1958–59 Birmingham City F.C. season

May 2022 May 2022 Birmingham City F.C. 1958–59 Arthur Turner / Pat Beasley (joint appointment) until September 1958 Pat Beasley thereafter Manager Harry Morris Jr Ground St Andrew's Football League First Division 9th FA Cup Fifth round (eliminated by Nottingham Forest) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi-final Bunny Larkin (18) Bunny Larkin (23) 55,300 vs Nottingham Forest, FA Cup 5th round, 14 February 1959 17,241 vs Blackpool, 13 December 1958 26,893 _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder _top_on_white 000099 000099 000099 ffffff 000099 1957–58 1959–60 The 1958–59 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 56th in the Football League and their 32nd in the First Division. After spending the first half of the season towards the bottom of the division, they finished in 9th position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1958–59 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost to Nottingham Forest in the fifth round after two replays. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Birmingham progressed through two rounds to reach the semi-final, which was not played until the 1959–60 season. Towards the end of the season, Birmingham and England full-back Jeff Hall contracted polio and died, only 14 days after the last match in which he played. The death of a young, fit, international footballer helped to kick-start widespread public acceptance in Britain of the need for vaccination. Though the disease was generally feared and the Salk vaccine was available, takeup had been slow. In the weeks following Hall's death, and after his widow spoke on television about her loss, demand for immunisation rocketed. Emergency vaccination clinics had to be set up and supplies of vaccine flown in from the United States to cope with the demand.https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/i-thought-my-polio-was-over-but-not-any-longer-1617651.html 'I thought my polio was over, but not any longer' Tony Gould The Independent London 30 April 1995 3 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232544/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/i-thought-my-polio-was-over-but-not-any-longer-1617651.html 4 March 2016 registration live In the same month and year that I contracted the disease in Hong Kong, the international footballer Jeff Hall died of it in England. Before the end of the Second World War polio had been a comparatively rare disease in Britain. But the late Forties and early Fifties were the polio years here as elsewhere, the time when parents grew anxious as the summer approached and kept their children away from swimming pools where the disease was thought to spread. Though polio was never a killer on the scale of cancer and heart disease, it was feared because of its capacity to maim young and healthy bodies. Despite this universal fear, take-up of the Salk vaccine when it became available in this country in the mid-Fifties was sluggish. Jeff Hall's death changed that. The message finally got through to teenagers on the terraces at football matches and in the Mecca dance-halls. Emergency clinics were set up, and there was such a run on the vaccine that further supplies had to be flown in from the United States.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/5/newsid_2510000/2510495.stm Dr Salk promotes polio vaccine in UK On This Day BBC 3 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220322012519/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/5/newsid_2510000/2510495.stm 22 March 2022 live There has been a sharp rise in the demand for the vaccine following the death from the disease of Birmingham City full back Jeff Hall last month. Local health departments have been overwhelmed with applicants and have ordered an extra million doses. On 22 April daily inoculations at Manchester Town Hall were suspended because of a shortage of the vaccine.https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/tragic-birmingham-city-star-jeff-240917 The Blues ace whose death moved a nation to beat polio Anuji Varma Sunday Mercury Birmingham 14 June 2009 3 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20201122070659/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/tragic-birmingham-city-star-jeff-240917 22 November 2020 live In January 1958, Pat Beasley joined the club. Beasley had believed he was coming as assistant to manager Arthur Turner, but chairman Harry Morris announced to the press that he was to be appointed joint manager. Turner, who found about this arrangement not from the club but from the press, threatened to resign. He was persuaded to stay "for the time being", but finally left in September 1958, and Beasley took over as manager.Matthews, Complete Record, p. 62. Twenty-four players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were thirteen different goalscorers. Half backs Dick Neal and Johnny Watts played in 49 and 48 of the 52 first-team matches over the season, and Bunny Larkin finished as leading goalscorer with 23 goals in all competitions, of which 18 were scored in the league. Football League First Division 1958–59 Football League DateLeaguepositionOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance23 August 195810thAston VillaAD1–1Murphy55,19827 August 195811thWest Bromwich AlbionAD2–2Brown, Houghton46,46830 August 195814thLuton TownHL0–131,9433 September 195821stWest Bromwich AlbionHL0–635,9836 September 195821stBolton WanderersAL0–224,70710 September 195821stLeeds UnitedHD0–025,22813 September 195819thBurnleyHW2–1Brown, Murphy23,92617 September 195816thLeeds UnitedAW4–1Brown 424,06820 September 195818thPreston North EndAL0–324,25727 September 195814thLeicester CityHW4–2Gordon, Murphy, Hooper, Astall33,3234 October 195818thEvertonAL1–3Murphy39,40811 October 195817thWest Ham UnitedAW2–1Hooper, Neal29,13918 October 195817thNottingham ForestHL0–331,61025 October 195819thWolverhampton WanderersAL1–3Astall36,1561 November 195820thPortsmouthHW2–2Brown, Taylor23,7238 November 195819thBlackburn RoversAL2–3Brown, Larkin28,80615 November 195819thNewcastle UnitedHW1–0Larkin28,75222 November 195817thTottenham HotspurAW4–0Larkin 2, Hooper, Taylor28,70829 November 195819thManchester UnitedHL0–428,6586 December 195820thChelseaAL0–127,77313 December 195818thBlackpoolHW4–2Jackson, Gordon, Larkin, Astall17,24120 December 195815thAston VillaHW4–1Jackson 2, Astall, Neal31,85726 December 195815thManchester CityHW6–1Jackson 2, Gordon, Larkin, Taylor34,29027 December 195816thManchester CityAL1–4Jackson29,2763 January 195913thLuton TownAW1–0Neal15,53831 January 195912thBurnleyAW1–0Gordon22,1017 February 195911thPreston North EndHW5–1Orritt, Gordon, Larkin, Taylor21,23321 February 195910thEvertonHW2–1Larkin, Hooper22,66028 February 19598thWest Ham UnitedHW3–0Larkin, Neal19,9107 March 19598thNottingham ForestAW7–1Stubbs 2, Gordon, Astall 2, Hooper, Watts18,97714 March 19598thWolverhampton WanderersHL0–337,72518 March 19596thLeicester CityAW4–2Stubbs 3, Gordon15,41321 March 19596thPortsmouthAD1–1Larkin18,1708 April 195910thBolton WanderersHL1–3Stubbs24,60811 April 195910thTottenham HotspurHW5–1Stubbs, Gordon, Larkin, Hooper pen, Baker og20,55714 April 19599thArsenalHW4–1Stubbs, Larkin 2, Astall25,79218 April 195910thManchester UnitedAL0–143,00620 April 195910thBlackpoolAL0–212,26022 April 195910thBlackburn RoversHW3–0Larkin 2, Taylor22,95825 April 19599thChelseaHW4–1Gordon 2, Hooper, Taylor19,58029 April 19599thNewcastle UnitedAD1–1Hooper19,7764 May 19599thArsenalAL1–2Stubbs25,953 League table (part) +Final First Division table (part)PosClubPldWDLFAGAPts7thBurnley4219101381701.16488thBlackpool4218111366491.35479thBirmingham City422061684681.244610thBlackburn Rovers4217101576701.094411thNewcastle United421771880801.0041Key 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/1958-1959/table Birmingham City 1958–1959: English Division One (old) Table Statto Organisation 27 April 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065841/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1958-1959/table 4 March 2016 FA Cup 1958–59 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceThird round25 January 1959MiddlesbroughAW1–0Harris og36,587Fourth round28 January 1959FulhamHD1–1Jackson42,677Fourth round replay4 February 1959FulhamAW3–2Hooper 2, Larkin27,521Fifth round14 February 1959Nottingham ForestHD1–1Astall55,300Fifth round replay18 February 1959Nottingham ForestAD1–1Gordon39,431Fifth round 2nd replay23 February 1959Nottingham ForestFilbert Street, LeicesterL0–534,458 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceFirst round 1st leg14 October 1958Cologne XIAD2–2Neal, Hooper12,000First round 2nd leg11 November 1958CologneHW2–0Larkin, Taylor20,266Second round 1st leg6 May 1959Zagreb XIHW1–0Larkin21,411Second round 2nd leg24 May 1959Zagreb XIAD3–3Larkin 2, Hooper50,000 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 CupFairs CupTotalApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsGKENGGil Merrick3406020420GKENGJohnny Schofield800020100FBENGGeorge Allen footballer, born 19322706030360FBENGBrian Farmer1300020150FBENGKen Green footballer, born 19241500010160FBENGJeff Hall footballer2906020370HBSCOBilly Hume footballer20000020HBENGDick Neal Dick Neal Jr.3946041495HBENGGraham Sissons1600020180HBENGTrevor Smith footballer, born 19362706020350HBENGJohnny Watts English footballer3816040481FWENGGordon Astall2685110329FWENG Eddy Brown 1780020198FWENGJohnny Gordon331061404311FWENGMike Hellawell10000010FWENGHarry Hooper footballer born 193334842424212FWENG Bud Houghton 21000021FWSCO Alex Jackson footballer, born 1935 664100107FWENGDavid Jones footballer, born 194040000040FWENGBunny Larkin311861344023FWENGPeter Murphy footballer, born 19221040010114FWWALBryan Orritt1213010161FWENGRobin Stubbs1290020149FWENGBrian Taylor footballer, born 19372652021306 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/1958-1959/results Birmingham City 1958–1959: Results Statto Organisation 27 April 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061240/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1958-1959/results 4 March 2016 Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 352–53, 473–74. Source for kit: http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Birmingham_City/Birmingham_City.htm Birmingham City Historical Football Kits Dave Moor 3 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220406215611/http://historicalkits.co.uk/Birmingham_City/Birmingham_City.htm 6 April 2022 live Specific Category:Birmingham City F.C. seasons Birmingham City