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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] A 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]
Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 1 January 2025. 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.[17]
Players marked $ have won the Birmingham City F.C. Player of the Year award.[P 1]
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.[A]
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.
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.
Players with 100 or more appearances
Caesar Jenkyns, captain in the 1890s, was the first player capped by his country while a Small Heath player.[5]
Billy Jones scored 102 goals from 253 games before the First World War.
Trevor Francis, who joined Birmingham as a 15-year-old, became the first British footballer transferred for £1 million when Brian Clough signed him for league champions Nottingham Forest in February 1979.[3]
After Alan Curbishley was transferred from Birmingham to local rivals Aston Villa in 1983, it was 36 years before another player made the same move.[19]
Jamaica international Michael Johnson played more than 300 times for Birmingham in an eight-year career.
Damien Johnson, captain from 2006 to 2009, won Birmingham's Player of the Season award in 2006.[P 1]
^The eight team members were Gil Merrick, Jack Badham, Ken Green, Johnny Watts, Noel Kinsey, Eddy Brown, Peter Murphy and Alex Govan.[9] 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]
^Matthews attributes Greg Farrell's appearance against Everton on 4 October 1963 to Hellawell, who was unavailable due to influenza.[30]
^Matthews attributes Harry Wilcox's 18 February 1899 appearance against New Brighton Tower to McRoberts, who had broken a collarbone the previous week.[36]
^ abcReliable sources differ widely on the scorers in Small Heath's 10–1 win at home to Blackpool on 2 March 1901.[37] This article uses the English National Football Archive (ENFA)'s version – McMillan 5, Aston 2, Archer, McRoberts, and Wharton – as likely the result of more recent research.[38]
^Matthews omits Kinsey's 3 December 1956 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup substitute appearance against the Zagreb XI.[42][43]
^ abMatthews attributes Winston Foster's 20 April 1962 appearance against Everton to Brian Farmer, who had left the club.[45] He also attributes Brian Sharples' 18 September 1965 appearance against Portsmouth to the injured Foster.[46] Foster's totals are correct, albeit coincidentally, while Farmer should have one fewer league appearance than listed by Matthews.
^Matthews attributes the only first-team appearance made by Fred Jones, against Stoke City on 1 September 1934, to Wilson Jones, who had not yet joined the club.[48][49]
Player statistics include games played while on loan from clubs listed below. Unless individually sourced, loaning clubs come from the appearances source or "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.
^Playing position sourced to Matthews (2010), pp. 120–199 until the 2009–10 season, and thereafter to "Birmingham City". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 26 May 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^ abAppearances and goals for players whose Birmingham careers ended before the 2010–11 season are sourced to Matthews (2010), pp. 234–455, 466–483. Because of proofreading errors, appearances in the 1992–93 Anglo-Italian Cup are sourced to Matthews (1995), p. 244. Later players are sourced individually.
^ abUnless sourced individually, international selection and caps are sourced to Matthews (2010), pp. 498–503 or via the alphabetical list at worldfootball.net.[20]
2006: "Johnson collects Blues awards". Birmingham Post. 4 May 2006. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019 – via business-live.co.uk.
^Centre-Forward (29 June 1896). "Facts and Fancies". The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. p. 11. 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.
^"Legends XI Confirmed". Birmingham City F.C. 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Danter, Ian (12 March 2012). "My week". Football Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^"Vince Overson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
^"Blues without Mike Hellawell". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 4 October 1963. p. 67. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Alan Campbell". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
^ abcd"Match results The C Team". England Football Online. Chris Goodwin & Glen Isherwood. 6 January 2023. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^"Serious accident to McRoberts". Birmingham Daily Mail. 11 February 1899. p. 4. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Only Leek finds way to goal". Birmingham Post. 21 April 1962. p. 12. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Gordon the 'guide' for Blues". Sunday Mercury. Birmingham. 19 September 1965. p. 36. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Nimrod (1 September 1934). "Gazette Sportsman's Diary". Birmingham Gazette. p. 13. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"New centre-forward". Birmingham Gazette. 28 September 1934. p. 12. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Ron Wylie". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^Holstein, Dick; Owsianski, Jarek; Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando (6 December 2006). "Peter Ndlovu – International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
^"David Murphy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^"Tony Want". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
^"Wade Elliott". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^Phillips, Terry (24 September 2008). "French goal rush sinks Wales". Wales Online. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
Sources
Lewis, Peter, ed. (2000). Keeping right on since 1875. The Official History of Birmingham City Football Club. Lytham: Arrow. ISBN1-900722-12-7.
Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN978-1-85983-010-9.
Matthews, Tony (2000). The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875–2000. Cradley Heath: Britespot. ISBN978-0-9539288-0-4.
Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: Derby Books. ISBN978-1-85983-853-2.
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