1905–06 Football League

The 19051906 season was the 18th season of The Football League.

Final league tables[1][2]

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]

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 1242 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer Albert Shepherd (Bolton Wanderers), 26
Biggest home win NewcastleWolverhampton 8–0 (11 Nov 1905)
Biggest away win MiddlesbroughLiverpool 1–5 (11 Nov 1905)
Highest scoring SunderlandWolverhampton 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 Dez 1905)
Lowest attendance 1.500
Derby County - Middlesbrough (6 Jan 1906)
Average attendance 13.516

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Liverpool3814324915928303179461.717+3351
2Preston North End3812523615586182454391.385+1547
3The Wednesday38125240206310233263521.212+1144
4Newcastle United38124349236310252574481.542+2643
5Manchester City3811264623838273173541.352+1943
6Bolton Wanderers3813155122469304581671.209+1441
7Birmingham38142349203511163965591.102+641
8Aston Villa38132451194411213772561.286+1640
9Blackburn Rovers38105434186310203454521.038+240
10Stoke38125241154213134054550.982–139
11Everton38121644303610263670661.061+437
12Woolwich Arsenal38124343213313194362640.969–237
13Sheffield United38104533235212243957620.919–536
14Sunderland38132440212314214961700.871–935
15Derby County38105427164213124239580.672–1935
16Notts County3889234213313215055710.775–1634
17Bury3885630263511274857740.770–1732
18Middlesbrough38104541230712154856710.789–1531
19Nottingham Forest38112640272314185258790.734–2131
20Wolverhampton Wanderers3875738281216207158990.586–4123

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

First Division results

Home ╲ Away AST BIR BLBBOLBRYDEREVELIVMCIMIDNEWNOTNTCPNESHUSTKSUNWEDWOLWOO
Aston Villa 13 01 11 33 60 40 50 21 41 03 31 21 01 41 30 21 30 60 21
Birmingham City 20 30 25 03 31 10 10 32 70 01 50 42 11 20 20 30 51 33 21
Blackburn Rovers 11 51 41 30 30 12 00 11 11 10 11 13 12 21 30 03 10 31 20
Bolton Wanderers 41 01 10 40 50 32 32 13 21 11 60 20 12 12 12 62 10 32 61
Bury 01 10 50 21 02 32 00 24 11 14 21 00 11 25 30 31 22 01 20
Derby County 10 00 12 01 31 00 03 12 11 21 22 11 30 10 10 10 21 20 51
Everton 42 12 32 31 12 21 42 03 41 12 41 62 10 32 03 31 20 22 01
Liverpool 30 20 13 22 31 41 11 01 61 30 41 20 11 31 31 20 21 40 30
Manchester City 14 41 11 31 52 12 10 01 40 14 50 51 00 12 20 51 21 40 12
Middlesbrough 12 10 11 44 51 01 00 15 61 10 20 41 12 01 50 21 22 31 20
Newcastle United 31 22 30 21 31 01 42 23 22 41 32 31 10 21 50 11 03 80 11
Nottingham Forest 22 21 12 40 32 00 43 12 01 21 21 12 10 41 31 12 34 31 31
Notts County 21 00 11 33 22 10 00 30 30 11 10 11 22 23 11 41 13 52 10
Preston North End 20 30 21 30 10 31 11 12 20 21 00 31 41 11 20 11 01 32 22
Sheffield United 11 30 02 52 11 10 32 12 13 10 20 14 10 00 11 41 02 41 31
Stoke City 01 22 30 12 42 22 22 21 00 11 10 40 30 30 21 10 40 40 21
Sunderland 20 31 30 33 03 20 21 12 20 21 32 01 13 20 20 10 20 72 22
The Wednesday 22 42 01 12 11 10 31 32 10 30 11 10 31 11 10 20 33 51 42
Wolverhampton Wanderers 41 00 21 20 22 70 25 02 23 00 02 21 61 23 11 12 52 00 02
Woolwich Arsenal 21 50 32 00 40 10 12 31 20 22 43 31 11 22 51 12 20 02 21

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 1905–06
Champions Bristol City (1st and as of 2010 only title)
Failed re-election none
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1116 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer William Maxwell (Bristol City), 27 [3]
Biggest home win BarnsleyChesterfield 8–1 (20 Jan 1905)
Bristol CityStockport 7–0 (20 Jan 1906)
ChelseaBurslem Port Vale 7–0 (3 Mar 1906)
Biggest away win Leicester FosseManchester United 2–5 (29 Mar 1906)
ChesterfieldGrimsby Town 1–4 (2 Sept 1905)
Lincoln CityChelsea 1–4 (14 Oct 1905)
Lincoln CityHull 1–4 (23 Dec 1905)
Highest scoring BarnsleyChesterfield 8–1 (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)
Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1905–1906
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Bristol City3817114381351402083282.964+5566
2Manchester United38153155131333351590283.214+6262
3Chelsea3813425816955322190372.432+5353
4West Bromwich Albion3813425316946262079362.194+4352
5Hull City3810543821919293367541.241+1344
6Leeds City3811533819649212859471.255+1243
7Leicester Fosse3810363021595232753481.104+542
8Grimsby Town38117133134312133346461.000±040
9Burnley389462623649163042530.792–1138
10Stockport County[4] 3811623616231484044560.786–1235
11Bradford City387482122649253846600.767–1434
12Barnsley38114445171513154560620.968–233
13Lincoln City38101846292512234369720.958–330
14Blackpool3883822212611154137620.597–2529
15Gainsborough Trinity3810273522221593544570.772–1328
16Glossop3894636281414134349710.690–2228
17Burslem Port Vale38104534252017155749820.598–3328
18Chesterfield3884726242413144840720.556–3228
19Burton United389462620121684734670.507–3326
20Clapton Orient3864919221315165635780.449–4321

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
Re-elected
Failed re-election (none)

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away BAR BLP BRABRIBURBPVBURCHECHFCLAGAIGLPGRIHULLEELEILINMUNSTPWBA
Barnsley 11 01 22 12 40 30 12 81 41 21 11 20 20 30 00 42 03 40 30
Blackpool 00 22 13 01 21 20 01 21 30 22 10 20 12 03 01 20 01 20 03
Bradford City 00 21 12 01 20 10 11 10 30 12 20 01 02 10 33 22 15 01 01
Bristol City 30 21 10 20 40 40 21 31 10 20 21 20 21 20 12 10 11 70 10
Burnley 21 41 00 22 13 10 20 11 30 10 10 00 13 43 02 21 13 01 02
Burslem Port Vale 12 12 21 01 22 41 32 43 21 10 33 22 13 20 20 31 10 00 01
Burton United 41 11 01 01 13 10 24 40 10 31 10 10 03 11 00 20 02 20 22
Chelsea 60 60 42 00 10 70 30 01 61 13 00 20 51 40 33 42 11 42 10
Chesterfield 20 20 11 12 30 20 10 02 11 00 31 14 12 02 33 12 10 31 03
Clapton Orient 00 00 42 02 30 13 01 03 33 10 20 12 01 00 02 30 01 10 02
Gainsborough Trinity 10 01 23 13 01 40 52 02 40 21 20 10 31 41 01 23 22 00 21
Glossop 22 41 23 15 11 32 20 24 20 50 10 20 31 12 00 22 12 10 13
Grimsby Town 21 11 10 11 20 50 10 11 20 41 20 11 10 11 11 22 01 20 32
Hull City 41 22 52 03 11 32 11 43 30 31 20 12 01 00 00 21 01 30 40
Leeds City 32 30 02 11 11 31 21 00 30 61 10 10 30 31 41 22 13 11 02
Leicester Fosse 10 20 24 12 20 21 11 01 11 21 40 21 20 12 01 31 25 20 00
Lincoln City 41 11 50 03 50 31 51 14 01 23 30 41 31 14 12 31 23 20 12
Manchester United 51 21 00 51 10 30 60 00 41 40 20 52 50 50 03 32 21 31 00
Stockport County 00 21 10 23 31 30 20 10 00 33 20 50 22 21 21 11 30 01 22
West Bromwich Albion 53 50 61 13 12 41 30 11 30 11 40 60 20 11 21 30 11 10 31

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. 1 2 "England 1905-06". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. 1 2 3 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 2010-10-31.
  4. 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.
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