Birmingham reached the semi-final, in which they lost to Derby County after extra time in a replay, played at Maine Road, Manchester, in front of 80,407 spectators.

In the FA Cup, the same eleven players were selected for all the ties, apart from Sid King replacing Gil Merrick in goal for two of the ten matches.

Birmingham defeated Portsmouth, Watford, Sunderland and Bradford Park Avenue to reach the semi-final, in which they drew with Derby County at Hillsborough, Sheffield, in front of 65,000 spectators.

In a match that "did not produce a great deal of high-class play [but] was very keenly contested",[6] Raich Carter opened the scoring from Derby's first attack,[7] Jock Mulraney "hit the angle of bar and post with a glorious shot from twenty yards",[8] and the same player equalised early in the second half "after one of the best movements of the game".

The second half of the match was scheduled for live radio broadcast,[9] and the gates were closed on safety grounds about an hour before kickoff, with thousands locked out.

"[12] Six minutes into extra time,[11] defender Ted Duckhouse arrived just too late to stop Peter Doherty scoring Derby's first goal and sustained a broken leg in the collision with his opponent.