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:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (21 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1905-06								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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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

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

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:: 1
Penalties missed:: 2
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Haslam
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 (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harry Haslam
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	West (?), Spouncer (?)
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	Craggs (?), West (?), Niblo (?), Morris (?)
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 (?), Niblo (?)
Mon Dec 25, 1905	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	1-2	18,000	Morris (?)
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	Craggs (?), Shearman (?, ?, ?), West (?), Holmes (?)
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	Craggs (?), Morris (?)
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	Lessons (?), Shearman (?)
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	Craggs (?, ?), West (?), Lessons (?)
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	Craggs (?), Hardstaff (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
Mon Apr 02, 1906	League Tier 1	Woolwich Arsenal			A	1-3	1,000	West (?)
Sat Apr 07, 1906	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-2	5,000	Morris (?)
Sat Apr 14, 1906	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	1-0	12,000	Lessons (?)
Mon Apr 16, 1906	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			H	3-4	14,000	Lessons (?), Morris (?, ?)
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	West (?), Morris (?)
Sat Apr 28, 1906	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-4	-	Lessons (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (10) - £5				Out (8) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Albert Holmes	Bought			Albert Holmes	Sold
	Enoch West	Bought	£5		Frank Forman	Retired
	George Needham	Bought			George Henderson	Sold
	George Wolfe	Bought			Joe Hardstaff	Sold
	Herbert Whitchurch	Bought			Robert Norris	Sold
	William Fullarton	Bought			Tom Davies	Sold
1905	Jack Armstrong	Bought			Tom Niblo	Sold
Mar 23, 1906	Edwin Hughes	Bought			William Fullarton	Retired
Mar 24, 1906	Harry Hadley	Bought
Apr 19, 1906	Harry Rothery	Bought

SQUAD

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

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
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