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Birmingham City 2-3 Tottenham - April 08, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 39

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

April 08, 1961

Birmingham City

2 - 3

Tottenham

Jimmy Harris

(penalty) Jimmy Harris

John White

Bobby Smith

Les Allen

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0' - Goal Jimmy Harris photo Jimmy Harris

0' - Goal Jimmy Harris0

0' - Goal John White photo Bobby Smith

0' - Goal Bobby Smith photo Les Allen

0' - Goal Les Allen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

2 - 3

Tottenham

Birmingham City Tottenham

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Withers

Colin Withers

England

B.date21/03/1940

Age21 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Trevor Smith

England

B.date13/04/1936

Age24 years

positionDefender

Hennessey

William Hennessey

Wales

B.date01/09/1942

Age18 years

positionDefender

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

Bloomfield

Jimmy Bloomfield

England

B.date15/02/1934

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Neal

Dick Neal

England

B.date01/10/1933

Age27 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Harris00

Jimmy Harris

England

B.date18/08/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

Taylor

Brian Taylor

England

B.date24/03/1937

Age24 years

positionForward

Orritt

Bryan Orritt

Wales

B.date22/02/1937

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

Hellawell

Mike Hellawell

England

B.date30/06/1938

Age22 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Colin Withers	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Smith	24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Hennessey	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Allen	29	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Farmer	27	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bloomfield	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dick Neal	27	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Harris	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Taylor	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Orritt	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Hellawell	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Tottenham

Brown

Bill Brown

Scotland

B.date08/10/1931

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Norman

Maurice Norman

England

B.date08/05/1934

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Henry

Ron Henry

England

B.date17/08/1934

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Baker

Peter Baker

England

B.date10/12/1931

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Mackay

Dave Mackay

Scotland

B.date14/11/1934

Age26 years

H1m72

positionLeft Midfielder

Blanchflower

Danny Blanchflower

Northern Ireland

B.date10/02/1926

Age35 years

positionMidfield

White0

John White

Scotland

B.date28/04/1937

Age23 years

positionPlaymaker

Jones

Cliff Jones

Wales

B.date07/02/1935

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft Winger

Dyson

Terry Dyson

England

B.date29/11/1934

Age26 years

positionForward

Smith0

Bobby Smith

England

B.date22/02/1933

Age28 years

positionStriker

Allen0

Les Allen

England

B.date04/09/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bill Brown	29	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maurice Norman	26	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Henry	26	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Baker	29	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Mackay	26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Blanchflower	35	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John White	23	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cliff Jones	26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Dyson	26	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Smith	28	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Les Allen	23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

100

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brian Taylor

Billy Rudd

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Terry Dyson

Terry Medwin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gilbert Merrick

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Merrick vs Tottenham

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1961

Merrick vs Nicholson

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Nicholson

124

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Nicholson vs Birmingham City

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1961

Nicholson vs Merrick

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 08, 1961

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Tottenham at home running (since 11/04/1959). It's a record streak. The first of history

Birmingham City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Tottenham at home in Premier League running (since 11/04/1959). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Jimmy Harris scored at least 2 goals during the same game in Premier League with Birmingham City , it was on the 25/02/1961 (avec Birmingham City vs West Ham )

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General ranking

	12	Nottingham Forest	36 pts	38 rd
+1	13	Cardiff City	35 pts	38 rd
-1	14	Birmingham City	34 pts	38 rd
	15	Chelsea	33 pts	38 rd
	16	West Ham	33 pts	38 rd

General ranking

1	Tottenham	62 pts	38 rd
2	Sheffield Wednesday	56 pts	38 rd
3	Wolverhampton	53 pts	39 rd
4	Burnley	44 pts	36 rd
5	Everton	44 pts	39 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester18/02/1961

VBirmingham City 4-2 West Ham25/02/1961

DBirmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa11/03/1961

VBirmingham City 3-2 Manchester City22/03/1961

DBirmingham City 1-1 Blackburn25/03/1961

VBirmingham City 2-1 Cardiff City03/04/1961

Overall

LWolverhampton 5-1 Birmingham City18/03/1961

VBirmingham City 3-2 Manchester City22/03/1961

DBirmingham City 1-1 Blackburn25/03/1961

VCardiff City 0-2 Birmingham City31/03/1961

LEverton 1-0 Birmingham City01/04/1961

VBirmingham City 2-1 Cardiff City03/04/1961

Current form

Away

VAston Villa 0-2 Tottenham18/02/1961

VManchester City 0-1 Tottenham25/02/1961

DSunderland 1-1 Tottenham04/03/1961

LCardiff City 3-2 Tottenham11/03/1961

DFulham 0-0 Tottenham25/03/1961

VChelsea 2-3 Tottenham03/04/1961

Overall

VTottenham 3-0 Burnley18/03/1961

LTottenham 1-2 Newcastle United22/03/1961

DFulham 0-0 Tottenham25/03/1961

VTottenham 4-2 Chelsea31/03/1961

VTottenham 5-0 Preston North End01/04/1961

VChelsea 2-3 Tottenham03/04/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	10	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	12	1
Conceding streak	6	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

13	General ranking (Competition total)	1
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
14	Victories (Competition total)	28
10	Victories (Home / Away)	15
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
4	Draws (Home / Away)	1
17	Losses (Competition total)	5
4	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	106
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	45
71	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
25	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.54	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.86
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.37
1.92	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.24
1.39	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.11

Betting aid

24	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	29
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	15
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
26	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	26
14	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (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

Mike Hellawell	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	24 goals	Bobby Smith
Jimmy Harris	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	Bobby Smith
Jimmy Harris	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Danny Blanchflower
Jimmy Harris	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jimmy Harris	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 3 matches	Cliff Jones

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

11 v

5 d

5 l

31 gf

20 ga

Away

21 matches

5 v

6 d

10 l

22 gf

45 ga

Total

42 matches

16 v

11 d

15 l

53 gf

65 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

10 v

6 d

5 l

45 gf

22 ga

Away

21 matches

5 v

5 d

11 l

20 gf

31 ga

Total

42 matches

15 v

11 d

16 l

65 gf

53 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 11, 1959
Home	5 - 1	April 11, 1959

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 19, 1960
Away	3 - 0	April 01, 1922

Latest head to head

November 19, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Tottenham

6 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 02, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Tottenham

August 29, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Tottenham

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 11, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Birmingham City

5 - 1

Tottenham

November 22, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Tottenham

0 - 4

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Bunny Larkin	3 goals	1958 - 1959
Harry Hooper	2 goals	1958 - 1959
Robin Stubbs	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Brian Taylor	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Johnny Gordon	1 goal	1959 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Alfie Stokes	5 goals	1957 - 1957
Terry Dyson	3 goals	1957 - 1960
Cliff Jones	3 goals	1959 - 1960
John White	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Bobby Smith	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Les Allen	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

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

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Peter Baker	7 matches	1957 - 1960
Danny Blanchflower	7 matches	1957 - 1960
Bobby Smith	6 matches	1957 - 1960
Thomas Harmer	6 matches	1957 - 1960
Maurice Norman	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Melvyn Hopkins	5 matches	1957 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	62	38	29	4	5	109	48	+61
2	Sheffield Wednesday	56	38	22	12	4	73	39	+34
3	Wolverhampton	53	39	23	7	9	94	69	+25
4	Burnley	44	36	19	6	11	92	64	+28
5	Everton	44	39	19	6	14	76	66	+10
+16	Arsenal	41	39	15	11	13	74	73	+1
-17	Blackburn	40	39	14	12	13	72	70	+2
8	Aston Villa	39	38	15	9	14	71	69	+2
9	Leicester	38	36	15	8	13	74	61	+13
10	Manchester United	38	38	15	8	15	71	70	+1
11	West Bromwich Albion	37	39	16	5	18	61	68	-7
12	Nottingham Forest	36	38	14	8	16	56	68	-12
+113	Cardiff City	35	38	13	9	16	55	73	-18
-114	Birmingham City	34	38	14	6	18	59	74	-15
15	Chelsea	33	38	13	7	18	91	91	0
16	West Ham	33	38	13	7	18	72	82	-10
17	Bolton Wanderers	31	38	11	9	18	53	67	-14
18	Fulham	31	39	12	7	20	65	91	-26
19	Manchester City	30	37	11	8	18	68	83	-15
20	Newcastle United	28	39	9	10	20	77	104	-27
21	Preston North End	28	38	10	8	20	40	65	-25
22	Blackpool	27	38	10	7	21	60	68	-8

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Birmingham City 2-3 Tottenham - April 08, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

Birmingham City

2 - 3

Tottenham

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 Tottenham

Merrick vs Nicholson

Manager

Nicholson vs Birmingham City

Nicholson 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 Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking