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Birmingham City 4-2 West Ham - February 25, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 31

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

February 25, 1961

Birmingham City

4 - 2

West Ham

Dick Neal

18'

Jimmy Harris

28'

(penalty) Jimmy Harris

52'

Jimmy Bloomfield

66'

Malcolm Musgrove

10'

Tony Scott

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3' - Goal Malcolm Musgrove

10' - Goal Tony Scott

18' - Goal Dick Neal18

28' - Goal Jimmy Harris28

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52' - Goal Jimmy Harris52

66' - Goal Jimmy Bloomfield66

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

4 - 2

West Ham

Birmingham City West Ham

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Withers

Colin Withers

England

B.date21/03/1940

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Sissons

Graham Sissons

England

B.date20/05/1934

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Allen

George Allen

England

B.date23/01/1932

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Farmer

Brian Farmer

England

B.date29/07/1933

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Watts

Johnny Watts

England

B.date13/04/1931

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Bloomfield66

Jimmy Bloomfield

England

B.date15/02/1934

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Neal18

Dick Neal

England

B.date01/10/1933

Age27 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Harris2852

Jimmy Harris

England

B.date18/08/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

Taylor

Brian Taylor

England

B.date24/03/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

Gordon

Johnny Gordon

England

B.date11/09/1931

Age29 years

positionForward

Astall

Gordon Astall

England

B.date22/09/1927

Age33 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Colin Withers		20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Sissons		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Allen		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Farmer		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Watts		29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bloomfield	66	27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dick Neal	18	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Harris	2852	27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Taylor		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Gordon		29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Astall		33	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

West Ham

Rhodes

Brian Rhodes

England

B.date23/10/1937

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Moore

Bobby Moore

England

B.date12/04/1941

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Kirkup

Joe Kirkup

England

B.date17/12/1939

Age21 years

positionDefender

Lyall

John Lyall

England

B.date24/02/1940

Age21 years

positionDefender

Brown

Ken Brown

England

B.date16/02/1934

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Malcolm

Andy Malcolm

England

B.date04/05/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

Woosnam

Phillip Woosnam

Wales

B.date22/12/1932

Age28 years

positionForward

Musgrove3

Malcolm Musgrove

England

B.date08/07/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

Dick

John Dick

Scotland

B.date19/03/1930

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Obeney

Harry Obeney

England

B.date09/03/1938

Age22 years

positionForward

Scott10

Tony Scott

England

B.date01/04/1941

Age19 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brian Rhodes		23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moore		19	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Kirkup		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Lyall		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken Brown		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Malcolm		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Phillip Woosnam		28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Musgrove	3	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Dick		30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Obeney		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Scott	10	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Gilbert Merrick

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Merrick vs West Ham

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 1961

Merrick vs Fenton

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Fenton

478

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Fenton vs Birmingham City

3 victories

1 draw

12 losses

Latest figure on February 25, 1961

Fenton vs Merrick

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 1961

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Comments

Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw vs West Ham in Premier League running (since 23/03/1929). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/12/1927 (4 matches)

Birmingham City keeps its 15 matches with at least one goal scored vs West Ham running (since 09/12/1950). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/04/1926 (9 matches)

Birmingham City keeps its 4 consecutive wins vs West Ham at home in Premier League running (since 12/12/1931). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

+1	12	Nottingham Forest	29 pts	31 rd
-2	13	West Ham	28 pts	29 rd
+3	14	Birmingham City	26 pts	29 rd
-1	15	Chelsea	25 pts	30 rd
+2	16	Fulham	25 pts	31 rd

General ranking

+1	11	Blackburn	29 pts	30 rd
+1	12	Nottingham Forest	29 pts	31 rd
-2	13	West Ham	28 pts	29 rd
+3	14	Birmingham City	26 pts	29 rd
-1	15	Chelsea	25 pts	30 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBirmingham City 2-4 Everton10/12/1960

DBirmingham City 2-2 Bolton Wanderers17/12/1960

VBirmingham City 2-1 Newcastle United26/12/1960

VBirmingham City 1-0 Fulham14/01/1961

VBirmingham City 4-0 Rotherham United28/01/1961

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester18/02/1961

Overall

VBirmingham City 1-0 Fulham14/01/1961

VPreston North End 2-3 Birmingham City21/01/1961

VBirmingham City 4-0 Rotherham United28/01/1961

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Birmingham City11/02/1961

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester18/02/1961

LLeicester 2-1 Birmingham City22/02/1961

Current form

Away

VManchester City 1-2 West Ham12/11/1960

DNewcastle United 5-5 West Ham10/12/1960

LTottenham 2-0 West Ham24/12/1960

LBolton Wanderers 3-1 West Ham31/12/1960

LStoke City 1-0 West Ham11/01/1961

LBlackpool 3-0 West Ham04/02/1961

Overall

DWest Ham 2-2 Stoke City07/01/1961

LStoke City 1-0 West Ham11/01/1961

DWest Ham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday14/01/1961

VWest Ham 3-1 Chelsea21/01/1961

LBlackpool 3-0 West Ham04/02/1961

VWest Ham 4-0 Everton11/02/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	2
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	4	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	30	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

17	General ranking (Competition total)	11
16	General ranking (Home / Away)	22

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	28
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
10	Victories (Competition total)	12
7	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
14	Losses (Competition total)	12
4	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

41	Goals scored (Competition total)	63
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
55	Goals conceded (Competition total)	59
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	36
1.46	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.25
1.69	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.23
1.96	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.11
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.77

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	22
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (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	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Dave Dunmore
Johnny Gordon	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Dave Dunmore
Mike Hellawell	5 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	John Dick

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

12 v

2 d

6 l

35 gf

19 ga

Away

22 matches

11 v

5 d

6 l

37 gf

34 ga

Total

42 matches

23 v

7 d

12 l

72 gf

53 ga

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

6 v

5 d

11 l

34 gf

37 ga

Away

20 matches

6 v

2 d

12 l

19 gf

35 ga

Total

42 matches

12 v

7 d

23 l

53 gf

72 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 16, 1946
Home	3 - 0	February 28, 1959

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 04, 1933
Away	2 - 0	November 08, 1930

Latest head to head

October 08, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

West Ham

4 - 3

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 28, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

West Ham

3 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 26, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Birmingham City

2 - 0

West Ham

February 28, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Birmingham City

3 - 0

West Ham

October 11, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

West Ham

1 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against West Ham

	Mike Hellawell	2 goals	1960 - 1960
	Billy Rudd	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Mike Grice	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Dave Dunmore	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Malcolm Musgrove	1 goal	1960 - 1960

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Players with most games played vs West Ham

Johnny Schofield	1 match	1960 - 1960
Graham Sissons	1 match	1960 - 1960
Billy Rudd	1 match	1960 - 1960
Johnny Watts	1 match	1960 - 1960
Gordon Astall	1 match	1960 - 1960
Johnny Gordon	1 match	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Mike Grice	1 match	1960 - 1960
Malcolm Musgrove	1 match	1960 - 1960
Phillip Woosnam	1 match	1960 - 1960
Brian Rhodes	1 match	1960 - 1960
John Bond	1 match	1960 - 1960
Ken Brown	1 match	1960 - 1960

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Competition info

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February 25, 1961

Burnley

1 1

Blackburn

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	53	31	25	3	3	91	37	+54
+12	Sheffield Wednesday	44	30	18	8	4	61	34	+27
-13	Wolverhampton	43	31	19	5	7	80	58	+22
4	Burnley	36	29	17	2	10	78	53	+25
+15	Leicester	33	30	14	5	11	65	54	+11
-16	Everton	33	30	14	5	11	62	56	+6
+27	Cardiff City	32	31	12	8	11	49	55	-6
-18	Aston Villa	31	29	13	5	11	59	57	+2
-19	Arsenal	31	31	13	5	13	63	65	-2
10	Manchester United	29	30	12	5	13	59	58	+1
+111	Blackburn	29	30	11	7	12	57	60	-3
+112	Nottingham Forest	29	31	12	5	14	48	59	-11
-213	West Ham	28	29	12	4	13	65	63	+2
+314	Birmingham City	26	29	11	4	14	45	57	-12
-115	Chelsea	25	30	10	5	15	66	73	-7
+216	Fulham	25	31	11	3	17	55	77	-22
-217	Manchester City	24	28	9	6	13	57	66	-9
-218	Bolton Wanderers	24	30	9	6	15	44	57	-13
19	West Bromwich Albion	24	32	10	4	18	50	65	-15
20	Newcastle United	23	31	8	7	16	70	87	-17
+121	Preston North End	21	30	8	5	17	30	53	-23
-122	Blackpool	19	29	7	5	17	51	61	-10

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Birmingham City 4-2 West Ham - February 25, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

Birmingham City

4 - 2

West Ham

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 West Ham

Merrick vs Fenton

Manager

Fenton vs Birmingham City

Fenton vs Merrick

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 West Ham

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking