Birmingham City F.C. league record by opponent

Small Heath F.C. pictured in 1893 with the Football League Second Division trophy

Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in the city of Birmingham, was founded in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance. For their first thirteen years, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an occasional basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at both local and national level. In 1888, Small Heath joined the Combination, a league set up to provide organised football for those clubs not invited to join the Football League which was to start the same year. However, the Combination was not well organised, and folded in April 1889 with many fixtures still outstanding.^[1] Small Heath were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889, and three years later were elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League. They topped the table in their first season, though failed to win promotion via the test match system then in operation, but reached the top flight for the first time in 1894.^[2] Since that time, they have not fallen below the third tier of the English football league system, and were promoted to the Premier League for the first time for the 2002–03 season.

Birmingham's first team have competed in a number of nationally contested leagues, and their record against each club faced in those competitions is summarised below. The opening match of the 1889–90 Football Alliance season pitted them against near neighbours Birmingham St George's,^[3] their first Football League match was against Burslem Port Vale,^[4] and they met their 108th and most recent different league opponent, Milton Keynes Dons, for the first time in the 2015–16 Football League season. The team that Birmingham have played most in league competition is Manchester City, whom they first met as Ardwick in the 1891–92 Football Alliance season; the 60 defeats from 134 meetings is more than Birmingham have lost against any other club. Everton have drawn 35 league encounters with Birmingham, more than any other club. Birmingham have recorded more league victories against Leicester City than against any other club, having beaten them 50 times out of 124 attempts.

All statistics are correct up to and including the match played against Middlesbrough on 29 April 2016.

Key

• The table includes results of matches played by Birmingham City (under that name and under former names Birmingham and Small Heath) in the Football Alliance, the Football League and the Premier League. Matches from uncompleted competitions – the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and the unfinished 1888–89 season in the Combination – are excluded, as are test matches, Football League play-offs, and matches in the various wartime competitions.
• The name used for each opponent is the name they had when Birmingham City most recently played a league match against them. Results against each opponent include results against that club under any former name. For example, results against Leyton Orient include matches played against Orient (1966–1987) and Clapton Orient (before 1945).
• The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Birmingham City played league matches against each opponent.
• P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win% = percentage of total matches won
•        Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are Birmingham City's divisional rivals in the current season, the 2015–16 Football League Championship.
•        Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are defunct.

All-time league record

Birmingham City F.C. league record by opponent

Opponent	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	Win%	First	Last	Notes
	Home				Away				Total
Arsenal	62	30	15	17	62	4	18	40	124	34	33	57	27.42	1893–94	2010–11	[upper-alpha 1]
Aston Villa	55	22	14	19	55	14	15	26	110	36	29	45	32.73	1894–95	2010–11
Barnsley	35	19	9	7	35	16	8	11	70	35	17	18	50.00	1898–99	2013–14
Birmingham St George's	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	6	1	1	4	16.67	1889–90	1891–92
Blackburn Rovers	57	33	16	8	57	8	13	36	114	41	29	44	35.96	1894–95	2015–16
Blackpool	43	23	10	10	43	9	10	24	86	32	20	34	37.21	1896–97	2014–15
Bolton Wanderers	62	33	14	15	62	9	19	34	124	42	33	49	33.87	1894–95	2015–16
Bootle	4	3	1	0	4	2	1	1	8	5	2	1	62.50	1889–90	1892–93
AFC Bournemouth	7	0	3	4	7	3	0	4	14	3	3	8	21.43	1987–88	2014–15
Bradford City	11	7	4	0	11	4	4	3	22	11	8	3	50.00	1921–22	2001–02
Bradford Park Avenue	8	4	1	3	8	2	4	2	16	6	5	5	37.50	1908–09	1947–48
Brentford	16	9	3	4	16	9	3	4	32	18	6	8	56.25	1935–36	2015–16
Brighton & Hove Albion	12	4	5	3	12	2	3	7	24	6	8	10	25.00	1980–81	2015–16
Bristol City	27	14	9	4	27	10	6	11	54	24	15	15	44.44	1902–03	2015–16
Bristol Rovers	6	3	3	0	6	0	5	1	12	3	8	1	25.00	1953–54	1994–95
Burnley	46	23	9	14	46	8	12	26	92	31	21	40	33.70	1894–95	2015–16
Burton Swifts	8	7	0	1	8	6	1	1	16	13	1	2	81.25	1891–92	1900–01
Burton United	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.000	1902–03	1902–03
Burton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.000	1896–97	1896–97
Bury	32	16	5	11	32	10	4	18	64	26	9	29	40.63	1895–96	1998–99
Cambridge United	4	1	1	2	4	2	0	2	8	3	1	4	37.50	1979–80	1994–95
Cardiff City	33	17	11	5	32	10	2	20	65	27	13	25	41.54	1920–21	2015–16
Carlisle United	9	6	1	2	9	2	2	5	18	8	3	7	44.44	1965–66	1984–85
Charlton Athletic	31	15	9	7	31	4	11	16	62	19	20	23	30.65	1936–37	2015–16
Chelsea	41	14	12	15	41	6	12	23	82	20	24	38	24.39	1907–08	2010–11
Chester City	4	3	1	0	4	3	0	1	8	6	1	1	75.00	1989–90	1994–95
Chesterfield	7	4	3	0	7	2	4	1	14	6	7	1	42.86	1899–1900	1950–51	[upper-alpha 2]
Colchester United	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	50.00	2006–07	2006–07
Coventry City	24	12	7	5	24	8	7	9	48	20	14	14	41.67	1919–20	2011–12
Crewe Alexandra	13	10	0	3	13	7	3	3	26	17	3	6	65.38	1889–90	2001–02
Crystal Palace	22	14	3	5	22	6	11	5	44	20	14	10	45.45	1965–66	2012–13
Darlington	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	50.00	1991–92	1991–92
Darwen	6	5	1	0	6	0	3	3	8	4	2	2	50.00	1889–90	1898–99
Derby County	52	25	14	13	52	9	19	24	104	34	33	37	32.69	1894–95	2015–16
Doncaster Rovers	10	6	2	2	10	6	1	3	20	12	3	5	60.00	1902–03	2013–14
Everton	59	18	18	23	59	6	17	36	118	24	35	59	20.34	1894–95	2010–11
Exeter City	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	1	50.00	1990–91	1991–92
Fulham	39	16	13	10	39	12	13	14	78	28	26	24	35.90	1908–09	2015–16
Gainsborough Trinity	10	6	4	0	10	4	3	3	20	10	7	3	50.00	1896–97	1911–12
Gillingham	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	75.00	2000–01	2001–02
Glossop	10	5	3	2	10	3	1	6	20	8	4	8	40.00	1898–99	1914–15
Grimsby Town	38	20	9	9	38	8	9	21	76	28	18	30	36.84	1889–90	2001–02
Hartlepool United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	50.00	1991–92	1991–92
Huddersfield Town	50	24	9	17	50	11	20	19	100	35	29	36	35.00	1910–11	2015–16
Hull City	30	15	11	4	30	9	6	15	60	24	17	19	40.00	1908–09	2015–16
Ipswich Town	34	14	12	8	34	8	3	23	68	22	15	31	32.35	1954–55	2015–16
Leeds City	7	4	1	2	7	0	2	5	14	4	3	7	28.57	1908–09	1914–15
Leeds United	46	26	12	8	46	10	13	23	92	36	25	31	39.13	1920–21	2015–16
Leicester City	62	32	11	19	62	18	12	32	124	50	23	51	40.32	1896–97	2013–14	[upper-alpha 3]
Leyton Orient	18	10	6	2	18	7	7	4	36	17	13	6	47.22	1908–09	1994–95	[upper-alpha 4]
Lincoln City	18	14	2	2	18	9	7	2	36	23	9	4	63.89	1891–92	1954–55
Liverpool	50	21	14	15	50	7	11	32	100	28	25	47	28.00	1893–94	2010–11
Long Eaton Rangers	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.000	1889–90	1889–90
Loughborough	4	4	0	0	4	2	1	1	8	6	1	1	75.00	1896–97	1899–1900
Luton Town	26	14	8	4	26	11	8	7	52	25	16	11	48.08	1897–98	2006–07
Manchester City	67	40	12	15	67	9	13	45	134	49	25	60	36.57	1891–92	2010–11	[upper-alpha 5]
Manchester United	50	17	20	13	50	9	9	32	100	26	29	45	26.00	1889–90	2010–11	[upper-alpha 6]
Mansfield Town	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	1	50.00	1989–90	1990–91
Middlesbrough	51	27	16	8	51	11	16	24	102	38	32	32	37.25	1899–1900	2015–16
Middlesbrough Ironopolis	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	50.00	1893–94	1893–94
Millwall	18	11	4	3	18	6	5	7	36	17	9	10	47.22	1946–47	2014–15
Milton Keynes Dons	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.000	2015–16	2015–16	[upper-alpha 7]
New Brighton Tower	3	3	0	0	3	0	2	1	6	3	2	1	50.00	1898–99	1900–01
Newcastle United	47	21	11	15	47	8	14	25	94	29	25	40	30.85	1893–94	2010–11
Newport County	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	50.00	1946–47	1946–47
Northampton Town	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	2	1	1	50.00	1966–67	1989–90
Northwich Victoria	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	100.000	1892–93	1893–94
Norwich City	27	14	7	6	27	4	11	12	54	18	18	18	33.33	1965–66	2014–15
Nottingham Forest	51	21	11	19	51	15	17	19	102	36	28	38	35.29	1889–90	2015–16
Notts County	26	15	6	5	26	5	8	13	52	20	14	18	38.46	1893–94	1993–94
Oldham Athletic	12	4	4	4	12	4	3	5	24	8	7	9	33.33	1908–09	1996–97
Oxford United	13	4	6	3	13	6	3	4	26	10	9	7	38.46	1968–69	1998–99
Peterborough United	6	3	3	0	6	2	2	2	12	5	5	2	41.67	1991–92	2012–13
Plymouth Argyle	14	8	4	2	14	7	4	3	28	15	8	5	53.57	1946–47	2008–09
Portsmouth	43	26	9	8	43	12	14	17	86	38	23	25	44.19	1927–28	2011–12
Port Vale	14	11	1	2	14	6	2	6	28	17	3	8	60.71	1892–93	1999–2000	[upper-alpha 8]
Preston North End	41	24	9	8	41	5	12	24	82	29	21	32	35.37	1894–95	2015–16
Queens Park Rangers	24	17	5	2	24	5	8	11	48	22	13	13	45.83	1950–51	2015–16
Reading	14	6	4	4	14	5	5	4	28	11	9	8	39.29	1986–87	2015–16
Rotherham Town	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.000	1893–94	1893–94
Rotherham County	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	2	0	50.00	1919–20	1920–21
Rotherham United	13	9	1	3	13	4	6	3	26	13	7	6	50.00	1951–52	2015–16
Sheffield United	49	28	9	12	49	11	8	30	98	39	17	42	39.80	1892–93	2008–09
Sheffield Wednesday	46	22	17	7	46	10	9	27	92	32	26	34	34.78	1889–90	2015–16
Shrewsbury Town	9	3	2	4	9	1	3	5	18	4	5	9	22.22	1979–80	1994–95
Southampton	20	9	7	4	20	5	3	12	40	14	10	16	35.00	1946–47	2011–12
Southend United	6	4	1	1	6	1	1	4	12	5	2	5	41.67	1990–91	2006–07
South Shields	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	1	1	2	25.00	1919–20	1920–21
Stockport County	18	14	2	2	18	5	3	10	36	19	5	12	52.78	1900–01	2001–02
Stoke City	44	23	10	11	44	7	9	28	88	30	19	39	34.09	1890–91	2010–11	[upper-alpha 9]
Sunderland	53	26	13	14	53	10	8	35	106	36	21	49	33.96	1894–95	2010–11
Sunderland Albion	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	4	00.00	1889–90	1890–91
Swansea City	14	8	4	2	14	7	3	4	28	15	7	6	53.57	1946–47	2008–09	[upper-alpha 10]
Swindon Town	10	5	3	2	10	4	3	3	20	9	6	5	45.00	1969–70	1999–2000
Torquay United	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.000	1991–92	1991–92
Tottenham Hotspur	41	18	10	13	41	8	6	27	82	26	16	40	31.71	1908–09	2010–11
Tranmere Rovers	10	5	4	1	10	3	1	6	20	8	5	7	40.00	1989–90	2000–01
Walsall	14	11	1	2	14	7	2	5	28	18	3	7	64.29	1889–90	2001–02	[upper-alpha 11]
Watford	19	11	3	5	19	3	4	12	38	14	7	17	36.84	1969–70	2014–15
West Bromwich Albion	58	20	15	23	58	14	18	26	116	34	33	49	29.31	1894–95	2010–11
West Ham United	43	23	10	10	43	15	11	17	86	38	21	27	44.19	1919–20	2011–12
Wigan Athletic	9	4	4	1	9	1	3	5	18	5	7	6	27.78	1989–90	2014–15
Wimbledon	3	1	0	2	3	1	0	2	6	2	0	4	33.33	1984–85	2001–02	[upper-alpha 7]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	63	23	20	20	63	14	10	39	126	37	30	59	29.37	1894–95	2015–16
Wrexham	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	2	1	1	50.00	1979–80	1994–95
Wycombe Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	50.00	1994–95	1994–95
Yeovil Town	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	50.00	2013–14	2013–14
York City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	50.00	1994–95	1994–95

Footnotes

1. Arsenal statistics include matches played against Woolwich Arsenal.
2. Chesterfield statistics include matches played against Chesterfield Town.
3. Leicester City statistics include matches played against Leicester Fosse.
4. Leyton Orient statistics include matches played against Clapton Orient and Orient.
5. Manchester City statistics include matches played against Ardwick.
6. Manchester United statistics include matches played against Newton Heath.
7. Wimbledon F.C. relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003, and was rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons F.C. a year later. That club renounced all claims to Wimbledon's history in 2007, since when it has regarded itself as a new club founded in 2004.^[5]
8. Port Vale statistics include matches played against Burslem Port Vale.
9. Stoke City statistics include matches played against Stoke.
10. Swansea City statistics include matches played against Swansea Town.
11. Walsall statistics include matches played against Walsall Town Swifts.

References

General

• Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. pp. 224–29, 460–65. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
• "Birmingham City: Head-to-Head". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
• "Birmingham City 2015–2016: Results & Fixtures". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

Specific

1. Shury, Alan & Landamore, Brian (2005). The Definitive Newton Heath F.C. (2nd ed.). Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 11. ISBN 1899468161.
2. "Small Heath". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
3. Matthews (2010), p. 224.
4. "Birmingham City 1892–1893: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
5. "Wimbledon become MK Dons FC". guardian.co.uk. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
   "Wimbledon FC patrimony is returned to its rightful home in Borough of Merton". Football Supporters Federation. 3 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.