1904–05 Football League

The 1904–1905 season was the 17th season of the The Football League.

Contents

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Note: Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.[2]

Football League, First Division
Season 1904–05
Champions Newcastle United (1st English title)
Relegated none
FA Cup winners Aston Villa (4th FA Cup title)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 904 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer Arthur Brown (Sheffield United), 22
Biggest home win Bury – Sheffield United 7–1 (12 Nov 1904)
Manchester City – Derby County 6–0 (17 Dec 1904)
Biggest away win Notts County – Woolwich Arsenal 1–5 (17 Dec 1904)
Notts County – Sheffield United 1–5 (28 jan 1905)
Highest scoring The Wednesday – Everton 5–5 (12 Nov 1904)
Longest winning run ?
Longest unbeaten run ?
Longest losing run ?
Highest attendance ?
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance ?
Small Heath (Birmingham)
The Wednesday (Sheffield)
Locations of the Football League First Division 1904–1905 teams

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Newcastle United 34 14 1 2 41 12 9 1 7 31 21 72 33 2.182 + 39 48
2 Everton 34 14 2 1 36 11 7 3 7 27 25 63 36 1.750 + 27 47
3 Manchester City 34 14 3 0 46 17 6 3 8 20 20 66 37 1.784 + 29 46
4 Aston Villa 34 11 2 4 32 15 8 2 7 31 28 63 43 1.465 + 20 42
5 Sunderland 34 11 3 3 37 19 5 5 7 23 25 60 44 1.364 + 16 40
6 Sheffield United 34 13 0 4 39 20 6 2 9 25 36 64 56 1.143 + 8 40
7 Small Heath 34 11 1 5 32 17 6 4 7 22 21 54 38 1.421 + 16 39
8 Preston North End 34 9 5 3 28 13 4 5 8 14 24 42 37 1.135 + 5 36
9 The Wednesday 34 10 3 4 39 22 4 2 11 22 35 61 57 1.070 + 4 33
10 Woolwich Arsenal 34 9 5 3 19 12 3 4 10 17 28 36 40 0.900 – 4 33
11 Derby County 34 9 4 4 29 19 3 4 10 8 29 37 48 0.771 – 11 32
12 Stoke 34 10 3 4 26 18 3 1 13 14 40 40 58 0.690 – 18 30
13 Blackburn Rovers 34 9 3 5 28 18 2 2 13 12 33 40 51 0.784 – 11 27
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 10 2 5 30 23 1 2 14 17 50 47 73 0.644 – 26 26
15 Middlesbrough 34 7 3 7 21 24 2 5 10 15 32 36 56 0.643 – 20 26
16 Nottingham Forest 34 5 3 9 24 28 4 4 9 16 33 40 61 0.656 – 21 25
17 Bury[3] 34 8 2 7 34 26 2 2 13 13 41 47 67 0.701 – 20 24
18 Notts County[3] 34 1 7 9 16 33 4 1 12 20 36 36 69 0.522 – 33 18

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
League Champions
FA Cup Winners
Relegated (none)

First Division Results

Home \ Away1 AST BLB BRY DER EVE MNC MID NEW NOT NTC PRE SHE SMH STO SUN WED WOL WOO
Aston Villa 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 3–0 3–1
Blackburn Rovers 4–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 1–4 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1
Bury 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–4 1–0 2–4 5–1 2–0 0–1 7–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–4 3–1 1–1
Derby County 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Everton 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 5–2 2–1 1–0
Manchester City 2–1 2–1 3–2 6–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 6–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–2 1–1 5–1 1–0
Middlesbrough 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–5 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 1–0
Newcastle United 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–3 6–2 3–0 3–0
Nottingham Forest 1–1 5–2 5–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 0–3
Notts County 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–5 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 3–4 1–5
Preston North End 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–0
Sheffield United 0–3 3–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–3 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–2 1–0 4–2 4–2 4–0
Small Heath 0–3 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–1
Stoke City 1–4 4–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0
Sunderland 2–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–0 3–2 2–1 1–4 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–1
The Wednesday 3–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 5–5 2–1 5–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 0–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–3 5–3 1–3 3–2 3–1 0–0 4–2 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–1
Woolwich Arsenal 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0

Source: [1]
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season 1904–05
Champions Liverpool (3rd title)
Failed re-election Doncaster Rovers
Matches played 306
Goals scored 903 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer Samuel Marsh (Bolton Wanderers), 27 [4]
Biggest home win Liverpool – Burslem Port Vale 8–1 (8 Apr 1905)
Barnsley – Burton United 7–0 (28 Jan 1905)
Manchester United – Bradford City 7–0 (2 Jan 1905)
Biggest away win Burton United – West Bromwich 0–6 (21 Apr 1905)
Highest scoring Liverpool – Burslem Port Vale 8–1 (8 Apr 1905)
Longest winning run ?
Longest unbeaten run ?
Longest losing run ?
Highest attendance ?
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance ?
Locations of the Football League Second Division 1903–1904 teams
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Liverpool 34 14 3 0 60 12 13 1 3 33 13 93 25 3.720 + 68 58
2 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 0 2 53 16 12 2 3 34 16 87 32 2.719 + 55 56
3 Manchester United 34 16 0 1 60 10 8 5 4 21 20 81 30 2.700 + 51 53
4 Bristol City 34 12 3 2 40 12 7 1 9 26 33 66 45 1.467 + 21 42
5 Chesterfield 34 9 6 2 26 11 5 5 7 18 24 44 35 1.257 + 9 39
6 Gainsborough Trinity 34 11 4 2 32 15 3 4 10 29 43 61 58 1.052 + 3 36
7 Barnsley 34 11 4 2 29 13 3 1 13 9 43 38 56 0.679 – 18 33
8 Bradford City 34 8 5 4 31 20 4 3 10 14 29 45 49 0.918 – 4 32
9 Lincoln City 34 9 4 4 31 16 3 3 11 11 24 42 40 1.050 + 2 31
10 West Bromwich Albion 34 8 2 7 28 20 5 2 10 28 28 56 48 1.167 + 8 30
11 Burnley 34 10 1 6 31 21 2 5 10 12 31 43 52 0.827 – 9 30
12 Glossop 34 7 5 5 23 14 3 5 9 14 32 37 46 0.804 – 9 30
13 Grimsby Town 34 9 3 5 22 14 2 5 10 11 32 33 46 0.717 – 13 30
14 Leicester Fosse 34 8 3 6 30 25 3 4 10 10 30 40 55 0.727 – 15 29
15 Blackpool 34 8 5 4 26 15 1 5 11 10 33 36 48 0.750 – 12 28
16 Burslem Port Vale 34 7 4 6 28 25 3 3 11 19 47 47 72 0.653 – 25 27
17 Burton United[5] 34 7 2 8 20 29 1 2 14 10 55 30 84 0.357 – 54 20
18 Doncaster Rovers[6] 34 3 2 12 12 32 0 0 17 11 49 23 81 0.284 – 58 8

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
Division Champions
Promoted
New club in the league (see Doncaster Rovers)
Re-elected
Failed re-election

Second Division Results

Home \ Away1 BAR BLP BOL BRA BRI BUR BPV BUR CHS DON GAI GLP GRI LEI LIN LIV MNU WBA
Barnsley 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 7–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1
Blackpool 6–0 0–2 2–0 2–4 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–0
Bolton Wanderers 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 7–1 4–3 2–0 5–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–4 2–1
Bradford City 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–3 4–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 1–1 3–1
Bristol City 3–0 2–0 3–4 1–0 0–0 4–2 5–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Burnley 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 5–0 1–1 2–0 4–3 1–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–4
Burslem Port Vale 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 4–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 3–2
Burton United 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–3 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–6
Chesterfield 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 6–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Doncaster Rovers 2–0 0–0 0–4 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–2 1–5 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 1–4 0–1 0–1
Gainsborough Trinity 4–0 1–1 0–4 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–2
Glossop North End 5–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–1
Grimsby Town 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 4–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3
Leicester Fosse 2–0 3–1 2–4 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 5–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 3–1
Lincoln City 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 3–3 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 5–1 0–2 3–0 0–2
Liverpool 2–1 5–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 8–1 2–0 6–1 1–0 6–1 2–2 5–0 4–0 1–1 4–0 3–2
Manchester United 4–0 3–1 1–2 7–0 4–1 1–0 6–1 5–0 3–0 6–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–0
West Bromwich Albion 4–1 4–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–2 6–1 4–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

  1. ^ "England 1904-05". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1904-05.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  2. ^ a b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. ^ a b Not relegated due to resizing of both divisions to 20 teams.
  4. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html#1947-1. Retrieved 2010-10-31. 
  5. ^ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League. Elected in expansion of Second Division to 20 teams.
  6. ^ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League.

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