1911–12 Birmingham F.C. season

The 1911–12 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 20th in the Football League and their 12th in the Second Division. They finished in 12th position in the 20-team division. They also took part in the 1911–12 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing in that round to Barnsley after a replay. Off the field, Howard Cant succeeded Walter W. Hart as club chairman.

Thirty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were fifteen different goalscorers. Full-back Frank Womack was ever-present over the 40-match season. Jack Hall was leading scorer with 21 goals, all of which came in the league.

Football League Second Division

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 1911	13th	Bradford Park Avenue	H	L	2–3	Kidd 2 (1 pen)	20,000
9 September 1911	18th	Fulham	A	L	1–3	Hall	12,000
11 September 1911	19th	Barnsley	H	L	1–3	Millington	5,000
16 September 1911	19th	Derby County	H	L	0–4		12,000
23 September 1911	20th	Stockport County	A	L	0–2		7,000
30 September 1911	18th	Leeds City	H	W	4–3	Hall 4	10,000
7 October 1911	18th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	0–1		12,000
14 October 1911	18th	Leicester Fosse	H	W	4–0	Hall 2, Graham	12,000
21 October 1911	18th	Gainsborough Trinity	A	D	0–0		3,000
28 October 1911	18th	Grimsby Town	H	D	2–2	Hall pen, Gildea	15,000
4 November 1911	17th	Nottingham Forest	A	W	1–0	Graham	14,000
11 November 1911	18th	Chelsea	H	L	1–4	Gibson	20,000
18 November 1911	18th	Clapton Orient	A	L	0–2		4,000
25 November 1911	17th	Bristol City	H	D	0–0		10,000
2 December 1911	17th	Burnley	A	D	1–1	T. Jones	14,000
9 December 1911	16th	Huddersfield Town	A	L	2–3	Kidd, Millington	3,500
16 December 1911	16th	Blackpool	H	W	2–1	Hall, Kidd	4,000
23 December 1911	16th	Glossop	A	L	0–2		2,000
25 December 1911	17th	Hull City	A	L	0–4		10,000
26 December 1911	16th	Hull City	H	W	5–1	Kidd 2, Millington, Hall, Graham	10,000
30 December 1911	17th	Bradford Park Avenue	A	L	0–3		15,000
6 January 1912	17th	Fulham	H	L	1–3	Tinkler	7,000
27 January 1912	16th	Stockport County	H	W	2–0	Conlin, Robertson	12,000
3 February 1912	16th	Gainsborough Trinity	H	D	2–2	W.H. Jones, Hall	10,000
10 February 1912	15th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	W	3–1	Hall 3 (1 pen)	20,000
17 February 1912	17th	Leicester Fosse	A	D	2–5	Conlin, W.H. Jones pen	10,000
21 February 1912	15th	Derby County	A	W	1–0	Gardner	5,000
2 March 1912	18th	Grimsby Town	A	L	0–1		5,000
9 March 1912	16th	Nottingham Forest	H	W	4–2	W.H. Jones 2, Hastings, Hall	12,000
16 March 1912	15th	Chelsea	A	W	2–0	Hall, Robertson	30,000
23 March 1912	12th	Clapton Orient	H	W	4–0	Hall 3, W.H. Jones pen	10,000
30 March 1912	13th	Bristol City	A	L	1–2	Hastings	5,000
5 April 1912	14th	Leeds City	A	D	0–0		5,000
6 April 1912	12th	Burnley	H	W	4–0	Hall, Reed 2, Hastings	35,000
8 April 1912	15th	Barnsley	A	L	0–1		5,000
13 April 1912	14th	Huddersfield Town	H	W	1–0	Hall	10,000
20 April 1912	15th	Blackpool	A	L	0–1		3,000
27 April 1912	12th	Glossop	H	W	2–0	Robertson 2	6,000

League table (part)

Final Second Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
10th	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	49	66	0.74	37
11th	Bradford Park Avenue	38	13	9	16	44	45	0.98	35
12th	Birmingham	38	14	6	18	55	59	0.93	34
13th	Bristol City	38	14	6	18	41	60	0.68	34
14th	Blackpool	38	13	8	17	32	52	0.61	34
Key	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
Source	^[1]

FA Cup

Main article: 1911–12 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	13 January 1912	Barnsley	H	D	0–0		19,500
First round replay	22 January 1912	Barnsley	A	L	0–3		11,900

Appearances and goals

Players with name struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players having played at least one first-team match
Name	Position	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Name	Position	League		FA Cup		Total
Bailey, HoraceHorace Bailey	Goalkeeper	29	0	0	0	2	0
Crossthwaite, BertBert Crossthwaite	Goalkeeper	4	0	0	0	4	0
Dorrington, JackJack Dorrington	Goalkeeper	4	0	0	0	4	0
George, BillyBilly George	Goalkeeper	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ball, WilliamWilliam Ball	Full back	26	0	2	0	28	0
Daykin, ThomasThomas Daykin	Full back	13	0	2	0	15	0
Green, ArthurArthur Green	Full back	6	0	0	0	6	0
Womack, FrankFrank Womack	Full back	38	0	2	0	40	2
Bumphrey, JamesJames Bumphrey	Half back	31	0	0	0	31	0
Gardner, AlbertAlbert Gardner	Half back	22	1	2	0	24	1
~~Gildea, WillieWillie Gildea~~	Half back	18	1	2	0	20	1
McClure, AlecAlec McClure	Half back	7	0	0	0	7	0
Robertson, GeorgeGeorge Robertson	Half back	30	4	0	0	30	4
Tinkler, AlfAlf Tinkler	Half back	19	1	0	0	19	1
Wigmore, WalterWalter Wigmore	Half back	3	0	0	0	3	0
Bates, HarryHarry Bates	Forward	2	0	0	0	2	0
Conlin, JamesJames Conlin	Forward	21	2	2	0	23	2
Gibson, RichardRichard Gibson	Forward	22	1	1	0	23	1
Graham, HarryHarry Graham	Forward	12	4	0	0	12	4
Greer, ThomasThomas Greer	Forward	1	0	0	0	1	0
Hall, JackJack Hall	Forward	35	21	2	0	37	21
Hastie, IanIan Hastie	Forward	1	0	0	0	1	0
Hastings, BillBill Hastings	Forward	14	3	0	0	14	3
Jones, BillyBilly Jones	Forward	11	5	1	0	12	5
Jones, ThomasThomas Jones	Forward	3	1	0	0	3	1
Kidd, JackJack Kidd	Forward	14	6	2	0	16	6
McKay, JackJack McKay	Forward	4	0	0	0	4	0
Millington, CharlieCharlie Millington	Forward	22	3	2	0	24	3
Morris, DavidDavid Morris	Forward	3	0	0	0	3	0
Reed, ArthurArthur Reed	Forward	4	2	0	0	4	2
Webb, SidSid Webb	Forward	3	0	0	0	3	0

References

General

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books (Derby). ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. DB Publishing (Derby). ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
Source for match dates and results: "Birmingham City 1911–1912: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 268–69. Note that attendance figures are estimated.

Specific

↑ "Birmingham City 1911–1912: English Division Two (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

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