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England Players' Club
Affiliations
Small Heath/Birmingham/
Birmingham City
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Birmingham City
FC Profile |
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Club name
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Birmingham City Football Club |
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Previous names |
Small Heath 1888-1905; Birmingham 1905-45; |
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Ground(s) |
St. Andrews since 1906; previously played Muntz
Street, Small Heath 1877-1906; |
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Founded
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1875 as Small Heath Alliance; turned professional
1885; |
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Colours |
Blue shirts, white shorts, blue stockings |
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Domestic honours |
Football League Division Two winners 1892-93,
1920-21, 1947-48, 1954-55, 1994-95;
FA Cup runners-up 1930-31, 1955-56;
Football League Cup winners 1962-63, (Worthington) runners-up 2000-01;
Associate Members (Leyland Daf) winners 1990-91, (Auto-Windscreen)
winners 1994-95; |
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European honours |
European Fairs Cup runners-up 1958-60, 1960-61; |
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International honours |
None |
Most Appearances
Player
No. |
England
Players |
Years |
Starts |
Subs |
Apps |
Capt |
Goals |
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Small Heath F.C. |
| 199 |
Charsley,
Charles Christopher |
1893 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Birmingham F.C. |
| 334 |
Corbett,
Walter Samuel |
1908 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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417 |
Barton, Percival Harry |
1921-24 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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463 |
Bradford,
Joseph |
1923-30 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
7 |
| 524 |
Tremelling, Richard Daniel |
1927 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 547 |
Hibbs, Henry Edward |
1929-36 |
25 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
| 574 |
Stoker,
Lewis |
1932-34 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 589 |
Grosvenor, Arthur Thomas |
1933 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
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Birmingham City F.C. |
| 710 |
Merrick,
Gilbert Harold |
1951-54 |
23 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
| 749 |
Hall, Jeffrey James |
1955-57 |
17 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
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756 |
Astall,
Gordon |
1956 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| 782 |
Smith,
Trevor |
1959 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 807 |
Hellawell, Michael Stephen |
1962 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 926 |
Francis,
Trevor John |
1977-78 |
10 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
2 |
| 1126 |
Upson,
Matthew James |
2003-04 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| 1094 |
Heskey, Emile William Ivanhoe |
2004 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 16 |
Total |
1893-2004 |
115 |
8 |
123 |
0 |
12 |
Notes
Two Birmingham players started for England on four
occasions. Goalkeeper Harry Hibbs and Joe Bradford started against
Scotland, 5 April 1930, against Germany, 10 May 1930, against Austria, 14 May
1930 and against Wales, 22 November 1930.
Lewis Stoker then partnered Harry Hibbs in the starting
line-up against Wales, 16 November 1932.
Tom Grosvenor replaced Stoker on three occasions, as he and
Hibbs started against Ireland, 14 October 1933, against Wales, 15 November
1933 and against France, 6 December 1934.
Two City players started twice for England. Gordon
Astall and Jeff Hall started against Finland, 20 May 1956 and against West
Germany, 26 May 1956.
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