Gilbert Merrick

Born on : January 26, 1922 at Sparkhill

Date of death : February 03, 2010

Nationality : England

Number of international caps : 23

First cap : vs Northern Ireland 14/11/1951

Main position
Goalkeeper

Manager careerLast updated on 09/05/2024 at 21:56

V D L

Results

Goals

Competition info

Season	Club	League					Continent						International
Season	Club	tier	Games played	V V	D D	L L	Rk.	pts	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA
1963/1964	Birmingham	1	42	26%11	17%7	57%24	20	29	54	92								2			100%2	FA Cup3e t3e tour League Cup2e t2e tour	1	4								44	25%11	16%7	59%26		55	96
1962/1963	Birmingham	1	42	24%10	31%13	45%19	20	33	63	90								11	55%6	36%4	9%1	League CupFinaFinale FA Cup3e t3e tour	30	13								53	30%16	32%17	38%20		93	103
1961/1962	Birmingham	1	42	33%14	24%10	43%18	17	38	65	81	4	25%1	25%1	50%2	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1/8 1/8 de finale Inter-Cities Fairs CupFinaFinale	5	9	4		50%2	50%2	FA Cup3e t3e tour League Cup1er 1er tour	6	10								50	30%15	26%13	44%22		76	100
1960/1961	Birmingham	1	42	33%14	14%6	52%22	19	34	62	84	6	83%5	17%1			18	9	7	43%3	29%2	29%2	FA Cup1/8 1/8 de finale League Cup1/161/16 de finale	10	6								55	40%22	16%9	44%24		90	99
Total			168	29%49	21%36	49%83	76	134	244	347	10	60%6	20%2	20%2		23	18	24	38%9	33%8	29%7		47	33								202	32%64	23%46	46%92		314	398

Merrick's career statisticsLast updated on 09/05/2024 at 21:56

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

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Results

SeasonClubLeagueContinentNat. cupsInternationalTotal
tier
								Games
								Games played
							
									Goals for
									goals
								
									Assists
									ass.
								
									Efficiency
									eff.
								
									Own goals
									o.g
								
									Goals against
									short_goals_con
								
									Clean sheets
									Clean sheets
								
									Minutes played
									min.p.
								
									Jersey Number
									n°
								
									Match starts
									start
								
									Substitute
									Bench
								
									On the game sheet
									pres.
								
									Yellow cards
									y.c.
								
									Red cards
									r.c.
								
									V
									V
								
									D
									D
								
									L
									L
								
								Games
								Games played
							
									Goals for
									goals
								
									Assists
									ass.
								
									Efficiency
									eff.
								
									Own goals
									o.g
								
									Goals against
									short_goals_con
								
									Clean sheets
									Clean sheets
								
									Minutes played
									min.p.
								
									Jersey Number
									n°
								
									Match starts
									start
								
									Substitute
									Bench
								
									On the game sheet
									pres.
								
									Yellow cards
									y.c.
								
									Red cards
									r.c.
								
									V
									V
								
									D
									D
								
									L
									L
								
								Games
								Games played
							
									Goals for
									goals
								
									Assists
									ass.
								
									Efficiency
									eff.
								
									Own goals
									o.g
								
									Goals against
									short_goals_con
								
									Clean sheets
									Clean sheets
								
									Minutes played
									min.p.
								
									Jersey Number
									n°
								
									Match starts
									start
								
									Substitute
									Bench
								
									On the game sheet
									pres.
								
									Yellow cards
									y.c.
								
									Red cards
									r.c.
								
									V
									V
								
									D
									D
								
									L
									L
								
								Games
								Games played
							
									Goals for
									goals
								
									Assists
									ass.
								
									Efficiency
									eff.
								
									Own goals
									o.g
								
									Goals against
									short_goals_con
								
									Clean sheets
									Clean sheets
								
									Minutes played
									min.p.
								
									Jersey Number
									n°
								
									Match starts
									start
								
									Substitute
									Bench
								
									On the game sheet
									pres.
								
									Yellow cards
									y.c.
								
									Red cards
									r.c.
								
									V
									V
								
									D
									D
								
									L
									L
								
								Games
								Games played
							
									Goals for
									goals
								
									Assists
									ass.
								
									Efficiency
									eff.
								
									Own goals
									o.g
								
									Goals against
									short_goals_con
								
									Clean sheets
									Clean sheets
								
									Minutes played
									min.p.
								
									Jersey Number
									n°
								
									Match starts
									start
								
									Substitute
									Bench
								
									On the game sheet
									pres.
								
									Yellow cards
									y.c.
								
									Red cards
									r.c.
								
									V
									V
								
									D
									D
								
									L
									L
								

							1959/1960 Birmingham10%

							1958/1959 Birmingham10%

							1957/1958 Birmingham10%

							1956/1957 Birmingham10%

							1955/1956 Birmingham113900100%100100%10%1390100%111%00100%1

					
						
							
								Club
								Competition
								
									Games
								Goals forAssistsEfficiencyOwn goalsGoals againstClean sheetsMinutes playedJersey NumberMatch startsSubstituteOn the game sheetYellow cardsRed cardsVDL

										Birmingham
										FA Cup
										13900100%0%0%100%

					
				

							1954/1955 Birmingham20%

							1953/1954 Birmingham2103019300100%10100%40%420%240%410301930100%10100%40%420%240%4

					
						
							
								Club
								Competition
								
									Games
								Goals forAssistsEfficiencyOwn goalsGoals againstClean sheetsMinutes playedJersey NumberMatch startsSubstituteOn the game sheetYellow cardsRed cardsVDL

										England
										British Home Championship
										342700100%100%100%0%0%

										England
										Friendlies
										2101800100%100%0%50%50%

										England
										Friendlies
										281800100%100%0%0%100%

										England
										World Cup
										3813000100%100%33%33%33%

					
				

							1952/1953 Birmingham27925610100%788%43%343%314%1792561100%788%43%343%314%1

					
						
							
								Club
								Competition
								
									Games
								Goals forAssistsEfficiencyOwn goalsGoals againstClean sheetsMinutes playedJersey NumberMatch startsSubstituteOn the game sheetYellow cardsRed cardsVDL

										England
										British Home Championship
										362700100%100%33%67%0%

										England
										Friendlies
										11900100%100%100%0%0%

										England
										Friendlies
										3312010100%75%33%33%33%

					
				

							1951/1952 Birmingham26625400100%675%67%433%20662540100%675%67%433%20

					
						
							
								Club
								Competition
								
									Games
								Goals forAssistsEfficiencyOwn goalsGoals againstClean sheetsMinutes playedJersey NumberMatch startsSubstituteOn the game sheetYellow cardsRed cardsVDL

										England
										British Home Championship
										2111800100%67%100%0%0%

										England
										Friendlies
										12900100%50%0%100%0%

										England
										Friendlies
										3312700100%100%67%33%0%

					
				

							1950/1951 Birmingham2

							1949/1950 Birmingham1

							1948/1949 Birmingham1

							1947/1948 Birmingham2

							1946/1947 Birmingham2

							1945/1946 Birmingham

							1944/1945 Birmingham

							1943/1944 Birmingham

							1942/1943 Birmingham

							1941/1942 Birmingham

							1940/1941 Birmingham

							1939/1940 Birmingham

					Total1390100%10%0%100%1234552031100%2330%48%1130%722%5244852121100%2431%46%1129%725%6

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

British Home Championship

1952

1953

1954

Runner-ups

FA Cup

1956

Manager's titles

Victories

League Cup

1963

Runner-ups

Europa League

1961

Transfers

01/07/64 > 03/02/10	Retired	mana.
01/07/60 > 01/07/64	Birmingham	mana.

01/07/60 > 03/02/10	Retired
01/07/39 > 01/07/60	Birmingham

Suggest a transfer for this player

Manager career by clubLast updated on 09/05/2024 at 21:56

Club	Played matches	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses	GF Goals for	GA Goals against
Birmingham	202	32%64	23%46	46%92	314	398

Player career by clubLast updated on 09/05/2024 at 21:56

Club	Played matches	Clean sheets	Goals conceded	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
England	23	22%5	45	2031			100%23	48%11	22%5
Birmingham	1	0%0	3	90			100%1	0%0	100%1

Manager's favourite opponents

Club		V
Aston Villa	10	4	18	20
Man United	8	4	12	11
Fulham	8	4	13	9
West Ham	8	4	18	21
Leicester	10	3	12	22
Nottingham	9	3	14	14
Bolton	8	3	14	11
Man City	7	3	18	10
Chelsea	6	3	13	12
Ipswich Town	6	3	12	10
Sheffield U	6	3	9	7
Cardiff City	4	3	9	4
Blackpool	8	2	10	17
Arsenal	8	2	8	15
WBA	8	2	7	9
Inter Milan	2	2	4	2
Újpesti Dózsa SC	2	2	5	3
Blackburn	8	1	9	20
Wolves	8	1	14	26
Burnley	8	1	11	22

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Switzerland	2	2	2	0
N. Ireland	3	2	1	3
Belgium	2	1	1	4
Argentina	1	0	1	0
Scotland	3	2	0	5
Hungary	2	0	0	13
Uruguay	2	0	0	6
Wales	2	2	0	3
Austria	2	1	0	4
Italy	1	0	0	1
Man City	1	0	0	3
Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
UEFA XI	1	0	0	4
Chile	1	1	0	1

Manager's worst opponents

Club		L
Tottenham	10	9	35
Everton	8	6	17
Wolves	8	6	26
Leicester	10	6	22
Burnley	8	6	22
S Wednesday	8	5	19
Arsenal	8	4	15
Blackburn	8	4	20
WBA	8	4	9
Blackpool	8	4	17
Liverpool	4	3	10
Aston Villa	10	3	20
West Ham	8	3	21
Ipswich Town	6	3	10
Nottingham	9	3	14
Sheffield U	6	3	7
Man United	8	2	11
Fulham	8	2	9
Chelsea	6	2	12
Man City	7	2	10

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Hungary	2	2	13
Uruguay	2	2	6
Man City	1	1	3
Yugoslavia	1	1	1

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1959/1960	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	32%	45%	47	-
1958/1959	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	46%	33%	52	-
1957/1958	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	33%	43%	46	-
1956/1957	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	41%	37%	51	-
1955/1956	Birmingham	0%	100%	1	49%	31%	49	-
1954/1955	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	54%	24%	46	-
1953/1954	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	43%	32%	44	-
1952/1953	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	45%	29%	49	-
1951/1952	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	50%	30%	44	-
1950/1951	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	50%	29%	48	-
1949/1950	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	16%	51%	43	-
1948/1949	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	24%	38%	45	-
1947/1948	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	51%	14%	43	-
1946/1947	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	61%	28%	46	-
1945/1946	Birmingham	0%	0%	0	40%	20%	10	-
1944/1945	Birmingham	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
1943/1944	Birmingham	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
1942/1943	Birmingham	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
1941/1942	Birmingham	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
1940/1941	Birmingham	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
1939/1940	Birmingham	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Birmingham City
05/05/1956	FAC	Man City - Birmingham	3 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first loss

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 09/05/2024 at 21:56

Competition	Played matches	clean sheets	Goals conceded	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
FA Cup	FA Cup	1		3	90	100%1			100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	12	25%3	26	1011	100%12	33%4	33%4	33%4
World Cup	World Cup	3	33%1	8	300	100%3	33%1	33%1	33%1
BHC	British Home Championship	8	13%1	11	720	100%8	75%6	25%2

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1959/1960	Birmingham	1	19	36	42	13	10	19	63	80
1958/1959	Birmingham	1	9	46	42	20	6	16	84	68
1957/1958	Birmingham	1	13	39	42	14	11	17	76	89
1956/1957	Birmingham	1	13	39	42	15	9	18	69	69
1955/1956	Birmingham	1	6	45	42	18	9	15	75	57
1954/1955	Birmingham	2	1	54	42	22	10	10	92	47
1953/1954	Birmingham	2	7	47	42	18	11	13	78	58
1952/1953	Birmingham	2	6	48	42	19	10	13	71	66
1951/1952	Birmingham	2	3	51	42	21	9	12	67	56
1950/1951	Birmingham	2	4	49	42	20	9	13	64	53
1949/1950	Birmingham	1	22	28	42	7	14	21	31	67
1948/1949	Birmingham	1	17	37	42	11	15	16	36	38
1947/1948	Birmingham	2	1	59	42	22	15	5	55	24
1946/1947	Birmingham	2	3	55	42	25	5	12	74	33

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
May 22, 1960	22/05	F	Europe	Hungary	2 - 0	England	Absent
May 15, 1960	15/05	F	Europe	Spain	3 - 0	England	Absent
May 11, 1960	11/05	F	Europe	England	3 - 3	Yugoslavia	Absent
May 04, 1960	04/05	ICFC	Final	FC Barcelona	4 - 1	Birmingham	Absent
April 30, 1960	30/04	D1	Round 42	Birmingham	1 - 0	Blackburn	No data
April 27, 1960	27/04	D1	Round 41	Birmingham	0 - 1	Burnley	No data
April 23, 1960	23/04	D1	Round 40	S Wednesday	2 - 4	Birmingham	No data
April 19, 1960	19/04	D1	Round 39	WBA	1 - 1	Birmingham	No data
April 18, 1960	18/04	D1	Round 38	Birmingham	1 - 7	WBA	No data
April 16, 1960	16/04	D1	Round 39	Birmingham	3 - 0	Arsenal	Absent
April 09, 1960	09/04	D1	Round 36	Blackpool	0 - 1	Birmingham	No data
April 09, 1960	09/04	BHC	Round 3	Scotland	1 - 1	England	Absent
April 02, 1960	02/04	D1	Round 35	Birmingham	2 - 2	Everton	Absent
March 29, 1960	29/03	ICFC	Final	Birmingham	0 - 0	FC Barcelona	Absent
March 26, 1960	26/03	D1	Round 34	Luton Town	1 - 1	Birmingham	No data
March 19, 1960	19/03	D1	Round 33	Birmingham	2 - 5	Bolton	No data
March 12, 1960	12/03	D1	Round 32	Fulham	2 - 2	Birmingham	No data
March 09, 1960	09/03	D1	Round 31	Leeds United	3 - 3	Birmingham	No data
March 05, 1960	05/03	D1	Round 30	Birmingham	4 - 1	Nottingham	No data
February 27, 1960	27/02	D1	Round 29	Man City	3 - 0	Birmingham	No data
February 06, 1960	06/02	D1	Round 28	Leicester	1 - 3	Birmingham	No data
January 23, 1960	23/01	D1	Round 27	Birmingham	2 - 1	Preston NE	No data
January 16, 1960	16/01	D1	Round 26	Man United	2 - 1	Birmingham	No data
January 09, 1960	09/01	FAC	3rd round	Watford	2 - 1	Birmingham	No data
January 02, 1960	02/01	D1	Round 25	Birmingham	0 - 1	Tottenham	No data
December 28, 1959	28/12	D1	Round 24	West Ham	3 - 1	Birmingham	No data
December 26, 1959	26/12	D1	Round 23	Birmingham	2 - 0	West Ham	No data
December 19, 1959	19/12	D1	Round 22	Wolverhampton	2 - 0	Birmingham	No data
December 12, 1959	12/12	D1	Round 21	Bolton	4 - 1	Birmingham	No data
December 05, 1959	05/12	D1	Round 20	Birmingham	4 - 2	Man City	No data
November 28, 1959	28/11	D1	Round 19	Blackburn	2 - 1	Birmingham	No data
November 21, 1959	21/11	D1	Round 18	Birmingham	2 - 1	Blackpool	No data
November 18, 1959	18/11	BHC	Round 2	England	2 - 1	N. Ireland	Absent
November 14, 1959	14/11	D1	Round 17	Everton	4 - 0	Birmingham	Absent
November 11, 1959	11/11	ICFC	Semi-finals	Birmingham	4 - 2	RUSG	No data
November 07, 1959	07/11	D1	Round 16	Birmingham	1 - 1	Luton Town	No data
October 31, 1959	31/10	D1	Round 15	Arsenal	3 - 0	Birmingham	Absent
October 28, 1959	28/10	F	Europe	England	2 - 3	Sweden	Absent
October 24, 1959	24/10	D1	Round 14	Birmingham	2 - 4	Fulham	No data
October 17, 1959	17/10	D1	Round 13	Nottingham	0 - 2	Birmingham	No data
October 17, 1959	17/10	BHC	Round 1	Wales	1 - 1	England	Absent
October 10, 1959	10/10	D1	Round 12	Birmingham	0 - 0	S Wednesday	No data
October 07, 1959	07/10	ICFC	Semi-finals	RUSG	2 - 4	Birmingham	No data
October 03, 1959	03/10	D1	Round 11	Birmingham	2 - 0	Leeds United	No data
September 26, 1959	26/09	D1	Round 10	Burnley	3 - 1	Birmingham	No data
September 19, 1959	19/09	D1	Round 9	Birmingham	3 - 4	Leicester	No data
September 16, 1959	16/09	D1	Round 8	Chelsea	4 - 2	Birmingham	No data
September 12, 1959	12/09	D1	Round 7	Preston NE	3 - 2	Birmingham	No data
September 09, 1959	09/09	D1	Round 6	Birmingham	1 - 1	Chelsea	No data
September 05, 1959	05/09	D1	Round 5	Birmingham	1 - 1	Man United	No data
September 02, 1959	02/09	D1	Round 4	Newcastle	1 - 0	Birmingham	No data
August 29, 1959	29/08	D1	Round 3	Tottenham	0 - 0	Birmingham	No data
August 26, 1959	26/08	D1	Round 2	Birmingham	4 - 3	Newcastle	No data
August 22, 1959	22/08	D1	Round 1	Birmingham	0 - 1	Wolverhampton	No data

First XI

On the bench

Absent

Match ratings and personal notes

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