1986–87 Birmingham City F.C. season

December 2014 May 2026 Birmingham City F.C. 1986–87 John Bond Ken Wheldon Ground St Andrew's Football League Second Division 19th FA Cup Fourth round(eliminated by Walsall) League Cup Third round(eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur) Full Members' Cup Second round(eliminated by Charlton Athletic) Wayne Clarke (16) Wayne Clarke (19) 12,209 vs Derby County, 30 August 1986 3,794 vs Brighton & Hove Albion, Full Members' Cup 1st round, 1 October 1986 7,426 _whiteborder _whitehorizontal _whiteborder _bluesides _whitetop 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 1985–86 1987–88 The 1986–87 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 84th in the Football League and their 34th in the Second Division, to which they were relegated in 1985–86. They finished in 19th position in the 22-team division, and avoided a second successive relegation only by two points. They entered the 1986–87 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost to Walsall in the fourth, and were eliminated from the League Cup in the third round by Tottenham Hotspur. They entered the second season of the Full Members' Cup, a competition created for teams in the top two divisions after English clubs were banned from UEFA competitions following the Heysel disaster, and lost in the second round away to Charlton Athletic in front of a crowd of less than a thousand. The top scorer was Wayne Clarke with 19 goals, of which 16 were scored in league matches. The average attendance, of under 7,500, was a record low for a season at St Andrew's.Matthews (1995), Complete Record, p. 44. Football League Second Division 1986–87 Football League DateLeaguepositionOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance23 August 19861stStoke CityAW2–0Hemming og, Whitton11,54825 August 19861stBradford CityHW2–1Mortimer 27,00330 August 19861stDerby CountyHD1–1Clarke12,2093 September 19863rdBrighton & Hove AlbionAL0–29,9556 September 19865thSheffield UnitedAD1–1Bremner10,29713 September 19867thHuddersfield TownHD1–1Clarke6,93420 September 198611thHull CityAL2–3Clarke 26,85127 September 198612thIpswich TownHD2–2Clarke 27,2274 October 198612thBarnsleyHD1–1Kennedy6,42711 October 198617thPortsmouthAL0–211,25218 October 198612thCrystal PalaceHW4–1Bremner, Overson, Whitton, Clarke5,98725 October 198614thSunderlandAL0–215,5531 November 198617thWest Bromwich AlbionAL2–3Lynex, Clarke15,0298 November 198618thOldham AthleticHL1–3Clarke pen6,08215 November 198616thMillwallAW2–0Clarke, Rees4,79522 November 198611thLeeds UnitedHW2–1Clarke, Bremner7,86329 November 19869thGrimsby TownAW1–0Whitton4,7346 December 198610thBlackburn RoversHD1–1Clarke6,42813 December 198613thShrewsbury TownAL0–14,79719 December 19869thSheffield UnitedHW2–1Clarke 2 (1 pen)5,00726 December 198612thReadingAD2–2Lynex, Clarke7,66229 December 198613thMillwallHD1–1Mortimer8,0061 January 198711thPlymouth ArgyleHW3–2Kuhl, Clarke, Mortimer8,6963 January 198711thBradford CityAD0–08,67924 January 198711thStoke CityHD0–010,6437 February 198710thDerby CountyAD2–2Bremner, Whitton16,83614 February 19878thBrighton & Hove AlbionHW2–0Rees 26,43921 February 19879thIpswich TownAL0–310,16928 February 198711thHull CityHD0–06,8583 March 19879thHuddersfield TownAD2–2Whitton, Rees5,17714 March 198713thCrystal PalaceAL0–66,17121 March 198713thPortsmouthHL0–19,82328 March 198713thBarnsleyAD2–2Whitton, Wigley4,68831 March 198710thSunderlandHW2–0North, Whitton5,5634 April 198710thOldham AthleticAD2–2Whitton, Linighan og6,55511 April 198711thWest Bromwich AlbionHL0–111,15818 April 198712thPlymouth ArgyleAD0–013,37220 April 198712thReadingHD1–1Frain5,42725 April 198715thLeeds UnitedAL0–419,1332 May 198715thGrimsby TownHW1–0Whitton4,4575 May 198716thBlackburn RoversAL0–15,6229 May 198719thShrewsbury TownHL0–27,724 League table (part) +Final Second Division table (part)http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/division-two-old/1986-1987/table English Division Two (old) 1986–1987 : Table Statto Organisation 30 January 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120103052039/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/division-two-old/1986-1987/table 3 January 2012Pos League positionTeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points17thHuddersfield Town421312175461−75118thShrewsbury Town42156214153−125119thBirmingham City421117144759−125020thSunderland421212184959−104821stGrimsby Town421014183959−2044 Results summary 8 9 4 27 21 3 8 10 20 38 https://www.11v11.com/teams/birmingham-city/tab/leagueTables/1987/ Birmingham City league performance history 11v11 AFS Enterprises 30 May 2024 Select content required via dropdown menus. May 2024 FA Cup 1986–87 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceThird round10 January 1987Ipswich TownAW1–0Mortimer11,616Fourth round31 January 1987WalsallAL0–114,810 League Cup 1986–87 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceSecond round 1st leg23 September 1986MiddlesbroughAD2–2Whitton, Mortimer9,412Second round 2nd leg7 October 1986MiddlesbroughHW3–2aetClarke 2, Whitton4,978Third round29 October 1986Tottenham HotspurAL0–515,542 Full Members' Cup 1986–87 Full Members' Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceThird round1 October 1986Brighton & Hove AlbionAW3–0Clarke, Kuhl, O'Regan og3,794Fourth round4 November 1986Charlton AthleticAL2–3Geddis, Shirtliff og821 Appearances and goals Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute. Players with name in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham. 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 CupFull Members' CupTotalApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsGKENGRoger Hansbury310203020380GKENGPaul Tomlinson *110000000110DFENGKevin Ashley7000000070DFENGAdrian Bird6000000060DFENGJulian Dicks33 (1)010202038 (1)0DFNIRJim Hagan12000301 (1)016 (1)0DFENGPaul Hart1000000010DFENG Mark Jones 5000001060DFENGVince Overson340103020400DFENGRay Ranson16 (1)020201021 (1)0DFENGBrian Roberts23 (1)020100026 (1)0DFSCOTommy Williams29020200 (1)033 (1)0MFSCODes Bremner404303020474MFENGRichard Cooke *5000001060MFENGJohn Frain2 (1)10000002 (1)1MFENGIan Handysides19 (1)020000021 (1)0MFENG Robert Hopkins 3000000030MFENG Martin Kuhl 23120301 (1)129 (1)2MFENGSteve Lynex *102000010112MFENGDennis Mortimer334211110376MFENGDean Peer1 (1)00000001 (1)0MFIRLMartin Russell *3 (2)00000104 (2)0MFENG Stuart Storer 3 (3)00010004 (3)0MFENGSteve Wigley111000000111FWENG Wayne Clarke 24161032213019FWENG David Geddis 20000 (2)0113 (2)1FWSCOAndy Kennedy5 (4)10020007 (4)1FWENGMarc North *4 (1)10000004 (1)1FWWALTony Rees27 (3)420101 (1)031 (4)4FWENGSteve Whitton3992032204611 See also Birmingham City F.C. seasons Sources 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 For match dates, league positions and results: http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1986-1987/results Birmingham City 1986–1987: Results Statto Organisation 11 June 2013 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064648/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1986-1987/results 4 March 2016 For lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 408–09, 419. 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