1954–55 season | |||
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Chairman | Harry Morris Jr | ||
Manager |
Bob Brocklebank until October 1954 Arthur Turner thereafter |
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Ground | St Andrew's | ||
Football League Second Division | 1st | ||
FA Cup |
Sixth round (eliminated by Manchester City) |
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Top goalscorer |
League: Peter Murphy (20) All: Peter Murphy (20) |
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Highest home attendance | 57,960 vs Manchester City, FA Cup 6th round, 20 April 1955 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 6,441 vs Doncaster Rovers, 16 March 1955 | ||
Average home league attendance | 20,973 | ||
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The 1954–55 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 52nd in the Football League and their 24th in the Second Division. They finished top of the 22-team division on goal average, thus winning the Second Division title for the fourth time and gaining promotion to the First Division for 1955–56. They entered the 1954–55 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost to Manchester City in the sixth round (quarter-final).
Bob Brocklebank and chief scout Walter Taylor laid the foundations for the club's successes of the 1950s, introducing future England internationals Trevor Smith and Jeff Hall to the side, and bringing in the likes of Peter Murphy, Eddy Brown, Roy Warhurst and Alex Govan.Arthur Turner took over from Brocklebank as manager in November 1954 with the club mid-table in the Second Division, having gained only one point away from home. By the end of the season they had scored 92 goals, inflicted Liverpool's record defeat, by nine goals to one, which was also Birmingham's widest margin of victory in a league match since the 19th century, and, needing five points from the last three games, all away from home, to be sure of promotion, confirmed themselves as champions with a 5–1 win in the last game of the season away at Doncaster Rovers.