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Birmingham F.C.
1907–08 season
Chairman Walter W. Hart
Secretary-manager Alf Jones
Ground St Andrew's
Football League First Division
20th (relegated)
FA Cup
First round (eliminated by West Bromwich Albion)
Top goalscorer
League: Benny Green, Edmund Eyre (8)
All: Edmund Eyre (9)
Highest home attendance 45,000 vs Aston Villa, 21 September 1907
Lowest home attendance
2,000 vs Nottingham Forest, 30 March 1908
Average home league attendance 15,105














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The 1907–08 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 16th in the Football League and their 8th in the First Division. They were in the relegation positions by mid-October, and only once, briefly, rose above them, finishing bottom of the 20-team league, four points adrift of safety, and were relegated to the Second Division for 1908–09. They also took part in the 1907–08 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing in that round to West Bromwich Albion after a replay.


Alf Jones stepped down as secretary-manager at the end of the season. Jones began acting as unpaid secretary for Small Heath Alliance in 1885, the year the club turned professional, became their first paid secretary with responsibility for team matters in 1892, when the club first joined the Football League, and had held the post of secretary-manager ever since. He was succeeded by Alex Watson.


Twenty-eight players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were ten different goalscorers. Forward Benny Green played in 38 of the 40 matches over the season. Edmund Eyre was leading scorer with nine goals; in the league, Eyre and Green each scored eight.


Shortly before the match against Nottingham Forest in February was due to start, a severe gale blew sections of the corrugated-iron roof off the grandstand. Although the match went ahead, it was abandoned after 35 minutes because of the wind.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Football League First Division


    • 1.1 League table (part)




  • 2 FA Cup


  • 3 Appearances and goals


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Football League First Division[edit]










































































































































































































































































































































































































Date League
position
Opponents
Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers
Attendance
4 September 1907
16th Middlesbrough A
L 0–1
16,000
7 September 1907
7th Preston North End H
W 2–0
Mounteney
10,000
14 September 1907
15th Bury A
L 0–1
14,000
16 September 1907
16th Bury H
L 0–1
12,000
21 September 1907
17th Aston Villa H
L 2–3
Eyre, Tickle
45,000
28 September 1907
16th Liverpool A
W 4–3
Green, Mounteney 2, Eyre
20,000
5 October 1907
16th Middlesbrough H
L 1–4 Green
16,000
12 October 1907
19th Sheffield United A
L 0–1
13,000
19 October 1907
19th Chelsea H
D 1–1 Green
20,000
26 October 1907
19th Nottingham Forest A
D 1–1 Green
12,000
2 November 1907
19th Manchester United H
L 3–4
Jones, Eyre 2
20,000
9 November 1907
20th Blackburn Rovers A
L 0–1
6,000
16 November 1907
19th Bolton Wanderers H
W 2–1 Green, Eyre
15,000
23 November 1907
20th Newcastle United A
L 0–8
20,000
7 December 1907
20th Sunderland H
L 0–2
10,000
14 December 1907
20th Woolwich Arsenal A
D 1–1 Green
3,000
21 December 1907
20th Sheffield Wednesday H
W 2–1
Drake, Jones
12,000
25 December 1907
20th Manchester City H
W 2–1 Eyre, Bluff
12,000
26 December 1907
20th Notts County H
D 0–0
20,000
27 December 1907
20th Notts County A
D 0–0
12,000
28 December 1907
19th Bristol City A
D 0–0
10,000
4 January 1908
20th Preston North End A
D 1–1 Jones
8,000
18 January 1908
19th Aston Villa A
W 3–2 Eyre, Green, Drake
39,500
25 January 1908
19th Liverpool H
D 1–1 Mounteney
18,000
8 February 1908
20th Sheffield United H
D 0–0
16,000
15 February 1908
19th Chelsea A
D 2–2 Jones, Eyre
17,000
29 February 1908
20th Manchester United A
L 0–1
10,000
7 March 1908
20th Blackburn Rovers H
D 1–1 Mounteney
5,000
14 March 1908
20th Bolton Wanderers A
L 0–1
13,047
18 March 1908
20th Everton A
L 1–4 Tickle
10,000
21 March 1908
20th Newcastle United H
D 1–1 Tickle
20,000
28 March 1908
19th Everton H
W 2–1 Jones, Beer
15,000
30 March 1908
20th Nottingham Forest H
W 1–0 Jones
2,000
4 April 1908
20th Sunderland A
L 0–1
16,000
11 April 1908
20th Woolwich Arsenal H
L 1–2 Beer
15,000
17 April 1908
20th Manchester City A
L 1–2 Mounteney
25,000
18 April 1908
20th Sheffield Wednesday A
W 4–1 Jones, Beer, Anderson, Green
8,000
25 April 1908
18th Bristol City H
L 0–4
4,000


League table (part)[edit]






















































































Final First Division table (part)
Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GA
Pts
16th
Sunderland 38 16 3 19 78 75 1.04 35
17th
Sheffield United 38 12 11 15 52 58 0.90 35
18th
Notts County 38 13 8 17 39 51 0.77 34
19th
Bolton Wanderers 38 14 5 19 52 58 0.90 33
20th
Birmingham 38 9 12 19 40 60 0.67 30
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
[2]


FA Cup[edit]


































Round
Date Opponents Venue
Result Score
F–A
Scorers
Attendance
First round
11 January 1907 West Bromwich Albion A
L 1–1
Jones
36,727
First round replay
15 January 1907 West Bromwich Albion H
L 1–2
Eyre
24,895


Appearances and goals[edit]


  • Players with name struck through and marked Left club during playing season 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
Goalkeeper 24 0 2 0 24 0

Nat Robinson
Goalkeeper 14 0 0 0 14 0

Walter Corbett
Full back 11 0 1 0 12 0

Bob Fairman
Full back 3 0 0 0 3 0

John Glover
Full back 13 0 0 0 13 0

John Kearns
Full back 23 0 2 0 25 0

Frank Stokes
Full back 28 0 1 0 29 0

Billy Beer
Half back 34 3 2 0 36 3

Frank Cornan
Half back 26 0 2 0 28 0

Jim Dougherty
Half back 6 0 0 0 6 0

Tom Handley
Half back 1 0 0 0 1 0

Ambrose Hartwell
Half back 1 0 0 0 1 0

Walter Wigmore
Half back 35 1 2 0 37 1

George Anderson
Forward 8 1 0 0 8 1

Edgar Bluff
Forward 9 1 0 0 9 1

Alonzo Drake
Forward 11 2 2 0 13 2

Edmund Eyre
Forward 31 8 2 1 33 9

Benny Green
Forward 36 8 2 0 38 8

John Higgins
Forward 1 0 0 0 1 0

Ezra HolmesLeft club during playing season
Forward 2 0 0 0 2 0

Billy Jones
Forward 23 7 2 1 25 8

Harry King
Forward 1 0 0 0 1 0

George Moore
Forward 1 0 0 0 1 0

Arthur Morris
Forward 1 0 0 0 1 0

Arthur Mounteney
Forward 25 6 0 0 25 6

Billy Peplow
Forward 17 0 0 0 17 0

Charlie Tickle
Forward 31 3 2 0 33 3

George Travers
Forward 1 0 0 0 1 0


See also[edit]


  • Birmingham City F.C. seasons


References[edit]


General



  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books (Derby). .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    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 1907–1908: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

  • Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 260–61. Note that attendance figures are estimated.

  • Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.


Specific





  1. ^ Severe Gale. The Times (London). p. 10. 24 February 1908.
    Great Storm. Football Stand Dangers. The Manchester Guardian. p. 7. 24 February 1908. "At Birmingham, as people were assembling for the match between Birmingham and Notts Forest, the wind carried off a large portion of the iron roofing sheets of the grand stand. About 20 feet of sheet-iron was lifted into the air, twisted round and round like so much paper, and finally deposited on a piece of waste ground about fifty yards away. There were not more than a thousand spectators present at the time, and a number of these immediately left the ground. The grand stand was cleared, as portions of the woodwork showed signs of giving way. An attempt was made to play the match, but before half-time the game was stopped."



  2. ^ "Birmingham City 1907–1908: English Division One (old) Table" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 21 May 2012.














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