1963–64 Birmingham City F.C. season

December 2014 May 2026 Birmingham City F.C. 1963–64 Gil Merrick Harry Morris, Jr Ground St Andrew's Football League First Division 20th FA Cup Third round(eliminated by Port Vale) Football League Cup Second round(eliminated by Norwich City) Bertie Auld (10) Bertie Auld (10) 36,847 vs Manchester United, 7 September 1963 13,915 vs Fulham, 21 December 1963 21,996 _whiteborder _whitecollar _whiteborder 000099 000099 000099 ffffff ffffff 1962–63 1964–65 The 1963–64 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 61st in the Football League and their 37th in the First Division. They finished in 20th position in the 22-team division, only one point above the relegation places. They lost their opening match in each of the cup competitions, to Port Vale in the third round proper of the 1963–64 FA Cup and to Norwich City in the second round of the League Cup. Although Birmingham maintained their First Division status, the board of directors asked Gil Merrick to resign as manager.Birmingham City ask Merrick to resign The Guardian 29 April 1964 16 Yesterday Mr W. Adams, the secretary of Birmingham City, issued the following statement: 'Mr Gil Merrick met the board this morning who notified him that changes and complete reorganisation of the club were to take place, and asked him to resign. To this Mr Merrick agreed.' He had been with the club for 25 years as player – he was first-choice goalkeeper for 14 years and, y 2012, he held the club's appearance record – and manager, having led Birmingham to the 1961 Fairs Cup Final in his first season and to victory in the 1963 League Cup Final to win the club's first and, until 2011, only major trophy.http://www.bcfc.com/page/WhereAreTheyNowDetail/0,,10412~531405,00.html Gil Merrick Peter Lewis Birmingham City F.C 9 April 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090622073323/http://www.bcfc.com/page/WhereAreTheyNowDetail/0%2C%2C10412~531405%2C00.html 22 June 2009 http://www.bcfc.com/page/ClubHonours/0,,10412,00.html Birmingham City FC Club Honours Birmingham City F.C 9 April 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110707215807/http://www.bcfc.com/page/ClubHonours/0%2C%2C10412%2C00.html 7 July 2011 In June, Nottingham Forest's trainer-coach Joe Mallett was brought in with responsibility for "team affairs, including team selection". He was formally appointed manager early in the 1964–65 season.Sports news in brief: Association Football The Guardian 22 June 1964 10 J. Mallett, Nottingham Forest's trainer-coach, has been appointed to a similar position at Birmingham City. He will be in charge of team affairs, including team selection.Matthews (1995), p. 62. Twenty-five players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were fifteen different goalscorers. Forward Mike Hellawell played in 42 of the 44 first-team matches over the season, and Bertie Auld finished as leading goalscorer with 10 goals, all scored in league competition. Football League First Division 1963–64 Football League DateLeaguepositionOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance24 August 19635thBolton WanderersHW2–1Lynn pen, Hellawell24,81728 August 196316thLeicester CityAL0–127,69431 August 196318thFulhamAL1–2Lynn pen21,2604 September 196311thLeicester CityHW2–0Leek, Hellawell23,8517 September 196315thManchester UnitedHD1–1Harley36,87411 September 196317thWest Bromwich AlbionHL0–134,66614 September 196317thBurnleyAL1–2Harris20,35018 September 196318thWest Bromwich AlbionAL1–3Harris29,66221 September 196316thIpswich TownHW1–0Beard19,09528 September 196318thSheffield WednesdayAL1–2Thomson18,2332 October 196319thTottenham HotspurAL1–6Auld37,6495 October 196320thEvertonHL0–223,59319 October 196320thSheffield UnitedAL0–318,97426 October 196320thWolverhampton WanderersHD2–2Harley, Woodfield og24,8432 November 196320thChelseaAW3–2Harley, P. Bullock, Auld22,9745 November 196320thArsenalAL1–4Bloomfield23,4999 November 196320thBlackpoolHW3–2Bloomfield, Auld, Lynn17,53616 November 196320thBlackburn RoversAL0–314,81323 November 196320thNottingham ForestHD3–3Auld 2, Smith18,16130 November 196320thStoke CityAL1–4Auld27,2607 December 196320thWest Ham UnitedHW2–1Auld, Lynn pen15,48314 December 196320thBolton WanderersAW2–0Leek, Hellawell9,66321 December 196319thFulhamHD0–013,91528 December 196319thArsenalHL1–4Harley23,37711 January 196418thManchester UnitedAW2–1M. Bullock, Harley44,91918 January 196418thBurnleyHD0–015,9171 February 196419thIpswich TownAL2–3Regan, Farmer13,3498 February 196419thSheffield WednesdayHL1–2Harley15,47918 February 196420thEvertonAL0–136,25222 February 196420thLiverpoolAL1–2Leek41,82329 February 196420thTottenham HotspurHL1–2Thomson28,4337 March 196420thWolverhampton WanderersAL1–5Harley16,42113 March 196420thBlackburn RoversHD2–2Leek, Auld15,80920 March 196420thBlackpoolAL0–310,20328 March 196420thChelseaHL3–4Thwaites 2, Auld14,48530 March 196420thAston VillaAW3–0Harris, Hellawell, Lynn pen25,79731 March 196420thAston VillaHD3–3Bloomfield, Leek, Lynn pen28,0694 April 196420thNottingham ForestAL0–413,89711 April 196421stStoke CityHL0–119,91417 April 196421stWest Ham UnitedAL0–522,10622 April 196421stLiverpoolHW3–1Leek, Hellawell, Lynn pen22,63025 April 196420thSheffield UnitedHW3–0Auld, Smith, Lynn pen26,202 League table (part) +Final First Division table (part)PosClubPldWDLFAGAPts18thBlackpool421392052730.713519thAston Villa4211121962710.873420thBirmingham City421172454920.592921stBolton Wanderers421082448800.602822ndIpswich Town429726561210.4625Key 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 = PointsSourcehttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1963-1964/table Birmingham City 1963–1964: English Division One (old) Table Statto Organisation 3 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160914162715/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1963-1964/table 14 September 2016 live dmy-all FA Cup 1963–64 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceThird round4 March 1964Port ValeHL1–2Beard21,615 League Cup 1963–64 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceSecond round25 September 1963Norwich CityAL0–216,781 Appearances and goals Players marked left the club during the playing season. Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; FB – Full back; HB – Half back; FW – Forward + Players' appearances and goals by competitionPos. Playing positionNat. NationalityNameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsGKENGJohnny Schofield40000040GKENGColin Withers3801010400FBWALColin Green3301010350FBENGStan Lynn3381000348FBENGRay Martin association footballer1400000140FBENGBrian Rushton30001040HBENGMalcolm Beard3611110382HBENGMick Farmer11000011HBENGWinston Foster1400000140HBWALTerry Hennessey3901010410HBENGTrevor Smith footballer, born 19363421010362FWENGGeoff Anderson10000010FWSCOBertie Auld341010003510FWENGJimmy Bloomfield3431010363FWENGMickey Bullock21000021FWENGPeter Bullock footballer1110000111FWENG Greg Farrell 2Farrell0001020FWSCOAlex Harley2370010247FWENGJimmy Harris footballer, born 193353000053FWENGMike Hellawell39Farrell General source mistakenly includes Hellawell rather than Farrell in the team for the match against Everton in October.http://www.enfa.co.uk/playersearch.php Player search: Farrell, GJP (Greg) English National Football Archive 18 March 2020 subscription 2 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210102130637/http://www.enfa.co.uk/playersearch.php dead Hellawell out Birmingham Post 5 October 1963 25 Birmingham City, at home to Everton, also make one change, Farrell coming in at outside-right in place of Hellawell, who has influenza.51010415FWWALKen Leek2661010286FWENGJohn Regan footballer31000031FWSCOBobby Thomson footballer born 19372121010232FWENGDenis Thwaites1020000102FWENGJohnny Vincent footballer20000020 See also Birmingham City F.C. seasons Notes References General Matthews Tony Birmingham City: A Complete Record 1995 Breedon Books Derby 978-1-85983-010-9 Matthews Tony Birmingham City: The Complete Record 2010 DB Publishing Derby 978-1-85983-853-2 Source for match dates and results: http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1963-1964/results Birmingham City 1963–1964: Results Statto Organisation 12 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070325/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1963-1964/results 4 March 2016 live dmy-all Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 362–63. Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018. Specific Category:Birmingham City F.C. seasons Birmingham City Category:1963–64 Football League First Division by team