1904–05 Football League

The 1904–05 season was the 17th season of The Football League. Woolwich Arsenal were the first London club to feature in the top flight of English football since its inception in 1888–89.

The Football League
Season1904–05
ChampionsNewcastle United
RelegatedDoncaster Rovers
New Club in LeagueDoncaster Rovers

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] 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
Season1904–05
ChampionsNewcastle United (1st English title)
Relegatednone
FA Cup winnersAston Villa (4th FA Cup title)
Matches played306
Goals scored904 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerArthur Brown (Sheffield United), 22
Biggest home winBury – Sheffield United 7–1 (12 Nov 1904)
Manchester City – Derby County 6–0 (17 Dec 1904)
Biggest away winNotts County – Woolwich Arsenal 1–5 (17 Dec 1904)
Notts County – Sheffield United 1–5 (28 Jan 1905)
Highest scoringThe Wednesday – Everton 5–5 (12 Nov 1904)
Longest winning run8 matches
Manchester City (7 Jan 1905 – 11 Mar 1905)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Everton (14 Jan 1905 – 15 Apr 1905)
Longest losing run5 matches
Stoke (10 Dec 1904 – 7 Jan 1905)
Derby County (26 Dec 1904 – 7 Jan 1905)
Bury (28 Jan 1905 – 18 Mar 1905)
Notts County (25 Feb 1905 – 1 Apr 1905)
Highest attendance50,000
Aston Villa – Small Heath (29 Oct 1904)
Lowest attendance2,000
The Wednesday – Derby County (3 Apr 1905)
Stoke – Small Heath (29 Apr 1905)
Average attendance13,404
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Qualification
1 Newcastle United 34 14 1 2 41 12 9 1 7 31 21 2.182 48 League Champions
2 Everton 34 14 2 1 36 11 7 3 7 27 25 1.750 47
3 Manchester City 34 14 3 0 46 17 6 3 8 20 20 1.784 46
4 Aston Villa 34 11 2 4 32 15 8 2 7 31 28 1.465 42 FA Cup Winners
5 Sunderland 34 11 3 3 37 19 5 5 7 23 25 1.364 40
6 Sheffield United 34 13 0 4 39 20 6 2 9 25 36 1.143 40
7 Small Heath 34 11 1 5 32 17 6 4 7 22 21 1.421 39
8 Preston North End 34 9 5 3 28 13 4 5 8 14 24 1.135 36
9 The Wednesday 34 10 3 4 39 22 4 2 11 22 35 1.070 33
10 Woolwich Arsenal 34 9 5 3 19 12 3 4 10 17 28 0.900 33
11 Derby County 34 9 4 4 29 19 3 4 10 8 29 0.771 32
12 Stoke 34 10 3 4 26 18 3 1 13 14 40 0.690 30
13 Blackburn Rovers 34 9 3 5 28 18 2 2 13 12 33 0.784 27
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 10 2 5 30 23 1 2 14 17 50 0.644 26
15 Middlesbrough 34 7 3 7 21 24 2 5 10 15 32 0.643 26
16 Nottingham Forest 34 5 3 9 24 28 4 4 9 16 33 0.656 25
17 Bury[lower-alpha 1] 34 8 2 7 34 26 2 2 13 13 41 0.701 24
18 Notts County[lower-alpha 1] 34 1 7 9 16 33 4 1 12 20 36 0.522 18
Source:
Notes:
  1. Not relegated due to resizing of both divisions to 20 teams.

Results
Home \ Away AST BLB BRY DER EVE MCI MID NEW NOT NTC PNE SHU SMH STK SUN WED WOL WOO
Aston Villa 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 3–0 3–1
Blackburn Rovers 4–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 1–4 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1
Bury 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–4 1–0 2–4 5–1 2–0 0–1 7–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–4 3–1 1–1
Derby County 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Everton 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 5–2 2–1 1–0
Manchester City 2–1 2–1 3–2 6–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 6–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–2 1–1 5–1 1–0
Middlesbrough 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–5 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 1–0
Newcastle United 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–3 6–2 3–0 3–0
Nottingham Forest 1–1 5–2 5–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 0–3
Notts County 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–5 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 3–4 1–5
Preston North End 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–0
Sheffield United 0–3 3–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–3 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–2 1–0 4–2 4–2 4–0
Small Heath 0–3 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–1
Stoke 1–4 4–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0
Sunderland 2–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–0 3–2 2–1 1–4 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–1
The Wednesday 3–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 5–5 2–1 5–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 0–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–3 5–3 1–3 3–2 3–1 0–0 4–2 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–1
Woolwich Arsenal 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps
Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division
Football League
Second Division
Season1904–05
ChampionsLiverpool (3rd title)
Failed re-electionDoncaster Rovers
Matches played306
Goals scored903 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerSamuel Marsh (Bolton Wanderers), 27 [3]
Biggest home winLiverpool – Burslem Port Vale 8–1 (8 Apr 1905)
Barnsley – Burton United 7–0 (28 Jan 1905)
Manchester United – Bradford City 7–0 (2 Jan 1905)
Biggest away winBurton United – West Bromwich Albion 0–6 (21 Apr 1905)
Highest scoringLiverpool – Burslem Port Vale 8–1 (8 Apr 1905)
Longest winning run14 matches
Manchester United (15 Oct 1904 – 3 Jan 1905)
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Manchester United (24 Sep 1904 – 21 Jan 1905)
Longest losing run9 matches
Doncaster Rovers (14 Jan 1905 – 1 Apr 1905)
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Liverpool 34 14 3 0 60 12 13 1 3 33 13 3.720 58 Division Champions
2 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 0 2 53 16 12 2 3 34 16 2.719 56 Promoted
3 Manchester United 34 16 0 1 60 10 8 5 4 21 20 2.700 53
4 Bristol City 34 12 3 2 40 12 7 1 9 26 33 1.467 42
5 Chesterfield 34 9 6 2 26 11 5 5 7 18 24 1.257 39
6 Gainsborough Trinity 34 11 4 2 32 15 3 4 10 29 43 1.052 36
7 Barnsley 34 11 4 2 29 13 3 1 13 9 43 0.679 33
8 Bradford City 34 8 5 4 31 20 4 3 10 14 29 0.918 32
9 Lincoln City 34 9 4 4 31 16 3 3 11 11 24 1.050 31
10 West Bromwich Albion 34 8 2 7 28 20 5 2 10 28 28 1.167 30
11 Burnley 34 10 1 6 31 21 2 5 10 12 31 0.827 30
12 Glossop 34 7 5 5 23 14 3 5 9 14 32 0.804 30
13 Grimsby Town 34 9 3 5 22 14 2 5 10 11 32 0.717 30
14 Leicester Fosse 34 8 3 6 30 25 3 4 10 10 30 0.727 29
15 Blackpool 34 8 5 4 26 15 1 5 11 10 33 0.750 28
16 Burslem Port Vale 34 7 4 6 28 25 3 3 11 19 47 0.653 27 Re-elected
17 Burton United[lower-alpha 1] 34 7 2 8 20 29 1 2 14 10 55 0.357 20
18 Doncaster Rovers[lower-alpha 2] 34 3 2 12 12 32 0 0 17 11 49 0.284 8 Failed re-election
Source:
Notes:
  1. Failed to be re-elected to the Football League. Elected in expansion of Second Division to 20 teams.
  2. New club in the league.

Results
Home \ Away BAR BLP BOL BRA BRI BRN BPV BRT CHF DON GAI GLP GRI LEI LIN LIV MUN WBA
Barnsley 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 7–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1
Blackpool 6–0 0–2 2–0 2–4 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–0
Bolton Wanderers 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 7–1 4–3 2–0 5–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–4 2–1
Bradford City 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–3 4–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 1–1 3–1
Bristol City 3–0 2–0 3–4 1–0 0–0 4–2 5–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Burnley 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 5–0 1–1 2–0 4–3 1–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–4
Burslem Port Vale 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 4–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 3–2
Burton United 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–3 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–6
Chesterfield 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 6–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Doncaster Rovers 2–0 0–0 0–4 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–2 1–5 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 1–4 0–1 0–1
Gainsborough Trinity 4–0 1–1 0–4 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–2
Glossop 5–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–1
Grimsby Town 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 4–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3
Leicester Fosse 2–0 3–1 2–4 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 5–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 3–1
Lincoln City 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 3–3 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 5–1 0–2 3–0 0–2
Liverpool 2–1 5–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 8–1 2–0 6–1 1–0 6–1 2–2 5–0 4–0 1–1 4–0 3–2
Manchester United 4–0 3–1 1–2 7–0 4–1 1–0 6–1 5–0 3–0 6–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–0
West Bromwich Albion 4–1 4–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–2 6–1 4–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2
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
Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

See also

References
  1. "England 1904-05". 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.
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