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Wolverhampton 5-1 Birmingham City - March 18, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 34

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

March 18, 1961

5 - 1

Birmingham City

Ted Farmer

13'

Jimmy Murray

32'

Ted Farmer

56'

Ted Farmer

65'

72'

Jimmy Singer

logo Wolverhampton WOL

5' - Goal Ted Farmer5

13' - Goal Ted Farmer13

32' - Goal Jimmy Murray32

logo Wolverhampton WOL

56' - Goal Ted Farmer56

65' - Goal Ted Farmer65

72' - Goal Jimmy Singer

logo Birmingham City BC

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

5 - 1

Birmingham City

Wolverhampton Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Finlayson

Malcolm Finlayson

Scotland

B.date14/06/1930

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Showell

George Showell

England

B.date09/02/1934

Age27 years

positionDefender

Slater

Bill Slater

England

B.date29/04/1927

Age33 years

positionVersatile Defender

Stuart

Eddie Stuart

South Africa

B.date12/05/1931

Age29 years

positionRight central defender

Clamp

Eddie Clamp

England

B.date14/09/1934

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Flowers

Ronald Flowers

England

B.date28/07/1934

Age26 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Deeley

Norman Deeley

England

B.date30/11/1933

Age27 years

H1m63

positionLeft Winger

Farmer5656513

Ted Farmer

England

B.date21/01/1940

Age21 years

positionForward

Mason

Bobby Mason

England

B.date22/03/1936

Age24 years

positionForward

Durandt

Cliff Durandt

South Africa

B.date16/04/1940

Age20 years

positionForward

Murray32

Jimmy Murray

England

B.date11/10/1935

Age25 years

H1m75

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Malcolm Finlayson		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Showell		27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Slater		33	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie Stuart		29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Clamp		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronald Flowers		26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Deeley		27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ted Farmer	5656513	21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Mason		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cliff Durandt		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Murray	32	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Withers

Colin Withers

England

B.date21/03/1940

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Trevor Smith

England

B.date13/04/1936

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

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

Bloomfield

Jimmy Bloomfield

England

B.date15/02/1934

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Watts

Johnny Watts

England

B.date13/04/1931

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Rudd

Billy Rudd

England

B.date13/12/1941

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Neal

Dick Neal

England

B.date01/10/1933

Age27 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Singer72

Jimmy Singer

Wales

B.date30/08/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

Orritt

Bryan Orritt

Wales

B.date22/02/1937

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

Harris

Jimmy Harris

England

B.date18/08/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Colin Withers		20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Smith		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Farmer		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Sissons		26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bloomfield		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Watts		29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Rudd		19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dick Neal		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Singer	72	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Orritt		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Harris		27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 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

Cliff Durandt

Gerry Mannion

OUT

Bill Slater

Gerry Harris

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bryan Orritt

Gordon Astall

OUT

Billy Rudd

Brian Taylor

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Stan Cullis

601

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Cullis vs Birmingham City

12 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1961

Cullis vs Merrick

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Gilbert Merrick

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Merrick vs Wolverhampton

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 1961

Merrick vs Cullis

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 1961

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Wolverhampton keeps its 7 consecutive wins vs Birmingham City at home running (since 06/05/1950). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/04/1933-05/11/1938 time period (7 matches).

Wolverhampton keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw vs Birmingham City in Premier League running (since 12/10/1957). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 11/03/1939 (6 matches)

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

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

1	Tottenham	53 pts	32 rd
2	Sheffield Wednesday	49 pts	33 rd
3	Wolverhampton	48 pts	35 rd
4	Burnley	37 pts	30 rd
5	Everton	37 pts	33 rd

General ranking

+3	16	Fulham	28 pts	34 rd
-1	17	Bolton Wanderers	27 pts	33 rd
-1	18	Birmingham City	27 pts	32 rd
-1	19	Manchester City	26 pts	31 rd
	20	Newcastle United	24 pts	33 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWolverhampton 6-1 Chelsea31/12/1960

DWolverhampton 1-1 Huddersfield Town07/01/1961

VWolverhampton 4-1 Everton21/01/1961

VWolverhampton 4-2 West Bromwich Albion28/01/1961

VWolverhampton 2-1 Manchester United11/02/1961

VWolverhampton 2-1 Newcastle United08/03/1961

Overall

VWolverhampton 2-1 Manchester United11/02/1961

DTottenham 1-1 Wolverhampton22/02/1961

LCardiff City 3-2 Wolverhampton25/02/1961

LBlackpool 5-2 Wolverhampton04/03/1961

VWolverhampton 2-1 Newcastle United08/03/1961

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Wolverhampton11/03/1961

Current form

Away

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Birmingham City31/12/1960

VNottingham Forest 0-2 Birmingham City07/01/1961

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

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Birmingham City11/02/1961

LLeicester 2-1 Birmingham City22/02/1961

LChelsea 3-2 Birmingham City04/03/1961

Overall

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Birmingham City11/02/1961

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester18/02/1961

LLeicester 2-1 Birmingham City22/02/1961

VBirmingham City 4-2 West Ham25/02/1961

LChelsea 3-2 Birmingham City04/03/1961

DBirmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa11/03/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	13	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	13	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	2
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	4	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	17
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	16

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	31
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
20	Victories (Competition total)	11
14	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	15
1	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

84	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
51	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
64	Goals conceded (Competition total)	61
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	40
2.47	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.55
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.31
1.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.97
1.53	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.5

Betting aid

27	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
25	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
4-2 (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

Ted Farmer	24 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Mike Hellawell
Jimmy Murray	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Mike Hellawell
Jimmy Murray	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jimmy Harris
Jimmy Murray	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ted Farmer	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Jimmy Singer

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

23 v

4 d

4 l

66 gf

29 ga

Away

30 matches

8 v

10 d

12 l

38 gf

47 ga

Total

61 matches

31 v

14 d

16 l

104 gf

76 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

12 v

10 d

8 l

47 gf

38 ga

Away

31 matches

4 v

4 d

23 l

29 gf

66 ga

Total

61 matches

16 v

14 d

31 l

76 gf

104 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 06, 1950
Home	6 - 1	May 06, 1950

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	November 13, 1920
Away	3 - 0	November 06, 1920

Latest head to head

October 29, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

December 19, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Wolverhampton

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

August 22, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

March 14, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Birmingham City

0 - 3

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

October 25, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Wolverhampton

3 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

	Jimmy Murray	1 goal	1960 - 1960
	Bobby Mason	1 goal	1960 - 1960

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Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

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Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Malcolm Finlayson	1 match	1960 - 1960
George Showell	1 match	1960 - 1960
Ronald Flowers	1 match	1960 - 1960
Peter Broadbent	1 match	1960 - 1960
Bobby Mason	1 match	1960 - 1960
Ted Farmer	1 match	1960 - 1960

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Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Johnny Gordon	1 match	1960 - 1960
Johnny Schofield	1 match	1960 - 1960
Graham Sissons	1 match	1960 - 1960
Ray Barlow	1 match	1960 - 1960
Dick Neal	1 match	1960 - 1960
Mike Hellawell	1 match	1960 - 1960

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Competition info

The other matches

March 18, 1961

Man United

1 1

Arsenal

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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March 21, 1961

Blackpool

0 0

Burnley

Line-ups available

March 22, 1961

Tottenham

1 2

Newcastle United

Line-ups available

March 28, 1961

Aston Villa

0 1

WBA

Line-ups available

April 10, 1961

Leicester

3 0

Cardiff City

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	53	32	25	3	4	93	40	+53
2	Sheffield Wednesday	49	33	20	9	4	63	34	+29
3	Wolverhampton	48	35	21	6	8	89	65	+24
4	Burnley	37	30	17	3	10	82	57	+25
5	Everton	37	33	16	5	12	65	58	+7
+56	Blackburn	34	33	13	8	12	62	61	+1
+27	Arsenal	34	34	13	8	13	66	68	-2
-28	Cardiff City	34	33	13	8	12	52	60	-8
-29	Leicester	33	31	14	5	12	65	55	+10
10	Manchester United	33	33	13	7	13	64	61	+3
-311	Aston Villa	33	31	13	7	11	62	60	+2
12	Nottingham Forest	30	33	12	6	15	48	60	-12
+113	Chelsea	29	33	11	7	15	74	80	-6
-114	West Ham	28	32	12	4	16	67	71	-4
15	West Bromwich Albion	28	34	12	4	18	53	66	-13
+316	Fulham	28	34	12	4	18	59	81	-22
-117	Bolton Wanderers	27	33	10	7	16	49	60	-11
-118	Birmingham City	27	32	11	5	16	49	66	-17
-119	Manchester City	26	31	10	6	15	61	74	-13
20	Newcastle United	24	33	8	8	17	72	90	-18
21	Preston North End	24	33	9	6	18	35	55	-20
22	Blackpool	22	32	8	6	18	56	64	-8

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Wolverhampton 5-1 Birmingham City - March 18, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

Wolverhampton

5 - 1

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

Cullis vs Birmingham City

Cullis vs Merrick

Manager

Merrick vs Wolverhampton

Merrick vs Cullis

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 Wolverhampton

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking