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Birmingham City 2-1 Newcastle United - December 26, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 24

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

December 26, 1960

2 - 1

Newcastle United

Jimmy Bloomfield

Mike Hellawell

Charles Woods

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0' - Goal Jimmy Bloomfield photo Mike Hellawell

0' - Goal Mike Hellawell0

0' - Goal Charles Woods

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Newcastle United

Birmingham City Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Withers

Colin Withers

England

B.date21/03/1940

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Trevor Smith

England

B.date13/04/1936

Age24 years

positionDefender

Allen

George Allen

England

B.date23/01/1932

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Farmer

Brian Farmer

England

B.date29/07/1933

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Barlow

Ray Barlow

England

B.date17/08/1926

Age34 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Neal

Dick Neal

England

B.date01/10/1933

Age27 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Bloomfield0

Jimmy Bloomfield

England

B.date15/02/1934

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Gordon

Johnny Gordon

England

B.date11/09/1931

Age29 years

positionForward

Hellawell0

Mike Hellawell

England

B.date30/06/1938

Age22 years

positionRight Winger

Harris

Jimmy Harris

England

B.date18/08/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

Taylor

Brian Taylor

England

B.date24/03/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Colin Withers	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Smith	24	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Allen	28	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Farmer	27	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Barlow	34	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dick Neal	27	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bloomfield	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Gordon	29	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Hellawell	22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Harris	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Taylor	23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

Harvey

Bryan Harvey

England

B.date26/08/1938

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Keith

Richard Keith

Northern Ireland

B.date15/05/1933

Age27 years

positionDefender

Bell

Jackie Bell

England

B.date17/10/1939

Age21 years

positionDefender

Thompson

Bill Thompson

England

B.date05/01/1940

Age20 years

positionDefender

McKinney

Bill McKinney

Northern Ireland

B.date20/07/1936

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Neale

Duncan Neale

England

B.date01/10/1939

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hughes

Gordon Hughes

England

B.date19/06/1936

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

Woods0

Charles Woods

England

B.date18/03/1941

Age19 years

positionForward

Luke

George Luke

England

B.date17/12/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

Scanlon

Albert Scanlon

England

B.date10/10/1935

Age25 years

H1m78

positionForward

White

Len White

England

B.date23/03/1930

Age30 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bryan Harvey	22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Keith	27	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jackie Bell	21	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Thompson	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill McKinney	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Duncan Neale	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Hughes	24	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charles Woods	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Luke	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Albert Scanlon	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Len White	30	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

George Luke

Bobby Mitchell

OUT

Bill Thompson

Alfred McMichael

OUT

Bill McKinney

Bob Stokoe

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gilbert Merrick

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Merrick vs Newcastle United

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1960

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Videos

Comments

Key figures

Gilbert Merrick has registered 50 goal(s) conceded in Premier League since the 01/07/1960 as the manager of Birmingham City next after this match..

Birmingham City keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Newcastle United running (since 29/04/1959). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/12/1948-11/01/1958 time period (9 matches).

It's the first time Charles Woods scores 1 goal vs Birmingham City in his professional career with Newcastle United

Read the next 6 key stats

General ranking

-3	15	Manchester City	20 pts	22 rd
+1	16	Nottingham Forest	20 pts	24 rd
+1	17	Birmingham City	20 pts	24 rd
-2	18	Newcastle United	18 pts	24 rd
	19	Bolton Wanderers	16 pts	23 rd

General ranking

+1	16	Nottingham Forest	20 pts	24 rd
+1	17	Birmingham City	20 pts	24 rd
-2	18	Newcastle United	18 pts	24 rd
	19	Bolton Wanderers	16 pts	23 rd
	20	Blackpool	15 pts	22 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester United12/11/1960

DBirmingham City 0-0 Plymouth14/11/1960

LBirmingham City 0-2 Leicester26/11/1960

VBirmingham City 5-0 KB Copenhague07/12/1960

LBirmingham City 2-4 Everton10/12/1960

DBirmingham City 2-2 Bolton Wanderers17/12/1960

Overall

LBirmingham City 0-2 Leicester26/11/1960

VBlackpool 1-2 Birmingham City03/12/1960

VBirmingham City 5-0 KB Copenhague07/12/1960

LBirmingham City 2-4 Everton10/12/1960

DBirmingham City 2-2 Bolton Wanderers17/12/1960

DNewcastle United 2-2 Birmingham City24/12/1960

Current form

Away

LAston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United08/10/1960

LColchester United 4-1 Newcastle United10/10/1960

LManchester United 3-2 Newcastle United22/10/1960

LChelsea 4-2 Newcastle United05/11/1960

LEverton 5-0 Newcastle United19/11/1960

LBolton Wanderers 2-1 Newcastle United03/12/1960

Overall

LEverton 5-0 Newcastle United19/11/1960

VNewcastle United 3-1 Blackburn26/11/1960

LBolton Wanderers 2-1 Newcastle United03/12/1960

DNewcastle United 5-5 West Ham10/12/1960

DNewcastle United 0-0 Preston North End17/12/1960

DNewcastle United 2-2 Birmingham City24/12/1960

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	3
Loosing streak	8	0
Unbeaten streak	0	3
Winless streak	8	4
Drawless streak	13	0
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	8	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

18	General ranking (Competition total)	16
16	General ranking (Home / Away)	21

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
7	Victories (Competition total)	7
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
12	Losses (Competition total)	12
4	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	63
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	33
1.52	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.22
1.73	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.3
2.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.74
1.55	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3.3

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-5 (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

Mike Hellawell	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	Len White
Johnny Gordon	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Len White
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Bob Stokoe
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Bob Stokoe
Mike Hellawell	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Bobby Mitchell

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

15 v

7 d

10 l

57 gf

44 ga

Away

33 matches

6 v

10 d

17 l

35 gf

64 ga

Total

65 matches

21 v

17 d

27 l

92 gf

108 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

17 v

10 d

6 l

64 gf

35 ga

Away

32 matches

10 v

7 d

15 l

44 gf

57 ga

Total

65 matches

27 v

17 d

21 l

108 gf

92 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 05, 1956
Home	6 - 1	September 05, 1956

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	November 23, 1907
Away	4 - 0	January 21, 1922

Latest head to head

December 24, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Newcastle United

2 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 02, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

August 26, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Birmingham City

4 - 3

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

April 29, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Newcastle United

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 15, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Harry Hooper	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Bryan Orritt	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Johnny Gordon	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Bunny Larkin	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Mike Hellawell	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Robin Stubbs	1 goal	1959 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

George Eastham	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Len White	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Bobby Mitchell	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Ivor Allchurch	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Albert Scanlon	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

George Allen	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Johnny Gordon	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Dick Neal	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Trevor Smith	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Brian Taylor	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Harry Hooper	4 matches	1958 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Richard Keith	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Alfred McMichael	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Bryan Harvey	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Ivor Allchurch	4 matches	1958 - 1959
Len White	4 matches	1958 - 1960
George Eastham	4 matches	1958 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 1960

Burnley

1 3

Everton

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December 27, 1960

Blackburn

2 0

Blackpool

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	44	24	21	2	1	76	26	+50
2	Wolverhampton	34	24	15	4	5	60	47	+13
3	Everton	32	23	14	4	5	58	37	+21
4	Sheffield Wednesday	31	23	12	7	4	41	28	+13
5	Burnley	29	22	14	1	7	64	42	+22
6	Aston Villa	28	24	13	2	9	52	48	+4
+17	Arsenal	24	24	10	4	10	42	43	-1
-18	West Ham	23	23	10	3	10	54	51	+3
+19	Fulham	23	24	10	3	11	48	60	-12
+410	Manchester United	22	23	9	4	10	45	44	+1
+211	Leicester	22	24	9	4	11	43	46	-3
-312	Blackburn	21	23	9	3	11	47	50	-3
+213	Cardiff City	21	23	8	5	10	32	41	-9
-314	Chelsea	20	23	9	2	12	58	58	0
-315	Manchester City	20	22	8	4	10	43	49	-6
+116	Nottingham Forest	20	24	8	4	12	35	47	-12
+117	Birmingham City	20	24	8	4	12	37	50	-13
-218	Newcastle United	18	24	7	4	13	52	65	-13
19	Bolton Wanderers	16	23	6	4	13	32	47	-15
20	Blackpool	15	22	6	3	13	40	47	-7
21	West Bromwich Albion	15	23	6	3	14	35	48	-13
22	Preston North End	14	23	5	4	14	21	41	-20

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Birmingham City 2-1 Newcastle United - December 26, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Newcastle United

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Merrick vs Newcastle United

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking