1949–50 Birmingham City F.C. season

Birmingham City F.C.

1949–50 season
Chairman	Harry Morris Jr
Manager	Bob Brocklebank
Ground	St Andrew's
Football League First Division	22nd
FA Cup	Third round (eliminated by Swansea Town)
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Dailey (9) All: Jimmy Dailey (9)
Highest home attendance	46,945 vs West Bromwich Albion, 24 August 1950
Lowest home attendance	20,168 vs Fulham, 19 November 1950
Average home league attendance	34,511

The 1949–50 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 47th in the Football League and their 28th in the First Division. They were bottom of the 22-team division by the end of August, a position which they retained for all but three weeks of the season, so were relegated to the Second Division for 1950–51. They entered the 1949–50 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost in that round to Swansea Town.

Twenty-nine players made at least one appearance in nationally organised competition, and there were nine different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Gil Merrick was ever-present in the 43-game season, and Jimmy Dailey was leading goalscorer with only nine goals, all scored in the league.

Football League First Division

Main article: 1949–50 Football League

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 1949	17th	Chelsea	H	L	0–3		45,068
24 August 1949	13th	West Bromwich Albion	H	W	2–0	Dailey 2	46,945
27 August 1949	20th	Stoke City	A	L	1–3	Capel	28,119
31 August 1949	22nd	West Bromwich Albion	A	L	0–3		50,365
3 September 1949	22nd	Burnley	H	L	0–1		36,341
10 September 1949	22nd	Sunderland	A	D	1–1	Dailey	48,552
14 September 1949	22nd	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	D	1–1	Dailey	46,433
17 September 1949	22nd	Liverpool	H	L	2–3	Brennan, Dailey	37,859
24 September 1949	22nd	Arsenal	A	L	2–4	Berry 2	50,850
1 October 1949	22nd	Bolton Wanderers	H	D	0–0		33,142
8 October 1949	22nd	Portsmouth	H	L	0–3		37,944
15 October 1949	22nd	Huddersfield Town	A	L	0–1		22,872
22 October 1949	22nd	Everton	H	D	0–0		32,209
29 October 1949	22nd	Middlesbrough	A	L	0–1		33,214
5 November 1949	22nd	Blackpool	H	L	0–2		34,045
12 November 1949	22nd	Newcastle United	A	L	1–3	Slater	30,113
19 November 1949	22nd	Fulham	H	D	1–1	Brennan	20,168
26 November 1949	22nd	Manchester City	A	L	0–4		30,617
3 December 1949	22nd	Charlton Athletic	H	W	2–0	Stewart, Berry	28,489
10 December 1949	22nd	Aston Villa	A	D	1–1	Brennan	45,008
17 December 1949	22nd	Chelsea	A	L	0–3		28,672
24 December 1949	22nd	Stoke City	H	W	1–0	Higgins	28,728
26 December 1949	22nd	Derby County	H	D	2–2	Capel, Stewart	45,477
27 December 1949	22nd	Derby County	A	L	1–4	Brennan	36,459
31 December 1949	22nd	Burnley	A	D	1–1	Dailey	25,473
14 January 1950	22nd	Sunderland	H	L	1–2	Dailey	32,095
21 January 1950	22nd	Liverpool	A	L	0–2		37,668
4 February 1950	22nd	Arsenal	H	W	2–1	Dailey, Brennan	34,031
18 February 1950	22nd	Bolton Wanderers	A	L	0–1		30,383
25 February 1950	22nd	Portsmouth	A	L	0–2		28,051
4 March 1950	22nd	Huddersfield Town	H	W	2–1	Dailey, Brennan	26,230
11 March 1950	22nd	Fulham	A	D	0–0		24,975
18 March 1950	22nd	Manchester City	H	W	1–0	Brennan	29,967
25 March 1950	21st	Blackpool	A	D	1–1	Stewart	20,733
1 April 1950	21st	Newcastle United	H	L	0–1		37,249
7 April 1950	21st	Manchester United	A	W	2–0	Stewart, Berry	48,991
8 April 1950	21st	Everton	A	D	0–0		46,828
10 April 1950	21st	Manchester United	H	D	0–0		35,868
15 April 1950	22nd	Middlesbrough	H	D	0–0		31,579
22 April 1950	22nd	Charlton Athletic	A	L	0–2		42,424
29 April 1950	22nd	Aston Villa	H	D	2–2	Trigg 2	24,866
6 May 1950	22nd	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	1–6	Trigg	42,935

League table (part)

Final First Division table (part)

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
18th	Everton	42	10	14	18	42	66	0.66	34
19th	Stoke City	42	11	12	19	47	75	0.64	34
20th	Charlton Athletic	42	13	6	23	53	65	0.81	32
21st	Manchester City	42	8	13	21	36	68	0.53	29
22nd	Birmingham City	42	7	14	21	31	67	0.46	28
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

FA Cup

Main article: 1949–50 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	7 January 1950	Swansea Town	A	L	0–3		18,990

Appearances and goals

• Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players having played at least one first-team match

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	Gil Merrick	42	0	1	0	43	0
FB	ENG	Jack Badham	28	1	0	0	28	1
FB	ENG	Tony Blake	2	0	0	0	2	0
FB	ENG	Ken Green	29	0	1	0	30	0
FB	ENG	Dennis Jennings	25	0	1	0	26	0
HB	ENG	Arthur Atkins	20	0	0	0	20	0
HB	ENG	Len Boyd	27	0	0	0	27	0
HB	ENG	Derek Carr	3	0	1	0	4	0
HB	ENG	Don Dorman	16	0	1	0	17	0
HB	ENG	Ted Duckhouse	15	0	0	0	15	0
HB	NIR	Ray Ferris	25	0	0	0	25	0
HB	ENG	Fred Harris	12	0	0	0	12	0
HB	ENG	Martin McDonnell†	10	0	0	0	10	0
FW	ENG	Johnny Berry	39	4	1	0	40	4
FW	NIR	Bobby Brennan	39	7	1	0	40	7
FW	ENG	Tommy Capel†	8	2	0	0	8	2
FW	SCO	Jimmy Dailey	23	9	1	0	24	9
FW	WAL	Hugh Evans	9	0	0	0	9	0
FW	ZAF	Willie Havenga	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	IRL	Jim Higgins	8	1	0	0	8	1
FW	ENG	Johnny Jordan	15	0	0	0	15	0
FW	SCO	Bobby Laing	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	SCO	Frank McKee	8	0	0	0	8	0
FW	IRL	Eddie O'Hara	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG	Harold Roberts	7	0	1	0	8	0
FW	ENG	Fred Slater	2	1	0	0	2	1
FW	SCO	Jackie Stewart	31	4	0	0	1	4
FW	ENG	Cyril Trigg	12	3	0	0	12	3
FW	ENG	Roy Warhurst	3	0	0	0	3	0

See also

• Birmingham City F.C. seasons

References

General

• 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 1949–1950: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
• Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 334–35.

Specific