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Stoke City 2-1 Birmingham City - March 17, 1984 / Division 1 1983/1984

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Division 1 1983/1984 - Journée 32

Victoria Ground - Stoke-on-Trent - England

March 17, 1984

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Paul Dyson

Steve Bould

Howard Gayle

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0' - Goal Paul Dyson photo Steve Bould

0' - Goal Steve Bould0

0' - Goal Howard Gayle

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46' - Substitution Martin Kuhlis substituted by Mark McCarrick

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Stoke City

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Stoke City Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Stoke City

Fox

Peter Fox

England

B.date05/07/1957

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

O'Callaghan

Brendan O'Callaghan

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1955

Age28 years

positionDefender

Dyson0

Paul Dyson

England

B.date27/12/1959

Age24 years

positionDefender

Bould0

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age21 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Hampton

Peter Hampton

England

B.date12/09/1954

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age32 years

positionMidfield

James

Robbie James

Wales

B.date23/03/1957

Age26 years

positionMidfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Russell

Colin Russell

England

B.date21/01/1961

Age23 years

positionForward

Painter

Ian Painter

England

B.date28/12/1964

Age19 years

positionForward

Chamberlain

Mark Chamberlain

England

B.date19/11/1961

Age22 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Fox	26	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendan O'Callaghan	28	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson	24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould	21	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Hampton	29	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson	32	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie James	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy	29	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Russell	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Painter	19	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Chamberlain	22	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Coton

Tony Coton

England

B.date19/05/1961

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age28 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Wright

Billy Wright

England

B.date28/04/1958

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Hagan

James Hagan

Northern Ireland

B.date10/10/1956

Age27 years

positionDefender

Broadhurst

Kevan Broadhurst

England

B.date03/06/1959

Age24 years

positionDefender

Blake

Noel Blake

Jamaica

B.date12/01/1962

Age22 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Van Den Hauwe

Pat Van Den Hauwe

Wales

B.date16/12/1960

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Kuhl46

Martin Kuhl

England

B.date10/01/1965

Age19 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Harford

Mick Harford

England

B.date12/02/1959

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Hopkins

Robert Hopkins

England

B.date25/10/1961

Age22 years

H1m70

positionForward

Gayle0

Howard Gayle

England

B.date18/05/1958

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Coton		22	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts		28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Wright		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Hagan		27	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevan Broadhurst		24	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Blake		22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Van Den Hauwe		23	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Kuhl	46	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Harford		25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Hopkins		22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Howard Gayle		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Mark McCarrick	46	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Hudson

Christopher Maskery

OUT

Peter Hampton

Christopher Hemming

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

William Asprey

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Asprey vs Birmingham City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 17, 1984

Asprey vs Saunders

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 17, 1984

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

112

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Stoke City

6 victories

6 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 17, 1984

Saunders vs Asprey

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 17, 1984

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has done less than 1.25 goals conceded per game in Premier League.

End of streak for Birmingham City after 4 consecutive wins away from home in Premier League (since 21/01/1984). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 15/04/1978

Stoke City keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in Premier League running (since 26/12/1983). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 11/12/1982-23/04/1983 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LStoke City 0-2 Everton07/01/1984

DStoke City 1-1 Everton14/01/1984

VStoke City 1-0 Arsenal28/01/1984

VStoke City 1-0 Ipswich Town11/02/1984

VStoke City 1-0 Notts County25/02/1984

VStoke City 1-0 Aston Villa10/03/1984

Overall

LWest Ham 3-0 Stoke City04/02/1984

VStoke City 1-0 Ipswich Town11/02/1984

VCoventry 2-3 Stoke City18/02/1984

VStoke City 1-0 Notts County25/02/1984

LTottenham 1-0 Stoke City03/03/1984

VStoke City 1-0 Aston Villa10/03/1984

Current form

Away

DSheffield United 1-1 Birmingham City07/01/1984

VIpswich Town 1-2 Birmingham City21/01/1984

VSunderland 1-2 Birmingham City28/01/1984

VLeicester 2-3 Birmingham City04/02/1984

VTottenham 0-1 Birmingham City25/02/1984

VCoventry 0-1 Birmingham City03/03/1984

Overall

DBirmingham City 0-0 Wolverhampton11/02/1984

VBirmingham City 3-0 West Ham18/02/1984

VTottenham 0-1 Birmingham City25/02/1984

VBirmingham City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion28/02/1984

VCoventry 0-1 Birmingham City03/03/1984

LBirmingham City 1-3 Watford10/03/1984

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	5	1
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	5	1
Invincibility streak	4	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	6	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
8	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
15	Losses (Competition total)	13
5	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
50	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
0.9	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.03
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.61	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.31

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Robbie James	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Mick Harford
Ian Painter	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Mick Harford
Robbie James	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Billy Wright
Robbie James	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Billy Wright
Ian Painter	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Howard Gayle

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

20 v

9 d

4 l

64 gf

30 ga

Away

33 matches

10 v

7 d

16 l

37 gf

42 ga

Total

66 matches

30 v

16 d

20 l

101 gf

72 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

16 v

7 d

10 l

42 gf

37 ga

Away

33 matches

4 v

9 d

20 l

30 gf

64 ga

Total

66 matches

20 v

16 d

30 l

72 gf

101 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 21, 1935
Home	6 - 1	October 19, 1895

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 27, 1920
Away	2 - 1	November 18, 1972

Latest head to head

September 06, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

January 03, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Stoke City

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 04, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Birmingham City

1 - 4

Stoke City logo Stoke City

March 13, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

October 24, 1981 - Division 1 1981/1982

Stoke City

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

John Ritchie	6 goals	1963 - 1973
Jimmy Greenhoff	3 goals	1972 - 1974
Mark Chamberlain	2 goals	1982 - 1982
Jimmy Robertson	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Lee Chapman	2 goals	1981 - 1982
Keith Bebbington	2 goals	1964 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Alan Curbishley	2 goals	1982 - 1982
Bob Hatton	2 goals	1973 - 1975
Bob Latchford	2 goals	1972 - 1973
Trevor Francis	2 goals	1973 - 1977
Roger Hynd	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Les Phillips	1 goal	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Alan Dodd	10 matches	1973 - 1982
Mike Pejic	9 matches	1972 - 1976
John Ritchie	8 matches	1963 - 1974
Jimmy Greenhoff	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Eric Skeels	8 matches	1963 - 1975
John Marsh	8 matches	1973 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Joe Gallagher	9 matches	1974 - 1981
Dave Latchford	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Bob Hatton	7 matches	1972 - 1975
Garry Pendrey	7 matches	1972 - 1977
Trevor Francis	7 matches	1973 - 1977
Kevan Broadhurst	6 matches	1981 - 1983