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WBA 2-1 Birmingham City - February 28, 1977 / Division 1 1976/1977

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Division 1 1976/1977 - Round 28

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

February 28, 1977

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Ally Brown

Bryan Robson

Trevor Francis

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

0' - Goal Ally Brown photo Bryan Robson

0' - Goal Bryan Robson0

0' - Goal Trevor Francis

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

46' - Substitution Kevan Broadhurstis substituted by Steve Fox

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

2 - 1

Birmingham City

WBA Birmingham City

Team line-ups

WBA

Osborne

John Osborne

England

B.date01/12/1940

Age36 years

positionGoalkeeper

Ally Brown0

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age25 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age17 years

positionDefender

Mulligan

Paddy Mulligan

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/03/1945

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Giles

Johnny Giles

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/11/1940

Age36 years

positionMidfield

Robson0

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age29 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Johnston

Willie Johnston

Scotland

B.date19/12/1946

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Cross

David Cross

England

B.date08/12/1950

Age26 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Osborne	36	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown	25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	24	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Mulligan	31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Giles	36	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	29	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	31	380	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Johnston	30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cross	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Latchford

Dave Latchford

England

B.date09/04/1949

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Broadhurst46

Kevan Broadhurst

England

B.date03/06/1959

Age17 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood

Scotland

B.date28/02/1955

Age22 years

positionDefender

Want

Tony Want

England

B.date13/12/1948

Age28 years

positionDefender

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Rathbone

Michael Rathbone

England

B.date06/11/1958

Age18 years

positionDefender

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age30 years

positionDefender

Emmanuel

Gary Emmanuel

Wales

B.date01/02/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Francis0

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age29 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Latchford		27	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevan Broadhurst	46	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher		22	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Calderwood		22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Want		28	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		23	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Rathbone		18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page		30	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Emmanuel		23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis		22	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt		29	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Steve Fox	46	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ally Brown

Raymond Treacy

OUT

Derek Statham

Len Cantello

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jimmy Calderwood

Howard Kendall

OUT

Michael Rathbone

John Connolly

OUT

Gary Emmanuel

Arthur Styles

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Johnny Giles

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Giles vs Birmingham City

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1977

Giles vs Bell

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Willie Bell

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Bell vs WBA

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1977

Bell vs Giles

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1977

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Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 05/02/1977).

Birmingham City keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 06/11/1976). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/03/1975-23/10/1976 time period (35 matches).

The last time WBA has ended with the score 2-1 in Premier League, It was on the 25/11/1972 (vs )

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-0 Everton27/11/1976

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Leicester11/12/1976

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Bristol City27/12/1976

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Manchester City11/01/1977

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Leeds United22/01/1977

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Queens Park Rangers12/02/1977

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Manchester City11/01/1977

DLiverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion15/01/1977

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Leeds United22/01/1977

LNorwich City 1-0 West Bromwich Albion05/02/1977

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Queens Park Rangers12/02/1977

LSunderland 6-1 West Bromwich Albion22/02/1977

Current form

Away

LArsenal 4-0 Birmingham City06/11/1976

LStoke City 1-0 Birmingham City20/11/1976

VLeicester 2-6 Birmingham City04/12/1976

DEverton 2-2 Birmingham City18/12/1976

LLeeds United 1-0 Birmingham City02/02/1977

LLiverpool 4-1 Birmingham City05/02/1977

Overall

DBirmingham City 3-3 Arsenal18/01/1977

LBirmingham City 2-3 Manchester United22/01/1977

LBirmingham City 1-2 Leeds United29/01/1977

LLeeds United 1-0 Birmingham City02/02/1977

LLiverpool 4-1 Birmingham City05/02/1977

VBirmingham City 3-2 Norwich City12/02/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	5	9
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	5	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	6	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
7	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
9	Draws (Competition total)	6
5	Draws (Home / Away)	2
9	Losses (Competition total)	11
2	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	41
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.28	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.58
1.92	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.31
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.58
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.85

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tony Brown	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Kenny Burns
Tony Brown	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Kenny Burns
Tony Brown	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Trevor Francis
Tony Brown	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Trevor Francis
Bryan Robson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Kenny Burns

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

15 v

13 d

9 l

52 gf

33 ga

Away

37 matches

17 v

9 d

11 l

53 gf

42 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

75 matches

33 v

22 d

20 l

107 gf

76 ga

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

11 v

9 d

17 l

42 gf

53 ga

Away

37 matches

9 v

13 d

15 l

33 gf

52 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

75 matches

20 v

22 d

33 l

76 gf

107 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 18, 1960
Home	5 - 1	February 06, 1926

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 29, 1948
Away	2 - 0	September 16, 1964

Latest head to head

September 11, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Birmingham City

0 - 1

WBA

April 28, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

Birmingham City

3 - 2

WBA

August 30, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

WBA

2 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 27, 1968 - FA Cup 1967/1968

WBA

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 16, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

WBA

0 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Derek Kevan	7 goals	1958 - 1961
Ronald Allen	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Alec Jackson	4 goals	1960 - 1963
David Burnside	3 goals	1958 - 1961
Ken Foggo	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Jimmy Campbell	2 goals	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Johnny Gordon	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Bob Latchford	2 goals	1972 - 1973
Jimmy Harris	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Billy Rudd	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Bob Hatton	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Roger Hynd	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Don Howe	12 matches	1958 - 1963
Alec Jackson	10 matches	1960 - 1963
Derek Kevan	10 matches	1958 - 1962
Graham Williams	9 matches	1960 - 1964
Stan Jones	9 matches	1960 - 1964
Chuck Drury	8 matches	1958 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Trevor Smith	9 matches	1960 - 1963
Johnny Schofield	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Malcolm Beard	8 matches	1961 - 1964
Mike Hellawell	8 matches	1961 - 1964
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1964
Harry Hooper	6 matches	1958 - 1960