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Birmingham City 4-5 Chelsea - December 31, 1977 / Division 1 1977/1978

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19' - Goal Keith Bertschin19

24' - Goal Tommy Langley

37' - Goal Tommy Langley

39' - Goal Trevor Francis39

44' - Goal Bill Garner

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46' - Substitution Kevin Dillonis substituted by John Connolly46

47' - Goal Tommy Langley

79' - Goal Clive Walker

88' - Goal Trevor Francis88

89' - Goal Terry Hibbitt89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham City

4 - 5

Chelsea

Birmingham City Chelsea

Team line-ups

Birmingham City

Montgomery

Jimmy Montgomery

England

B.date09/10/1943

Age34 years

positionGoalkeeper

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age30 years

positionDefender

Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood

Scotland

B.date28/02/1955

Age22 years

positionDefender

Howard

Pat Howard

England

B.date07/10/1947

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age28 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Dillon46

Kevin Dillon

England

B.date18/12/1959

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Francis3988

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hibbitt89

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age30 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bertschin19

Keith Bertschin

England

B.date25/08/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Montgomery		34	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page		30	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Calderwood		22	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Howard		30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey		28	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher		22	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Dillon	46	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis	3988	23	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt	89	30	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Bertschin	19	21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age36 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Droy

Michael Droy

England

B.date07/05/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Wilkins

Graham Wilkins

England

B.date28/06/1955

Age22 years

positionDefender

Wicks

Steve Wicks

England

B.date03/10/1956

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age33 years

positionDefender

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Lewington

Ray Lewington

England

B.date07/09/1956

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Britton

Ian Britton

Scotland

B.date19/05/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Walker79

Clive Walker

England

B.date26/05/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Langley472437

Tommy Langley

England

B.date08/02/1958

Age19 years

positionForward

Garner44

Bill Garner

England

B.date14/12/1947

Age30 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		36	580	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Droy		26	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Wilkins		22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Wicks		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		33	611	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain		25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Lewington		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Britton		23	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Walker	79	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Langley	472437	19	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bill Garner	44	30	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

143

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Connolly	46	27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alf Ramsey

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Ramsey vs Chelsea

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 1977

Ramsey vs Shellito

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Ken Shellito

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Shellito vs Birmingham City

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 1977

Shellito vs Ramsey

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 1977

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Keith Bertschin scores 1 goal vs in Premier League

It's the first time Trevor Francis scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Chelsea in Premier League

Pat Howard played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 3-1 Derby County22/10/1977

VBirmingham City 2-1 Wolverhampton05/11/1977

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester19/11/1977

LBirmingham City 0-2 Nottingham Forest03/12/1977

DBirmingham City 0-0 Everton17/12/1977

VBirmingham City 3-0 Bristol City27/12/1977

Overall

LNorwich City 1-0 Birmingham City26/11/1977

LBirmingham City 0-2 Nottingham Forest03/12/1977

LManchester City 3-0 Birmingham City10/12/1977

DBirmingham City 0-0 Everton17/12/1977

LWest Ham 1-0 Birmingham City26/12/1977

VBirmingham City 3-0 Bristol City27/12/1977

Current form

Away

LLiverpool 2-0 Chelsea08/10/1977

LNewcastle United 1-0 Chelsea22/10/1977

DNorwich City 0-0 Chelsea12/11/1977

LManchester City 6-2 Chelsea26/11/1977

VWolverhampton 1-3 Chelsea10/12/1977

LArsenal 3-0 Chelsea26/12/1977

Overall

LManchester City 6-2 Chelsea26/11/1977

LChelsea 0-1 Everton03/12/1977

VWolverhampton 1-3 Chelsea10/12/1977

DChelsea 1-1 Norwich City17/12/1977

LArsenal 3-0 Chelsea26/12/1977

VChelsea 2-1 West Ham27/12/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
7	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
11	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.09	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.77
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.7
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.18
1.09	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (2 times)

Bookings

1	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

Trevor Francis	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Tommy Langley
Trevor Francis	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Clive Walker
Trevor Francis	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ian Britton
Trevor Francis	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ian Britton
Trevor Francis	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Tommy Langley

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

13 v

9 d

11 l

53 gf

50 ga

Away

35 matches

8 v

10 d

17 l

43 gf

59 ga

Total

68 matches

21 v

19 d

28 l

96 gf

109 ga

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

17 v

10 d

8 l

59 gf

43 ga

Away

33 matches

11 v

9 d

13 l

50 gf

53 ga

Total

68 matches

28 v

19 d

21 l

109 gf

96 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 14, 1953
Home	4 - 0	April 30, 1932

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 21, 1964
Away	6 - 1	November 21, 1964

Latest head to head

August 24, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Chelsea

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 08, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Chelsea

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 25, 1975 - FA Cup 1974/1975

Chelsea

0 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 02, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Birmingham City

2 - 0

Chelsea

September 11, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Birmingham City

2 - 4

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Bob Hatton	3 goals	1973 - 1975
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Denis Thwaites	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Alec Jackson	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Howard Kendall	1 goal	1974 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1961
Robert Tambling	7 goals	1959 - 1965
George Graham	4 goals	1964 - 1964
Barry Bridges	3 goals	1961 - 1965
Ian Hutchinson	3 goals	1970 - 1973
Peter Osgood	3 goals	1970 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Ray Martin	10 matches	1964 - 1974
Malcolm Beard	10 matches	1961 - 1970
Malcolm Page	8 matches	1968 - 1975
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1964
William Hennessey	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Alan Campbell	6 matches	1972 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Peter Bonetti	15 matches	1961 - 1974
Ron Harris	15 matches	1963 - 1977
John Hollins	13 matches	1964 - 1975
Peter Brabrook	10 matches	1957 - 1962
Eddie McCreadie	10 matches	1963 - 1973
Robert Tambling	10 matches	1959 - 1968