1910–11 Birmingham F.C. season

Birmingham F.C.
1910–11 season
Chairman	Walter W. Hart
Manager	Alex Watson
Ground	St Andrew's
Football League Second Division	16th
FA Cup	First round (eliminated by Oldham Athletic)
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Hall (13); All: Jack Hall (14)
Highest home attendance	37,520 vs West Bromwich Albion, 27 December 1909
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Glossop, 3 December 1909
Average home league attendance	13,817
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	← 1909–10 1911–12 →

The 1910–11 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 19th in the Football League and their 11th in the Second Division. Having finished bottom of the league in 1909–10, they had to apply for re-election to the League for 1910–11. They led the voting, ahead of Huddersfield Town who were elected to the league to replace Grimsby Town,^[1] who had finished the 1909–10 season in 19th place, above Birmingham.

Birmingham finished the season 16th in the 20-team division, and lost to Oldham Athletic in the first round of the FA Cup. Twenty-nine players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were fourteen different goalscorers. Half-back Thomas Daykin played in 37 matches over the 40-match season; only two other players reached 30 appearances. Jack Hall was leading scorer with 13 goals, of 14 which came in the league.

Watson resigned as secretary-manager at the end of the season,^[2] and the club decided to separate the roles of manager and secretary. Bob McRoberts, who had played as a forward for the club for seven years, was appointed as team manager, with no secretarial duties,^[3] and Watson's former assistant, Frank Richards, took over as secretary.^[4]

Football League Second Division

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
3 September 1910	19th	Fulham	A	L	0–3		25,000
10 September 1910	14th	Bradford Park Avenue	H	W	1–0	McKay	18,000
17 September 1910	14th	Burnley	A	D	2–2	Millington, Jones	10,000
24 September 1910	14th	Gainsborough Trinity	H	D	1–1	Jones	12,000
1 October 1910	14th	Leeds City	A	D	1–1	Bonthron pen	8,000
8 October 1910	17th	Stockport County	H	L	1–3	Jones	10,000
15 October 1910	18th	Derby County	A	L	0–1		10,000
22 October 1910	16th	Barnsley	H	W	1–0	Freeman	10,000
29 October 1910	18th	Leicester Fosse	A	L	0–2		10,000
5 November 1910	18th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	L	1–3	Foxall	20,000
12 November 1910	16th	Chelsea	A	D	1–1	Jones, Wigmore	25,000
19 November 1910	19th	Clapton Orient	H	L	0–1		14,000
26 November 1910	19th	Blackpool	A	L	1–3	Kidd	4,000
3 December 1910	19th	Glossop	H	L	1–2	Jones	2,000
10 December 1910	18th	Lincoln City	A	W	1–0	Firth	6,000
17 December 1910	15th	Huddersfield Town	A	W	2–1	Gallimore, Hall	5,000
24 December 1910	15th	Bolton Wanderers	A	L	1–5	Hall	8,000
26 December 1910	17th	Hull City	A	L	1–4	Hall	10,000
27 December 1910	16th	West Bromwich Albion	H	D	1–1	Hall	37,520
31 December 1910	15th	Fulham	H	D	1–1	Hall	14,000
7 January 1911	16th	Bradford Park Avenue	A	D	2–2	Firth, Hall	10,000
21 January 1911	16th	Burnley	H	D	1–1	Jones	10,000
28 January 1911	16th	Gainsborough Trinity	A	L	0–1		3,000
4 February 1911	16th	Leeds City	H	W	2–1	Foxall, Powell	15,000
13 February 1911	16th	Stockport County	A	L	1–3	Buckley	3,000
18 February 1911	16th	Derby County	H	W	2–0	Jones, Foxall	15,000
25 February 1911	15th	Barnsley	A	W	3–2	Jones, Hall 2	2,500
4 March 1911	15th	Leicester Fosse	H	W	1–0	Buckley	10,000
11 March 1911	15th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	1–3	Hall	5,000
18 March 1911	15th	Chelsea	H	W	2–1	Hall, Kidd	27,000
25 March 1911	16th	Clapton Orient	A	L	1–2	Hall	6,000
1 April 1911	16th	Blackpool	H	W	2–0	McKay, Hall	13,000
8 April 1911	16th	Glossop	A	L	1–2	Jones	1,500
14 April 1911	15th	Hull City	H	W	1–0	Hall	10,000
15 April 1911	15th	Lincoln City	H	L	0–1		10,000
17 April 1911	16th	West Bromwich Albion	A	L	0–1		27,042
22 April 1911	16th	Huddersfield Town	A	L	1–7	Jones	9,000
29 April 1911	16th	Bolton Wanderers	H	W	2–1	Millington, Jones	15,000

League table (part)

Final Second Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
14th	Glossop	38	13	8	17	48	62	0.77	34
15th	Leicester Fosse	38	14	5	19	52	62	0.84	33
16th	Birmingham	38	8	7	23	42	66	0.74	32
17th	Stockport County	38	9	6	23	47	79	0.59	30
18th	Gainsborough Trinity	38	9	11	18	37	55	0.67	29
Key	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
Source	^[5]

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	14 January 1911	Oldham Athletic	H	D	1–1	Hall pen	28,827
First round replay	17 January 1911	Oldham Athletic	A	L	0–2		6,400

Appearances and goals

This table includes appearances and goals in nationally organised competitive matches – the Football League and FA Cup – only.

For a description of the playing positions, see Formation (association football)#2–3–5 (Pyramid).

Players marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players' appearances and goals by competition
Name	Position	League		FA Cup		Total
Name	Position	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Horace Bailey	Goalkeeper	12	0	0	0	12	0
Jack Dorrington	Goalkeeper	19	0	2	0	21	0
Albert Lindon	Goalkeeper	7	0	0	0	7	0
Bob Bonthron	Full back	11	1	1	0	12	1
Crosby Henderson	Full back	6	0	0	0	6	0
Walter Wigmore	Full back	14	1	1	0	15	1
Frank Womack	Full back	32	0	2	0	32	2
Frank Buckley	Half back	30	2	0	0	30	2
James Bumphrey	Half back	12	0	0	0	12	0
Walter Corbett	Half back	11	0	0	0	11	0
Thomas Daykin	Half back	35	0	2	0	37	0
Albert Gardner	Half back	18	0	2	0	18	0
James Moles	Half back	6	0	0	0	6	0
George Robertson	Half back	19	0	2	0	21	0
Walter Abbott	Forward	1	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Draper	Forward	3	0	0	0	3	0
Robert Firth	Forward	17	2	1	0	18	2
Frank Foxall	Forward	21	3	1	0	22	3
Walter Freeman	Forward	4	1	0	0	4	1
George Gallimore	Forward	18	1	0	0	18	1
Thomas Greer	Forward	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Hall	Forward	19	13	2	1	21	14
Thomas Jones	Forward	28	11	0	0	28	11
Jack Kidd	Forward	26	2	2	0	28	2
Bernard Lowe	Forward	2	0	0	0	2	0
Jack McKay	Forward	15	2	2	0	17	2
Charlie Millington	Forward	25	2	1	0	26	2
Bert Powell	Forward	4	1	1	0	5	1
Jack Wilcox † ^[a]	Forward	2	0	0	0	2	0

^ Wilcox retired during the season because of injury.^[6]

References

^ "Football League: Annual Meeting in London". The Manchester Guardian. 14 June 1910. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Birmingham F.C.'s loss". Birmingham Gazette and Express. 23 May 1911. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Birmingham F.C. Team manager appointed". Birmingham Daily Mail. 20 June 1911. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Birmingham F.C.'s new secretary". Sports Argus. Birmingham. 22 July 1911. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Birmingham City 1910–1911: English Division Two (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
^ Matthews (1995), p. 134.

Sources

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
Source for match dates and results: "Birmingham City 1910–1911: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), pp. 266–67. Note that attendance figures are estimated.
Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

[7] Wilcox retired during the season because of injury.^[6]

[1] "Football League: Annual Meeting in London". The Manchester Guardian. 14 June 1910. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

[WatsonResigns-2] "Birmingham F.C.'s loss". Birmingham Gazette and Express. 23 May 1911. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.

[McRobertsMgr-3] "Birmingham F.C. Team manager appointed". Birmingham Daily Mail. 20 June 1911. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.

[RichardsSecy-4] "Birmingham F.C.'s new secretary". Sports Argus. Birmingham. 22 July 1911. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.

[LeagueTable-5] "Birmingham City 1910–1911: English Division Two (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

[FOOTNOTEMatthews1995134-6] Matthews (1995), p. 134.

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