1906–07 Birmingham F.C. season


The 1906–07 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 15th in the Football League and their 7th in the First Division. They finished in ninth place in the 20-team league. They also took part in the 1906–07 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing in that round to Liverpool.
Twenty-six players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were twelve different goalscorers. Forwards Benny Green and Billy Jones were ever-present over the 39-match season; full-back Frank Stokes and half-backs Billy Beer and Walter Wigmore missed only one, and three other players exceeded 30 appearances. Billy Jones was leading scorer with 15 goals, all of which came in the league.
The last league match at the Coventry Road ground, which no longer met the club's needs, was played on 22 December 1906. Birmingham beat Bury 3–1. The last goal was scored by Arthur Mounteney, and the Birmingham Daily Post described how
Within months the ground had been demolished and the land cleared for housing.
Construction of the St Andrew's Ground, in the Bordesley district some three-quarters of a mile closer to the city centre, had taken less than a year from leasing the land to official opening on Boxing Day 1906. Heavy overnight snowfall put the ceremony, and the scheduled match against Middlesbrough, at risk. Dozens of volunteers, including members of the club's board, worked all morning to clear the pitch. The game finally kicked off an hour late, finishing goalless in front of 32,000 spectators. The Birmingham Daily Post editorial next day suggested that "the fact that so many spectators attended under such adverse conditions augurs well for the step that the directors have taken", and that the directors were "to be congratulated in having provided their supporters with a ground second to none in the country". The Football Association chose the ground to host the FA Cup semi-final in March 1907 between Sheffield Wednesday and Woolwich Arsenal.

Football League First Division

DateLeague
position		OpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
1 September 190618thPreston North EndAL0–212,000
3 September 190615thBristol CityHD2–2Green, Mounteney12,000
8 September 190617thNewcastle UnitedHL2–4W.H. Jones, Beer20,000
15 September 190617thAston VillaAL1–4Mounteney45,000
22 September 190614thLiverpoolHW2–1W.H. Jones, Mounteney10,000
29 September 190616thBristol CityAD0–015,000
6 October 190614thNotts CountyHW2–0Stokes, Kearns10,000
13 October 190615thSheffield UnitedAL0–210,000
20 October 190612thBolton WanderersHW4–2W.H. Jones, Beer pen, Anderson15,000
27 October 190615thManchester UnitedAL1–2W.H. Jones12,000
3 November 190614thStokeHW2–1W.H. Jones 28,000
10 November 190614thBlackburn RoversAL0–112,000
17 November 190612thSunderlandHW2–0W.H. Jones, Tickle10,000
24 November 190610thDerby CountyHW2–1Anderson, Wigmore10,000
1 December 190613thEvertonAL0–314,000
8 December 190611thWoolwich ArsenalHW5–1Green 2, W.H. Jones 2, Beer19,000
15 December 190610thSheffield WednesdayAW1–0Beer10,000
22 December 19069thBuryHW3–1Mounteney 2, Wigmore6,000
25 December 19068thManchester CityAL0–114,000
26 December 19069thMiddlesbroughHD0–032,000
29 December 19067thPreston North EndHW3–0Green 2, W.H. Jones25,000
1 January 19078thMiddlesbroughAL0–120,000
5 January 190710thNewcastle UnitedAL0–228,000
19 January 19079thAston VillaHW3–2Glover, Mounteney, Green60,000
26 January 190710thLiverpoolAL0–214,000
9 February 19079thNotts CountyAD2–2W.H. Jones 210,000
16 February 19079thSheffield UnitedHD0–012,000
2 March 19079thManchester UnitedHD1–1Morris20,000
9 March 190710thStokeAL0–33,000
11 March 19079thBolton WanderersAW3–2Tickle, Green, Anderson5,000
16 March 19078thBlackburn RoversHW2–0W.H. Jones, Tickle10,000
23 March 19078thSunderlandAL1–4Anderson15,000
29 March 19078thManchester CityHW4–0Green, Gooch, Anderson, W.H. Jones16,000
30 March 19078thDerby CountyAD1–1Wigmore5,000
6 April 19079thEvertonHW1–0Green12,000
13 April 19079thWoolwich ArsenalAL1–2Glover15,000
25 April 19079thSheffield WednesdayHD1–1Morris10,000
27 April 19079thBuryAL0–15,000

League table (part)

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
First round12 January 1907LiverpoolAL1–2Green pen20,000

Appearances and goals