The City Ground

SEASON: 1905-06

Prev Season: 1904-05
This Season: 1905-06
Next Season: 1906-07

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (The Wednesday (A) 1-4)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (21 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	6 times	6 times	4 times	1 time
Conceded	14 times	11 times	5 times	5 times	3 times
Won By	7 times	4 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	10 times	4 times	3 times	1 time	3 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 18,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 5,000
Average League Attendance:: 9,631
Highest Cup Attendance:: 8,000
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 8,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 4
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 2
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Liverpool	38	23	5	10	79	46	14	3	2	49	15	9	2	8	30	31	1.717	51		1-2	1-4
2	Preston North End	38	17	13	8	54	39	12	5	2	36	15	5	8	6	18	24	1.385	47		1-0	1-3
3	The Wednesday	38	18	8	12	63	52	12	5	2	40	20	6	3	10	23	32	1.212	44		3-4	0-1
4	Newcastle United	38	18	7	13	74	48	12	4	3	49	23	6	3	10	25	25	1.542	43		2-1	2-3
5	Manchester City	38	19	5	14	73	54	11	2	6	46	23	8	3	8	27	31	1.352	43		0-1	0-5
6	Bolton Wanderers	38	17	7	14	81	67	13	1	5	51	22	4	6	9	30	45	1.209	41		4-0	0-6
7	Birmingham City	38	17	7	14	65	59	14	2	3	49	20	3	5	11	16	39	1.102	41		2-1	0-5
8	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	72	56	13	2	4	51	19	4	4	11	21	37	1.286	40		2-2	1-3
9	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	8	14	54	52	10	5	4	34	18	6	3	10	20	34	1.038	40		1-2	1-1
10	Stoke City	38	16	7	15	54	55	12	5	2	41	15	4	2	13	13	40	.982	39		3-1	0-4
11	Everton	38	15	7	16	70	66	12	1	6	44	30	3	6	10	26	36	1.061	37		4-3	1-4
12	Woolwich Arsenal	38	15	7	16	62	64	12	4	3	43	21	3	3	13	19	43	.969	37		3-1	1-3
13	Sheffield United	38	15	6	17	57	62	10	4	5	33	23	5	2	12	24	39	.919	36		4-1	4-1
14	Sunderland	38	15	5	18	61	70	13	2	4	40	21	2	3	14	21	49	.871	35		1-2	1-0
15	Derby County	38	14	7	17	39	58	10	5	4	27	16	4	2	13	12	42	.672	35		0-0	2-2
16	Notts County	38	11	12	15	55	71	8	9	2	34	21	3	3	13	21	50	.775	34		1-2	1-1
17	Bury	38	11	10	17	57	74	8	5	6	30	26	3	5	11	27	48	.770	32		3-2	1-2
18	Middlesbrough	38	10	11	17	56	71	10	4	5	41	23	0	7	12	15	48	.789	31		2-1	0-2
19	Nottingham Forest	38	13	5	20	58	79	11	2	6	40	27	2	3	14	18	52	.734	31	Relegated
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	8	7	23	58	99	7	5	7	38	28	1	2	16	20	71	.586	23	Relegated	3-1	1-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 02, 1905	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win	10,000	5	Shearman (?, ?), Morris (?)
2	Mon Sep 04, 1905	Preston North End	A	1-3	Loss	5,000	9	Morris (?)
3	Sat Sep 09, 1905	Manchester City	A	0-5	Loss	16,000	14
4	Sat Sep 16, 1905	Bury	H	3-2	Win	8,500	11	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?)
5	Sat Sep 23, 1905	Middlesbrough	A	0-2	Loss	15,000	13
6	Sat Sep 30, 1905	Preston North End	H	1-0	Win	10,000	10	West (?)
7	Sat Oct 07, 1905	Newcastle United	A	2-3	Loss	15,000	14	West (?), Spouncer (?)
8	Sat Oct 14, 1905	Aston Villa	H	2-2	Draw	12,000	14	West (?), Morris (?)
9	Sat Oct 21, 1905	Liverpool	A	1-4	Loss	15,000	16	Henderson (?)
10	Sat Oct 28, 1905	Sheffield United	H	4-1	Win	8,000	14	Craggs (?), West (?), Niblo (?), Morris (?)
11	Sat Nov 04, 1905	Notts County	A	1-1	Draw	12,000	13	Craggs (?)
12	Sat Nov 11, 1905	Stoke City	H	3-1	Win	10,000	12	West (?, ?), Morris (?)
13	Sat Nov 18, 1905	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-6	Loss	-	14
14	Sat Nov 25, 1905	Woolwich Arsenal	H	3-1	Win	8,000	12	West (?), Morris (?, ?)
15	Sat Dec 02, 1905	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	Draw	-	13	Henderson (?)
16	Sat Dec 09, 1905	Sunderland	H	1-2	Loss	10,000	13	Niblo (?)
17	Sat Dec 16, 1905	Birmingham City	A	0-5	Loss	1,000	14
18	Sat Dec 23, 1905	Everton	H	4-3	Win	9,500	12	West (?, ?), Morris (?), Niblo (?)
19	Mon Dec 25, 1905	Notts County	H	1-2	Loss	18,000	14	Morris (?)
20	Tue Dec 26, 1905	Derby County	A	2-2	Draw	15,000	13	Morris (?, ?)
21	Wed Dec 27, 1905	The Wednesday	A	0-1	Loss	-	14
22	Sat Dec 30, 1905	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	5,000	14	West (?)
23	Sat Jan 06, 1906	Manchester City	H	0-1	Loss	8,000	15
24	Sat Jan 20, 1906	Bury	A	1-2	Loss	-	16	Craggs (?)
25	Sat Jan 27, 1906	Middlesbrough	H	2-1	Win	12,000	15	Craggs (?), Morris (?)
26	Sat Feb 10, 1906	Newcastle United	H	2-1	Win	7,000	15	Lessons (?), Shearman (?)
27	Sat Feb 17, 1906	Aston Villa	A	1-3	Loss	25,000	15	West (?)
28	Sat Mar 03, 1906	Sheffield United	A	4-1	Win	14,000	16	Craggs (?, ?), West (?), Lessons (?)
29	Wed Mar 14, 1906	Liverpool	H	1-2	Loss	6,000	16	Shearman (?)
30	Sat Mar 17, 1906	Stoke City	A	0-4	Loss	-	17
31	Sat Mar 24, 1906	Bolton Wanderers	H	4-0	Win	7,000	17	Craggs (?), Hardstaff (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
32	Mon Apr 02, 1906	Woolwich Arsenal	A	1-3	Loss	1,000	17	West (?)
33	Sat Apr 07, 1906	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	Loss	5,000	17	Morris (?)
34	Sat Apr 14, 1906	Sunderland	A	1-0	Win	12,000	17	Lessons (?)
35	Mon Apr 16, 1906	The Wednesday	H	3-4	Loss	14,000	17	Lessons (?), Morris (?, ?)
36	Tue Apr 17, 1906	Derby County	H	0-0	Draw	12,000	17
37	Sat Apr 21, 1906	Birmingham City	H	2-1	Win	8,000	17	West (?), Morris (?)
38	Sat Apr 28, 1906	Everton	A	1-4	Loss	-	19	Lessons (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 13, 1906	Bury	1			A	1-1	Draw	10,000	West (?)
Wed Jan 17, 1906	Bury	1	Y	1	H	6-2	Win	8,000	Craggs (?), Shearman (?, ?, ?), West (?), Holmes (?)
Sat Feb 03, 1906	Fulham	2			A	3-1	Win	30,000	West (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Feb 24, 1906	The Wednesday	3			A	1-4	Loss	36,363	Shearman (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Jun 11, 1905	Penarol	Uruguay	A	6-1	Win	4,000	Spouncer (?, ?, ?), Niblo (?), Shearman (?), Irisarri (? OG)
Fri Jun 16, 1905	Rosario	Argentina	A	5-0	Win	-	Davies (?), Shearman (?), Lessons (?), Niblo (?), Spouncer (?)
Sun Jun 18, 1905	Belgrano	Argentina	A	7-0	Win	9,700	Shearman (?, ?, ?, ?), Lessons (?, ?), Davies (?)
Thu Jun 22, 1905	Britanicos	Argentina	A	13-1	Win	4,000	Lessons (?, ?, ?, ?), Shearman (?, ?, ?, ?), Spouncer (?, ?), Davies (?), Niblo (?), Clifford (? p
Sat Jun 24, 1905	Rosario	Argentina	A	6-0	Win	2,500	Lessons (?, ?, ?), Holmes (?), Shearman (?), Niblo (?)
Sun Jun 25, 1905	Alumni W	Argentina	A	6-1	Win	1,000	Lessons (?, ?), Niblo (?), Shearman (?), ? (?), Mack (? OG)
Thu Jun 29, 1905	Argentinos	Argentina	A	5-0	Win	-	Spouncer (?, ?), Holmes (?, ?), Lessons (?)
Sun Jul 02, 1905	Liga Argentina	Argentina	A	9-1	Win	1,000	Lessons (?, ?, ?, ?), Niblo (?, ?), Henderson (?), Timmins (?), Shearman (?)
Wed Jul 05, 1905	Forest B	England	A	2-1	Win	3,000	? (?, ?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Harry Linacre	42	15	6	21
D		Charles Craig	37	15	5	17
D		Edwin Hughes	2	1		1
D		Frederick Chapman	1			1
D		James Iremonger	5		1	4
D		Thomas Clifford
D		William Fullarton	21	6	5	10
M		Frank Forman	2	1		1
M		George Wolfe	30	13	3	14
M		Harry Hadley	7	2	1	4
M		Jack Craggs	40	14	6	20	8
M		Joe Hardstaff	10	3	2	5	1
M		Robert Norris
M		Tom Davies	2	1		1
M		Walter Dudley	42	15	6	21
M		William Shearman	13	4	1	8	9
F		Albert Holmes	6	2	2	2	1
F		Alf Spouncer	28	10	4	14	2
F		Enoch West	39	14	6	19	17
F		Fred Lessons	14	6		8	5
F		George Henderson	22	6	5	11	2
F		George Needham	1			1
F		Grenville Morris	36	13	6	17	21
F		Harry Rothery	1			1
F		Herbert Whitchurch	1		1
F		Jack Armstrong	22	8	3	11
F		Sam Timmins	21	9	1	11
F		Tom Niblo	17	7	2	8	3
		J Howard

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
21	Grenville Morris	36
17	Enoch West	39
9	William Shearman	13
8	Jack Craggs	40
5	Fred Lessons	14
3	Tom Niblo	17
2	Alf Spouncer	28
2	George Henderson	22
1	Albert Holmes	6
1	Joe Hardstaff	10

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1905-06

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Sheffield United	Sat Oct 28, 1905	H	4-1	Sat Mar 03, 1906	A	4-1