SEASON: 1905-06
- 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)
- 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%
ALL GAMES
LEAGUE GAMES

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 |
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SEASON LEAGUE POSITIONS
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.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
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.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
- 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)
MISCELLANEOUS
- Clean Sheets:
- 4
- Yellow cards:
- 0
- Red cards:
- 0
- Own goals (for):
- (scored by opponents for us)
- Own goals (against):
- (scored by us for opponents)
- Penalties scored:
- 0
- Penalties conceded:
- 0
- Penalties missed:
- 2
- Penalties saved:
- 0
SEASON END TABLE
FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1905-06 | Home | Away | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
 
Manager for all games: Harry Haslam
League
FA Cup
Pre-Season Friendly
Manager for all games: Harry Haslam
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | Count | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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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 |
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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 (? pen) |
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 | ? (?, ?) |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (10) | Out (8) | |||||||
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Date | Player | Details | Fee | Date | Player | Details | Fee | Albert Holmes | Bought | Albert Holmes | Sold | 1905 | Edwin Hughes | Bought | Frank Forman | Retired | Enoch West | Bought | £5 | George Henderson | Sold | George Needham | Bought | Joe Hardstaff | Sold | George Wolfe | Bought | Robert Norris | Sold | Harry Rothery | Bought | Tom Davies | Sold | Herbert Whitchurch | Bought | Tom Niblo | Sold | 1905 | Jack Armstrong | Bought | William Fullarton | Retired | William Fullarton | Bought | Apr 01, 1906 | Harry Hadley | Bought |
SQUAD
Season Record (Competitive Games only) | |||||||||||||
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Pos | Num | Player | P | W | D | L | Goals | Yellows | Reds | Went Off | Came On | Unused Sub | Notes | Goalkeepers |
GK | Harry Linacre | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | Defenders | |||||||
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 | Midfielders | |||||||
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 | Forwards | ||||||
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 (Pens) | 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
Game 1 | Game 2 | ||||||
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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 |