1905–06 Birmingham F.C. season

The 1905–06 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 14th in the Football League, their 6th in the First Division, and their first season under the name "Birmingham", having previously played as "Small Heath". They finished in seventh place in the 20-team league. They also took part in the 1905–06 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing to Newcastle United in the fourth round (quarter-final) after a replay.

Twenty-three players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were twelve different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Nat Robinson was ever-present over the 44-match season; among outfield players, forwards Benny Green (footballer) and Billy Jones missed two and three matches respectively. Billy Jones was leading scorer with 24 goals, of which 22 came in the league.

The Coventry Road ground, by then surrounded by tightly-packed housing, had more than once proved too small to accommodate those wishing to attend. Against Aston Villa last season, "hundreds of people found the doors closed against them, and probably there were thousands who would not go to the ground in view of the inevitable crush",^[1] and attendance at the FA Cup fourth-round tie against Newcastle was restricted to 27,000 with "probably 60,000 people anxious to attend".^[2] The landlords had raised the rent, but refused either to sell the freehold or to allow further expansion to the ground, and the directors estimated that remaining at Coventry Road was losing the club as much as £2,000 a year in revenue.^[3] Club director Harry Morris identified a site three-quarters of a mile (1 km) nearer the city centre, on the site of a disused brickworks in the Bordesley district, where a new ground could be built. The directors signed a 21-year lease and construction began.^[3]

Football League First Division

Main article: 1905–06 Football League

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 1905	9th	Preston North End	H	D	1–1	W.H. Jones	25,000
9 September 1905	10th	Newcastle United	A	D	2–2	Green, Wilcox	28,000
16 September 1905	7th	Aston Villa	H	W	2–0	W.H. Jones, Mounteney	30,000
23 September 1905	9th	Liverpool	A	L	0–2		24,000
30 September 1905	8th	Sheffield United	H	W	2–0	Wilcox, Mounteney	18,000
7 October 1905	9th	Notts County	A	D	0–0		15,000
14 October 1905	7th	Stoke	H	W	2–0	W.H. Jones 2	8,000
21 October 1905	5th	Bolton Wanderers	A	W	1–0	W.H. Jones	20,000
28 October 1905	4th	Woolwich Arsenal	H	W	2–1	Beer, W.H. Jones	15,000
4 November 1905	5th	Blackburn Rovers	A	L	1–5	Cornan	8,000
11 November 1905	5th	Sunderland	H	W	3–0	Anderson, W.H. Jones, Tickle	15,000
18 November 1905	4th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	D	0–0		5,000
25 November 1905	3rd	Everton	A	W	2–1	W.H. Jones, Anderson	10,000
2 December 1905	2nd	Derby County	H	W	3–1	Tickle, Mounteney, Wigmore	18,000
9 December 1905	4th	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	2–4	Tickle, W.H. Jones	8,000
16 December 1905	3rd	Nottingham Forest	H	W	5–0	Wilcox 3, Harper, W.H. Jones	12,000
23 December 1905	4th	Manchester City	A	L	1–4	Green	15,000
25 December 1905	5th	Middlesbrough	A	L	0–1		18,000
26 December 1905	4th	Middlesbrough	H	W	7–0	Green 5, W.H. Jones, Williamson og	15,000
28 December 1905	4th	Sheffield United	A	L	0–3		4,000
30 December 1905	6th	Preston North End	A	L	0–3		8,000
1 January 1906	9th	Bury	A	L	0–1		12,000
6 January 1906	11th	Newcastle United	A	L	0–1		8,000
20 January 1906	8th	Aston Villa	A	W	3–1	Mounteney, W.H. Jones, Dougherty	40,000
27 January 1906	7th	Liverpool	H	W	1–0	Mounteney	20,000
10 February 1906	5th	Notts County	H	W	4–2	Mounteney, Green, W.H. Jones 2	8,000
17 February 1906	4th	Stoke	A	D	2–2	W.H. Jones	5,000
3 March 1906	6th	Woolwich Arsenal	A	L	0–5		20,000
17 March 1906	8th	Sunderland	A	L	1–3	Anderson	15,000
24 March 1906	10th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	D	3–3	Mounteney, W.H. Jones 2	5,000
26 March 1906	11th	Bolton Wanderers	H	L	2–5	Mounteney, Tickle	10,000
7 April 1906	11th	Derby County	A	D	0–0		4,000
9 April 1906	8th	Everton	H	W	1–0	Mounteney	10,000
14 April 1906	7th	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	5–1	Tickle 3, W.H. Jones 2	8,000
16 April 1906	10th	Bury	H	L	0–3		8,000
21 April 1906	10th	Nottingham Forest	A	L	1–2	W.H. Jones	8,000
23 April 1906	8th	Blackburn Rovers	H	W	3–0	Mounteney, Smith, Green	10,000
28 April 1906	7th	Manchester City	H	W	3–2	Green, W.H. Jones, Edmondson og	3,000

League table (part)

Final First Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
5th	Manchester City	38	19	5	14	73	54	1.31	43
6th	Bolton Wanderers	38	17	7	14	81	67	1.25	41
7th	Birmingham	38	17	7	14	65	59	1.10	41
8th	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	72	56	1.29	40
9th	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	8	14	54	52	1.04	40
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Source	^[4]

FA Cup

Main article: 1905–06 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	13 January 1906	Preston North End	H	W	1–0	Beer	10,000
Second round	3 February 1906	Stoke	A	W	1–0	W.H. Jones	15,000
Third round	24 February 1906	Tottenham Hotspur	A	D	1–1	Harper	28,000
Third round replay	28 February 1906	Tottenham Hotspur	H	W	2–0 a.e.t	Green, Mounteney	34,000
Fourth round	10 March 1906	Newcastle United	H	D	2–2	Green, W.H. Jones	27,000
Fourth round replay	14 March 1906	Newcastle United	A	L	0–3		39,059

Appearances and goals

Players with name struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players having played at least one first-team match
Name	Position	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Name	Position	League		FA Cup		Total
Robinson, NatNat Robinson	Goalkeeper	38	0	6	0	44	0
Bidmead, BillBill Bidmead	Full back	2	0	0	0	2	0
Glover, JohnJohn Glover	Full back	32	0	6	0	38	0
Hartwell, AmbroseAmbrose Hartwell	Full back	19	0	0	0	19	0
Stokes, FrankFrank Stokes	Full back	31	0	6	0	37	0
Beer, BillyBilly Beer	Half back	26	1	6	1	32	2
Cornan, FrankFrank Cornan	Half back	15	1	5	0	20	1
Dougherty, JimJim Dougherty	Half back	31	1	2	0	33	1
Howard, HarryHarry Howard	Half back	3	0	0	0	3	0
Kearns, JohnJohn Kearns	Half back	2	0	0	0	2	0
Shufflebotham, JackJack Shufflebotham	Half back	1	0	0	0	1	0
Wigmore, WalterWalter Wigmore	Half back	28	1	6	0	34	1
Anderson, GeorgeGeorge Anderson	Forward	23	3	5	0	28	3
Field, OakeyOakey Field	Forward	7	0	0	0	7	0
Green, BennyBenny Green	Forward	36	10	6	2	42	12
Harper, RolyRoly Harper	Forward	15	1	6	1	21	2
Jones, AaronAaron Jones	Forward	4	0	0	0	4	0
Jones, BillyBilly Jones	Forward	35	22	6	2	41	24
Mounteney, ArthurArthur Mounteney	Forward	25	10	5	1	30	11
Smith, JackJack Smith	Forward	3	1	0	0	3	1
Southall, GeorgeGeorge Southall	Forward	5	0	0	0	5	0
Tickle, CharlieCharlie Tickle	Forward	20	7	0	0	20	7
~~Wilcox, FreddieFreddie Wilcox~~	Forward	17	5	1	0	18	5

References

General

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books (Derby). ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. DB Publishing (Derby). ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
Source for match dates and results: "Birmingham City 1905–1906: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 256–57. Note that attendance figures are estimated.

Specific

↑ 'Linesman' (27 February 1905). "Football Notes". Birmingham Daily Mail. p. 4.
↑ "Cup Memories. When Small Heath Alliance Made History". Birmingham Mail. 27 February 1931. p. 13.
1 2 Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
↑ "Birmingham City 1905–1906: English Division One (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012.

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