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Birmingham City 7th, English Div 1 |
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| English Div 1 |
| No. | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 | 09-Aug-97 | H | Stoke City | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 20,608 |
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| 2 | 23-Aug-97 | H | Reading | W | 3-0 | (1-0) | 16,495 |
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| 3 | 29-Aug-97 | A | Stockport County | D | 2-2 | (0-1) | 6,260 |
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| 4 | 02-Sep-97 | A | Tranmere Rovers | W | 3-0 | (2-0) | 6,620 |
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| 5 | 09-Sep-97 | A | Huddersfield Town | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 9,477 |
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| 6 | 14-Sep-97 | H | Sunderland | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 17,478 |
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| 7 | 20-Sep-97 | A | Middlesbrough | L | 1-3 | (0-3) | 30,125 |
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| 8 | 27-Sep-97 | A | Sheffield United | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 20,553 |
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| 9 | 04-Oct-97 | H | Crewe Alexandra | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 16,548 |
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| 10 | 12-Oct-97 | H | Wolverhampton Wndrs | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 17,822 |
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| 11 | 18-Oct-97 | A | Bury | L | 1-2 | (0-2) | 5,700 |
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| 12 | 22-Oct-97 | A | Charlton Athletic | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 10,072 |
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| 13 | 25-Oct-97 | H | Oxford United | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 16,352 |
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| 14 | 28-Oct-97 | H | Ipswich Town | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | 16,778 |
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| 15 | 01-Nov-97 | A | Queens Park Rangers | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | 12,715 |
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| 16 | 04-Nov-97 | H | Bradford City | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 14,552 |
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| 17 | 08-Nov-97 | H | Norwich City | L | 1-2 | (1-2) | 16,464 |
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| 18 | 15-Nov-97 | A | Nottingham Forest | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | 19,610 |
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| 19 | 23-Nov-97 | A | West Bromwich Albion | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 18,444 |
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| 20 | 29-Nov-97 | H | Portsmouth | W | 2-1 | (1-1) | 17,738 |
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| 21 | 06-Dec-97 | A | Port Vale | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 7,509 |
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| 22 | 13-Dec-97 | H | Manchester City | W | 2-1 | (0-0) | 21,014 |
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| 23 | 20-Dec-97 | A | Swindon Town | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | 10,334 |
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| 24 | 26-Dec-97 | A | Ipswich Town | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 17,459 |
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| 25 | 28-Dec-97 | H | Tranmere Rovers | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 19,533 |
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| 26 | 10-Jan-98 | A | Stoke City | W | 7-0 | (3-0) | 14,940 |
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| 27 | 17-Jan-98 | H | Huddersfield Town | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 17,850 |
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| 28 | 27-Jan-98 | H | Stockport County | W | 4-1 | (3-0) | 17,118 |
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| 29 | 31-Jan-98 | A | Reading | L | 0-2 | (0-0) | 10,315 |
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| 30 | 07-Feb-98 | H | Middlesbrough | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | 20,634 |
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| 31 | 17-Feb-98 | A | Crewe Alexandra | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | 5,559 |
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| 32 | 22-Feb-98 | H | Sheffield United | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 17,965 |
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| 33 | 25-Feb-98 | H | Bury | L | 1-3 | (0-1) | 20,021 |
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| 34 | 28-Feb-98 | A | Wolverhampton Wndrs | W | 3-1 | (1-1) | 25,591 |
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| 35 | 04-Mar-98 | A | Norwich City | D | 3-3 | (2-0) | 9,819 |
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| 36 | 07-Mar-98 | H | Queens Park Rangers | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 18,298 |
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| 37 | 10-Mar-98 | A | Sunderland | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 37,602 |
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| 38 | 14-Mar-98 | A | Bradford City | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 16,392 |
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| 39 | 21-Mar-98 | H | Nottingham Forest | L | 1-2 | (0-0) | 24,663 |
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| 40 | 28-Mar-98 | H | West Bromwich Albion | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 23,260 |
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| 41 | 04-Apr-98 | A | Portsmouth | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 14,591 |
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| 42 | 11-Apr-98 | H | Port Vale | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 17,193 |
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| 43 | 13-Apr-98 | A | Manchester City | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 29,569 |
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| 44 | 18-Apr-98 | H | Swindon Town | W | 3-0 | (2-0) | 17,016 |
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| 45 | 25-Apr-98 | A | Oxford United | W | 2-0 | (0-0) | 8,818 |
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| 46 | 03-May-98 | H | Charlton Athletic | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 25,877 |
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| English FA Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 3 | 03-Jan-98 | A | Crewe Alexandra | W | 2-1 | (1-1) | 4,607 |
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| 4 | 24-Jan-98 | H | Stockport County | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | 15,882 |
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| 5 | 14-Feb-98 | A | Leeds United | L | 2-3 | (0-2) | 35,463 |
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| English League Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 L1 | 12-Aug-97 | A | Gillingham | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 5,246 |
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| 1 L2 | 26-Aug-97 | H | Gillingham | W | 3-0 | (0-0) | 7,921 |
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| 2 L1 | 17-Sep-97 | H | Stockport County | W | 4-1 | (1-0) | 4,900 |
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| 2 L2 | 23-Sep-97 | A | Stockport County | L | 1-2 | (0-1) | 2,074 |
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| 3 | 14-Oct-97 | A | Arsenal | L | 1-4 | (1-0) | 27,097 |
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Home and away results against each team, listed in the current league table standings
| Home | Team | Away | Pts |
| L 1-2 | Nottingham Forest | L 0-1 | 0 |
| D 1-1 | Middlesbrough | L 1-3 | 1 |
| L 0-1 | Sunderland | D 1-1 | 1 |
| D 0-0 | Charlton Athletic | D 1-1 | 2 |
| D 1-1 | Ipswich Town | W 1-0 | 4 |
| W 2-0 | Sheffield United | D 0-0 | 4 |
| Birmingham City | |
| W 4-1 | Stockport County | D 2-2 | 4 |
| W 1-0 | Wolverhampton Wndrs | W 3-1 | 6 |
| W 1-0 | West Bromwich Albion | L 0-1 | 3 |
| L 0-1 | Crewe Alexandra | W 2-0 | 3 |
| D 0-0 | Oxford United | W 2-0 | 4 |
| D 0-0 | Bradford City | D 0-0 | 2 |
| D 0-0 | Tranmere Rovers | W 3-0 | 4 |
| L 1-2 | Norwich City | D 3-3 | 1 |
| D 0-0 | Huddersfield Town | W 1-0 | 4 |
| L 1-3 | Bury | L 1-2 | 0 |
| W 3-0 | Swindon Town | D 1-1 | 4 |
| D 1-1 | Port Vale | W 1-0 | 4 |
| W 2-1 | Portsmouth | D 1-1 | 4 |
| W 1-0 | Queens Park Rangers | D 1-1 | 4 |
| W 2-1 | Manchester City | W 1-0 | 6 |
| W 2-0 | Stoke City | W 7-0 | 6 |
| W 3-0 | Reading | L 0-2 | 3 |
| Leading Scorers |
League Cup |
| Furlong | | 19 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ndlovu | | 11 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Devlin | | 8 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Hughes | | 8 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Adebola | | 7 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Forster | | 3 | |  |  |  |
| Johnson | | 3 | |  |  |  |
| McCarthy | | 3 | |  |  |  |
| Bruce | | 2 | |  |  |
| Francis | | 2 | |  |  |
| Grainger | | 2 | |  |  |
| Ablett | | 1 | |  |
| Cottee | | 1 | |  |
| Hey | | 1 | |  |
| Marsden | | 1 | |  |
| O'Connor | | 1 | |  |
| Robinson | | 1 | |  |
| (own goals) | | 2 | |  |  |
Score distributions by match - goals scored by row, and goals conceded by column. Each box shows the number of this season's matches with the resulting scoreline.
| League | Cup |
 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | | 1 |
| 4 | | 1 |
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| 6 |
| 7 | 1 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 0 |
| 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 2 | | 2 | | 1 |
| 3 | 1 |
| 4 | | 1 |
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When the goals have been scored and conceded this season