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 Hallam
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (The Wednesday (A) 1-4)

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (21 goals)

Competitive Games:: 42
Competitive Goals:: 69
Goals per game:: 1.6
League Games:: 38
League Points:: 31 out of 76 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 40.8%

Highest League Attendance:: 18,000 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 5,000 (Blackburn Rovers)
Average League Attendance:: 9,631
Highest Cup Attendance:: 8,000 (Bury)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 8,000 (Bury)

Champions:: Liverpool
FA Cup:: Everton

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 6
6-2 (Wed Jan 17, 1906, Bury, Home, FA Cup)

Biggest Winning Margin: 4
6-2 (Wed Jan 17, 1906, Bury, Home, FA Cup)
4-0 (Sat Mar 24, 1906, Bolton Wanderers, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 6
0-6 (Sat Nov 18, 1905, Bolton Wanderers, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 6
0-6 (Sat Nov 18, 1905, Bolton Wanderers, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 4
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 4
Penalties missed:: 2
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1905-06

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	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

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

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

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Liverpool (1-2)
2		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3		3	2	1	-	1	3	2	2	Stoke City (3-1), The Wednesday (0-1)
4		4	5	1	1	3	7	10	3	Aston Villa (2-2), Birmingham City (0-5), Manchester City (0-1), Bolton Wanderers (4-0), Blackburn Rovers (1-2
5	2	5	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Newcastle United (2-1)
6		6	1	-	-	1	3	4	0	The Wednesday (3-4)
7		7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8		8	3	1	1	1	3	4	3	Preston North End (1-0), Blackburn Rovers (1-1), Aston Villa (1-3)
9	5	9	3	1	1	1	6	9	3	Everton (4-3), Derby County (2-2), Stoke City (0-4)
10	7	10	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Birmingham City (2-1)
11	2	11	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Notts County (1-1)
12	21	12	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Preston North End (1-3)
13	29	13	5	3	-	2	12	13	6	Manchester City (0-5), Bury (3-2), Sheffield United (4-1), Sheffield United (4-1), Everton (1-4)
14	43	14	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Notts County (1-2), Sunderland (1-0)
15	51	15	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Newcastle United (2-3)
16	36	16	4	-	1	3	2	13	1	Liverpool (1-4), Bolton Wanderers (0-6), Woolwich Arsenal (1-3), Derby County (0-0)
17	42	17	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Woolwich Arsenal (3-1)
18		18	2	-	-	2	2	4	0	Sunderland (1-2), Bury (1-2)
19	2	19	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Middlesbrough (2-1)
20		20	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Middlesbrough (0-2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-2)

Not included: Week 1 game against Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 02, 1905	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	10,000	5	Shearman (?, ?), Morris (?)
2	Mon Sep 04, 1905	Preston North End	A	1-3	5,000	9	Morris (?)
3	Sat Sep 09, 1905	Manchester City	A	0-5	16,000	14
4	Sat Sep 16, 1905	Bury	H	3-2	8,500	11	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?)
5	Sat Sep 23, 1905	Middlesbrough	A	0-2	15,000	13
6	Sat Sep 30, 1905	Preston North End	H	1-0	10,000	10	West (?)
7	Sat Oct 07, 1905	Newcastle United	A	2-3	15,000	14	Spouncer (?), West (?)
8	Sat Oct 14, 1905	Aston Villa	H	2-2	12,000	14	West (?), Morris (?)
9	Sat Oct 21, 1905	Liverpool	A	1-4	15,000	16	Henderson (?)
10	Sat Oct 28, 1905	Sheffield United	H	4-1	8,000	14	West (?), Morris (?), Craggs (?), Niblo (?)
11	Sat Nov 04, 1905	Notts County	A	1-1	12,000	13	Craggs (?)
12	Sat Nov 11, 1905	Stoke City	H	3-1	10,000	12	West (?, ?), Morris (?)
13	Sat Nov 18, 1905	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-6	-	14
14	Sat Nov 25, 1905	Woolwich Arsenal	H	3-1	8,000	12	West (?), Morris (?, ?)
15	Sat Dec 02, 1905	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	-	13	Henderson (?)
16	Sat Dec 09, 1905	Sunderland	H	1-2	10,000	13	Niblo (?)
17	Sat Dec 16, 1905	Birmingham City	A	0-5	1,000	14
18	Sat Dec 23, 1905	Everton	H	4-3	9,500	12	West (?, ?), Morris (2'), Niblo (87')
19	Mon Dec 25, 1905	Notts County	H	1-2	18,000	14	Morris (82')
20	Tue Dec 26, 1905	Derby County	A	2-2	15,000	13	Morris (?, ?)
21	Wed Dec 27, 1905	The Wednesday	A	0-1	-	14
22	Sat Dec 30, 1905	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	5,000	14	West (?)
23	Sat Jan 06, 1906	Manchester City	H	0-1	8,000	15
24	Sat Jan 20, 1906	Bury	A	1-2	-	16	Craggs (?)
25	Sat Jan 27, 1906	Middlesbrough	H	2-1	12,000	15	Morris (47'), Craggs (75')
26	Sat Feb 10, 1906	Newcastle United	H	2-1	7,000	15	Shearman (17'), Lessons (86')
27	Sat Feb 17, 1906	Aston Villa	A	1-3	25,000	15	West (?)
28	Sat Mar 03, 1906	Sheffield United	A	4-1	14,000	16	West (?), Lessons (?), Craggs (?, ?)
29	Wed Mar 14, 1906	Liverpool	H	1-2	6,000	16	Shearman (?)
30	Sat Mar 17, 1906	Stoke City	A	0-4	-	17
31	Sat Mar 24, 1906	Bolton Wanderers	H	4-0	7,000	17	Spouncer (?), Morris (?), Craggs (?), Hardstaff (?)
32	Mon Apr 02, 1906	Woolwich Arsenal	A	1-3	1,000	17	West (50')
33	Sat Apr 07, 1906	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	5,000	17	Morris (30')
34	Sat Apr 14, 1906	Sunderland	A	1-0	12,000	17	Lessons (55')
35	Mon Apr 16, 1906	The Wednesday	H	3-4	14,000	17	Morris (55', 67'), Lessons (89')
36	Tue Apr 17, 1906	Derby County	H	0-0	12,000	17
37	Sat Apr 21, 1906	Birmingham City	H	2-1	8,000	17	Morris (24'), West (65')
38	Sat Apr 28, 1906	Everton	A	1-4	15,000	19	Lessons (?)

FA Cup

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

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harry Hallam
Sat Sep 02, 1905	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	3-1	10,000	Shearman (?, ?), Morris (?)
Mon Sep 04, 1905	League Tier 1	Preston North End			A	1-3	5,000	Morris (?)
Sat Sep 09, 1905	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	0-5	16,000
Sat Sep 16, 1905	League Tier 1	Bury			H	3-2	8,500	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Sep 23, 1905	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			A	0-2	15,000
Sat Sep 30, 1905	League Tier 1	Preston North End			H	1-0	10,000	West (?)
Sat Oct 07, 1905	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	2-3	15,000	Spouncer (?), West (?)
Sat Oct 14, 1905	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	2-2	12,000	West (?), Morris (?)
Sat Oct 21, 1905	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	1-4	15,000	Henderson (?)
Sat Oct 28, 1905	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	4-1	8,000	West (?), Morris (?), Craggs (?), Niblo (?)
Sat Nov 04, 1905	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	1-1	12,000	Craggs (?)
Sat Nov 11, 1905	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	3-1	10,000	West (?, ?), Morris (?)
Sat Nov 18, 1905	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	0-6	-
Sat Nov 25, 1905	League Tier 1	Woolwich Arsenal			H	3-1	8,000	West (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Dec 02, 1905	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	1-1	-	Henderson (?)
Sat Dec 09, 1905	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	1-2	10,000	Niblo (?)
Sat Dec 16, 1905	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			A	0-5	1,000
Sat Dec 23, 1905	League Tier 1	Everton			H	4-3	9,500	West (?, ?), Morris (2'), Niblo (87')
Mon Dec 25, 1905	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	1-2	18,000	Morris (82')
Tue Dec 26, 1905	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	2-2	15,000	Morris (?, ?)
Wed Dec 27, 1905	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			A	0-1	-
Sat Dec 30, 1905	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-2	5,000	West (?)
Sat Jan 06, 1906	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	0-1	8,000
Sat Jan 13, 1906	FA Cup	Bury	1		A	1-1	10,000	West (?)
Wed Jan 17, 1906	FA Cup	Bury	1	1	H	6-2	8,000	Holmes (?), Shearman (?, ?, ?), West (?), Craggs (?)
Sat Jan 20, 1906	League Tier 1	Bury			A	1-2	-	Craggs (?)
Sat Jan 27, 1906	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			H	2-1	12,000	Morris (47'), Craggs (75')
Sat Feb 03, 1906	FA Cup	Fulham	2		A	3-1	30,000	West (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Feb 10, 1906	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	2-1	7,000	Shearman (17'), Lessons (86')
Sat Feb 17, 1906	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	1-3	25,000	West (?)
Sat Feb 24, 1906	FA Cup	The Wednesday	3		A	1-4	36,363	Shearman (?)
Sat Mar 03, 1906	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	4-1	14,000	West (?), Lessons (?), Craggs (?, ?)
Wed Mar 14, 1906	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	1-2	6,000	Shearman (?)
Sat Mar 17, 1906	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	0-4	-
Sat Mar 24, 1906	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	4-0	7,000	Spouncer (?), Morris (?), Craggs (?), Hardstaff (?)
Mon Apr 02, 1906	League Tier 1	Woolwich Arsenal			A	1-3	1,000	West (50')
Sat Apr 07, 1906	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-2	5,000	Morris (30')
Sat Apr 14, 1906	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	1-0	12,000	Lessons (55')
Mon Apr 16, 1906	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			H	3-4	14,000	Morris (55', 67'), Lessons (89')
Tue Apr 17, 1906	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	0-0	12,000
Sat Apr 21, 1906	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			H	2-1	8,000	Morris (24'), West (65')
Sat Apr 28, 1906	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-4	15,000	Lessons (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (11) - £5				Out (8) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Albert Holmes	Bought			Albert Holmes	Sold
	Enoch West	Bought	£5	May 1904	Bob Norris	Sold
	George Needham	Bought			Frank Forman	Retired
	Herbert Whitchurch	Bought			George Henderson	Sold
Aug 1905	Thomas Clifford	Bought			Joe Hardstaff	Sold
	William Fullarton	Bought			Tom Davies	Sold
1905	Jack Armstrong	Bought		1906	Tom Niblo	Sold
Aug 01, 1905	George Wolfe	Bought			William Fullarton	Retired
Mar 23, 1906	Edwin Hughes	Bought
Mar 24, 1906	Harry Hadley	Bought
Apr 19, 1906	Harry Rothery	Bought

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Harry Linacre	England	25	42	15	6	21
Defenders
D		Charles Craig	Scotland	31	37	15	5	17
D		Edwin Hughes	Wales	20	2	1		1
D		Frederick Chapman	England	22	1			1
D		James Iremonger	England	29	5		1	4
D		William Fullarton	Scotland	23	21	6	5	10
Midfielders
M		Billy Shearman	England	26	13	4	1	8	9
M		Frank Forman	England	30	2	1		1
M		George Wolfe	England	26	30	13	3	14
M		Harry Hadley	England	27	7	2	1	4
M		Jack Craggs	England		40	14	6	20	8
M		Joe Hardstaff	England	22	10	3	2	5	1
M		Tom Davies	England	23	2	1		1
M		Walter Dudley	England	24	42	15	6	21
Forwards
F		Albert Holmes	England		6	2	2	2	1
F		Alf Spouncer	England	28	28	10	4	14	2
F		Enoch West	England	19	39	14	6	19	17
F		Fred Lessons	England	21	14	6		8	5
F		George Henderson	Scotland	31	22	6	5	11	2
F		George Needham	England		1			1
F		Grenville Morris	Wales	28	36	13	6	17	21
F		Harry Rothery	England	24	1			1
F		Herbert Whitchurch	England	19	1		1
F		Jack Armstrong	England	21	22	8	3	11
F		Sam Timmins	England		21	9	1	11
F		Tom Niblo	Scotland	27	17	7	2	8	3

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
21	Grenville Morris	36
17	Enoch West	39
9	Billy 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 (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Sheffield United	Sat Oct 28, 1905	Home	4-1		Sat Mar 03, 1906	Away	4-1

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Liverpool	Sat Oct 21, 1905	Away	1-4	Wed Mar 14, 1906	Home	1-2
Manchester City	Sat Sep 09, 1905	Away	0-5	Sat Jan 06, 1906	Home	0-1
The Wednesday	Wed Dec 27, 1905	Away	0-1	Mon Apr 16, 1906	Home	3-4