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1981–82 Birmingham City F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Birmingham City F.C.

| season = 1981–82

| manager = {{ublist|Jim Smith|{until February 1982)|Ron Saunders}}

| chairman = Keith Coombs

| stdtitle = Ground

| stadium = St Andrew's

| league = Football League First Division

| league result = 16th

| cup1 = FA Cup

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

| cup2 = League Cup

| cup2 result = Second round
(eliminated by Nottingham Forest)

| league topscorer = Tony Evans (15)

| season topscorer = Tony Evans (16)

| highest attendance = 32,817 vs Aston Villa, 20 February 1982

| lowest attendance = 10,715 vs Middlesbrough, 6 February 1982

| average attendance = 17,116

| pattern_la1 =_whitelines

| pattern_b1 =_shoulder_stripes_white_stripes

| pattern_ra1 =_whitelines

| pattern_sh1 =_blue_stripes_adidas

| pattern_so1 =_color_3_stripes_blue

| leftarm1 =0000ff

| body1 =0000ff

| rightarm1 =0000ff

| prevseason = 1980–81

| nextseason = 1982–83

}}

The 1981–82 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 79th in the Football League and their 47th in the First Division. They finished in 16th position in the 22-team division. They lost in their opening match in both cup competitions: to Ipswich Town in the third round proper of the 1981–82 FA Cup and to Nottingham Forest in the second round of the League Cup.

Twenty-four players appeared in at least one first-team game, and Dutch international midfielder Toine van Mierlo made most appearances, with 43 of the possible 45. There were 14 different goalscorers; Tony Evans was the club's leading scorer with 16 goals, of which 15 were scored in the league.

Football League First Division

{{main|1981–82 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"|29 August 1981

|20th||align="left"|Everton||A

|style="background:#fcc"|L||1–3||align="left"|Van Mierlo

|33,550

scope="row"|1 September 1981

|17th||align="left"|Ipswich Town||H

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

|17,328

scope="row"|5 September 1981

|12th||align="left"|Nottingham Forest||H

|style="background:#cfc"|W||4–3||align="left"|Broadhurst, Evans, Whatmore 2

|19,035

scope="row"|12 September 1981

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

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

|13,167

scope="row"|19 September 1981

|8th||align="left"|Manchester City||H

|style="background:#cfc"|W||3–0||align="left"|Evans 3

|20,109

scope="row"|22 September 1981

|13th||align="left"|Arsenal||A

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–1||

|19,588

scope="row"|26 September 1981

|14th||align="left"|Aston Villa||A

|style="background:#ffc"|D||0–0||

|41,098

scope="row"|3 October 1981

|15th||align="left"|West Ham United||H

|style="background:#ffc"|D||2–2||align="left"|Langan, Dillon

|22,290

scope="row"|10 October 1981

|11th||align="left"|Southampton||H

|style="background:#cfc"|W||4–0||align="left"|Worthington 2, Whatmore 2

|16,938

scope="row"|17 October 1981

|11th||align="left"|Manchester United||A

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

|48,800

scope="row"|24 October 1981

|14th||align="left"|Stoke City||A

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–1||

|15,399

scope="row"|31 October 1981

|15th||align="left"|West Bromwich Albion||H

|style="background:#ffc"|D||3–3||align="left"|Gemmill, Evans, Worthington pen

|21,601

scope="row"|7 November 1981

|13th||align="left"|Brighton & Hove Albion||A

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

|18,409

scope="row"|21 November 1981

|15th||align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers||H

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–3||

|18,671

scope="row"|28 November 1981

|20th||align="left"|Swansea City||A

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–1||

|15,096

scope="row"|5 December 1981

|19th||align="left"|Notts County||H

|style="background:#cfc"|W||2–1||align="left"|Evans 2 (1 pen)

|11,914

scope="row"|5 January 1982

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

|style="background:#fcc"|L||2–3||align="left"|Van Mierlo, Broadhurst

|19,336

scope="row"|9 January 1982

|19th||align="left"|Nottingham Forest||A

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

|15,906

scope="row"|26 January 1982

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

|style="background:#ffc"|D||3–3||align="left"|Broadhurst, Evans 2

|13,023

scope="row"|30 January 1982

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

|style="background:#fcc"|L||2–4||align="left"|Worthington 2

|28,438

scope="row"|6 February 1982

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

|style="background:#ffc"|D||0–0||

|10,715

scope="row"|13 February 1982

|19th||align="left"|West Ham United||A

|style="background:#ffc"|D||2–2||align="left"|Whatmore, Van Mierlo

|22,512

scope="row"|16 February 1982

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

|style="background:#cfc"|W||2–0||align="left"|Van Mierlo, Worthington

|10,863

scope="row"|20 February 1982

|17th||align="left"|Aston Villa||H

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–1||

|32,817

scope="row"|27 February 1982

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

|style="background:#fcc"|L||1–3||align="left"|Worthington pen

|20,620

scope="row"|6 March 1982

|17th||align="left"|Manchester United||H

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–1||

|19,637

scope="row"|13 March 1982

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

|style="background:#cfc"|W||2–1||align="left"|Curbishley, Hawker

|12,018

scope="row"|20 March 1982

|18th||align="left"|West Bromwich Albion||A

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

|20,936

scope="row"|23 March 1982

|18th||align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur||H

|style="background:#ffc"|D||0–0||

|17,708

scope="row"|27 March 1982

|17th||align="left"|Brighton & Hove Albion||H

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

|13,234

scope="row"|30 March 1982

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

|style="background:#fcc"|L||1–3||align="left"|Harford

|24,224

scope="row"|6 April 1982

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

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–2||

|12,273

scope="row"|10 April 1982

|19th||align="left"|Leeds United||H

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–1||

|14,497

scope="row"|12 April 1982

|20th||align="left"|Sunderland||A

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–2||

|14,821

scope="row"|17 April 1982

|20th||align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers||A

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

|18,964

scope="row"|24 April 1982

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

|style="background:#cfc"|W||2–1||align="left"|Broadhurst, Harford

|14,973

scope="row"|28 April 1982

|16th||align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur||A

|style="background:#ffc"|D||1–1||align="left"|Phillips, Evans 2, Harford

|25,470

scope="row"|1 May 1982

|16th||align="left"|Notts County||A

|style="background:#cfc"|W||4–1||align="left"|Harford

|10,704

scope="row"|4 May 1982

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

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–1||

|13,428

scope="row"|8 May 1982

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

|style="background:#fcc"|L||0–1||

|26,381

scope="row"|12 May 1982

|16th||align="left"|Leeds United||A

|style="background:#ffc"|D||3–3||align="left"|Harford 2, Evans

|18,583

scope="row"|15 May 1982

|16th||align="left"|Coventry City||A

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

|15,925

=League table (part)=

Three points for a win were first awarded in the Football League in 1981–82.

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

|+Final First Division table (part){{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1981-1982/table |title=Birmingham City 1981–1982 : English Division One (old) Table |publisher=Statto Organisation |access-date=10 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062224/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1981-1982/table |archive-date=4 March 2016}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Pos|League position}}

!scope="col"|Team

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|W|Won}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}

scope="row"|14th

|align="left"|Coventry City||42||13||11||18||56||62||−6||50

scope="row"|15th

|align="left"|Notts County||42||13||8||21||61||69||−8||47

style="font-weight:bold"

!scope="row"|16th

|align="left"|Birmingham City

421014185361−844
scope="row"|17th

|align="left"|West Bromwich Albion||42||11||11||20||46||57||−11||44

scope="row"|18th

|align="left"|Stoke City||42||12||8||22||44||63||−19||44

=Results summary=

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FA Cup

{{main|1981–82 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"|2 January 1982||align="left"|Ipswich Town||H

|style="background:#fcc"|L||2–3||align="left"|Worthington pen, Curbishley

|17,236

League Cup

{{main|1981–82 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 1st leg

|align="left"|6 October 1981||align="left"|Nottingham Forest||H

|style="background:#fcc"|L||2–3||align="left"|Whatmore, Worthington

|14,330

scope="row"|Second round 2nd leg

|align="left"|28 October 1981||align="left"|Nottingham Forest||A

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

|16,316

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 {{dagger}} left the club during the playing season.

: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"| Tony Coton

|15

01000160
GK{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Roger Jones *

|4

0000040
GK{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Jeff Wealands

|23

00020250
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Kevan Broadhurst

|35

41020384
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Mark Dennis

|17

01010190
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Phil Hawker

|19 (1)

1001020 (1)1
DF{{flag|IRL}}

!scope="row"| Dave Langan

|36

11010381
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Geoff Scott

|14 (1)

0000014 (1)0
DF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Colin Todd

|19

01020220
DF{{flag|WAL}}

!scope="row"| Pat Van Den Hauwe

|30 (1)

0010031 (1)0
MF{{flag|NED}}

!scope="row"| Bud Brocken

|17

00020190
MF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Alan Curbishley

|29

11100302
MF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Kevin Dillon

|35 (1)

1102038 (1)1
MF{{flag|SCO}}

!scope="row"| Archie Gemmill {{dagger}}

|19

11020221
MF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Dave Linney

|0 (1)

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

!scope="row"| Ian Handysides

|8 (12)

00 (1)00 (1)08 (14)0
MF{{flag|NED}}

!scope="row"| Toine van Mierlo

|40

41020434
MF{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Les Phillips

|7 (4)

100007 (4)1
MF{{flag|WAL}}

!scope="row"| Byron Stevenson

|12

00000120
FW{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Tony Evans

|29

1510113116
FW{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Mick Harford

|12

90000129
FW{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Duncan MacDowall

|2

0000020
FW{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Neil Whatmore

|22 (2)

6001123 (2)7
FW{{flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Frank Worthington {{dagger}}

|18 (2)

9112121 (2)11

See also

Sources

  • {{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}}
  • For match dates, league positions and results: {{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1981-1982/results |title=Birmingham City 1981–1982 : Results |publisher=Statto Organisation |access-date=10 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061531/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1981-1982/results |archive-date=4 March 2016}}
  • For lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 398–99.

References

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