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Fulham 0-1 Birmingham City - December 16, 1961 / Division 1 1961/1962

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Division 1 1961/1962 - Round 22

Craven Cottage - London - England

December 16, 1961

0 - 1

Birmingham City

Kenneth Leek

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0' - Goal Kenneth Leek

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Fulham

0 - 1

Birmingham City

Fulham Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Fulham

Hewkins

Ken Hewkins

South Africa

B.date30/10/1929

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Dodgin Jr

Bill Dodgin Jr

England

B.date04/11/1931

Age30 years

positionDefender

Langley

Ernest J Langley

England

B.date07/02/1929

Age32 years

positionDefender

Key

Johnny Key

England

B.date05/11/1937

Age24 years

positionDefender

Cohen

George Cohen

England

B.date22/10/1939

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Mullery

Alan Mullery

England

B.date23/11/1941

Age20 years

positionRight Midfielder

Metchick

David Metchick

England

B.date14/08/1943

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Lowe

Edward Lowe

England

B.date11/07/1925

Age36 years

positionMidfield

Haynes

Johnny Haynes

England

B.date17/10/1934

Age27 years

positionForward

Cook

Maurice Cook

England

B.date10/12/1931

Age30 years

positionForward

Leggat

Graham Leggat

Scotland

B.date20/06/1934

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ken Hewkins	32	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Dodgin Jr	30	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ernest J Langley	32	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johnny Key	24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Cohen	22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Mullery	20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Metchick	18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Edward Lowe	36	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Haynes	27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Maurice Cook	30	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Graham Leggat	27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Schofield

Johnny Schofield

England

B.date08/02/1931

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Trevor Smith

England

B.date13/04/1936

Age25 years

positionDefender

Hennessey

William Hennessey

Wales

B.date01/09/1942

Age19 years

positionDefender

Sissons

Graham Sissons

England

B.date20/05/1934

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Lynn

Stan Lynn

England

B.date18/06/1928

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Beard

Malcolm Beard

England

B.date03/05/1942

Age19 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Auld

Bertie Auld

Scotland

B.date23/03/1938

Age23 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hellawell

Mike Hellawell

England

B.date30/06/1938

Age23 years

positionRight Winger

Orritt

Bryan Orritt

Wales

B.date22/02/1937

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

Harris

Jimmy Harris

England

B.date18/08/1933

Age28 years

positionForward

Leek0

Kenneth Leek

Wales

B.date26/07/1935

Age26 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Johnny Schofield	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Smith	25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Hennessey	19	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Sissons	27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stan Lynn	33	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Malcolm Beard	19	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bertie Auld	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Hellawell	23	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Orritt	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Harris	28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenneth Leek	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 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

Johnny Haynes

Pat O'Connell

OUT

Edward Lowe

David Edwards

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

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Manager

Age

Match num

Gilbert Merrick

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Merrick vs Fulham

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 1961

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Key figures

Fulham keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Birmingham City running (since 03/09/1960). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 21/02/1948-03/01/1953 time period (6 matches).

End of streak for Fulham after 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Birmingham City at home in Premier League (since 11/03/1950). It's a record streak. The first of history

Fulham keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Birmingham City at home in Premier League running (since 12/03/1960). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LFulham 3-5 Burnley30/09/1961

VFulham 3-1 Aston Villa07/10/1961

VFulham 2-0 West Ham21/10/1961

LFulham 0-1 Cardiff City04/11/1961

LFulham 0-1 Blackpool18/11/1961

LFulham 0-1 Wolverhampton02/12/1961

Overall

LFulham 0-1 Cardiff City04/11/1961

LTottenham 4-2 Fulham11/11/1961

LFulham 0-1 Blackpool18/11/1961

VBlackburn 0-2 Fulham25/11/1961

LFulham 0-1 Wolverhampton02/12/1961

LManchester United 3-0 Fulham09/12/1961

Current form

Away

VManchester United 0-2 Birmingham City14/10/1961

VAston Villa 1-3 Birmingham City28/10/1961

LBlackburn 2-0 Birmingham City11/11/1961

LEspanyol 5-2 Birmingham City15/11/1961

LSheffield United 3-1 Birmingham City25/11/1961

LTottenham 3-1 Birmingham City09/12/1961

Overall

LEspanyol 5-2 Birmingham City15/11/1961

VBirmingham City 4-0 West Ham18/11/1961

LSheffield United 3-1 Birmingham City25/11/1961

VBirmingham City 3-0 Cardiff City02/12/1961

VBirmingham City 1-0 Espanyol07/12/1961

LTottenham 3-1 Birmingham City09/12/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	3	2
Winless streak	3	2
Drawless streak	7	6
Goalless streak	3	2
Conceding streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	1
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	8	7
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
7	Victories (Competition total)	7
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
9	Losses (Competition total)	10
5	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.62	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.62
1.7	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.1
1.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.19
1.7	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.1

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (2 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

Maurice Cook	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Jimmy Harris
Graham Leggat	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Jimmy Harris
Ernest J Langley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Jimmy Harris
Ernest J Langley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jimmy Harris
Maurice Cook	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Kenneth Leek

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

9 v

5 d

6 l

36 gf

24 ga

Away

19 matches

5 v

5 d

9 l

27 gf

28 ga

Total

39 matches

14 v

10 d

15 l

63 gf

52 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

9 v

5 d

5 l

28 gf

27 ga

Away

20 matches

6 v

5 d

9 l

24 gf

36 ga

Total

39 matches

15 v

10 d

14 l

52 gf

63 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 25, 1921
Home	5 - 0	March 25, 1921

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	October 04, 1947
Away	3 - 2	February 04, 1959

Latest head to head

August 19, 1961 - Division 1 1961/1962

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Fulham

January 14, 1961 - Division 1 1960/1961

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Fulham

September 03, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Fulham

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

March 12, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Fulham

2 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

October 24, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Birmingham City

2 - 4

Fulham

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

	Pat O'Connell	2 goals	1960 - 1961
	Maurice Cook	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Fulham

Jimmy Singer	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Jimmy Bloomfield	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Billy Rudd	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Jimmy Harris	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Tony Macedo	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Ernest J Langley	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Alan Mullery	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Johnny Haynes	3 matches	1960 - 1961
George Cohen	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Edward Lowe	3 matches	1960 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Fulham

Dick Neal	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Brian Farmer	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Johnny Watts	3 matches	1960 - 1961
George Allen	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Colin Withers	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 matches	1961 - 1961