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1975–76 Birmingham City F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Birmingham City F.C.
season	1975–76
manager
chairman	Keith Coombs
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	St Andrew's
league	Football League First Division
league result	19th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
(eliminated by Portsmouth)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
(eliminated by Wolverhampton Wanderers)
league topscorer	Trevor Francis (17)
season topscorer	Trevor Francis (18)
highest attendance	46,251 vs Aston Villa, 3 April 1976
lowest attendance	18,238 vs Orient, League Cup 2nd round, 9 September 1975
average attendance	28,002
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prevseason	1974–75
nextseason	1976–77

(eliminated by Portsmouth) (eliminated by Wolverhampton Wanderers) The 1975–76 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 73rd in the Football League and their 42nd in the First Division. They were in the bottom four from mid-October onwards, and eventually finished in 19th position in the 22-team division, one place above the relegation places. They entered the 1975–76 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost to Portsmouth in that round after a replay, and lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round of the League Cup. To celebrate the centenary of the club's foundation in 1875, they played a friendly match against Celtic, winning 1–0.

Twenty-seven players made at least one first-team appearance, and there were thirteen different goalscorers. Defender Joe Gallagher missed only one of the 46 competitive matches played over the season, and Trevor Francis was the club's leading scorer with 18 goals, all but one scored in the league.

Keith Coombs took over the chairmanship following the death of his father Clifford.

Football League First Division

Date	League
position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	16 August 1975	19 August 1975	23 August 1975	26 August 1975	30 August 1975	6 September 1975	13 September 1975	20 September 1975	23 September 1975	27 September 1975	4 October 1975	11 October 1975	18 October 1975	25 October 1975	1 November 1975	8 November 1975	15 November 1975	22 November 1975	29 November 1975	6 December 1975	13 December 1975	20 December 1975	26 December 1975	27 December 1975	10 January 1976	17 January 1976	31 January 1976	7 February 1976	14 February 1976	21 February 1976	28 February 1976	6 March 1976	13 March 1976	20 March 1976	27 March 1976	3 April 1976	7 April 1976	10 April 1976	13 April 1976	17 April 1976	19 April 1976	4 May 1976
11th	Leicester City	A	D	3–3	Hatton, Kendall 2 (1 pen)	25,547
14th	Manchester United	H	L	0–2		33,177
19th	Everton	H	L	0–1		26,814
21st	Middlesbrough	A	L	0–2		22,423
21st	Ipswich Town	A	L	2–4	Hatton 2	22,659
21st	Queens Park Rangers	H	D	1–1	Kendall	27,305
21st	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	0–2		25,142
21st	Burnley	H	W	4–0	Campbell, Withe, Kendall, Francis	25,830
17th	Newcastle United	H	W	3–2	Withe 2, Francis pen	31,166
18th	Aston Villa	A	L	1–2	Francis	53,782
17th	Sheffield United	H	W	2–0	Hatton, Francis	26,121
19th	Liverpool	A	L	1–3	Hatton	36,532
19th	Leeds United	H	D	2–2	Francis, Gallagher	33,775
19th	Norwich City	A	L	0–1		19,605
20th	West Ham United	H	L	1–5	Francis	28,474
21st	Manchester City	A	L	0–2		28,329
21st	Arsenal	H	W	3–1	Francis pen, Withe, Hatton	21,652
21st	Leeds United	A	L	0–3		26,640
21st	Coventry City	A	L	2–3	Burns, Kendall pen	21,800
19th	Derby County	H	W	2–1	Burns, Page	30,620
21st	Everton	A	L	2–5	Kendall, Withe	20,188
19th	Leicester City	H	W	2–1	Francis pen, Withe	21,890
19th	Tottenham Hotspur	A	W	3–1	Francis 2, Withe	21,651
19th	Stoke City	H	D	1–1	Hatton	37,166
19th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	L	0–1		28,552
19th	Queens Park Rangers	A	L	1–2	Francis	16,759
20th	Manchester United	A	L	1–3	Withe	50,274
19th	Middlesbrough	H	W	2–1	Kendall, Hatton	18,599
19th	Manchester City	H	W	2–1	Gallagher, Kendall	22,445
19th	Arsenal	A	L	0–1		20,907
19th	Norwich City	H	D	1–1	Francis pen	22,359
19th	West Ham United	A	W	2–1	Withe, Emmanuel	19,863
19th	Liverpool	H	L	0–1		31,797
19th	Coventry City	H	D	1–1	Francis pen	22,956
19th	Derby County	A	L	2–4	Francis, Needham	28,161
19th	Aston Villa	H	W	3–2	Hibbitt, Burns, Francis	46,251
19th	Newcastle United	A	L	0–4		18,900
20th	Burnley	A	L	0–1		13,679
19th	Ipswich Town	H	W	3–0	Francis pen, Hibbitt, Burns	20,497
19th	Tottenham Hotspur	H	W	3–1	Gallagher, Francis, Burns	30,616
19th	Stoke City	A	L	0–1		19,928
19th	Sheffield United	A	D	1–1	Hibbitt	30,782

League table (part)

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA
Arsenal	42	13	10	19	47	53	0.89	36
West Ham United	42	13	10	19	48	71	0.68	36
Birmingham City	42	13	7	22	57	75	0.76	33
Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	10	22	51	68	0.75	30
Burnley	42	9	10	23	43	66	0.65	28
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: 1975–76 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Third round	Third round replay
3 January 1976	Portsmouth	A	D	1–1	Francis	19,414
6 January 1976	Portsmouth	H	L	0–1		26,106

League Cup

Main article: 1975–76 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Second round	Third round
9 September 1975	Orient	H	W	4–0	Gallagher, Morton, Hatton, Want	18,238
7 October 1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	L	0–2		29,822

Centenary match

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
25 November 1975	Celtic	H	W	1–0	Withe	14,670

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; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	ENG	40	0	2	0	2	0	44	0
GK	ENG	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF	ENG	19 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	21 (1)	0
DF	SCO	36	5	2	0	2	0	40	5
DF	ENG	41	3	2	0	2	1	45	4
DF	SCO	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
DF	ENG	22	0	1	0	2	0	27	0
DF	ENG	10	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
DF	ENG	14 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	16 (5)	0
DF	WAL	5 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	5 (2)	0
DF	ENG	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
DF	ENG	20 (1)	0	2	0	0 (1)	1	20 (2)	1
MF	SCO	15	3	0 (1)	0	0	0	15 (1)	3
MF	SCO	9	1	1	0	1	1	11	2
MF	WAL	10 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	10 (1)	1
MF	ENG	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MF	ENG	27	3	1	0	2	0	30	3
MF	SCO	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF	ENG	36	8	1	0	2	0	39	8
MF	ENG	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
MF	WAL	19	1	2	0	0	0	21	1
MF	ENG	7 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	7 (2)	0
FW	ENG	35	17	2	1	2	0	39	18
FW	ENG	33 (4)	8	2	0	2	1	37 (4)	9
FW	ENG	2 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
FW	ENG	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
FW	ENG	32	9	2	0	2	0	36	9

References

;General

Source for match dates and results:
Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 386–87.
Source for centenary match details: Matthews (1995), Complete Record, p. 243. ;Specific

References

(4 July 1975). "Mr William Collingwood". The Times.
"Birmingham City 1975–1976 : English Division One (old) Table". Statto Organisation.

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