1906–07 Birmingham F.C. season

The 1906–07 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 15th in the Football League and their 7th in the First Division. They finished in ninth place in the 20-team league. They also took part in the 1906–07 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing in that round to Liverpool.

Birmingham F.C.
1906–07 season
ChairmanWalter W. Hart
Secretary-managerAlf Jones
GroundCoventry Road until 22 December 1906
St Andrew's Ground from 26 December 1906
Football League First Division9th
FA CupFirst round (eliminated by Liverpool)
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Jones (15)
All: Billy Jones (15)
Highest home attendance60,000 vs Aston Villa, 19 January 1907
Lowest home attendance6,000 vs Bury, 22 December 1906
Average home league attendance16,684
Team colours

Twenty-six players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were twelve different goalscorers. Forwards Benny Green and Billy Jones were ever-present over the 39-match season; full-back Frank Stokes and half-backs Billy Beer and Walter Wigmore missed only one, and three other players exceeded 30 appearances. Billy Jones was leading scorer with 15 goals, all of which came in the league.

The last league match at the Coventry Road ground, which no longer met the club's needs, was played on 22 December 1906. Birmingham beat Bury 3–1. The last goal was scored by Arthur Mounteney, and the Birmingham Daily Post described how

At the conclusion of the match the band played "Auld Lang Syne", and the crowd silently left the ground which has been the home of the club for so many years and the scene of many brilliant victories and many heartbreaking defeats, and of an uphill struggle from which the club, thanks to the courage of the directors, has at length emerged triumphant.[1]

Within months the ground had been demolished and the land cleared for housing.[2]

Construction of the St Andrew's Ground, in the Bordesley district some three-quarters of a mile (1 km) closer to the city centre, had taken less than a year from leasing the land to official opening on Boxing Day 1906. Heavy overnight snowfall put the ceremony, and the scheduled match against Middlesbrough, at risk. Dozens of volunteers, including members of the club's board, worked all morning to clear the pitch. The game finally kicked off an hour late, finishing goalless in front of 32,000 spectators.[3][4] The Birmingham Daily Post editorial next day suggested that "the fact that so many spectators attended under such adverse conditions augurs well for the step that the directors have taken", and that the directors were "to be congratulated in having provided their supporters with a ground second to none in the country".[4] The Football Association chose the ground to host the FA Cup semi-final in March 1907 between Sheffield Wednesday and Woolwich Arsenal.

Football League First Division
Main article: 1906–07 Football League
DateLeague
position		Opponents VenueResultScore
F–A		Scorers Attendance
1 September 1906 18thPreston North EndA L0–2 12,000
3 September 1906 15thBristol CityH D2–2Green, Mounteney 12,000
8 September 1906 17thNewcastle UnitedH L2–4W.H. Jones, Beer 20,000
15 September 1906 17thAston VillaA L1–4Mounteney 45,000
22 September 1906 14thLiverpoolH W2–1W.H. Jones, Mounteney 10,000
29 September 1906 16thBristol CityA D0–0 15,000
6 October 1906 14thNotts CountyH W2–0Stokes, Kearns 10,000
13 October 1906 15thSheffield UnitedA L0–2 10,000
20 October 1906 12thBolton WanderersH W4–2W.H. Jones, Beer pen, Anderson 15,000
27 October 1906 15thManchester UnitedA L1–2W.H. Jones 12,000
3 November 1906 14thStokeH W2–1W.H. Jones 2 8,000
10 November 1906 14thBlackburn RoversA L0–1 12,000
17 November 1906 12thSunderlandH W2–0W.H. Jones, Tickle 10,000
24 November 1906 10thDerby CountyH W2–1Anderson, Wigmore 10,000
1 December 1906 13thEvertonA L0–3 14,000
8 December 1906 11thWoolwich ArsenalH W5–1Green 2, W.H. Jones 2, Beer 19,000
15 December 1906 10thSheffield WednesdayA W1–0Beer 10,000
22 December 1906 9thBuryH W3–1Mounteney 2, Wigmore 6,000
25 December 1906 8thManchester CityA L0–1 14,000
26 December 1906 9thMiddlesbroughH D0–0 32,000
29 December 1906 7thPreston North EndH W3–0Green 2, W.H. Jones 25,000
1 January 1907 8thMiddlesbroughA L0–1 20,000
5 January 1907 10thNewcastle UnitedA L0–2 28,000
19 January 1907 9thAston VillaH W3–2Glover, Mounteney, Green 60,000
26 January 1907 10thLiverpoolA L0–2 14,000
9 February 1907 9thNotts CountyA D2–2W.H. Jones 2 10,000
16 February 1907 9thSheffield UnitedH D0–0 12,000
2 March 1907 9thManchester UnitedH D1–1Morris 20,000
9 March 1907 10thStokeA L0–3 3,000
11 March 1907 9thBolton WanderersA W3–2Tickle, Green, Anderson 5,000
16 March 1907 8thBlackburn RoversH W2–0W.H. Jones, Tickle 10,000
23 March 1907 8thSunderlandA L1–4Anderson 15,000
29 March 1907 8thManchester CityH W4–0Green, Gooch, Anderson, W.H. Jones 16,000
30 March 1907 8thDerby CountyA D1–1Wigmore 5,000
6 April 1907 9thEvertonH W1–0Green 12,000
13 April 1907 9thWoolwich ArsenalA L1–2Glover 15,000
25 April 1907 9thSheffield WednesdayH D1–1Morris 10,000
27 April 1907 9thBuryA L0–1 5,000

League table (part)
Final First Division table (part)
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts
7th Woolwich Arsenal382041466591.1244
8th Manchester United381781353560.9542
9th Birmingham381581552521.0038
10th Sunderland381491565660.9837
11th Middlesbrough381561756630.8936
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 [5]

FA Cup
Main article: 1906–07 FA Cup
Round DateOpponentsVenue ResultScore
F–A		Scorers Attendance
First round 12 January 1907LiverpoolA L1–2Green pen 20,000

Appearances and goals
  • Players with name struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.
Players having played at least one first-team match
Name Position Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
League FA Cup Total
Jack Dorrington Goalkeeper200020
Nat Robinson Goalkeeper36010370
John Glover Full back33210342
John Kearns Full back9100101
Frank Stokes Full back37110381
Billy Beer Half back38410384
Frank Cornan Half back13000130
Jim Dougherty Half back26010270
Arthur Hallworth Half back100010
Ambrose Hartwell Half back100010
Charles Harvey Half back100010
Walter Wigmore Half back37310383
George Anderson Forward31510325
Edmund Eyre Forward200020
Percy Gooch Forward310031
Benny Green Forward389113910
Roly Harper Forward701080
Aaron Jones Forward100010
Billy Jones Forward3815103915
Conyers Kirby Forward100010
Bill McCafferty Forward400040
Arthur Morris Forward320032
Arthur Mounteney Forward25610266
Jack Smith Forward300030
George Southall Forward900090
Charlie Tickle Forward19300193

See also

References

General

  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books (Derby). ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  • Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. DB Publishing (Derby). ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
  • Source for match dates and results: "Birmingham City 1906–1907: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  • Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 258–59. Note that attendance figures are estimated.
  • Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

Specific

  1. "Birmingham Again Victorious". Birmingham Daily Post. 24 December 1905.
  2. Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
  3. Inglis, p. 45.
  4. "News Summary". Birmingham Daily Post. p. 4. 27 December 1906.
  5. "Birmingham City 1906–1907: English Division One (old) Table" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
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