1933–34 Birmingham F.C. season

The 1933–34 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 38th in the Football League and their 21st in the First Division. They finished in 20th position in the 22-team division, two points above the relegation places. They also competed in the 1933–34 FA Cup, entering at the third round proper and losing to Leicester City in the fifth.

Twenty-nine players made at least one appearance in nationally organised competition, and there were nineteen different goalscorers. Half-backs Charlie Calladine was ever-present over the 45-match season, and Fred Roberts was leading scorer with just 8 goals, all of which came in the league.

At the end of the 1932–33 season, Leslie Knighton left the club to become manager of Chelsea, who had made him an offer that Birmingham were unable to match. Former Birmingham defender George Liddell, a schoolteacher by profession, was appointed to succeed him.^[1] Liddell kept up his Saturday evening radio broadcast, This Week's Sport in the Midlands, but only on days when Birmingham were not playing away from home.^[2]

Football League First Division

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
26 August 1933	11th	Arsenal	A	D	1–1	Bradford	44,662
30 August 1933	17th	Manchester City	H	L	0–1		20,084
2 September 1933	16th	Everton	H	D	2–2	Haywood, Grosvenor	25,250
6 September 1933	20th	Manchester City	A	L	0–1		19,388
9 September 1933	13th	Middlesbrough	A	W	3–0	Horsman, Bradford 2	11,501
16 September 1933	9th	Blackburn Rovers	H	W	2–0	Smith, Curtis pen	20,779
23 September 1933	8th	Newcastle United	A	D	0–0		21,667
30 September 1933	4th	Leeds United	H	W	4–0	Bradford, Grosvenor, Smith, Curtis	21,566
7 October 1933	12th	Derby County	A	L	0–4		17,400
14 October 1933	17th	West Bromwich Albion	H	L	0–1		29,961
21 October 1933	15th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	D	0–0		31,980
28 October 1933	15th	Stoke City	A	D	1–1	Roberts	17,668
4 November 1933	17th	Liverpool	H	L	1–2	Roberts	17,998
11 November 1933	12th	Portsmouth	A	W	2–0	White, Fillingham	16,962
15 November 1933	13th	Sunderland	H	D	1–1	Lea	15,277
25 November 1933	13th	Chelsea	A	D	1–1	White	17,843
2 December 1933	12th	Aston Villa	H	D	0–0		34,718
9 December 1933	14th	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L	2–3	Roberts, White	26,142
23 December 1933	17th	Huddersfield Town	A	D	0–0		9,777
25 December 1933	18th	Sheffield United	A	L	1–2	Roberts	25,637
26 December 1933	16th	Sheffield United	H	W	4–2	White, Robertson, Roberts, Bradford	28,904
30 December 1933	16th	Arsenal	H	D	0–0		34,771
2 January 1934	17th	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	1–2	McGurk	12,754
6 January 1934	17th	Everton	A	L	0–2		20,582
20 January 1934	17th	Middlesbrough	H	D	0–0		20,310
29 January 1934	18th	Blackburn Rovers	A	L	1–3	McGurk	5,949
3 February 1934	19th	Newcastle United	H	L	1–2	McGurk	16,366
10 February 1934	20th	Leeds United	A	L	0–1		14,753
21 February 1934	18th	Derby County	H	W	2–1	Smith, Mangnall	12,396
24 February 1934	19th	West Bromwich Albion	A	W	2–1	Roberts, White	24,525
3 March 1934	20th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	0–2		27,350
10 March 1934	20th	Stoke City	H	L	0–1		21,968
17 March 1934	21st	Liverpool	A	L	1–4	Moffat	30,536
24 March 1934	20th	Portsmouth	H	W	3–1	Barkas pen, Guest, Mangnall	13,479
28 March 1934	19th	Leicester City	H	W	3–0	Sharman og, Moffat, Mangnall	7,846
31 March 1934	20th	Sunderland	A	L	1–4	Booton pen	14,158
3 April 1934	19th	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	3–0	Catlin og, Roberts, Guest	24,021
7 April 1934	21st	Chelsea	H	L	0–3		29,104
14 April 1934	20th	Aston Villa	A	D	1–1	Calladine	34,196
21 April 1934	19th	Tottenham Hotspur	H	W	2–0	Whatley og, Calladine	24,576
28 April 1934	18th	Leicester City	A	W	7–3	Moffat, Guest 3, Mangnall, Roberts, Jones og	16,981
5 May 1934	20th	Huddersfield Town	H	L	1–3	Barkas pen	14,785

League table (part)

Final First Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
18th	Liverpool	42	14	10	18	79	87	0.91	38
19th	Chelsea	42	14	8	20	67	69	0.97	36
20th	Birmingham	42	12	12	18	54	56	0.96	36
21st	Newcastle United	42	10	14	18	68	77	0.88	34
22nd	Sheffield United	42	12	7	23	58	101	0.57	31
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	^[3]

FA Cup

Main article: 1933–34 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	13 January 1934	Sheffield United	H	W	2–1	Robertson, Haywood	33,177
Fourth round	27 January 1934	Charlton Athletic	H	W	1–0	Morrall	30,203
Fifth round	17 February 1934	Leicester City	H	L	1–2	Haywood	48,561

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
Clack, FrankFrank Clack	Goalkeeper	9	0	1	0	10	0
Evans, LenLen Evans	Goalkeeper	2	0	0	0	2	0
Hibbs, HarryHarry Hibbs	Goalkeeper	31	0	2	0	33	0
Barkas, NedNed Barkas	Full back	36	2	3	0	39	2
Booton, HaroldHarold Booton	Full back	39	1	3	0	42	1
Cringan, JimmyJimmy Cringan	Full back	3	0	0	0	3	0
Smith, BernardBernard Smith	Full back	2	0	0	0	2	0
Calladine, CharlieCharlie Calladine	Half back	42	2	3	0	45	2
Fillingham, TomTom Fillingham	Half back	22	1	0	0	23	1
Lea, IsaacIsaac Lea	Half back	6	1	0	0	6	1
Morrall, GeorgeGeorge Morrall	Half back	28	0	3	1	31	1
Stoker, LewisLewis Stoker	Half back	39	0	3	0	42	0
Sykes, JackJack Sykes	Half back	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bradford, JoeJoe Bradford	Forward	31	5	2	0	33	5
~~Curtis, ErnieErnie Curtis~~	Forward	8	2	0	0	8	2
~~Gregg, BobBob Gregg~~	Forward	1	0	0	0	1	0
Grosvenor, TomTom Grosvenor	Forward	18	2	0	0	18	2
Guest, BillyBilly Guest	Forward	16	5	2	0	18	5
Haywood, GeorgeGeorge Haywood	Forward	4	1	2	2	6	3
Horsman, BillBill Horsman	Forward	17	1	3	0	20	1
McGurk, FrancisFrancis McGurk	Forward	18	3	0	0	18	3
Mangnall, DaveDave Mangnall	Forward	12	4	0	0	12	4
Moffat, SidSid Moffat	Forward	8	3	0	0	8	3
Roberts, FredFred Roberts	Forward	28	8	2	0	30	2
Robertson, JimmyJimmy Robertson	Forward	6	1	2	1	8	2
Shaw, FredFred Shaw	Forward	6	0	0	0	6	0
Smith, SamSam Smith	Forward	10	3	0	0	10	3
Thorogood, JackJack Thorogood	Forward	2	0	1	0	3	0
White, FrankFrank White	Forward	17	5	1	0	17	5

References

General

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
Source for match dates and results: "Birmingham City 1933–1934: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 308–09.

Specific

↑ Matthews (2000), Complete Record, "Knighton, Albert Leslie", p. 130.
↑ "Broadcasting. Home Stations. Midland Regional". The Times (London). 2 December 1933. p. 8.
↑ "Birmingham City 1933–1934: English Division One (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

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