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Birmingham City F.C. 1965?66 football season
The
1965?66 Football League
season was
Birmingham City Football Club
's 63rd in the
Football League
and their 25th in the
Second Division
, to which they were
relegated
in 1964?65. Having persuaded former
Wolverhampton Wanderers
manager
Stan Cullis
out of retirement as successor to
Joe Mallett
, who remained with the club as Cullis's assistant,
[1]
they finished in tenth position in the 22-team division. They entered the
1965?66 FA Cup
in the third round proper and lost to
Leicester City
in the fourth, and were beaten in their opening second-round match in the
League Cup
by
Mansfield Town
.
Twenty-two players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were thirteen different goalscorers. Forward
Alec Jackson
played in all but two of the team's 45 matches, and
Geoff Vowden
finished as leading scorer with 23 goals, of which 21 came in league competition.
This season saw the introduction of
substitutes
into the Football League. In the third game of the season, away to
Preston North End
on 26 August,
Brian Sharples
replaced the injured
Ron Wylie
to become Birmingham's first Football League substitute.
[2]
League table (part)
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Final Second Division table (part)
[3]
Pos
|
Club
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
GA
|
Pts
|
8th
|
Derby County
|
42
|
16
|
11
|
15
|
71
|
68
|
1.04
|
43
|
9th
|
Bolton Wanderers
|
42
|
16
|
9
|
17
|
62
|
59
|
1.05
|
41
|
10th
|
Birmingham City
|
42
|
16
|
9
|
17
|
70
|
75
|
0.93
|
41
|
11th
|
Crystal Palace
|
42
|
14
|
13
|
15
|
47
|
52
|
0.90
|
41
|
12th
|
Portsmouth
|
42
|
16
|
8
|
18
|
74
|
78
|
0.95
|
40
|
Key
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Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played;
W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;
F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA =
Goal average
; Pts = Points
|
FA Cup
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League Cup
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Appearances and goals
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- Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a
substitute
.
- Players marked † left the club during the playing season.
- Key to positions: GK ?
Goalkeeper
; FB ?
Full back
; HB ?
Half back
; FW ?
Forward
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