Birmingham City F.C.

1981–82 season
Chairman	Keith Coombs
Manager	Jim Smith to February 1982 Ron Saunders thereafter
Ground	St Andrew's
Football League First Division	16th
FA Cup	Third round (eliminated by Ipswich Town)
League Cup	Second round (eliminated by Nottingham Forest)
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Evans (15) All: Tony Evans (16)
Highest home attendance	32,817 vs Aston Villa, 20 February 1982
Lowest home attendance	10,715 vs Middlesbrough, 6 February 1982
Average home league attendance	17,116
Home colours
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The 1981–82 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 79th in the Football League and their 47th in the First Division. They finished in 16th position in the 22-team division. They lost in their opening match in both cup competitions: to Ipswich Town in the third round proper of the 1981–82 FA Cup and to Nottingham Forest in the second round of the League Cup.

Twenty-four players appeared in at least one first-team game, and Dutch international midfielder Toine van Mierlo made most appearances, with 43 of the possible 45. There were 14 different goalscorers; Tony Evans was the club's leading scorer with 16 goals, of which 15 were scored in the league.

Football League First Division[edit]

League table (part)[edit]

Three points for a win were first awarded in the Football League in 1981–82.

FA Cup[edit]

League Cup[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with name struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.

Players having played at least one first-team match

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	Tony Coton	15	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
GK	ENG	Roger Jones*	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
GK	ENG	Jeff Wealands	23	0	0	0	2	0	25	0
DF	ENG	Kevan Broadhurst	35	4	1	0	2	0	38	4
DF	ENG	Mark Dennis	17	0	1	0	1	0	19	0
DF	ENG	Phil Hawker	19 (1)	1	0	0	1	0	20 (1)	1
DF	IRL	Dave Langan	36	1	1	0	1	0	38	1
DF	ENG	Geoff Scott	14 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	14 (1)	0
DF	ENG	Colin Todd	19	0	1	0	2	0	22	0
DF	WAL	Pat Van Den Hauwe	30 (1)	0	0	1	0	0	31 (1)	0
MF	NED	Bud Brocken	17	0	0	0	2	0	19	0
MF	ENG	Alan Curbishley	29	1	1	1	0	0	30	2
MF	ENG	Kevin Dillon	35 (1)	1	1	0	2	0	38 (1)	1
MF	SCO	Archie Gemmill	19	1	1	0	2	0	22	1
MF	ENG	Dave Linney	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	ENG	Ian Handysides	8 (12)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	8 (14)	0
MF	NED	Toine van Mierlo	40	4	1	0	2	0	43	4
MF	ENG	Les Phillips	7 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	7 (4)	1
MF	WAL	Byron Stevenson	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
FW	ENG	Tony Evans	29	15	1	0	1	1	31	16
FW	ENG	Mick Harford	12	9	0	0	0	0	12	9
FW	ENG	Duncan MacDowall	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG	Neil Whatmore	22 (2)	6	0	0	1	1	23 (2)	7
FW	ENG	Frank Worthington	18 (2)	9	1	1	2	1	21 (2)	11

See also[edit]

• Birmingham City F.C. seasons

References[edit]

General

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  Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9..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}
  


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  Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
  


• Source for match dates, league positions and results: "Birmingham City 1981–1982 : Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  


• Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 398–99.

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