1973–74 Birmingham City F.C. season

December 2014 May 2026 Birmingham City F.C. 1973–74 Freddie Goodwin Clifford Coombs Ground St Andrew's Football League First Division 19th FA Cup Fourth round(eliminated by Queens Park Rangers) League Cup Fifth round(eliminated by Plymouth Argyle) Texaco Cup Second round(eliminated by Newcastle United) Bob Hatton (14) Bob Hatton (20) 50,451 vs Leeds United, 29 December 1973 12,422 vs Newcastle United, Texaco Cup 2nd round, 22 October 1973 33,048 _bluesides 0000ff ffffff 0000ff ffffff 0000ff 1972–73 1974–75 The 1973–74 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 71st in the Football League and their 40th in the First Division. After spending most of the season in the relegation positions, they finished in 19th place in the 22-team division, avoiding relegation by just one point. They entered the 1973–74 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost to Queens Park Rangers in the fourth, and were eliminated from the League Cup in the fifth round by Plymouth Argyle. They lost in the second round of the Texaco Cup on aggregate, after the first attempt to play the second leg of their match against Newcastle United had to be abandoned after 100 minutes when it became too dark to play. Thirty players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were twelve different goalscorers. Forward Bob Hatton played in 51 of the 54 first-team matches over the season, and the leading goalscorer was Hatton with 20 goals, of which 14 came in league competition. In February 1974, by which time he had already scored 18 goals for Birmingham, centre-forward Bob Latchford signed for Everton in part-exchange for Howard Kendall, Archie Styles, and £80,000. The whole package was valued at a British record transfer fee of £350,000.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/mar/05/features.sport12 Bob Latchford James Corbett Observer Sport Monthly London 5 March 2006 27 March 2012 Football League First Division 1973–74 Football League DateLeaguepositionOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance25 August 197315thManchester CityAL1–3Hatton35,88128 August 197317thTottenham HotspurHL1–2Hatton37,7541 September 197320thDerby CountyHD0–034,8995 September 197322ndChelseaAL1–3Page25,6608 September 197322ndLeeds UnitedAL0–339,74611 September 197322ndChelseaHL2–4Hatton, Taylor30,25215 September 197322ndLiverpoolHD1–1R. Latchford35,71922 September 197322ndQueens Park RangersAD2–2R. Latchford, Burns18,70129 September 197322ndIpswich TownHL0–326,9196 October 197322ndArsenalAL0–123,91513 October 197321stWolverhampton WanderersHW2–1Francis pen, Burns34,97720 October 197322ndManchester UnitedAL0–148,93727 October 197322ndEvertonHL0–231,1813 November 197322ndSheffield UnitedAD1–1Hynd19,33910 November 197322ndSouthamptonHD1–1Hatton25,29717 November 197322ndStoke CityAL2–5Hynd, R. Latchford19,17924 November 197322ndLeicester CityHW3–0R. Latchford 327,7198 December 197321stNewcastle UnitedHW1–0Burns25,42815 December 197320thWest Ham UnitedHW3–1Burns 2, Hatton23,76722 December 197320thIpswich TownAL0–315,45726 December 197319thCoventry CityHW1–0R. Latchford33,42329 December 197320thLeeds UnitedHD1–1R. Latchford50,4511 January 197319thDerby CountyAD1–1Hatton31,18912 January 197420thLiverpoolAL2–3R. Latchford39,09419 January 197420thManchester CityHD1–1R. Latchford31,4012 February 197420thWest Ham UnitedAD0–027,9486 February 197420thTottenham HotspurAL2–4England og, Phillips14,34516 February 197420thWolverhampton WanderersAL0–133,82123 February 197420thArsenalHW3–1Gallagher, Hatton, Francis29,8282 March 197420thCoventry CityAW1–0Hatton27,8639 March 197420thEvertonAL1–4Hatton33,94416 March 197420thManchester UnitedHW1–0Gallagher37,76820 March 197420thNorwich CityAL1–2Styles18,30923 March 197420thSouthamptonAW2–0Burns, Francis23,34930 March 197420thSheffield UnitedHW1–0Hatton27,8776 April 197420thLeicester CityAD3–3Burns 328,48612 April 197420thBurnleyAL1–2Campbell17,03813 April 197420thStoke CityHD0–029,46716 April 197420thBurnleyHD2–2Hatton 236,54820 April 197420thNewcastle UnitedAD1–1Francis34,06623 April 197419thQueens Park RangersHW4–0Taylor, Francis 2, Kendall39,16027 April 197419thNorwich CityHW2–1Hatton, Burns44,182 League table (part) +Final First Division table (part)http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1973-1974/table Birmingham City 1973–1974: English Division One (old) Table Statto Organisation 28 March 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070714/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1973-1974/table 4 March 2016PosClubPldWDLFAGAPts17thChelsea4212131756600.933718thWest Ham United4211151655600.923719thBirmingham City4212131752640.813720thSouthampton4211141747680.693621stManchester United4210122038480.7932Key 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 FA Cup 1973–74 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceThird round5 January 1974Cardiff CityHW5–2Francis 3', R. Latchford (2) 36', 66;, Hatton (2) 76', 88'22,435Fourth round26 January 1974Queens Park RangersAL0–223,367 League Cup 1973–74 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceSecond round9 October 1973BlackpoolAD1–1Burns7,943Second round replay16 October 1973BlackpoolHW4–2Burns, Hatton 316,880Third round30 October 1973Newcastle UnitedHD2–2R. Latchford (2) 18', 50'13,025Third round replay7 November 1973Newcastle UnitedAW1–0aetFrancis (pen) 99'19,276Fourth round21 November 1973Ipswich TownAW3–1R. Latchford 312,241Fifth round19 December 1973Plymouth ArgyleHL1–2Hatton 9'15,273 Texaco Cup 1973–74 Texaco Cup The home leg of the quarter-final match against Newcastle United finished as a 1–1 draw. Despite the ban on use of floodlights because of the fuel crisis, the League refused to allow an earlier kickoff time for the away leg on 28 November 1973. The match was abandoned at 1–1 after 10 minutes of extra time in almost total darkness.Toonarama Season 1973/74 https://web.archive.org/web/20080325005009/http://www.toonarama.co.uk/seasons/1970s/season73-74.html 25 March 2008 http://www.toonarama.co.uk/seasons/1970s/season73-74.html Keith Bowker scored Birmingham's goal, in his only appearance of the season and last outing for the club; neither appearance nor goal count towards his statistics.Matthews (1995), pp. 74, 209. When the match was replayed, Birmingham lost 3–1 after Newcastle's Jimmy Smith was sent off in the first two minutes for a tackle that broke both bones in Tony Want's lower leg. RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceFirst round 1st leg19 September 1973Stoke CityAD0–09,530First round 2nd leg2 October 1973Stoke CityHD0–0aet3–1 pens13,433Second round 1st leg22 October 1973Newcastle UnitedHD1–1R. Latchford12,422Second round 2nd leg5 December 1973Newcastle UnitedAL1–3Francis9,762 Appearances and goals Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute. Players marked left the club during the playing season. Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward + Players' appearances and goals by competitionPos. Playing positionNat. NationalityNameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTexaco CupTotalApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsGKENG Ritchie Blackmore0000000 (1)00 (1)0GKENG Paul Cooper2000001030GKENG Mike Kelly1000101 (1)03 (1)0GKENG Dave Latchford250001020280GKWAL Gary Sprake140204000200DFENG Dennis Clarke11010301 (1)016 (1)0DFENG Joe Gallagher21 (5)220404031 (5)2DFSCO Roger Hynd34 (2)210502042 (2)2DFENG Ray Martin290201000320DFENG Ian Osborne0000001010DFENG Garry Pendrey38 (2)020602048 (2)0DFWAL John Roberts28 (2)010502036 (2)0DFENG Archie Styles3 (2)10000003 (2)1DFENG Tony Want110005040200DFENG Alan Whitehead0000001010MFENG Steve Bryant0000001010MFSCO Jimmy Calderwood7 (2)00000108 (2)0MFSCO Alan Campbell32 (3)120302035 (3)1MFWAL Gary Emmanuel0000000 (2)00 (2)0MFSCO Paul Hendrie5000301090MFENG Lindley Jenkins2000001030MFENG Howard Kendall151000000151MFWAL Malcolm Page7100000071MFENG Gordon Taylor33 (2)2204 (1)01040 (3)2FWSCO Kenny Burns36 (1)1010623046 (1)12FWENG Trevor Francis376215131479FWENG Bob Hatton39142264405120FWSCO Bobby Hope6000001 (1)07 (1)0FWENG Bob Latchford 25 (1)10224 (1)52133 (2)18FWENG Steve Phillips1 (3)1000 (2)0203 (5)1 See also Birmingham City F.C. seasons 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/1973-1974/results Birmingham City 1973–1974 : Results Statto Organisation 27 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053024/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1973-1974/results 4 March 2016 live dmy-all Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 382–83, 478–89. 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