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1979–80 Birmingham City F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Birmingham City F.C.
season	1979–80
manager	Jim Smith
chairman	Keith Coombs
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	St Andrew's
league	Football League Second Division
league result	3rd (promoted)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fifth round
(eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
(eliminated by Exeter City)
cup3	Anglo-Scottish Cup
cup3 result	Group stage
league topscorer	Keith Bertschin (12)
season topscorer	Keith Bertschin (18)
highest attendance	33,863 vs Notts County, 3 May 1980
lowest attendance	7,631 vs Bristol City, Anglo-Scottish Cup, 4 August 1979
average attendance	20,427
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pattern_b1	_shoulder_stripes_white_stripes
pattern_ra1	_whitelines
pattern_sh1	_blue_stripes_adidas
pattern_so1	_color_3_stripes_blue
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body1	0000ff
rightarm1	0000ff
prevseason	1978–79
nextseason	1980–81

(eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur) (eliminated by Exeter City) The 1979–80 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 77th in the Football League and their 32nd in the Second Division, to which they were relegated in 1978–79. They finished in third position in the 22-team division, level on points with Chelsea but with a better goal difference, so were promoted to the First Division for 1980–81. They entered the 1979–80 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the fifth, and were eliminated from the third round of the League Cup by Exeter City. They also entered the Anglo-Scottish Cup, but failed to progress past the group stage.

Twenty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were eleven different goalscorers. Midfielder Alan Curbishley appeared in all 51 first-team games of the season – defender Joe Gallagher missed only one – and Keith Bertschin was the club's top scorer with 18 goals, of which 12 were scored in the league.

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1979–80 Football League

The league programme did not end on the same day for all clubs. Although Birmingham were in second place after their last match, on 3 May, the last Second Division fixture was played nine days later, they were overtaken by Sunderland, and finished third.

Date	League
position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	18 August 1979	22 August 1979	25 August 1979	1 September 1979	8 September 1979	15 September 1979	22 September 1979	29 September 1979	6 October 1979	9 October 1979	13 October 1979	20 October 1979	27 October 1979	3 November 1979	10 November 1979	17 November 1979	24 November 1979	1 December 1979	8 December 1979	15 December 1979	21 December 1979	29 December 1979	1 January 1980	12 January 1980	2 February 1980	9 February 1980	20 February 1980	23 February 1980	29 February 1980	8 March 1980	11 March 1980	15 March 1980	22 March 1980	29 March 1980	1 April 1980	5 April 1980	7 April 1980	12 April 1980	19 April 1980	22 April 1980	26 April 1980	3 May 1980
15th	Fulham	H	L	3–4	Evans, Dillon, Bertschin	19,330
22nd	Sunderland	A	L	0–2		25,877
16th	Cardiff City	A	W	2–1	Evans 2	11,465
16th	Bristol Rovers	H	D	1–1	Dillon	15,320
13th	Chelsea	A	W	2–1	Lynex, Curbishley	17,711
7th	Charlton Athletic	H	W	1–0	Lynex	16,155
9th	Orient	A	D	2–2	Lynex, Curbishley	5,550
9th	Newcastle United	H	D	0–0		19,967
11th	Preston North End	A	D	0–0		10,772
6th	Sunderland	H	W	1–0	Lynex	18,960
11th	Wrexham	A	L	0–1		13,693
7th	Swansea City	H	W	2–0	Lynex, Gemmill	18,624
5th	Shrewsbury Town	H	W	1–0	Ainscow	17,869
5th	Fulham	A	W	4–2	Gemmill pen, Givens 2, Lock og	8,338
3rd	Cambridge United	H	W	1–0	Lynex	17,120
6th	Watford	A	L	0–1		14,378
6th	Luton Town	A	W	3–2	Bertschin 3	13,720
6th	Leicester City	H	L	1–2	Gallagher	25,748
6th	Notts County	A	D	1–1	Lynex	11,383
5th	Burnley	H	W	2–0	Worthington 2	13,997
6th	Oldham Athletic	A	L	0–1		6,728
6th	Cardiff City	H	W	2–1	Worthington, Bertschin	16,682
5th	Queens Park Rangers	H	W	2–1	Ainscow, Gemmill	25,963
6th	Bristol Rovers	A	L	0–1		9,351
5th	Charlton Athletic	A	W	1–0	Gemmill	6,821
5th	Orient	H	W	3–1	Bertschin 3	17,474
5th	Newcastle United	A	D	0–0		27,069
4th	Wrexham	H	W	2–0	Dillon, Evans	19,302
1st	Swansea City	A	W	1–0	Lynex	16,363
4th	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	0–1		14,801
1st	Chelsea	H	W	5–1	Broadhurst, Borota og, Dillon, Ainscow 2	27,297
2nd	Preston North End	H	D	2–2	Gemmill pen, Worthington	19,548
3rd	Cambridge United	A	L	1–2	Smith og	6,805
2nd	Watford	H	W	2–0	Bertschin, Gemmill pen	16,582
2nd	Oldham Athletic	H	W	2–0	Gemmill, Ainscow	17,118
1st	Queens Park Rangers	A	D	1–1	Dillon	16,609
1st	West Ham United	H	D	0–0		28,377
4th	Leicester City	A	L	1–2	Gemmill pen	26,075
4th	Luton Town	H	W	1–0	Bertschin	23,662
1st	West Ham United	A	W	2–1	Ainscow, Bertschin	36,167
2nd	Burnley	A	D	0–0		10,388
3rd	Notts County	H	D	3–3	Bertschin, Curbishley, Dillon	33,863

League table (part)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Leicester City	42	21	13	8	58	38	+20	55
Sunderland	42	21	12	9	69	42	+27	54
Birmingham City	42	21	11	10	58	38	+20	53
Chelsea	42	23	7	12	66	52	+14	53
Queens Park Rangers	42	18	13	11	75	53	+22	49

FA Cup

Main article: 1979–80 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round
5 January 1980	Southampton	H	W	2–1	Bertschin, Gallagher	24,548
26 January 1980	Middlesbrough	H	W	2–1	Gemmill pen, Bertschin	29,152
16 February 1980	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L	1–3	Bertschin	49,936

League Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Second round 1st leg	Second round 2nd leg	Third round
28 August 1979	Preston North End	H	W	2–1	Ainscow, Dillon	13,660
4 September 1979	Preston North End	A	W	1–0	Lynex	11,043
26 September 1979	Exeter City	H	L	1–2	Ainscow	13,669

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Anglo-Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group stage	Group stage	Group stage
4 August 1979	Bristol City	H	L	0–4		7,631
6 August 1979	Plymouth Argyle	A	D	1–1	Bertschin	3,137
8 August 1979	Fulham	A	W	5–0	Bertschin 2, Evans, Ainscow, Dillon	2,899

Appearances and goals

:Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute. :Players with name in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham. --:Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Anglo-Scottish Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
GK	ENG	40	0	2	0	3	0	1 (1)	0	46 (1)	0
DF	ENG	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	26	1
DF	SCO	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
DF	ENG	40	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	45	0
DF	ENG	41	1	3	1	3	0	3	0	50	2
DF	ENG	9 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	13 (1)	0
DF	WAL	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	7	0
DF	ENG	33 (1)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	37 (1)	0
DF	ENG	22	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	26	0
DF	WAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	3 (1)	0
MF	ENG	37	6	3	0	3	2	2	1	45	7
MF	ENG	40 (2)	3	3	0	3	0	3	0	49 (2)	3
MF	ENG	30 (1)	3	0	0	3	1	2 (1)	1	35 (2)	5
MF	SCO	37	8	3	1	3	0	1	0	44	9
MF	SCO	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
MF	ENG	20 (10)	8	0 (3)	0	2	1	2	0	24 (13)	9
FW	ENG	34 (3)	12	3	3	1 (1)	0	3	3	41 (4)	18
FW	ENG	10 (3)	4	0	0	2	0	3	1	15 (3)	5
FW	IRL	7 (3)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	8 (3)	2
FW	ENG	17 (2)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	20 (2)	4

Sources

For match dates and results:
For lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 394–95.
For Anglo-Scottish Cup attendances: Matthews (1995), Complete Record, p. 243.

References

"Birmingham City 1979–1980 : Results". Statto Organisation.
"Birmingham City 1979–1980 : English Division One (old) Table". Statto Organisation.

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