SEASON: 1905-06
- DIVISION:
- English First Division (Tier 1)
- MANAGER(s):
- Harry Hallam
- FA Cup:
- 3rd Round (The Wednesday (A) 1-4)
- League Cup:
- Did not exist
- Top Goalscorer:
- Grenville Morris (21 goals)
TABLE
FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1905-06
SEASON END TABLE | 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 | 1.71739 | 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 | 1.38462 | 47 | 1-0 | 1-3 | ||
3 | The Wednesday | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 63 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 1.21154 | 44 | 3-4 | 0-1 | ||
4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 74 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 1.54167 | 43 | 2-1 | 2-3 | ||
5 | Manchester City | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 73 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 1.35185 | 43 | 0-1 | 0-5 | ||
6 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 81 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 45 | 1.20896 | 41 | 4-0 | 0-6 | ||
7 | Birmingham City | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 65 | 59 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 1.10169 | 41 | 2-1 | 0-5 | ||
8 | Aston Villa | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 72 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 1.28571 | 40 | 2-2 | 1-3 | ||
9 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 52 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 1.03846 | 40 | 1-2 | 1-1 | ||
10 | Stoke City | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 40 | .98182 | 39 | 3-1 | 0-4 | ||
11 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 70 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 1.06061 | 37 | 4-3 | 1-4 | ||
12 | Woolwich Arsenal | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 62 | 64 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 43 | .96875 | 37 | 3-1 | 1-3 | ||
13 | Sheffield United | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 57 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 39 | .91935 | 36 | 4-1 | 4-1 | ||
14 | Sunderland | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 61 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 49 | .87143 | 35 | 1-2 | 1-0 | ||
15 | Derby County | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 58 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 42 | .67241 | 35 | 0-0 | 2-2 | ||
16 | Notts County | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 71 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 50 | .77465 | 34 | 1-2 | 1-1 | ||
17 | Bury | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 57 | 74 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 48 | .77027 | 32 | 3-2 | 1-2 | ||
18 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 71 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 48 | .78873 | 31 | 2-1 | 0-2 | ||
19 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 58 | 79 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 52 | .73418 | 31 | Relegated | |||
20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 58 | 99 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 71 | .58586 | 23 | Relegated | 3-1 | 1-2 |
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LEAGUE POSITIONS
- GAME COUNTS
- 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%
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 |
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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.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
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)
- 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):
- 0   (scored by opponents for us)
- Own goals (against):
- 0   (scored by us for opponents)   
- Penalties scored:
- 0
- Penalties conceded:
- 1
- Penalties missed:
- 2
- Penalties saved:
- 0
GAMES
 
Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League
FA Cup
Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Sat Jan 13, 1906 | Bury | 1 | A | 1-1 | 10,000 | West (?) | |
Wed Jan 17, 1906 | Bury | 1 | 1 | H | 6-2 | 8,000 | Craggs (?), Shearman (?, ?, ?), West (?), Holmes (?) |
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 (?) |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (11) - £5 | Out (8) - £0 | |||||||
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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) | |||||||||||||||
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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 | 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 | 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 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||
F | George Needham | England | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
F | Grenville Morris | Wales | 28 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 21 | ||||||||
F | Harry Rothery | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
F | Herbert Whitchurch | 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 | Games |
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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 | ||||||
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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 |
LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season
Game 1 | Game 2 | ||||||
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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 |