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Preston NE 2-3 Birmingham City - January 21, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

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43' - Goal Jimmy Singer

44' - Goal Alex Alston44

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50' - Goal Alex Alston50

52' - Goal Jimmy Bloomfield

70' - Goal Mike Hellawell

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Preston NE

2 - 3

Birmingham City

Preston NE Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Preston NE

Else

Fred Else

England

B.date31/03/1933

Age27 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Cunningham

William Cunningham

Scotland

B.date22/02/1925

Age35 years

positionDefender

Singleton

Tony Singleton

England

B.date30/03/1936

Age24 years

positionMidfield

O'Neill

John O'Neill

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/09/1935

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Wylie

John Wylie

England

B.date25/09/1936

Age24 years

positionMidfield

O'Farrell

Frank O'Farrell

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/10/1927

Age33 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Thompson

Peter Thompson

England

B.date27/11/1942

Age18 years

positionLeft Winger

Mayers

Derek Mayers

England

B.date24/01/1935

Age25 years

positionForward

Alston4450

Alex Alston

England

B.date26/02/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

Taylor

Samuel Taylor

Scotland

B.date23/09/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

Sneddon

David Sneddon

Scotland

B.date24/04/1936

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Fred Else		27	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Cunningham		35	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Singleton		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John O'Neill		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wylie		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank O'Farrell		33	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson		18	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Mayers		25	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Alston	4450	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Samuel Taylor		27	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Sneddon		24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Withers

Colin Withers

England

B.date21/03/1940

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

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

Sissons

Graham Sissons

England

B.date20/05/1934

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Watts

Johnny Watts

England

B.date13/04/1931

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Bloomfield52

Jimmy Bloomfield

England

B.date15/02/1934

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Neal

Dick Neal

England

B.date01/10/1933

Age27 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Taylor

Brian Taylor

England

B.date24/03/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

Singer43

Jimmy Singer

Wales

B.date30/08/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

Hellawell70

Mike Hellawell

England

B.date30/06/1938

Age22 years

positionRight Winger

Harris

Jimmy Harris

England

B.date18/08/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Colin Withers		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Allen		28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Farmer		27	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Sissons		26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Watts		29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bloomfield	52	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dick Neal		27	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Taylor		23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Singer	43	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Hellawell	70	22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Harris		27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 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

Samuel Taylor

Johnny Fullam

OUT

William Cunningham

George Ross

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Cliff Britton

220

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Britton vs Birmingham City

10 victories

4 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Britton vs Merrick

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Gilbert Merrick

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Merrick vs Preston NE

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

Merrick vs Britton

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 21, 1961

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Comments

Key figures

Preston NE keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored vs Birmingham City running (since 12/01/1957). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/01/1908-03/03/1923 time period (8 matches).

It's the first time Jimmy Singer scores 1 goal vs Preston North End in his professional career

The last time Preston NE has ended with the score 2-3 vs Birmingham City, It was on the 03/03/1923

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

-1	18	Manchester City	21 pts	25 rd
+1	19	Bolton Wanderers	21 pts	26 rd
-1	20	Newcastle United	20 pts	27 rd
	21	Blackpool	16 pts	25 rd
	22	Preston North End	15 pts	26 rd

General ranking

+1	11	Blackburn	25 pts	27 rd
-2	12	Cardiff City	25 pts	27 rd
+1	13	Birmingham City	24 pts	27 rd
+2	14	Nottingham Forest	23 pts	27 rd
-2	15	Fulham	23 pts	27 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DPreston North End 1-1 Aston Villa12/11/1960

DPreston North End 3-3 Aston Villa15/11/1960

LPreston North End 0-1 Tottenham10/12/1960

LPreston North End 0-1 Nottingham Forest26/12/1960

DPreston North End 1-1 Cardiff City31/12/1960

DPreston North End 1-1 Accrington Stanley 1891-196607/01/1961

Overall

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Preston North End24/12/1960

LPreston North End 0-1 Nottingham Forest26/12/1960

DPreston North End 1-1 Cardiff City31/12/1960

DPreston North End 1-1 Accrington Stanley 1891-196607/01/1961

VAccrington Stanley 1891-1966 0-4 Preston North End09/01/1961

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Preston North End14/01/1961

Current form

Away

LTottenham 6-0 Birmingham City19/11/1960

DKB Copenhague 4-4 Birmingham City23/11/1960

VBlackpool 1-2 Birmingham City03/12/1960

DNewcastle United 2-2 Birmingham City24/12/1960

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Birmingham City31/12/1960

VNottingham Forest 0-2 Birmingham City07/01/1961

Overall

DBirmingham City 2-2 Bolton Wanderers17/12/1960

DNewcastle United 2-2 Birmingham City24/12/1960

VBirmingham City 2-1 Newcastle United26/12/1960

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Birmingham City31/12/1960

VNottingham Forest 0-2 Birmingham City07/01/1961

VBirmingham City 1-0 Fulham14/01/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	7	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	7	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

22	General ranking (Competition total)	14
21	General ranking (Home / Away)	18

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
5	Victories (Competition total)	9
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
15	Losses (Competition total)	13
5	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	38
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	52
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	34
0.92	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.46
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.23
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.62

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-3 (2 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

Alex Alston	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Mike Hellawell
David Sneddon	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Mike Hellawell
Alex Alston	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Alex Alston	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Peter Thompson	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Jimmy Singer

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

16 v

6 d

3 l

51 gf

20 ga

Away

28 matches

6 v

4 d

18 l

27 gf

51 ga

Total

53 matches

22 v

10 d

21 l

78 gf

71 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

18 v

4 d

6 l

51 gf

27 ga

Away

25 matches

3 v

6 d

16 l

20 gf

51 ga

Total

53 matches

21 v

10 d

22 l

71 gf

78 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	February 01, 1958
Home	8 - 0	February 01, 1958

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	February 07, 1959
Away	1 - 0	November 24, 1934

Latest head to head

September 10, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Birmingham City

1 - 3

Preston NE

January 23, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Preston NE

September 12, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Preston NE

3 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 07, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Birmingham City

5 - 1

Preston NE

September 20, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Preston NE

3 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Alex Alston	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Samuel Taylor	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Derek Mayers	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Dennis Hatsell	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Gil Lambert	1 goal	1959 - 1959
David Sneddon	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Preston NE

Bunny Larkin	3 goals	1959 - 1960
Johnny Gordon	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Dick Neal	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Gordon Astall	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Robin Stubbs	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Bryan Orritt	1 goal	1959 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Fred Else	4 matches	1958 - 1960
William Cunningham	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Joe Dunn	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Joe Walton	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Gordon Milne	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Tom Finney	3 matches	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Preston NE

Dick Neal	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Johnny Watts	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Johnny Schofield	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Trevor Smith	4 matches	1959 - 1960
George Allen	4 matches	1959 - 1960
Harry Hooper	4 matches	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 21, 1961

Manchester City

3 3

Newcastle United

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	48	27	23	2	2	85	32	+53
2	Wolverhampton	38	26	17	4	5	70	49	+21
3	Sheffield Wednesday	36	26	14	8	4	50	30	+20
4	Burnley	33	26	16	1	9	73	48	+25
5	Everton	32	26	14	4	8	60	48	+12
6	Aston Villa	30	26	13	4	9	56	52	+4
7	Arsenal	28	27	12	4	11	54	54	0
+18	Leicester	27	27	11	5	11	54	48	+6
+29	West Ham	26	26	11	4	11	59	56	+3
-210	Manchester United	26	26	11	4	11	52	51	+1
+111	Blackburn	25	27	10	5	12	54	58	-4
-212	Cardiff City	25	27	9	7	11	37	46	-9
+113	Birmingham City	24	27	10	4	13	41	54	-13
+214	Nottingham Forest	23	27	9	5	13	42	55	-13
-215	Fulham	23	27	10	3	14	50	69	-19
+216	West Bromwich Albion	22	27	9	4	14	42	51	-9
-217	Chelsea	21	26	9	3	14	61	68	-7
-118	Manchester City	21	25	8	5	12	51	62	-11
+119	Bolton Wanderers	21	26	8	5	13	39	50	-11
-120	Newcastle United	20	27	7	6	14	60	75	-15
21	Blackpool	16	25	6	4	15	43	54	-11
22	Preston North End	15	26	5	5	16	25	48	-23

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Preston NE 2-3 Birmingham City - January 21, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

Preston NE

2 - 3

Birmingham City

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

Britton vs Birmingham City

Britton vs Merrick

Manager

Merrick vs Preston NE

Merrick vs Britton

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 Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Preston NE

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Preston NE

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking