1904–05 Football League

The 19041905 season was the 17th season of The Football League.

Final league tables

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 BurySheffield United 7–1 (12 Nov 1904)
Manchester CityDerby County 6–0 (17 Dec 1904)
Biggest away win Notts CountyWoolwich Arsenal 1–5 (17 Dec 1904)
Notts CountySheffield United 1–5 (28 Jan 1905)
Highest scoring The WednesdayEverton 5–5 (12 Nov 1904)
Longest winning run 8 matches
Manchester City (7 Jan 1905 – 11 Mar 1905)
Longest unbeaten run 10 matches
Everton (14 Jan 1905 – 15 Apr 1905)
Longest losing run 5 matches
Stoke (10 Dez 1904 – 7 Jan 1905)
Derby County (26 Dez 1904 – 7 Jan 1905)
Bury (28 Jan 1905 – 18 Mar 1905)
Notts County (25 Feb 1905 – 1 Apr 1905)
Highest attendance 50.000
Aston Villa - Small Heath (29 Oct 1904)
Lowest attendance 2.000
The Wednesday - Derby County (3 Apr 1905)
Stoke - Small Heath (29 Apr 1905)
Average attendance 13.404

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at 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.

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]

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Newcastle United3414124112917312172332.182+3948
2Everton3414213611737272563361.750+2747
3Manchester City3414304617638202066371.784+2946
4Aston Villa3411243215827312863431.465+2042
5Sunderland3411333719557232560441.364+1640
6Sheffield United3413043920629253664561.143+840
7Small Heath3411153217647222154381.421+1639
8Preston North End349532813458142442371.135+536
9The Wednesday34103439224211223561571.070+433
10Woolwich Arsenal3495319123410172836400.900–433
11Derby County349442919341082937480.771–1132
12Stoke34103426183113144040580.690–1830
13Blackburn Rovers3493528182213123340510.784–1127
14Wolverhampton Wanderers34102530231214175047730.644–2626
15Middlesbrough3473721242510153236560.643–2026
16Nottingham Forest345392428449163340610.656–2125
17Bury[3]3482734262213134147670.701–2024
18Notts County[3]3417916334112203636690.522–3318

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 ╲ Away AST BLB BRYDEREVEMCIMIDNEWNOTNTCPNESHUSMHSTKSUNWEDWOLWOO
Aston Villa 30 20 02 10 32 00 01 20 42 12 30 21 30 22 02 30 31
Blackburn Rovers 40 02 31 10 31 02 20 00 10 11 24 14 40 21 01 30 11
Bury 23 02 20 12 24 10 24 51 20 01 71 11 31 10 14 31 11
Derby County 02 11 32 12 01 42 11 32 11 31 23 30 30 10 10 21 00
Everton 32 10 20 00 00 10 21 51 51 10 20 21 41 01 52 21 10
Manchester City 21 21 32 60 20 32 32 11 21 61 11 21 10 52 11 51 10
Middlesbrough 31 21 22 20 10 01 03 00 25 11 01 01 21 13 13 31 10
Newcastle United 20 10 31 20 32 20 30 51 10 10 11 01 41 13 62 30 30
Nottingham Forest 11 52 51 01 02 21 11 13 21 01 12 02 01 23 21 22 03
Notts County 12 21 01 00 12 11 00 03 12 13 15 00 00 22 22 34 15
Preston North End 23 00 00 20 11 01 20 10 01 31 40 22 21 31 10 22 30
Sheffield United 03 31 40 31 10 03 01 13 40 21 10 21 52 10 42 42 40
Small Heath 03 20 50 20 12 31 21 21 12 12 20 20 01 11 21 41 21
Stoke City 14 40 20 12 22 10 31 10 00 02 11 21 10 13 21 21 20
Sunderland 23 21 21 30 23 00 11 31 10 50 32 21 14 31 30 30 11
The Wednesday 32 12 40 11 55 21 50 13 20 10 20 13 31 30 11 40 03
Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 20 20 20 03 03 53 13 32 31 00 42 01 13 10 10 41
Woolwich Arsenal 10 20 21 00 21 10 11 02 03 12 00 10 11 21 00 30 20

Source:
1 ^ The 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 LiverpoolBurslem Port Vale 8–1 (8 Apr 1905)
BarnsleyBurton United 7–0 (28 Jan 1905)
Manchester UnitedBradford City 7–0 (2 Jan 1905)
Biggest away win Burton UnitedWest Bromwich 0–6 (21 Apr 1905)
Highest scoring LiverpoolBurslem Port Vale 8–1 (8 Apr 1905)
Longest winning run 14 matches
Manchester United (15 Oct 1904 – 3 Jan 1905)
Longest unbeaten run 18 matches
Manchester United (24 Sep 1904 – 21 Jan 1905)
Longest losing run 9 matches
Doncaster Rovers (14 Jan 1905 – 1 Apr 1905)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Liverpool34143060121313331393253.720+6858
2Bolton Wanderers34150253161223341687322.719+5556
3Manchester United3416016010854212081302.700+5153
4Bristol City3412324012719263366451.467+2142
5Chesterfield349622611557182444351.257+939
6Gainsborough Trinity34114232153410294361581.052+336
7Barnsley3411422913311394338560.679–1833
8Bradford City3485431204310142945490.918–432
9Lincoln City3494431163311112442401.050+231
10West Bromwich Albion3482728205210282856481.167+830
11Burnley34101631212510123143520.827–930
12Glossop347552314359143237460.804–930
13Grimsby Town3493522142510113233460.717–1330
14Leicester Fosse3483630253410103040550.727–1529
15Blackpool3485426151511103336480.750–1228
16Burslem Port Vale3474628253311194747720.653–2527
17Burton United[5]3472820291214105530840.357–5420
18Doncaster Rovers[6]34321212320017114923810.284–588

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 ╲ Away BAR BLP BOLBRABRIBURBPVBURCHFDONGAIGLPGRILEILINLIVMUNWBA
Barnsley 21 21 10 10 12 30 70 10 21 21 00 22 21 21 02 00 11
Blackpool 60 02 20 24 20 30 10 11 10 22 41 11 00 10 03 01 00
Bolton Wanderers 21 30 20 31 40 31 71 43 20 51 40 41 01 41 20 24 21
Bradford City 12 31 21 23 41 21 31 01 41 31 11 00 00 00 24 11 31
Bristol City 30 20 34 10 00 42 50 21 41 11 20 50 30 20 01 11 21
Burnley 30 01 01 21 23 50 11 20 43 13 31 10 20 21 02 20 14
Burslem Port Vale 02 22 12 11 32 31 42 00 20 32 01 20 13 01 12 22 32
Burton United 12 00 01 10 20 31 23 03 10 13 22 10 03 21 21 23 06
Chesterfield 20 20 10 00 03 11 21 60 41 32 12 00 00 00 11 20 10
Doncaster Rovers 20 00 04 01 02 02 22 13 02 15 21 02 30 02 14 01 01
Gainsborough Trinity 40 11 04 32 41 31 10 20 11 20 00 21 20 20 12 00 42
Glossop 50 00 12 31 01 00 00 11 01 20 31 20 00 32 02 12 21
Grimsby Town 00 20 22 02 40 10 03 10 31 21 00 30 20 10 01 01 13
Leicester Fosse 20 31 24 12 21 22 30 20 11 32 11 02 51 01 03 03 31
Lincoln City 20 10 02 11 13 20 33 31 00 30 41 30 00 51 02 30 02
Liverpool 21 50 11 41 31 30 81 20 61 10 61 22 50 40 11 40 32
Manchester United 40 31 12 70 41 10 61 50 30 60 31 41 21 41 20 31 20
West Bromwich Albion 41 42 01 02 00 11 01 40 02 61 43 10 02 20 20 02 02

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The 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. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. 1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. 1 2 Not relegated due to resizing of both divisions to 20 teams.
  4. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. 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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