1905–06 Football League

18th season of the Football League April 2023 July 2013 The Football League 1905–06 Liverpool none New Clubs in League Chelsea,Hull City,Leeds City,Stockport County,Clapton Orient 1904–05 1906–07 The 1905–06 season was the 18th season of The Football League. Final league tables Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893–94 season), re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. First Division First Division 1905–06 Liverpool2nd English title Nottingham ForestWolverhampton Wanderers Walter White(26 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Newcastle United 8–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers(11 November 1905) Middlesbrough 1–5 Liverpool(11 November 1905) Sunderland 7–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers(10 March 1906) 380 1242 9 matchesBolton Wanderers 10 matchesBlackburn RoversLiverpool 5 matchesMiddlesbroughSunderlandWolverhampton WanderersWoolwich Arsenal 50,000Newcastle United 1–1 Sunderland(30 December 1905) 1,500Derby County 1–1 Middlesbrough(6 January 1906) 13,516 1904–05 1906–07 main WDL First Division World Football LIV, PNE, THW, NEW, MCI, BOL, BIR, AVL, BLA, STK, EVE, WWA, SHU, SUN, DER, NTC, BRY, MID, NFO, WOL 1st REL REL complete 17 6 15 72 56 17 7 14 65 59 16 8 14 54 52 17 7 14 81 67 11 10 17 57 74 14 7 17 39 58 15 7 16 70 66 23 5 10 79 46 19 5 14 73 54 10 11 17 56 71 18 7 13 74 48 13 5 20 58 79 11 12 15 55 71 17 13 8 54 39 15 6 17 57 62 16 7 15 54 55 15 5 18 61 70 18 8 12 63 52 8 7 23 58 99 15 7 16 62 64 C R R Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bury Derby County Everton Liverpool Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers Woolwich Arsenal 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey AST BIR BLB BOL BRY DER EVE LIV MCI MID NEW NOT NTC PNE SHU STK SUN WED WOL WOO Aston Villa 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–3 6–0 4–0 5–0 2–1 4–1 0–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 6–0 2–1 Birmingham 2–0 3–0 2–5 0–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 7–0 0–1 5–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–1 3–3 2–1 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 5–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–0 3–1 2–0 Bolton Wanderers 4–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 3–2 3–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 6–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 6–2 1–0 3–2 6–1 Bury 0–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 2–4 1–1 1–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–5 3–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 Derby County 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 Everton 4–2 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 4–2 0–3 4–1 1–2 4–1 6–2 1–0 3–2 0–3 3–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 Liverpool 3–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 6–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 Manchester City 1–4 4–1 1–1 3–1 5–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–4 5–0 5–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 Middlesbrough 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–4 5–1 0–1 0–0 1–5 6–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 0–1 5–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 Newcastle United 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 4–2 2–3 2–2 4–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–1 0–3 8–0 1–1 Nottingham Forest 2–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 3–2 0–0 4–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–2 3–4 3–1 3–1 Notts County 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 4–1 1–3 5–2 1–0 Preston North End 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–2 Sheffield United 1–1 3–0 0–2 5–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–2 4–1 3–1 Stoke 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 4–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 Sunderland 2–0 3–1 3–0 3–3 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 7–2 2–2 The Wednesday 2–2 4–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 5–1 4–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 7–0 2–5 0–2 2–3 0–0 0–2 2–1 6–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 5–2 0–0 0–2 Woolwich Arsenal 2–1 5–0 3–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 4–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 5–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 52.49 -1.88 right England 52.56 -1.82 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.48 -2.97 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.22 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 52.942 -1.137 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.914 -1.388 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 51.50 0.068 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Bury Derby County Everton Liverpool Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Preston North End Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield) Wolverhampton Wanderers Woolwich Arsenal Second Division Football LeagueSecond Division 1905–06 Bristol City (1st title) William Maxwell (Bristol City), 27https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 31 October 2010 Failed re-election None Barnsley 8–1 Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905)Bristol City 7–0 Stockport (20 Jan 1906)Chelsea 7–0 Burslem Port Vale (3 Mar 1906) Leicester Fosse 2–5 Manchester United (29 Mar 1906)Chesterfield 1–4 Grimsby Town (2 Sept 1905) Lincoln City 1–4 Chelsea (14 Oct 1905)Lincoln City 1–4 Hull (23 Dec 1905) Barnsley 8–1 Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905) 380 1116 14 matchesBristol City (9 Sep 1905 – 2 Dec 1905) 24 matchesBristol City (9 Sep 1905 – 10 Feb 1906) 8 matchesBurton United (17 Mar 1906 – 28 Apr 1906) 1904–05 1906–07 main WDL Second Division P 5 y 2 BRI Bristol City MU Manchester United CHL Chelsea WBA West Bromwich Albion HUL Hull City LEE Leeds City LEI Leicester Fosse GRI Grimsby Town BRN Burnley STP Stockport County BRA Bradford City BAR Barnsley LIN Lincoln City BLP Blackpool GAI Gainsborough Trinity GLP Glossop BPV Burslem Port Vale CHF Chesterfield Town BRT Burton United CLA Clapton Orient 30 6 2 83 28 28 6 4 90 28 22 9 7 90 37 22 8 8 79 36 19 6 13 67 54 17 9 12 59 47 15 12 11 53 48 15 10 13 46 46 15 8 15 42 53 13 9 16 44 56 13 8 17 46 60 12 9 17 60 62 12 6 20 69 72 10 9 19 37 62 12 4 22 44 57 10 8 20 49 71 12 4 22 49 82 10 8 20 40 72 10 6 22 34 67 7 7 24 35 78 CP P green1 Promotion to the First Division P P red2 Re-elected REE REE REE complete Results main FBR grey BAR BLP BRA BRI BRN BPV BRT CHE CHF CLA GAI GLP GRI HUL LEE LEI LIN MUN STP WBA Barnsley 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–2 8–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 4–2 0–3 4–0 3–0 Blackpool 0–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 Bradford City 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–5 0–1 0–1 Bristol City 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 7–0 1–0 Burnley 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 4–3 0–2 2–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 Burslem Port Vale 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 3–2 4–3 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 Burton United 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–4 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–2 Chelsea 6–0 6–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 7–0 3–0 0–1 6–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 5–1 4–0 3–3 4–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 Chesterfield 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–4 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–3 Clapton Orient 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–2 3–0 1–3 0–1 0–3 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 Gainsborough Trinity 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–3 0–1 4–0 5–2 0–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 2–1 Glossop 2–2 4–1 2–3 1–5 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–4 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 Grimsby Town 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 Hull City 4–1 2–2 5–2 0–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 4–3 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 Leeds City 3–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 Leicester Fosse 1–0 2–0 2–4 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–5 2–0 0–0 Lincoln City 4–1 1–1 5–0 0–3 5–0 3–1 5–1 1–4 0–1 2–3 3–0 4–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 3–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 Manchester United 5–1 2–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 3–0 6–0 0–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 5–2 5–0 5–0 0–3 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 Stockport County 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 5–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 West Bromwich Albion 5–3 5–0 6–1 1–3 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 6–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.8 -1.75 right England 51.45 -2.58 right England 53.04 -2.19 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 52.80 -1.68 right England 51.476 -0.21 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 51.55 -0.047 right England 53.40 -0.77 right England 53.44 -1.95 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.80 -1.55 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 52.509 -1.964 right Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Bristol City Bristol City Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chelsea Chesterfield Clapton Orient Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Hull Leeds City Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Manchester United West Bromwich Albion Stockport County Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1906.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 23 August 2026 Division One No. Club Average 1 Newcastle United FC 22,765 2 Aston Villa FC 20,735 3 Bolton Wanderers FC 19,930 4 Liverpool FC 18,480 5 Manchester City FC 17,560 6 Woolwich Arsenal 16,105 7 Everton FC 15,920 8 Sheffield United FC 13,685 9 Sunderland AFC 13,015 10 Blackburn Rovers FC 12,920 11 Middlesbrough FC 12,650 12 Birmingham City FC 11,960 13 The Wednesday 11,875 14 Notts County FC 10,485 15 Preston North End FC 9,485 16 Nottingham Forest FC 9,265 17 Bury FC 9,140 18 Stoke City FC 8,610 19 Derby County FC 7,510 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 6,490 See also 1905–06 in English football 1905 in association football 1906 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1905–06 League