Twenty-eight players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were thirteen different goalscorers.

For the third time in seven seasons, Birmingham reached the semi-final of the FA Cup.

This time, they drew with Fulham at Hillsborough so the tie went to a replay, played at Maine Road, Manchester.

Goalless through normal time and all but a few seconds of extra time – an announcement had already been made that the second replay would be at Highbury the following Monday[2] – a long ball towards Birmingham's penalty area was struck by John Mitchell straight into goalkeeper Dave Latchford's face.

The ball rebounded onto Mitchell's chest and back towards the goal to bobble over the line.