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Arsenal 4-1 Birmingham City - November 05, 1963 / Division 1 1963/1964

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Division 1 1963/1964 - Round 24

Highbury - London - England

November 05, 1963

Arsenal

4 - 1

Birmingham City

Geoff Strong

Joe Baker

Jimmy Bloomfield

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0' - Goal Geoff Strong photo Joe Baker

0' - Goal Joe Baker photo Joe Baker

0' - Goal Joe Baker0

0' - Goal Jimmy Bloomfield

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

4 - 1

Birmingham City

Arsenal Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age22 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Strong0

Geoff Strong

England

B.date19/11/1937

Age25 years

positionLeft central defender

Clarke

Fred Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date04/11/1941

Age22 years

positionDefender

Neill

Terry Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date08/05/1942

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Magill

Jimmy Magill

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1939

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Eastham

George Eastham

England

B.date23/09/1936

Age27 years

positionMidfield

MacLeod

John MacLeod

Scotland

B.date23/11/1938

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Anderson

Terry Anderson

England

B.date11/03/1944

Age19 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Barnwell

John Barnwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/12/1938

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Brown

Laurie Brown

England

B.date22/08/1937

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Baker000

Joe Baker

England

B.date17/07/1940

Age23 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Strong	25	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fred Clarke	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Neill	21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Magill	24	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Eastham	27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John MacLeod	24	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Anderson	19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnwell	24	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Laurie Brown	26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Baker	23	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Withers

Colin Withers

England

B.date21/03/1940

Age23 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Trevor Smith

England

B.date13/04/1936

Age27 years

positionDefender

Hennessey

William Hennessey

Wales

B.date01/09/1942

Age21 years

positionDefender

Green

Colin Green

Wales

B.date10/02/1942

Age21 years

positionDefender

Lynn

Stan Lynn

England

B.date18/06/1928

Age35 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Bloomfield0

Jimmy Bloomfield

England

B.date15/02/1934

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Beard

Malcolm Beard

England

B.date03/05/1942

Age21 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Auld

Bertie Auld

Scotland

B.date23/03/1938

Age25 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bullock

Mike Bullock

England

B.date02/10/1946

Age17 years

positionStriker

Harley

Alex Harley

Scotland

B.date20/04/1936

Age27 years

positionForward

Hellawell

Mike Hellawell

England

B.date30/06/1938

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Colin Withers	23	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Smith	27	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Hennessey	21	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Green	21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stan Lynn	35	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bloomfield	29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Malcolm Beard	21	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bertie Auld	25	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Bullock	17	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Harley	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Hellawell	25	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fred Clarke

Ian Ure

OUT

Terry Neill

Billy McCullough

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Wright

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Wright vs Birmingham City

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 05, 1963

Wright vs Merrick

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 05, 1963

Manager

Age

Match num

Gilbert Merrick

175

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Merrick vs Arsenal

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on November 05, 1963

Merrick vs Wright

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 05, 1963

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Key figures

It's the first time Jimmy Bloomfield scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Only back at the time of Herbert Chapman head of (01/07/1925-06/01/1934), you can see a manager go over Billy Wright with 47% of wins in Premier League (48%).

It's the first time Joe Baker scores at least 3 goals during the same game vs in his professional career with

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-0 Aston Villa10/09/1963

VArsenal 2-1 Manchester United21/09/1963

VArsenal 6-0 Ipswich Town05/10/1963

DArsenal 4-4 Tottenham15/10/1963

LArsenal 2-3 Staevnet Copenhague22/10/1963

VArsenal 4-2 Nottingham Forest26/10/1963

Overall

VStoke City 1-2 Arsenal09/10/1963

DArsenal 4-4 Tottenham15/10/1963

LAston Villa 2-1 Arsenal19/10/1963

LArsenal 2-3 Staevnet Copenhague22/10/1963

VArsenal 4-2 Nottingham Forest26/10/1963

DSheffield United 2-2 Arsenal02/11/1963

Current form

Away

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Birmingham City18/09/1963

LNorwich City 2-0 Birmingham City25/09/1963

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Birmingham City28/09/1963

LTottenham 6-1 Birmingham City02/10/1963

LSheffield United 3-0 Birmingham City19/10/1963

VChelsea 2-3 Birmingham City02/11/1963

Overall

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Birmingham City28/09/1963

LTottenham 6-1 Birmingham City02/10/1963

LBirmingham City 0-2 Everton05/10/1963

LSheffield United 3-0 Birmingham City19/10/1963

DBirmingham City 2-2 Wolverhampton26/10/1963

VChelsea 2-3 Birmingham City02/11/1963

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	13	14
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	9	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	9	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	15
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
9	Victories (Competition total)	4
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
5	Losses (Competition total)	9
1	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
2.63	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.07
3.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
2.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
1.88	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.88

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-3 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Joe Baker	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Alex Harley
Joe Baker	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Bertie Auld
George Eastham	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Stan Lynn
George Eastham	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Stan Lynn
Geoff Strong	12 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Alex Harley

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

26 v

12 d

5 l

88 gf

36 ga

Away

42 matches

10 v

8 d

24 l

47 gf

85 ga

Total

85 matches

36 v

20 d

29 l

135 gf

121 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

24 v

8 d

10 l

85 gf

47 ga

Away

43 matches

5 v

12 d

26 l

36 gf

88 ga

Total

85 matches

29 v

20 d

36 l

121 gf

135 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 03, 1906
Home	5 - 0	March 03, 1906

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 03, 1955
Away	4 - 1	March 31, 1894

Latest head to head

August 29, 1962 - Division 1 1962/1963

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Arsenal

August 21, 1962 - Division 1 1962/1963

Arsenal

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 10, 1962 - Division 1 1961/1962

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Arsenal

September 23, 1961 - Division 1 1961/1962

Arsenal

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 14, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Danny R Clapton	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Geoff Strong	2 goals	1962 - 1962
David Herd	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Jackie Henderson	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Joe Baker	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Robin Stubbs	4 goals	1959 - 1960
Peter Murphy	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Bunny Larkin	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Jimmy Harris	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Gordon Astall	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Kenneth Leek	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Billy McCullough	8 matches	1959 - 1962
Jackie Henderson	7 matches	1959 - 1961
Alfred John Kelsey	6 matches	1959 - 1962
John Barnwell	6 matches	1959 - 1962
John Snedden	5 matches	1960 - 1962
Tommy Docherty	5 matches	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Trevor Smith	9 matches	1959 - 1962
Johnny Schofield	9 matches	1959 - 1962
Brian Farmer	7 matches	1959 - 1961
George Allen	6 matches	1959 - 1960
Dick Neal	6 matches	1959 - 1960
Johnny Watts	6 matches	1959 - 1960