984–1990 | 187 | 0 | 213 | 0 | — | — | ||
Vince Overson | DF | 1986–1991 | 182 | 3 | 213 | 4 | — | [24] | ||
Mike Hellawell | FW | 1957–1964 | 178 | 30 | 213 | 33 | 2 | |||
Jim Herriot | GK | 1965–1970 | 181 | 0 | 212 | 0 | 8 | |||
Paul Tait | MF | 1988–1997 | 170 | 14 | 212 | 18 | — | — | ||
Kevin Dillon | MF | 1977–1983 | 186 | 15 | 211 | 19 | — | |||
Alan Campbell | MF | 1970–1975 | 175 | 11 | 209 | 14 | — | [25] | ||
Roger Hynd |
DF | 1970–1975 | 171 | 4 | 207 | 5 | — | — | ||
Sebastian Larsson |
MF | 2006–2011 | 184 | 19 | 205 | 25 | 31 | [L 2] | [26] | |
Robert Hopkins |
FW / MF |
| 173 | 29 | 205 | 34 | — | — | ||
Kenny Burns |
DF / FW | 1971–1977 | 170 | 45 | 205 | 53 | 8 | |||
Gordon Taylor | FW | 1970–1975 | 166 | 9 | 204 | 11 | — | — | ||
Trevor Matthewson | DF | 1989–1993 | 168 | 12 | 203 | 13 | — | — | ||
Cameron Jerome | FW | 2006–2011 | 181 | 37 | 202 | 42 | — | [27] | ||
Terry Hennessey | MF | 1961–1965 | 178 | 3 | 202 | 3 | 16 | |||
Darren Purse |
DF | 1998–2004 | 168 | 9 | 200 | 11 | — | [27] | ||
Alec McClure | HB | 1912–1923 | 192 | 4 | 198 | 4 | — | — | ||
Benny Green | FW | 1903–1908 | 185 | 44 | 198 | 47 | — | — | ||
Dick Neal | HB | 1957–1961 | 165 | 15 | 197 | 18 | — | |||
Des Bremner | MF | 1984–1989 | 168 | 5 | 196 | 5 | 0 | |||
David Davis * |
MF | 2014–present | 182 | 10 | 194 | 11 | — | — | ||
Johnny Vincent | MF | 1964–1970 | 171 | 41 | 193 | 44 | — | |||
Bob Latchford |
FW | 1969–1974 | 160 | 68 | 193 | 84 | 0 | |||
Jack Badham | FB / HB | 1948–1956 | 175 | 4 | 190 | 4 | — | — | ||
Tom Fillingham | HB | 1930–1938 | 183 | 8 | 189 | 9 | — | — | ||
Bob McRoberts | FW | 1898–1905 | 173 | 70 | 187 | 82 | — | — | [lower-alpha 2] | |
Alex Govan |
FW | 1953–1958 | 166 | 53 | 187 | 60 | — | — | ||
Simon Sturridge | FW | 1988–1993 | 150 | 30 | 186 | 38 | — | — | ||
Eddy Brown | FW | 1954–1958 | 158 | 74 | 185 | 90 | — | — | ||
Michael Morrison | DF | 2014–2019 | 174 | 14 | 183 | 15 | — | [L 3] | [28] | |
Ernie Curtis | FW | 1928–1933 | 165 | 44 | 182 | 53 | 2 | |||
Jacques Maghoma * |
MF | 2015–present | 168 | 20 | 180 | 21 | 23 | [29] | ||
Jonathan Spector | DF | 2011–2017 | 153 | 0 | 179 | 1 | 5 | [30] | ||
Martin Thomas | GK | 1988–1993 | 144 | 0 | 176 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nigel Gleghorn | MF | 1989–1992 | 142 | 33 | 176 | 40 | — | — | ||
Paul Robinson |
DF | 2012–2018 | 158 | 3 | 175 | 4 | — | [27] | ||
Fred Wheldon | FW | 1890–1896 | 155 | 96 | 175 | 113 | 0 | |||
Liam Ridgewell | DF | 2007–2012 | 152 | 9 | 175 | 11 | — | [27] | ||
Noel Kinsey | FW | 1953–1958 | 149 | 48 | 174 | 55 | 3 | |||
Kevan Broadhurst |
DF / MF | 1977–1984 | 153 | 10 | 173 | 10 | — | — | ||
Ian Clarkson | DF | 1988–1993 | 136 | 0 | 171 | 0 | — | — | ||
Jonathan Grounds * | DF | 2014–present | 158 | 4 | 170 | 5 | — | — | ||
Arthur Archer | FB | 1897–1902 | 154 | 4 | 170 | 4 | — | — | ||
Winston Foster | DF | 1961–1968 | 153 | 2 | 170 | 2 | — | — | [lower-alpha 5] | |
Maikel Kieftenbeld * | MF | 2015–present | 156 | 5 | 168 | 6 | — | |||
Sid Wharton | FW | 1897–1903 | 151 | 19 | 167 | 25 | — | |||
Jim Hagan | DF | 1982–1986 | 137 | 0 | 167 | 0 | — | |||
Lukas Jutkiewicz * | FW | 2016–present | 157 | 43 | 166 | 45 | — | — | [L 4] | [32] |
George Allen | FB | 1954–1961 | 134 | 0 | 166 | 0 | — | — | [lower-alpha 6] | |
William Ball | FB | 1911–1921 | 152 | 0 | 165 | 0 | — | |||
Harold Booton | FB | 1930–1935 | 150 | 2 | 163 | 2 | — | — | ||
Jimmy Calderwood | DF / MF | 1972–1979 | 145 | 4 | 160 | 5 | — | |||
Paul Caddis | DF |
| 149 | 15 | 159 | 16 | 1 | [L 5] | [34] | |
Nikola Žigić | FW |
| 137 | 33 | 159 | 37 | 15 | [35] | ||
Louie Donowa | MF | 1991–1996 | 116 | 18 | 159 | 19 | — | [27] | ||
Ray Ranson | DF | 1984–1988 | 137 | 0 | 158 | 0 | — | [27] | ||
Frank White | FW | 1933–1938 | 147 | 46 | 156 | 50 | — | — | ||
Caesar Jenkyns | HB | 1888–1895 | 131 | 18 | 155 | 20 | 4 | |||
Chris Burke |
MF | 2011–2014 | 131 | 24 | 155 | 27 | 5 | [36] | ||
Alan Curbishley | MF | 1979–1983 | 130 | 11 | 155 | 15 | — | [27] | ||
Ted Devey | HB | 1888–1895 | 136 | 6 | 153 | 10 | — | — | ||
Paul Furlong | FW | 1996–2002 | 131 | 50 | 153 | 56 | — | [37] | ||
Dele Adebola | FW | 1998–2001 | 129 | 31 | 152 | 42 | — | — | ||
Dickie Dale | HB | 1922–1928 | 146 | 0 | 151 | 0 | — | — | ||
Jack Hallam | FW | 1890–1895 | 133 | 54 | 151 | 62 | 0 | |||
Tommy Hands | FW | 1890–1896 | 135 | 39 | 150 | 42 | — | — | ||
Wilson Jones | FW | 1934–1946 | 134 | 63 | 150 | 71 | 2 | |||
Dean Peer | MF | 1986–1993 | 120 | 8 | 150 | 12 | — | — | ||
Ron Wylie | MF | 1965–1969 | 128 | 2 | 149 | 2 | — | [38] | ||
Stan Lynn | DF | 1961–1965 | 130 | 26 | 147 | 30 | — | — | ||
Jimmy Bloomfield | FW | 1960–1964 | 122 | 28 | 146 | 32 | — | [39] | ||
Mark Dennis |
DF | 1978–1983 | 130 | 1 | 145 | 1 | — | |||
Brian Farmer | FB | 1956–1962 | 117 | 0 | 145 | 0 | — | — | [lower-alpha 5] | |
Bertie Auld | FW | 1961–1965 | 125 | 26 | 145 | 31 | 0 | |||
Kenny Cunningham | DF | 2002–2006 | 134 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 32 | |||
Keith Fahey | MF | 2009–2013 | 121 | 9 | 144 | 9 | 16 | [40] | ||
Alec Leslie | HB | 1927–1931 | 132 | 0 | 143 | 0 | — | — | ||
Pat Van Den Hauwe | DF | 1978–1984 | 123 | 1 | 143 | 1 | 0 | |||
James Bumphrey | HB | 1909–1915 | 137 | 7 | 142 | 7 | — | — | ||
Billy Pratt | FB | 1896–1901 | 129 | 0 | 142 | 0 | — | — | ||
Jon McCarthy | MF | 1997–2002 | 124 | 8 | 142 | 8 | 14 | [41] | ||
Keith Bertschin | FW | 1977–1981 | 118 | 29 | 141 | 41 | — | |||
Paul Devlin |
MF / FW |
| 123 | 32 | 139 | 38 | 10 | [L 6] | ||
Don Dearson | U | 1934–1947 | 131 | 17 | 137 | 17 | 2 | [lower-alpha 4] | ||
Ted Duckhouse | HB | 1938–1950 | 119 | 4 | 137 | 4 | — | — | [lower-alpha 4] | |
Billy Wright |
DF | 1983–1986 | 111 | 9 | 137 | 15 | — | [42] | ||
Jim Dougherty | HB | 1902–1907 | 130 | 3 | 136 | 3 | — | — | ||
Stephen Clemence |
MF | 2003–2007 | 121 | 8 | 135 | 9 | — | [27] | ||
Ian Handysides | MF | 1986–1988 | 118 | 6 | 135 | 12 | — | |||
Billy Ollis | HB | 1891–1896 | 121 | 2 | 134 | 2 | — | — | ||
Howard Kendall | MF | 1974–1977 | 115 | 16 | 134 | 18 | 0 | |||
Martin Kuhl | MF | 1983–1987 | 111 | 5 | 134 | 7 | — | — | ||
Peter Ndlovu | MF / FW | 1997–2001 | 107 | 22 | 134 | 27 | 12 | [43] | ||
David Murphy | DF | 2008–2013 | 106 | 7 | 132 | 13 | — | [44] | ||
Phil Summerill | FW | 1967–1972 | 118 | 46 | 131 | 52 | — | |||
Matthew Upson | DF | 2003–2007 | 113 | 5 | 128 | 5 | 7 | |||
Bobby Thomson | FW | 1963–1967 | 112 | 23 | 128 | 25 | — | — | ||
Tony Want | DF | 1972–1977 | 101 | 1 | 128 | 2 | — | [45] | ||
Dave Robinson | DF | 1968–1971 | 112 | 2 | 127 | 4 | — | — | ||
Charlie Calladine | HB | 1931–1935 | 114 | 5 | 126 | 5 | — | — | ||
Geoff Horsfield |
FW | 2000–2003 | 108 | 23 | 126 | 29 | — | — | ||
Joe Roulson | HB | 1913–1922 | 116 | 4 | 125 | 4 | — | — | ||
Stephen Gleeson | MF | 2014–2018 | 117 | 6 | 125 | 6 | 2 | [46] | ||
Craig Gardner * | MF |
| 109 | 14 | 125 | 16 | — | [L 7] | [47] | |
Alan Ainscow |
MF | 1978–1981 | 108 | 16 | 125 | 22 | — | [48] | ||
Jack Glover | FB | 1904–1907 | 116 | 2 | 124 | 2 | — | — | ||
Gary Ablett | DF | 1996–1999 | 104 | 1 | 124 | 2 | — | [42] | ||
Ché Adams |
FW | 2016–2019 | 116 | 34 | 123 | 38 | — | [49] | ||
Terry Hibbitt | MF | 1975–1978 | 110 | 11 | 122 | 11 | — | — | ||
Stephen Carr | DF | 2009–2012 | 106 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ken Leek | FW | 1961–1964 | 105 | 49 | 121 | 60 | 5 | |||
Bryan Orritt | FW | 1956–1961 | 100 | 23 | 121 | 27 | — | |||
Albert Gardner | HB | 1909–1919 | 113 | 4 | 120 | 4 | — | — | ||
Richard Gibson | FW | 1911–1921 | 110 | 16 | 120 | 19 | — | — | ||
Steve Claridge |
FW | 1994–1996 | 88 | 35 | 120 | 42 | — | — | ||
Maxime Colin * | DF | 2017–present | 114 | 3 | 119 | 3 | — | |||
Harry Hooper | FW | 1957–1960 | 105 | 34 | 119 | 42 | — | |||
Steve Whitton | FW | 1986–1989 | 103 | 31 | 119 | 36 | — | — | ||
Jeff Wealands |
GK | 1979–1982 | 102 | 0 | 119 | 0 | — | — | ||
Ted Linley | FW | 1921–1926 | 113 | 11 | 118 | 11 | — | — | ||
Harlee Dean * | DF | 2017–present | 110 | 3 | 118 | 4 | — | — | ||
Mikael Forssell |
FW |
| 101 | 30 | 118 | 37 | 28 | [L 8] | [50] | |
Clayton Donaldson |
FW | 2014–2017 | 113 | 32 | 117 | 33 |
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[51] | ||
Ian Atkins | MF |
| 101 | 6 | 117 | 9 | — | — | ||
Martin Taylor | DF | 2004–2009 | 99 | 2 | 117 | 3 | — | [27] | ||
Jack Randle | FB | 1927–1932 | 111 | 0 | 116 | 1 | — | — | ||
Tom Grosvenor | FW | 1931–1936 | 108 | 17 | 116 | 18 | 3 | |||
Colin Withers | GK | 1960–1964 | 98 | 0 | 116 | 0 | — | [52] | ||
Ian Rodgerson | MF | 1990–1993 | 95 | 13 | 116 | 16 | — | — | ||
Jackie Whitehouse | FW | 1919–1923 | 110 | 31 | 115 | 35 | — | — | ||
Archie Gemmill | MF | 1979–1982 | 97 | 12 | 115 | 14 | 10 | |||
Johnny Gordon | FW | 1958–1961 | 96 | 32 | 115 | 40 | — | — | ||
Jimmy Harris | FW | 1960–1964 | 93 | 37 | 115 | 53 | — | [39] | ||
Johnny Berry | FW | 1947–1951 | 104 | 6 | 114 | 6 | 0 | |||
Tony Coton |
GK | 1980–1984 | 94 | 0 | 114 | 0 | — | |||
Jack Dorrington | GK | 1902–1912 | 106 | 0 | 111 | 0 | — | — | ||
Billy Hughes | FB | 1936–1947 | 105 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 10 | [lower-alpha 4] | ||
Tony Rees | FW | 1983–1988 | 95 | 12 | 111 | 16 | 1 | |||
David Cotterill | MF | 2014–2017 | 103 | 14 | 109 | 15 | 4 | [53] | ||
Harold Bodle | FW | 1939–1949 | 94 | 32 | 109 | 37 | — | — | ||
Mick Harford | FW | 1982–1984 | 92 | 25 | 109 | 33 | 0 | |||
Neil Dougall | FW | 1946–1949 | 93 | 15 | 108 | 18 | 1 | [54] | ||
Colin Todd | DF | 1979–1982 | 93 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | |||
Graham Sissons | DF | 1957–1962 | 91 | 0 | 107 | 0 | — | — | [lower-alpha 6] | |
Charlie Athersmith | FW | 1901–1905 | 100 | 12 | 106 | 13 | 0 | |||
Frank Mitchell | HB | 1946–1949 | 93 | 6 | 106 | 8 | — | — | ||
Ray Ferris | HB | 1949–1953 | 93 | 3 | 106 | 4 | 3 | |||
Curtis Davies |
DF | 2011–2013 | 89 | 11 | 106 | 12 | — | [27] | ||
Arthur Atkins | HB | 1949–1954 | 97 | 0 | 105 | 0 | — | — | ||
Wayne Clarke | FW | 1984–1987 | 92 | 38 | 105 | 43 | — | |||
Wade Elliott | MF | 2011–2014 | 88 | 7 | 105 | 13 | — | [55] | ||
Barry Bridges | FW | 1966–1968 | 83 | 35 | 104 | 45 | 0 | |||
Jack Hall | FW | 1910–1914 | 97 | 47 | 103 | 48 | — | — | ||
Alf Tinkler | HB | 1911–1915 | 96 | 3 | 103 | 4 | — | — | ||
Frank Mobley | FW | 1892–1896 | 96 | 62 | 103 | 64 | — | — | ||
Tony Towers | MF | 1977–1980 | 92 | 4 | 103 | 4 | 0 | |||
William Robertson | U | 1896–1899 | 91 | 14 | 103 | 15 | — | — | ||
Gary Rowett | DF | 1998–2000 | 87 | 6 | 103 | 11 | — | — | [lower-alpha 2] | |
Andrew Johnson | FW | 1998–2002 | 83 | 8 | 103 | 13 | 0 | |||
Dave Langan |
DF | 1980–1983 | 92 | 3 | 102 | 3 | 10 | |||
Julian Dicks | DF | 1985–1988 | 89 | 1 | 102 | 1 | — | |||
Jonathan Hunt |
MF | 1994–1997 | 77 | 18 | 102 | 25 | — | — | ||
Gary Poole | DF | 1994–1996 | 72 | 0 | 102 | 3 | — | — | ||
David Holdsworth | DF | 1999–2001 | 85 | 7 | 101 | 8 | — | [27] |
Players with fewer than 100 appearances
Footnotes
- Birmingham City became the first English club team to take part in European competition when they played their first group game in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup on 16 May 1956, a goalless draw away at Internazionale. 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.[10]
- Player who later managed the club.[7]
- Green was a member of England's squad for the 1954 World Cup but did not take the field.[21]
- Player statistics exclude three games played in the aborted 1939–40 Football League season.[22]
- Matthews mistakenly attributes Winston Foster's appearance against Everton in April 1962 to Brian Farmer, who had left the club three months earlier.[31]
- Matthews mistakenly attributes Graham Sissons' appearance against Blackburn Rovers in March 1961 to George Allen.[33]
Player statistics include games played while on loan from clubs listed below. Unless individually sourced, loaning clubs come from "Birmingham City: 1946/47–2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- Fulham
- Arsenal
- Charlton Athletic
- Burnley
- Swindon Town
- Sheffield United
- West Bromwich Albion
- Chelsea
References
Sources
- Lewis, Peter, ed. (2000). Keeping right on since 1875. The Official History of Birmingham City Football Club. Lytham: Arrow. ISBN 1-900722-12-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Matthews, Tony (2000). The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875–2000. Cradley Heath: Britespot. ISBN 978-0-9539288-0-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: Derby Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010–2011. Headline. ISBN 978-0-7553-6107-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Birmingham City". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
General
- Playing position sourced to Matthews (2010), pp. 120–199 until the 2009–10 season, and thereafter to "Birmingham City". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- Unless sourced individually, appearances and goals for past players come from Matthews (2010), pp. 234–455, 466–483 and the English National Football Archive (ENFA) website,[20] and for current players from worldfootball.net profiles linked from "Birmingham City: Players from A–Z". worldfootball.net. HeimSpiel Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- Unless sourced individually, international selection and caps for seasons up to and including 2009–10 can be verified from Matthews (2010), pp. 498–503; more recent content can be verified at the player's worldfootball.net profile.
Specific
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Speculation has been rife in football circles as to the price paid by Aston Villa for the transfer of Wheldon, the Small Heath inside left. It turns out that the terms are higher than have ever been concluded, it being officially stated at the annual meeting of the Small Heath club in Birmingham on Friday evening that the sum guaranteed was £350, with a prospect of a still further amount conditional on the proceeds of a match to be played in the autumn.
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