1905–06 Football League

The 1905–1906 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	Newcastle – Wolverhampton 8–0 (11 Nov 1905)
Biggest away win	Middlesbrough – Liverpool 1–5 (11 Nov 1905)
Highest scoring	Sunderland – Wolverhampton 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
← 1904–05 1906–07 →

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League First Division 1905–1906 teams

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	38	14	3	2	49	15	9	2	8	30	31	79	46	1.717	+33	51
2	Preston North End	38	12	5	2	36	15	5	8	6	18	24	54	39	1.385	+15	47
3	The Wednesday	38	12	5	2	40	20	6	3	10	23	32	63	52	1.212	+11	44
4	Newcastle United	38	12	4	3	49	23	6	3	10	25	25	74	48	1.542	+26	43
5	Manchester City	38	11	2	6	46	23	8	3	8	27	31	73	54	1.352	+19	43
6	Bolton Wanderers	38	13	1	5	51	22	4	6	9	30	45	81	67	1.209	+14	41
7	Birmingham	38	14	2	3	49	20	3	5	11	16	39	65	59	1.102	+6	41
8	Aston Villa	38	13	2	4	51	19	4	4	11	21	37	72	56	1.286	+16	40
9	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	5	4	34	18	6	3	10	20	34	54	52	1.038	+2	40
10	Stoke	38	12	5	2	41	15	4	2	13	13	40	54	55	0.982	–1	39
11	Everton	38	12	1	6	44	30	3	6	10	26	36	70	66	1.061	+4	37
12	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	4	3	43	21	3	3	13	19	43	62	64	0.969	–2	37
13	Sheffield United	38	10	4	5	33	23	5	2	12	24	39	57	62	0.919	–5	36
14	Sunderland	38	13	2	4	40	21	2	3	14	21	49	61	70	0.871	–9	35
15	Derby County	38	10	5	4	27	16	4	2	13	12	42	39	58	0.672	–19	35
16	Notts County	38	8	9	2	34	21	3	3	13	21	50	55	71	0.775	–16	34
17	Bury	38	8	5	6	30	26	3	5	11	27	48	57	74	0.770	–17	32
18	Middlesbrough	38	10	4	5	41	23	0	7	12	15	48	56	71	0.789	–15	31
19	Nottingham Forest	38	11	2	6	40	27	2	3	14	18	52	58	79	0.734	–21	31
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	7	5	7	38	28	1	2	16	20	71	58	99	0.586	–41	23

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	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bury !BRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Preston North End !PNE	Sheffield United !SHU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	The Wednesday !WED	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL	Woolwich Arsenal !WOO
Aston Villa !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 City !Birmingham City	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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 City !Stoke City	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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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	Barnsley – Chesterfield 8–1 (20 Jan 1905) Bristol City – Stockport 7–0 (20 Jan 1906) Chelsea – Burslem Port Vale 7–0 (3 Mar 1906)
Biggest away win	Leicester Fosse – Manchester United 2–5 (29 Mar 1906) Chesterfield – Grimsby Town 1–4 (2 Sept 1905) Lincoln City – Chelsea 1–4 (14 Oct 1905) Lincoln City – Hull 1–4 (23 Dec 1905)
Highest scoring	Barnsley –Chesterfield 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)
← 1904–05 1906–07 →

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1905–1906 teams

Chelsea

Clapton Orient

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
1	Bristol City	38	17	1	1	43	8	13	5	1	40	20	83	28	2.964	+55	66
2	Manchester United	38	15	3	1	55	13	13	3	3	35	15	90	28	3.214	+62	62
3	Chelsea	38	13	4	2	58	16	9	5	5	32	21	90	37	2.432	+53	53
4	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	4	2	53	16	9	4	6	26	20	79	36	2.194	+43	52
5	Hull City	38	10	5	4	38	21	9	1	9	29	33	67	54	1.241	+13	44
6	Leeds City	38	11	5	3	38	19	6	4	9	21	28	59	47	1.255	+12	43
7	Leicester Fosse	38	10	3	6	30	21	5	9	5	23	27	53	48	1.104	+5	42
8	Grimsby Town	38	11	7	1	33	13	4	3	12	13	33	46	46	1.000	±0	40
9	Burnley	38	9	4	6	26	23	6	4	9	16	30	42	53	0.792	–11	38
10	Stockport County^[4]	38	11	6	2	36	16	2	3	14	8	40	44	56	0.786	–12	35
11	Bradford City	38	7	4	8	21	22	6	4	9	25	38	46	60	0.767	–14	34
12	Barnsley	38	11	4	4	45	17	1	5	13	15	45	60	62	0.968	–2	33
13	Lincoln City	38	10	1	8	46	29	2	5	12	23	43	69	72	0.958	–3	30
14	Blackpool	38	8	3	8	22	21	2	6	11	15	41	37	62	0.597	–25	29
15	Gainsborough Trinity	38	10	2	7	35	22	2	2	15	9	35	44	57	0.772	–13	28
16	Glossop	38	9	4	6	36	28	1	4	14	13	43	49	71	0.690	–22	28
17	Burslem Port Vale	38	10	4	5	34	25	2	0	17	15	57	49	82	0.598	–33	28
18	Chesterfield	38	8	4	7	26	24	2	4	13	14	48	40	72	0.556	–32	28
19	Burton United	38	9	4	6	26	20	1	2	16	8	47	34	67	0.507	–33	26
20	Clapton Orient	38	6	4	9	19	22	1	3	15	16	56	35	78	0.449	–43	21

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	Barnsley !BAR	Blackpool !BLP	Bradford City !BRA	Bristol City !BRI	Burnley !BUR	Burslem Port Vale !BPV	Burton United !BUR	Chelsea !CHE	Chesterfield !CHF	Clapton Orient !CLA	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Glossop !GLP	Grimsby Town !GRI	Hull City !HUL	Leeds City !LEE	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Manchester United !MUN	Stockport County !STP	West Bromwich Albion !WBA
Barnsley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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.

References

1 2 "England 1905-06". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ 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.

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

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First Division	Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bury Derby County Everton Liverpool Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers Woolwich Arsenal

Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Bristol City Burnley Burslem Port Vale Chelsea Burton United Chesterfield Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Hull City Leeds City Leicester Fosse Clapton Orient Lincoln City Manchester United Stockport County West Bromwich Albion

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