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1972–73 Birmingham City F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Birmingham City F.C.

| season = 1972–73

| manager = Freddie Goodwin

| chairman = Clifford Coombs

| stdtitle = Ground

| stadium = St Andrew's

| league = Football League First Division

| league result = 10th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Third round
(eliminated by Swindon Town)

| cup2 = League Cup

| cup2 result = Fourth round
(eliminated by Blackpool)

| league topscorer = Bob Latchford (19)

| season topscorer = Bob Latchford (20)

| highest attendance = 51,278 vs Manchester United, 10 March 1973

| lowest attendance = 20,962 vs Luton Town, League Cup 2nd round, 5 September 1972

| average attendance = 36,663

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| body1 = ffffff

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| prevseason = 1971–72

| nextseason = 1973–74

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The 1972–73 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 70th in the Football League and their 39th in the First Division, to which they were promoted as Second Division runners-up in 1971–72. After spending much of the season in the lower reaches of the table, eight wins and a draw from the last ten matches brought them up to tenth position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1972–73 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost in that round to Swindon Town, and entered the League Cup in the second round, eliminated in the fourth by Blackpool.

Twenty-seven players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competitions, and there were fourteen different goalscorers. Centre-forward Bob Latchford played in all but one of the 48 first-team matches over the season, and finished as the leading goalscorer with 20 goals, of which 19 came in league competition. The home attendance in First Division matches never fell below 30,000.

Football League First Division

{{main|1972–73 Football League}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Datescope="col"|League
position		scope="col"|Opponents

!scope="col"|Venue

scope="col"|Resultscope="col"|Score
F–A		scope="col"|Scorers

!scope="col"|Attendance

scope="row"|12 August 1972

|15th||align="left"|Sheffield United||H

|style=background:#fcc|L||1–2||align="left"|R. Latchford

|37,390

scope="row"|15 August 1972

|9th||align="left"|Newcastle United||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||3–2||align="left"|McFaul og, Hope, R. Latchford

|35,831

scope="row"|19 August 1972

|13th||align="left"|Ipswich Town||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–2||

|17,775

scope="row"|23 August 1972

|19th||align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–2||

|30,798

scope="row"|26 August 1972

|18th||align="left"|Crystal Palace||H

|style=background:#ffc|D||1–1||align="left"|Francis

|31,066

scope="row"|30 August 1972

|16th||align="left"|West Bromwich Albion||A

|style=background:#ffc|D||2–2||align="left"|Hatton, R. Latchford

|37,108

scope="row"|2 September 1972

|19th||align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||2–3||align="left"|Hope, Burns

|32,539

scope="row"|9 September 1972

|15th||align="left"|Manchester City||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||4–1||align="left"|R. Latchford 3, Campbell

|32,983

scope="row"|16 September 1972

|18th||align="left"|Derby County||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–1||

|33,753

scope="row"|23 September 1972

|15th||align="left"|Everton||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||2–1||align="left"|R. Latchford, Francis

|37,133

scope="row"|26 September 1972

|15th||align="left"|Arsenal||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–2||

|30,003

scope="row"|30 September 1972

|16th||align="left"|West Ham United||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–2||

|26,482

scope="row"|7 October 1972

|17th||align="left"|Chelsea||H

|style=background:#ffc|D||2–2||align="left"|Hope, R. Latchford

|38,756

scope="row"|14 October 1972

|19th||align="left"|Manchester United||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–1||

|52,104

scope="row"|21 October 1972

|18th||align="left"|Southampton||H

|style=background:#ffc|D||1–1||align="left"|Roberts

|30,757

scope="row"|28 October 1972

|19th||align="left"|Coventry City||A

|style=background:#ffc|D||0–0||

|35,304

scope="row"|4 November 1972

|19th||align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur||H

|style=background:#ffc|D||0–0||

|38,504

scope="row"|11 November 1972

|21st||align="left"|Newcastle United||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–3||

|26,042

scope="row"|18 November 1972

|17th||align="left"|Stoke City||A

|style=background:#cfc|W||2–1||align="left"|R. Latchford 2

|23,040

scope="row"|25 November 1972

|16th||align="left"|Norwich City||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||4–1||align="left"|Pendrey, Hope, Want, Hatton

|32,890

scope="row"|2 December 1972

|16th||align="left"|Liverpool||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||3–4||align="left"|Taylor, Hope, R. Latchford

|45,407

scope="row"|9 December 1972

|16th||align="left"|Leicester City||H

|style=background:#ffc|D||1–1||align="left"|Calderwood

|32,481

scope="row"|16 December 1972

|17th||align="left"|Leeds United||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–4||

|25,275

scope="row"|23 December 1972

|19th||align="left"|Arsenal||H

|style=background:#ffc|D||1–1||align="left"|Bowker

|32,721

scope="row"|26 December 1972

|18th||align="left"|Everton||A

|style=background:#ffc|D||1–1||align="left"|R. Latchford

|39,363

scope="row"|30 December 1972

|19th||align="left"|Ipswich Town||H

|style=background:#fcc|L||1–2||align="left"|Hatton

|32,705

scope="row"|27 January 1973

|21st||align="left"|Manchester City||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–1||

|31,877

scope="row"|10 February 1973

|20th||align="left"|Derby County||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||2–0||align="left"|R. Latchford, Francis

|38,096

scope="row"|17 February 1973

|18th||align="left"|Sheffield United||A

|style=background:#cfc|W||1–0||align="left"|Francis

|22,220

scope="row"|27 February 1973

|19th||align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers||H

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–1||

|43,759

scope="row"|3 March 1973

|18th||align="left"|Chelsea||A

|style=background:#ffc|D||0–0||

|26,259

scope="row"|6 March 1973

|16th||align="left"|Crystal Palace||A

|style=background:#ffc|D||0–0||

|26,014

scope="row"|10 March 1973

|15th||align="left"|Manchester United||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||3–1||align="left"|R. Latchford, Hatton, Campbell pen

|51,278

scope="row"|17 March 1973

|17th||align="left"|Southampton||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–2||

|14,612

scope="row"|24 March 1973

|17th||align="left"|Coventry City||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||3–0||align="left"|Hatton, R. Latchford, Taylor

|34,775

scope="row"|31 March 1973

|15th||align="left"|Norwich City||A

|style=background:#cfc|W||2–1||align="left"|R. Latchford 2

|23,899

scope="row"|7 April 1973

|16th||align="left"|Liverpool||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||2–1||align="left"|R. Latchford, Hatton

|48,114

scope="row"|14 April 1973

|12th||align="left"|Leicester City||A

|style=background:#cfc|W||1–0||align="left"|Campbell

|27,652

scope="row"|21 April 1973

|11th||align="left"|Stoke City||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||3–1||align="left"|Page, Francis, Hatton

|32,513

scope="row"|23 April 1973

|11th||align="left"|West Ham United||H

|style=background:#ffc|D||0–0||

|36,942

scope="row"|28 April 1973

|11th||align="left"|West Bromwich Albion||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||3–2||align="left"|R. Latchford, Hynd, Burns

|36,784

scope="row"|30 April 1973

|10th||align="left"|Leeds United||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||2–1||align="left"|Francis, Burns

|34,449

=League table (part)=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Final First Division table (part){{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1972-1973/table |title=Birmingham City 1972–1973: English Division One (old) Table |publisher=Statto Organisation |access-date=28 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063245/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1972-1973/table |archive-date=4 March 2016}}

!scope="col"|Pos

!scope="col"|Club

!scope="col"|Pld

!scope="col"|W

!scope="col"|D

!scope="col"|L

!scope="col"|F

!scope="col"|A

!scope="col"|GA

!scope="col"|Pts

scope="row"|8th

|align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur||42||16||13||13||58||48||1.21||45

scope="row"|9th

|align="left"|Newcastle United||42||16||13||13||60||51||1.18||45

style="font-weight:bold"

!scope="row"|10th

|align="left"|Birmingham City

4215121553540.9842
scope="row"|11th

|align="left"|Manchester City||42||15||11||16||57||60||0.95||41

scope="row"|12th

|align="left"|Chelsea||42||13||14||15||49||51||0.96||40

scope="row"|Key

|colspan="9"| 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

{{main|1972–73 FA Cup}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Round

!scope="col"|Date

scope="col"|Opponentsscope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Result

scope="col"|Score
F–A		scope="col"|Scorers

!scope="col"|Attendance

scope="row"|Third round

|align="left"|13 January 1973||align="left"|Swindon Town||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–2||

|17,373

League Cup

{{main|1972–73 Football League Cup}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Round

!scope="col"|Date

scope="col"|Opponentsscope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Result

scope="col"|Score
F–A		scope="col"|Scorers

!scope="col"|Attendance

scope="row"|Second round

|align="left"|5 September 1972||align="left"|Luton Town||H

|style=background:#ffc|D||1–1||align="left"|R. Latchford

|20,962

scope="row"|Second round replay

|align="left"|13 September 1972||align="left"|Luton Town||A

|style=background:#ffc|D||1–1||align="left"|Campbell

|13,806

scope="row"|Second round 2nd replay

|align="left"|19 September 1972||align="left"|Luton Town||County Ground,
Northampton

|style=background:#cfc|W||1–0||align="left"|Francis

|11,451

scope="row"|Third round

|align="left"|3 October 1972||align="left"|Coventry City||H

|style=background:#cfc|W||2–1||align="left"|Francis, Barry og

|27,803

scope="row"|Fourth round

|align="left"|31 October 1972||align="left"|Blackpool||A

|style=background:#fcc|L||0–2||

|13,332

Appearances and goals

:Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute.

:Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Players' appearances and goals by competition

rowspan="2" scope="col" width="50"|{{abbr|Pos.|Playing position}}

!rowspan="2" scope="col" width="75"|{{abbr|Nat.|Nationality}}

!rowspan="2" scope="col" width="180" scope=col|Name

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

scope="col" width="55"|{{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}scope="col" width="45"|Goals

!scope="col" width="55"|{{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}

scope="col" width="45"|Goals

!scope="col" width="55"|{{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}

scope="col" width="45"|Goals

!scope="col" width="55"|{{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}

scope="col" width="45"|Goals
GK{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Paul Cooper

|3

0001040
GK{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Mike Kelly

|7

0000070
GK{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Dave Latchford

|32

01040370
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Keith Bowker

|5

1000051
DF{{flag|IRL}}

!scope="row"| Tommy Carroll

|11

00030140
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Stan Harland

|18

11030220
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Dave Howitt

|2

0001030
DF{{flag|SCO}}

!scope="row"| Roger Hynd

|40

11040451
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Ray Martin

|23

00010240
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Garry Pendrey

|39 (1)

1105045 (1)1
DF{{flag|WAL}}

!scope="row"| John Roberts

|21

10000211
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Dave Robinson

|0

0001010
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Tony Want

|20

11020231
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Alan Whitehead

|1

0000010
MF{{flag|SCO}}

!scope="row"| Kenny Burns

|9 (5)

3003 (2)012 (7)3
MF{{flag|SCO}}

!scope="row"| Jimmy Calderwood

|5

1000051
MF{{flag|SCO}}

!scope="row"| Alan Campbell

|29 (3)

3004133 (3)4
MF{{flag|SCO}}

!scope="row"| Paul Hendrie

|0 (1)

000000 (1)0
MF{{flag|SCO}}

!scope="row"| Bobby Hope

|24 (1)

5104029 (1)5
MF{{flag|WAL}}

!scope="row"| Malcolm Page

|26 (1)

1103030 (1)1
MF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| George Smith

|5

0001060
MF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Gordon Taylor

|34 (2)

2102 (1)037 (3)2
FW{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Trevor Francis

|31

61052378
FW{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Bob Hatton

|31 (1)

70 (1)03034 (2)7
FW{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Bob Latchford

|42

1910514720
FW{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Steve Phillips

|3

0000030
FW{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Phil Summerill

|1 (1)

000102 (1)0

See also

References

General

  • {{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}
  • {{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: The Complete Record |year=2010 |publisher=DB Publishing |location=Derby |isbn=978-1-85983-853-2}}
  • Source for match dates and results: {{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1972-1973/results |title=Birmingham City 1972–1973 : Results |publisher=Statto Organisation |access-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064738/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1972-1973/results |archive-date=4 March 2016}}
  • Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 380–381.

Specific

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