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1965–66 Birmingham City F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Birmingham City F.C.
season	1965–66
manager
chairman	Clifford Coombs
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	St Andrew's
league	Football League Second Division
league result	10th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
(eliminated by Leicester City)
cup2	Football League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
(eliminated by Mansfield Town)
league topscorer	Geoff Vowden (21)
season topscorer	Geoff Vowden (23)
highest attendance	46,680 vs Leicester City, FA Cup 4th round 12 February 1966
lowest attendance	7,597 vs Leyton Orient, 8 September 1965
average attendance	14,398
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pattern_b1	_whitecollar
pattern_ra1	_whiteborder
pattern_sh1	_whitesides
leftarm1	000099
body1	000099
rightarm1	000099
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socks1	ffffff
prevseason	1964–65
nextseason	1966–67

(eliminated by Leicester City) (eliminated by Mansfield Town) The 1965–66 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 63rd in the Football League and their 25th in the Second Division, to which they were relegated in 1964–65. Having persuaded former Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Stan Cullis out of retirement as successor to Joe Mallett, who remained with the club as Cullis's assistant, they finished in tenth position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1965–66 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost to Leicester City in the fourth, and were beaten in their opening second-round match in the League Cup by Mansfield Town.

Twenty-two players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were thirteen different goalscorers. Forward Alec Jackson played in all but two of the team's 45 matches, and Geoff Vowden finished as leading scorer with 23 goals, of which 21 came in league competition.

This season saw the introduction of substitutes into the Football League. In the third game of the season, away to Preston North End on 26 August, Brian Sharples replaced the injured Ron Wylie to become Birmingham's first Football League substitute.

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1965–66 Football League

Date	League
position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	21 August 1965	25 August 1965	28 August 1965	31 August 1965	4 September 1965	8 September 1965	11 September 1965	13 September 1965	18 September 1965	25 September 1965	9 October 1965	16 October 1965	23 October 1965	30 October 1965	6 November 1965	13 November 1965	20 November 1965	27 November 1965	4 December 1965	11 December 1965	18 December 1965	28 December 1965	1 January 1966	8 January 1966	29 January 1966	5 February 1966	19 February 1966	26 February 1966	5 March 1966	12 March 1966	15 March 1966	19 March 1966	26 March 1966	2 April 1966	9 April 1966	11 April 1966	12 April 1966	16 April 1966	22 April 1966	30 April 1966	3 May 1966	17 May 1966
7th	Crystal Palace	H	W	2–1	Thwaites 2	19,205
6th	Middlesbrough	H	D	2–2	Beard	16,772
8th	Preston North End	A	D	3–3	Vowden, Beard 2	16,397
8th	Middlesbrough	A	D	1–1	Vowden	17,300
9th	Charlton Athletic	H	D	2–2	Beard, Jackson pen	15,324
10th	Leyton Orient	H	D	2–2	Thomson, Vowden	7,597
13th	Plymouth Argyle	A	L	1–6	Vowden	10,777
14th	Leyton Orient	A	L	1–2	Thomson	7,114
19th	Portsmouth	H	L	1–3	Beard	11,790
17th	Bolton Wanderers	A	W	2–1	Thomson, Vowden	12,117
12th	Norwich City	H	W	1–0	Jackson	11,626
16th	Bury	A	L	1–5	Darrell	8,184
17th	Southampton	H	L	0–1		11,693
21st	Derby County	A	L	3–5	Bullock, Vincent, Page	12,464
17th	Cardiff City	H	W	4–2	Bullock, Thomson, Lynn pen, Jackson	10,744
21st	Carlisle United	A	L	0–1		10,243
21st	Coventry City	H	L	0–1		25,953
21st	Bristol City	A	L	0–2		13,727
20th	Manchester City	H	W	3–1	Jackson, Vowden, Thwaites	10,445
17th	Rotherham United	A	W	4–3	Vowden 3, Jackson	10,684
15th	Bury	H	W	4–0	Thomson, Thwaites 2, Fenton	10,998
14th	Huddersfield Town	H	W	2–1	Vowden, Thwaites	19,763
13th	Norwich City	A	D	2–2	Vowden, Fenton	15,297
12th	Carlisle United	H	W	2–1	Vowden, Beard	14,998
13th	Crystal Palace	A	L	0–1		14,090
12th	Preston North End	H	D	1–1	Jackson	14,054
14th	Charlton Athletic	A	L	1–2	Thwaites	13,742
11th	Plymouth Argyle	H	W	1–0	Thomson	13,117
10th	Southampton	A	W	1–0	Thwaites	18,295
10th	Portsmouth	A	W	1–0	Vowden	12,367
10th	Huddersfield Town	A	L	0–2		19,156
11th	Bolton Wanderers	H	L	0–1		13,770
11th	Ipswich Town	A	W	1–0	Beard	9,351
8th	Cardiff City	A	W	3–1	Vowden, Carver og	8,150
8th	Derby County	H	D	5–5	Vowden, Hockey, Beard 2 (1 pen), Saxton og	13,078
10th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	D	2–2	Vincent, Vowden	28,902
10th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	0–2		32,511
10th	Coventry City	A	L	3–4	Fenton, Vowden, Jackson	27,111
11th	Bristol City	H	L	1–3	Beard pen	11,732
15th	Manchester City	A	L	1–3	Vowden	28,409
9th	Ipswich Town	H	W	4–1	Fenton 2, Vowden, Jackson	9,331
10th	Rotherham United	H	W	3–0	Barber, Vowden, Hockey	11,469

League table (part)

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA
Derby County	42	16	11	15	71	68	1.04	43
Bolton Wanderers	42	16	9	17	62	59	1.05	41
Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	70	75	0.93	41
Crystal Palace	42	14	13	15	47	52	0.90	41
Portsmouth	42	16	8	18	74	78	0.95	40
Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played;
W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;
F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

FA Cup

Main article: 1965–66 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Third round	Fourth round
22 January 1966	Bristol City	H	W	3–2	Vowden 2, Thomson	24,340
12 February 1966	Leicester City	H	L	1–2	Thwaites	46,680

League Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Second round
22 September 1965	Mansfield Town	A	L	1–2	Beard	9,344

Appearances and goals

:Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute. :Players marked left the club during the playing season. :Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; FB – Full back; HB – Half back; FW – Forward

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	SCO	35	0	2	0	0	0	37	0
GK	ENG	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
FB	SCO	33 (1)	0	2	0	1	0	36 (1)	0
FB	WAL	15	0	0	0	1	0	16	0
FB	ENG	34	0	2	0	1	0	37	0
HB	ENG	36	10	2	0	1	1	39	11
HB	ENG	36	0	2	0	0	0	38	0
HB	WAL	15	0	0	0	1	0	16	0
HB	ENG	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
HB	WAL	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
HB	ENG	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0
HB	SCO	38	0	2	0	1	0	41	0
FW	IRL	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
FW	ENG	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	2
FW	ENG	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
FW	ENG	15 (2)	5	0	0	1	0	16 (2)	5
FW	WAL	24 (1)	2	2	0	0	0	26 (1)	2
FW	ENG	40	8	2	0	1	0	43	8
FW	SCO	27 (1)	6	2	1	0	0	29 (1)	7
FW	ENG	30	8	2	1	0	0	32	9
FW	ENG	11	2	0	0	1	0	12	2
FW	ENG	38	21	2	2	0	0	40	23

References

''General'''

Source for match dates and results:
Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

Specific

References

Matthews, Tony. (2000). "The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875–2000". Britespot.
Matthews (2010), p. 366.
"Birmingham City 1965–1966: English Division Two (old) Table". Statto Organisation.

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