1904–05 Football League

The Football League
Season	1904–05
Champions	Newcastle United
Relegated	Doncaster Rovers
← 1903–04 1905–06 →

The 1904–1905 season was the 17th season of The Football League.

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.

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

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	Bury – Sheffield United 7–1 (12 Nov 1904) Manchester City – Derby County 6–0 (17 Dec 1904)
Biggest away win	Notts County – Woolwich Arsenal 1–5 (17 Dec 1904) Notts County – Sheffield United 1–5 (28 Jan 1905)
Highest scoring	The Wednesday – Everton 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 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 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
← 1903–04 1905–06 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newcastle United	34	14	1	2	41	12	9	1	7	31	21	72	33	2.182	+39	48
2	Everton	34	14	2	1	36	11	7	3	7	27	25	63	36	1.750	+27	47
3	Manchester City	34	14	3	0	46	17	6	3	8	20	20	66	37	1.784	+29	46
4	Aston Villa	34	11	2	4	32	15	8	2	7	31	28	63	43	1.465	+20	42
5	Sunderland	34	11	3	3	37	19	5	5	7	23	25	60	44	1.364	+16	40
6	Sheffield United	34	13	0	4	39	20	6	2	9	25	36	64	56	1.143	+8	40
7	Small Heath	34	11	1	5	32	17	6	4	7	22	21	54	38	1.421	+16	39
8	Preston North End	34	9	5	3	28	13	4	5	8	14	24	42	37	1.135	+5	36
9	The Wednesday	34	10	3	4	39	22	4	2	11	22	35	61	57	1.070	+4	33
10	Woolwich Arsenal	34	9	5	3	19	12	3	4	10	17	28	36	40	0.900	–4	33
11	Derby County	34	9	4	4	29	19	3	4	10	8	29	37	48	0.771	–11	32
12	Stoke	34	10	3	4	26	18	3	1	13	14	40	40	58	0.690	–18	30
13	Blackburn Rovers	34	9	3	5	28	18	2	2	13	12	33	40	51	0.784	–11	27
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	10	2	5	30	23	1	2	14	17	50	47	73	0.644	–26	26
15	Middlesbrough	34	7	3	7	21	24	2	5	10	15	32	36	56	0.643	–20	26
16	Nottingham Forest	34	5	3	9	24	28	4	4	9	16	33	40	61	0.656	–21	25
17	Bury^[3]	34	8	2	7	34	26	2	2	13	13	41	47	67	0.701	–20	24
18	Notts County^[3]	34	1	7	9	16	33	4	1	12	20	36	36	69	0.522	–33	18

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)

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bury !BRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Manchester City !MCI	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Preston North End !PNE	Sheffield United !SHU	Small Heath !SMH	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	The Wednesday !WED	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL	Woolwich Arsenal !WOO
Aston Villa !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 City !Stoke City	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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Stoke

Sunderland

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

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	Liverpool – 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 win	Burton United – West Bromwich 0–6 (21 Apr 1905)
Highest scoring	Liverpool – Burslem 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)
← 1903–04 1905–06 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	34	14	3	0	60	12	13	1	3	33	13	93	25	3.720	+68	58
2	Bolton Wanderers	34	15	0	2	53	16	12	2	3	34	16	87	32	2.719	+55	56
3	Manchester United	34	16	0	1	60	10	8	5	4	21	20	81	30	2.700	+51	53
4	Bristol City	34	12	3	2	40	12	7	1	9	26	33	66	45	1.467	+21	42
5	Chesterfield	34	9	6	2	26	11	5	5	7	18	24	44	35	1.257	+9	39
6	Gainsborough Trinity	34	11	4	2	32	15	3	4	10	29	43	61	58	1.052	+3	36
7	Barnsley	34	11	4	2	29	13	3	1	13	9	43	38	56	0.679	–18	33
8	Bradford City	34	8	5	4	31	20	4	3	10	14	29	45	49	0.918	–4	32
9	Lincoln City	34	9	4	4	31	16	3	3	11	11	24	42	40	1.050	+2	31
10	West Bromwich Albion	34	8	2	7	28	20	5	2	10	28	28	56	48	1.167	+8	30
11	Burnley	34	10	1	6	31	21	2	5	10	12	31	43	52	0.827	–9	30
12	Glossop	34	7	5	5	23	14	3	5	9	14	32	37	46	0.804	–9	30
13	Grimsby Town	34	9	3	5	22	14	2	5	10	11	32	33	46	0.717	–13	30
14	Leicester Fosse	34	8	3	6	30	25	3	4	10	10	30	40	55	0.727	–15	29
15	Blackpool	34	8	5	4	26	15	1	5	11	10	33	36	48	0.750	–12	28
16	Burslem Port Vale	34	7	4	6	28	25	3	3	11	19	47	47	72	0.653	–25	27
17	Burton United^[5]	34	7	2	8	20	29	1	2	14	10	55	30	84	0.357	–54	20
18	Doncaster Rovers^[6]	34	3	2	12	12	32	0	0	17	11	49	23	81	0.284	–58	8

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

Results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Blackpool !BLP	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bradford City !BRA	Bristol City !BRI	Burnley !BUR	Burslem Port Vale !BPV	Burton United !BUR	Chesterfield !CHF	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Glossop !GLP	Grimsby Town !GRI	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester United !MUN	West Bromwich Albion !WBA
Barnsley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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.

Maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

References

↑ "England 1904-05". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 Not relegated due to resizing of both divisions to 20 teams.
↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League. Elected in expansion of Second Division to 20 teams.
↑ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League.

External links

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 Blackburn Rovers Bury Derby County Everton Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Small Heath Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers Woolwich Arsenal

Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Bristol City Bolton Wanderers Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Liverpool Manchester United West Bromwich Albion

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1904–05 Football League

Final league tables

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Results

Maps

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Results

Maps

See also

References

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