1905–06 Football League

The 1905–06 season was the 18th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1905–06
Champions	Liverpool
Relegated	none
New Clubs in League	Chelsea, Hull City, Leeds City, Stockport County, Clapton Orient
← 1904–05 1906–07 →

Final league tables

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

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.

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]

First Division

Football League
First Division

Season	1905–06
Champions	Liverpool (2nd English title)
Relegated	Nottingham Forest, Wolverhampton Wanderers
FA Cup winners	Everton (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,242 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Shepherd (Bolton Wanderers), 26
Biggest home win	Newcastle United – Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–0 (11 Nov 1905)
Biggest away win	Middlesbrough – Liverpool 1–5 (11 Nov 1905)
Highest scoring	Sunderland – Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–2 (10 Mar 1906)
Longest winning run	9 matches Bolton Wanderers (1 Jan 1906 – 17 Mar 1906)
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Liverpool (21 Oct 1905 – 25 Dec 1905) Blackburn Rovers (18 Nov 1905 – 20 Jan 1906)
Longest losing run	5 matches Sunderland (9 Sep 1905 – 7 Oct 1905) Middlesbrough (21 Oct 1905 – 18 Nov 1905) Woolwich Arsenal (28 Oct 1905 – 25 Nov 1905) Wolverhampton Wanderers (24 Feb 1906 – 19 Mar 1906)
Highest attendance	50,000 Newcastle United – Sunderland (30 Dec 1905)
Lowest attendance	1,500 Derby County – Middlesbrough (6 Jan 1906)
Average attendance	13,516
← 1904–05 1906–07 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool	38	14	3	2	49	15	9	2	8	30	31	1.717	51	League Champions
2	Preston North End	38	12	5	2	36	15	5	8	6	18	24	1.385	47
3	The Wednesday	38	12	5	2	40	20	6	3	10	23	32	1.212	44
4	Newcastle United	38	12	4	3	49	23	6	3	10	25	25	1.542	43
5	Manchester City	38	11	2	6	46	23	8	3	8	27	31	1.352	43
6	Bolton Wanderers	38	13	1	5	51	22	4	6	9	30	45	1.209	41
7	Birmingham	38	14	2	3	49	20	3	5	11	16	39	1.102	41
8	Aston Villa	38	13	2	4	51	19	4	4	11	21	37	1.286	40
9	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	5	4	34	18	6	3	10	20	34	1.038	40
10	Stoke	38	12	5	2	41	15	4	2	13	13	40	0.982	39
11	Everton	38	12	1	6	44	30	3	6	10	26	36	1.061	37	FA Cup Winners
12	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	4	3	43	21	3	3	13	19	43	0.969	37
13	Sheffield United	38	10	4	5	33	23	5	2	12	24	39	0.919	36
14	Sunderland	38	13	2	4	40	21	2	3	14	21	49	0.871	35
15	Derby County	38	10	5	4	27	16	4	2	13	12	42	0.672	35
16	Notts County	38	8	9	2	34	21	3	3	13	21	50	0.775	34
17	Bury	38	8	5	6	30	26	3	5	11	27	48	0.770	32
18	Middlesbrough	38	10	4	5	41	23	0	7	12	15	48	0.789	31
19	Nottingham Forest	38	11	2	6	40	27	2	3	14	18	52	0.734	31	Relegated
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	7	5	7	38	28	1	2	16	20	71	0.586	23

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BIR	BLB	BOL	BRY	DER	EVE	LIV	MCI	MID	NEW	NOT	NTC	PNE	SHU	STK	SUN	WED	WOL	WOO
Aston Villa		1–3	0–1	1–1	3–3	6–0	4–0	5–0	2–1	4–1	0–3	3–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	6–0	2–1
Birmingham	2–0		3–0	2–5	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	7–0	0–1	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	5–1	3–3	2–1
Blackburn Rovers	1–1	5–1		4–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–0	3–1	2–0
Bolton Wanderers	4–1	0–1	1–0		4–0	5–0	3–2	3–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	6–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	6–2	1–0	3–2	6–1
Bury	0–1	1–0	5–0	2–1		0–2	3–2	0–0	2–4	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–5	3–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	2–0
Derby County	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–1		0–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	5–1
Everton	4–2	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–2	2–1		4–2	0–3	4–1	1–2	4–1	6–2	1–0	3–2	0–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–1
Liverpool	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–1	1–1		0–1	6–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–0
Manchester City	1–4	4–1	1–1	3–1	5–2	1–2	1–0	0–1		4–0	1–4	5–0	5–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	5–1	2–1	4–0	1–2
Middlesbrough	1–2	1–0	1–1	4–4	5–1	0–1	0–0	1–5	6–1		1–0	2–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	5–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–0
Newcastle United	3–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	4–2	2–3	2–2	4–1		3–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	5–0	1–1	0–3	8–0	1–1
Nottingham Forest	2–2	2–1	1–2	4–0	3–2	0–0	4–3	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1		1–2	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–2	3–4	3–1	3–1
Notts County	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1		2–2	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–3	5–2	1–0
Preston North End	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–2
Sheffield United	1–1	3–0	0–2	5–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–4	1–0	0–0		1–1	4–1	0–2	4–1	3–1
Stoke	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–2	4–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	2–1		1–0	4–0	4–0	2–1
Sunderland	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–3	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–0		2–0	7–2	2–2
The Wednesday	2–2	4–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–3		5–1	4–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	7–0	2–5	0–2	2–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	6–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	5–2	0–0		0–2
Woolwich Arsenal	2–1	5–0	3–2	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	5–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Bury

Derby County

Everton

Liverpool

Manchester City

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Sheffield United

Preston North End

Stoke

Sunderland

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1905–06
Champions	Bristol City (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,116 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	William Maxwell (Bristol City), 27[3]
Biggest home win	Barnsley 8–1 Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905) Bristol City 7–0 Stockport (20 Jan 1906) Chelsea 7–0 Burslem Port Vale (3 Mar 1906)
Biggest away win	Leicester Fosse 2–5 Manchester United (29 Mar 1906) Chesterfield 1–4 Grimsby Town (2 Sept 1905) Lincoln City 1–4 Chelsea (14 Oct 1905) Lincoln City 1–4 Hull (23 Dec 1905)
Highest scoring	Barnsley 8–1 Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905)
Longest winning run	14 matches Bristol City (9 Sep 1905 – 2 Dec 1905)
Longest unbeaten run	24 matches Bristol City (9 Sep 1905 – 10 Feb 1906)
Longest losing run	8 matches Burton United (17 Mar 1906 – 28 Apr 1906)
← 1904–05 1906–07 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Bristol City	38	17	1	1	43	8	13	5	1	40	20	2.964	66	Division Champions
2	Manchester United	38	15	3	1	55	13	13	3	3	35	15	3.214	62	Promoted
3	Chelsea[lower-alpha 1]	38	13	4	2	58	16	9	5	5	32	21	2.432	53
4	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	4	2	53	16	9	4	6	26	20	2.194	52
5	Hull City[lower-alpha 1]	38	10	5	4	38	21	9	1	9	29	33	1.241	44
6	Leeds City[lower-alpha 1]	38	11	5	3	38	19	6	4	9	21	28	1.255	43
7	Leicester Fosse	38	10	3	6	30	21	5	9	5	23	27	1.104	42
8	Grimsby Town	38	11	7	1	33	13	4	3	12	13	33	1.000	40
9	Burnley	38	9	4	6	26	23	6	4	9	16	30	0.792	38
10	Stockport County[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 1]	38	11	6	2	36	16	2	3	14	8	40	0.786	35
11	Bradford City	38	7	4	8	21	22	6	4	9	25	38	0.767	34
12	Barnsley	38	11	4	4	45	17	1	5	13	15	45	0.968	33
13	Lincoln City	38	10	1	8	46	29	2	5	12	23	43	0.958	30
14	Blackpool	38	8	3	8	22	21	2	6	11	15	41	0.597	29
15	Gainsborough Trinity	38	10	2	7	35	22	2	2	15	9	35	0.772	28
16	Glossop	38	9	4	6	36	28	1	4	14	13	43	0.690	28
17	Burslem Port Vale	38	10	4	5	34	25	2	0	17	15	57	0.598	28
18	Chesterfield	38	8	4	7	26	24	2	4	13	14	48	0.556	28	Re-elected
19	Burton United	38	9	4	6	26	20	1	2	16	8	47	0.507	26
20	Clapton Orient[lower-alpha 1]	38	6	4	9	19	22	1	3	15	16	56	0.449	21

Source:
Notes:

1. New club in the league.
2. Stockport County returned to the league after only a year’s absence. The other new teams entered the league for the first time, and with the exception of Clapton Orient had only been founded in 1904 and 1905.

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	BRI	BRN	BPV	BRT	CHE	CHF	CLA	GAI	GLP	GRI	HUL	LEE	LEI	LIN	MUN	STP	WBA
Barnsley		1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	4–0	3–0	1–2	8–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–3	4–0	3–0
Blackpool	0–0		2–2	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–3
Bradford City	0–0	2–1		1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–3	2–2	1–5	0–1	0–1
Bristol City	3–0	2–1	1–0		2–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	7–0	1–0
Burnley	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–2		1–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	4–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	0–1	0–2
Burslem Port Vale	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2		4–1	3–2	4–3	2–1	1–0	3–3	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1
Burton United	4–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–0		2–4	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–2
Chelsea	6–0	6–0	4–2	0–0	1–0	7–0	3–0		0–1	6–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	5–1	4–0	3–3	4–2	1–1	4–2	1–0
Chesterfield	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–2		1–1	0–0	3–1	1–4	1–2	0–2	3–3	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–3
Clapton Orient	0–0	0–0	4–2	0–2	3–0	1–3	0–1	0–3	3–3		1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–2
Gainsborough Trinity	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–3	0–1	4–0	5–2	0–2	4–0	2–1		2–0	1–0	3–1	4–1	0–1	2–3	2–2	0–0	2–1
Glossop	2–2	4–1	2–3	1–5	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–4	2–0	5–0	1–0		2–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–3
Grimsby Town	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–2
Hull City	4–1	2–2	5–2	0–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	4–3	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–1		0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	4–0
Leeds City	3–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	6–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1		4–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–2
Leicester Fosse	1–0	2–0	2–4	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1		3–1	2–5	2–0	0–0
Lincoln City	4–1	1–1	5–0	0–3	5–0	3–1	5–1	1–4	0–1	2–3	3–0	4–1	3–1	1–4	1–2	3–1		2–3	2–0	1–2
Manchester United	5–1	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	6–0	0–0	4–1	4–0	2–0	5–2	5–0	5–0	0–3	3–2	2–1		3–1	0–0
Stockport County	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	2–0	5–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1		2–2
West Bromwich Albion	5–3	5–0	6–1	1–3	1–2	4–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Barnsley

Blackpool

Bradford City

Bristol City

Bristol City

Burnley

Burslem Port Vale

Burton United

Chelsea

Chesterfield

Clapton Orient

Gainsborough Trinity

Glossop

Grimsby Town

Hull

Leeds City

Leicester Fosse

Lincoln City

Manchester United

West Bromwich Albion

Stockport County

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

See also

• 1905-06 in English football
• 1905 in association football
• 1906 in association football

References

1. "England 1905-06". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.