1959–60 Birmingham City F.C. season
| 1959–60 season | |||
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| Chairman | Harry Morris Jr | ||
| Manager |
Pat Beasley until May 1960 Gil Merrick thereafter |
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| Ground | St Andrew's | ||
| Football League First Division | 19th | ||
| FA Cup |
Third round (eliminated by Watford) |
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| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
Runners-up (eliminated by Barcelona) |
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| Top goalscorer |
League: Johnny Gordon (16) All: Johnny Gordon (19) |
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| Highest home attendance | 41,260 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers, 22 August 1959 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 14,152 vs Union Saint-Gilloise, Fairs Cup semi-final, 11 November 1959 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 26,880 | ||
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The 1959–60 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 57th in the Football League and their 33rd in the First Division. They finished in 19th position in the 22-team division. They lost their opening third-round 1959–60 FA Cup-tie to Watford. In the 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Birmingham reached the final, in which they lost 4–1 on aggregate to Barcelona.
Twenty-two players made at least one appearance in senior first-team competition, and there were fifteen different goalscorers. Half backs Trevor Smith and Johnny Watts played in 46 of the 47 first-team matches over the season, and Johnny Gordon finished as leading goalscorer with 19 goals in all competitions, of which 16 were scored in the league.
Pat Beasley resigned as manager at the end of May 1960, to be replaced by club appearance record-holder Gil Merrick following his retirement as a player.
The early rounds of the 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup were completed during Birmingham's 1958–59 season, leaving the semi-finals and final to be played this season. In the semi-final, Birmingham beat Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise 4–2 in each leg to reach the final, in which they played Barcelona, who had eliminated them at the semi-final stage in the previous edition of the competition.
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