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Birmingham City 1-0 Watford - May 20, 1999 / Championship Play-Off 1999

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Championship Play-Off 1999 - Semi-finals

St Andrew's Stadium - Birmingham - England

May 20, 1999

29 100

Birmingham City

1 - 0

6-7 After shoot-out

Watford

Dele Adebola

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2' - Goal Dele Adebola2

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54' - Red card David Holdsworth54

57' - Substitution Jon McCarthyis substituted by Darren Purse57

64' - Substitution Dele Adebolais substituted by Chris Holland64

87' - Substitution Nick Wrightis substituted by Alon Hazan photo Allan Smart

87' - Substitution Felix-Michel Ngongeis substituted by Allan Smart

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99' - Substitution Martin O'Connoris substituted by Lee Bradbury99

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Watford

Birmingham City Watford

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Poole

Kevin Poole

England

B.date21/07/1963

Age35 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Johnson

Michael Johnson

Jamaica

B.date04/07/1973

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Rowett

Gary Rowett

England

B.date06/03/1974

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Holdsworth54

David Holdsworth

England

B.date08/11/1968

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Grainger

Martin Grainger

England

B.date23/08/1972

Age26 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

McCarthy57

Jon McCarthy

Northern Ireland

B.date18/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

O'Connor99

Martin O'Connor

Cayman Islands

B.date10/12/1967

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Hughes

Bryan Hughes

England

B.date19/06/1976

Age22 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Adebola264

Dele Adebola

Nigeria

B.date23/06/1975

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Ndlovu

Peter Ndlovu

Zimbabwe

B.date25/02/1973

Age26 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Furlong

Paul Furlong

England

B.date01/10/1968

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Poole		35	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Johnson		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Rowett		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Holdsworth	54	30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Grainger		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon McCarthy	57	28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin O'Connor	99	31	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Hughes		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dele Adebola	264	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Ndlovu		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Furlong		30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

Chamberlain

Alec Chamberlain

England

B.date20/06/1964

Age34 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Page

Robert Page

Wales

B.date03/09/1974

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Bazeley

Darren Bazeley

England

B.date05/10/1972

Age26 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Gibbs

Nigel Gibbs

England

B.date20/11/1965

Age33 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Kennedy

Peter Kennedy

Northern Ireland

B.date10/09/1973

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Palmer

Steve Palmer

England

B.date31/03/1968

Age31 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnson

Richard Johnson

Australia

B.date27/04/1974

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Hyde

Micah Hyde

Jamaica

B.date10/11/1974

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wright87

Nick Wright

England

B.date15/10/1975

Age23 years

positionForward

Ngonge87

Felix-Michel Ngonge

DR Congo

B.date10/01/1967

Age32 years

H1m84

positionForward

Mooney

Tommy Mooney

England

B.date11/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alec Chamberlain		34	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Page		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Bazeley		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Gibbs		33	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Kennedy		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Palmer		31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Johnson		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micah Hyde		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nick Wright	87	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Felix-Michel Ngonge	87	32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Mooney		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Darren Purse	57	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Holland	64	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lee Bradbury	99	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Alon Hazan	87	31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Allan Smart	87	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dele Adebola

Lee Bradbury

OUT

Bryan Hughes

Steve Robinson

OUT

Peter Ndlovu

Chris Holland

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nigel Gibbs

Paul Robinson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

161

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Francis vs Watford

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 20, 1999

Francis vs Taylor

3 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on May 20, 1999

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

557

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Taylor vs Birmingham City

12 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on May 20, 1999

Taylor vs Francis

3 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on May 20, 1999

Referee

David Pugh

3 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Birmingham City5 matches	General total	Watford3 matches	0 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Birmingham City1 match	Season total	Watford1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 09, 2002					Latest figure on December 28, 2002

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Key figures

Watford keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Championship Play-Off running (since 21/05/1989). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time in his career that Dele Adebola scores at least 1 goals during the same game in Championship Play-Off

End of streak for Watford after 3 consecutive matches without a loss in Championship Play-Off (since 21/05/1989). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 2 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 4-1 Portsmouth06/03/1999

VBirmingham City 4-0 West Bromwich Albion13/03/1999

LBirmingham City 1-2 Watford05/04/1999

LBirmingham City 0-1 Wolverhampton17/04/1999

VBirmingham City 1-0 Queens Park Rangers20/04/1999

VBirmingham City 1-0 Ipswich Town02/05/1999

Overall

LBirmingham City 0-1 Wolverhampton17/04/1999

VBirmingham City 1-0 Queens Park Rangers20/04/1999

VBristol City 1-2 Birmingham City24/04/1999

VBirmingham City 1-0 Ipswich Town02/05/1999

LSunderland 2-1 Birmingham City09/05/1999

LWatford 1-0 Birmingham City16/05/1999

Current form

Away

LSheffield United 3-0 Watford06/03/1999

DOxford United 0-0 Watford13/03/1999

VBirmingham City 1-2 Watford05/04/1999

VCrewe Alexandra 0-1 Watford17/04/1999

VPort Vale 1-2 Watford27/04/1999

DBarnsley 2-2 Watford01/05/1999

Overall

VCrewe Alexandra 0-1 Watford17/04/1999

VWatford 2-1 Crystal Palace24/04/1999

VPort Vale 1-2 Watford27/04/1999

DBarnsley 2-2 Watford01/05/1999

VWatford 1-0 Grimsby Town09/05/1999

VWatford 1-0 Birmingham City16/05/1999

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	6	8
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	5	11
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Felix-Michel Ngonge
	-		The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Felix-Michel Ngonge

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

8 v

3 d

4 l

28 gf

14 ga

Away

15 matches

2 v

3 d

10 l

12 gf

24 ga

Total

30 matches

10 v

6 d

14 l

40 gf

38 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

10 v

3 d

2 l

24 gf

12 ga

Away

15 matches

4 v

3 d

8 l

14 gf

28 ga

Total

30 matches

14 v

6 d

10 l

38 gf

40 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 26, 1946
Home	5 - 0	January 26, 1946

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	January 15, 1994
Away	3 - 1	March 10, 1984

Latest head to head

May 16, 1999 - Barrages Premier League 1999

Watford

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 05, 1999 - First Division 1998/1999

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Watford

October 10, 1998 - First Division 1998/1999

Watford

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 09, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Watford

September 23, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Watford

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Watford

Billy Wright	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Robert Hopkins	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Kevin Summerfield	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Mick Halsall	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Ferguson Michael	1 goal	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Luther Blissett	4 goals	1982 - 1985
John Barnes	2 goals	1985 - 1985
Worrell Sterling	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Felix-Michel Ngonge	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Colin West	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Mo Johnston	1 goal	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Robert Hopkins	4 matches	1983 - 1985
Billy Wright	4 matches	1983 - 1985
James Hagan	4 matches	1983 - 1985
Noel Blake	4 matches	1982 - 1983
Tony Coton	3 matches	1983 - 1983
Kevan Broadhurst	3 matches	1982 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Kenny Jackett	6 matches	1982 - 1985
Wilf Rostron	5 matches	1982 - 1985
John Barnes	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Nigel Callaghan	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Steve Sherwood	4 matches	1982 - 1983
Luther Blissett	4 matches	1982 - 1985