1911–12 Birmingham F.C. season

Birmingham F.C.
1911–12 season
Chairman	Howard Cant
Manager	Bob McRoberts
Ground	St Andrew's
Football League Second Division	12th
FA Cup	; First round (eliminated by Barnsley);
Top goalscorer	; League: Jack Hall (21); All: Jack Hall (21);
Highest home attendance	; 35,000 vs Burnley, 6 April 1912;
Lowest home attendance	4,000 vs Blackpool, 16 December 1911;
Average home league attendance	12,632
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The 1911–12 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 20th in the Football League and their 12th in the Second Division. They finished in 12th position in the 20-team division. They also took part in the 1911–12 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing in that round to Barnsley after a replay. Off the field, Howard Cant succeeded Walter W. Hart as club chairman.

Thirty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were fifteen different goalscorers. Full-back Frank Womack was ever-present over the 40-match season. Jack Hall was leading scorer with 21 goals, all of which came in the league.

Football League Second Division[edit]

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 1911	13th	Bradford Park Avenue	H	L	2–3	Kidd 2 (1 pen)	20,000
9 September 1911	18th	Fulham	A	L	1–3	Hall	12,000
11 September 1911	19th	Barnsley	H	L	1–3	Millington	5,000
16 September 1911	19th	Derby County	H	L	0–4		12,000
23 September 1911	20th	Stockport County	A	L	0–2		7,000
30 September 1911	18th	Leeds City	H	W	4–3	Hall 4	10,000
7 October 1911	18th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	0–1		12,000
14 October 1911	18th	Leicester Fosse	H	W	4–0	Hall 2, Graham	12,000
21 October 1911	18th	Gainsborough Trinity	A	D	0–0		3,000
28 October 1911	18th	Grimsby Town	H	D	2–2	Hall pen, Gildea	15,000
4 November 1911	17th	Nottingham Forest	A	W	1–0	Graham	14,000
11 November 1911	18th	Chelsea	H	L	1–4	Gibson	20,000
18 November 1911	18th	Clapton Orient	A	L	0–2		4,000
25 November 1911	17th	Bristol City	H	D	0–0		10,000
2 December 1911	17th	Burnley	A	D	1–1	T. Jones	14,000
9 December 1911	16th	Huddersfield Town	A	L	2–3	Kidd, Millington	3,500
16 December 1911	16th	Blackpool	H	W	2–1	Hall, Kidd	4,000
23 December 1911	16th	Glossop	A	L	0–2		2,000
25 December 1911	17th	Hull City	A	L	0–4		10,000
26 December 1911	16th	Hull City	H	W	5–1	Kidd 2, Millington, Hall, Graham	10,000
30 December 1911	17th	Bradford Park Avenue	A	L	0–3		15,000
6 January 1912	17th	Fulham	H	L	1–3	Tinkler	7,000
27 January 1912	16th	Stockport County	H	W	2–0	Conlin, Robertson	12,000
3 February 1912	16th	Gainsborough Trinity	H	D	2–2	W.H. Jones, Hall	10,000
10 February 1912	15th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	W	3–1	Hall 3 (1 pen)	20,000
17 February 1912	17th	Leicester Fosse	A	D	2–5	Conlin, W.H. Jones pen	10,000
21 February 1912	15th	Derby County	A	W	1–0	Gardner	5,000
2 March 1912	18th	Grimsby Town	A	L	0–1		5,000
9 March 1912	16th	Nottingham Forest	H	W	4–2	W.H. Jones 2, Hastings, Hall	12,000
16 March 1912	15th	Chelsea	A	W	2–0	Hall, Robertson	30,000
23 March 1912	12th	Clapton Orient	H	W	4–0	Hall 3, W.H. Jones pen	10,000
30 March 1912	13th	Bristol City	A	L	1–2	Hastings	5,000
5 April 1912	14th	Leeds City	A	D	0–0		5,000
6 April 1912	12th	Burnley	H	W	4–0	Hall, Reed 2, Hastings	35,000
8 April 1912	15th	Barnsley	A	L	0–1		5,000
13 April 1912	14th	Huddersfield Town	H	W	1–0	Hall	10,000
20 April 1912	15th	Blackpool	A	L	0–1		3,000
27 April 1912	12th	Glossop	H	W	2–0	Robertson 2	6,000

League table (part)[edit]

Final Second Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
10th	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	49	66	0.74	37
11th	Bradford Park Avenue	38	13	9	16	44	45	0.98	35
12th	Birmingham	38	14	6	18	55	59	0.93	34
13th	Bristol City	38	14	6	18	41	60	0.68	34
14th	Blackpool	38	13	8	17	32	52	0.61	34
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	^[1]

FA Cup[edit]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	13 January 1912	Barnsley	H	D	0–0		19,500
First round replay	22 January 1912	Barnsley	A	L	0–3		11,900

Appearances and goals[edit]

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
Name	Position	League		FA Cup		Total
Horace Bailey	Goalkeeper	29	0	0	0	2	0
Bert Crossthwaite	Goalkeeper	4	0	0	0	4	0
Jack Dorrington	Goalkeeper	4	0	0	0	4	0
Billy George	Goalkeeper	1	0	0	0	1	0
William Ball	Full back	26	0	2	0	28	0
Thomas Daykin	Full back	13	0	2	0	15	0
Arthur Green	Full back	6	0	0	0	6	0
Frank Womack	Full back	38	0	2	0	40	2
James Bumphrey	Half back	31	0	0	0	31	0
Albert Gardner	Half back	22	1	2	0	24	1
~~Willie Gildea~~	Half back	18	1	2	0	20	1
Alec McClure	Half back	7	0	0	0	7	0
George Robertson	Half back	30	4	0	0	30	4
Alf Tinkler	Half back	19	1	0	0	19	1
Walter Wigmore	Half back	3	0	0	0	3	0
Harry Bates	Forward	2	0	0	0	2	0
James Conlin	Forward	21	2	2	0	23	2
Richard Gibson	Forward	22	1	1	0	23	1
Harry Graham	Forward	12	4	0	0	12	4
Thomas Greer	Forward	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Hall	Forward	35	21	2	0	37	21
Ian Hastie	Forward	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Hastings	Forward	14	3	0	0	14	3
Billy Jones	Forward	11	5	1	0	12	5
Thomas Jones	Forward	3	1	0	0	3	1
Jack Kidd	Forward	14	6	2	0	16	6
Jack McKay	Forward	4	0	0	0	4	0
Charlie Millington	Forward	22	3	2	0	24	3
David Morris	Forward	3	0	0	0	3	0
Arthur Reed	Forward	4	2	0	0	4	2
Sid Webb	Forward	3	0	0	0	3	0

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 1911–1912: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 268–69. Note that attendance figures are estimated.

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

Specific

^ "Birmingham City 1911–1912: English Division Two (old) Table" Archived 30 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

[LeagueTable-1] "Birmingham City 1911–1912: English Division Two (old) Table" Archived 30 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

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