1904–05 Small Heath F.C. season

December 2014 May 2026 Small Heath F.C. 1904–05 Alf Jones Secretary-manager Walter W. Hart Ground Coventry Road Football League First Division 7th FA Cup First round (eliminated by Portsmouth) Birmingham Senior Cup Winner Billy Jones (16) Billy Jones (16) 32,000 vs Aston Villa, 25 February 1905 8,000 vs Nottingham Forest, 11 March 1905 14,647 _collar_buttons_2 Team 000099 000099 000099 FFFFFF 000000 1903–04 1905–06 The 1904–05 Football League season was Small Heath Football Club's 13th in the Football League and their 5th in the First Division. In third position in the 18-team league, only one point behind the leaders, with eight matches remaining, they gained only four points from the sixteen available, and finished seventh. They also took part in the 1904–05 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing to Portsmouth in that round. In locally organised competition, they won the Birmingham Senior Cup for the first time, defeating West Bromwich Albion by seven goals to two. After this season, the club entered a primarily reserve team for this competition, which had previously not been permitted. Nineteen players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were nine different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Nat Robinson, full-back Frank Stokes and forward Benny Green were all ever-present over the 35-match season. Billy Jones was leading scorer with 16 goals, all of which came in the league. At an Extraordinary General Meeting held in March 1905, it was proposed that, Small Heath being the only major football club in the cityAston Villa were based in the municipal borough of Aston Manor, which was not added to the county borough of Birmingham until 1911."History Of Aston – early period". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 22 May 2012. since Birmingham St George's had folded in 1892, the club should be renamed Birmingham City F.C. The shareholders were not in favour, though they were prepared to go as far as plain Birmingham Football Club instead. Even this was a step too far for some; one reporter referred to "the Small Heath club now masquerading as Birmingham".Matthews (1995), Complete Record, p. 12. Events surrounding the February 1905 match with Aston Villa highlighted the Coventry Road ground's inadequacies. The official attendance was given as 28,000,This Day's Matches. Birmingham Daily Mail. 25 February 1905. p. 4. though with the gates closed before kick-off, thousands scaled walls or forced entrances in order to gain admission, and the actual attendance was estimated at anything up to 35,000.Matthews (1995), Complete Record. p. 57.Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44. 0-00-218426-5. The Birmingham Daily Mail reported "a constant stream of vehicles to the ground, while the trams were disgorging their freights at Muntz Street every two or three minutes." Inside, "the swaying of the mass of spectators rendered the placing of additional supports against the barriers a necessary precaution", and children were passed overhead and placed on the pitch for their own safety. The following Monday the same newspaper commented that had space been available, another ten or fifteen thousand spectators might well have attended, as "hundreds of people found the doors closed against them, and probably there were thousands who would not go to the ground in view of the inevitable crush."'Linesman' (27 February 1905). Football Notes. Birmingham Daily Mail. p. 4. The club's landlords would neither sell the freehold of the ground nor allow its expansion, so the directors began planning to move to a new home. Football League First Division 1904–05 Football League DateLeaguepositionOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance3 September 190412thManchester CityAL1–2Green pen24,00010 September 190417thNotts CountyHL1–2Beer pen15,00017 September 190417thSheffield UnitedAL1–2Beer pen14,00024 September 190416thNewcastle UnitedHW2–1W.H. Jones 213,0001 October 190417thPreston North EndAD2–2Wilcox, McRoberts10,0008 October 190414thMiddlesbroughHW2–1Field, Beer pen10,00015 October 190411thWolverhampton WanderersAW1–0Wilcox8,00022 October 19048thBuryHW5–0Wilcox, Field, Green 2, McRoberts15,00029 October 190411thAston VillaAL1–2Wilcox40,0005 November 19048thBlackburn RoversHW2–0Wigmore, Green15,00012 November 19048thNottingham ForestAW2–0McRoberts, W.H. Jones8,00019 November 19044thSheffield WednesdayHW2–1W.H. Jones, Green15,00026 November 19044thSunderlandAW4–1Wilcox, W.H. Jones 2, Green12,0003 December 19042ndWoolwich ArsenalHW2–1Dougherty, W.H. Jones12,00010 December 19045thDerby CountyAL0–36,00017 December 19047thEvertonHL1–2W.H. Jones18,00026 December 19045thMiddlesbroughAW1–0McRoberts10,00031 December 19045thManchester CityHW3–1W.H. Jones 2, Wilcox15,0002 January 19055thBuryAD1–1Green9,0007 January 19055thNotts CountyAD0–08,00014 January 19055thSheffield UnitedHW2–0W.H. Jones, Wilcox12,00021 January 19055thNewcastle UnitedAW1–0Tickle24,00028 January 19053rdPreston North EndHW2–0Wilcox 215,00011 February 19052ndWolverhampton WanderersHW4–1Wilcox 3, Green15,00025 February 19054thAston VillaHL0–332,0004 March 19053rdBlackburn RoversAW4–1W.H. Jones 2 (1 pen), Field, Beer5,00011 March 19054thNottingham ForestHL1–2Field8,00018 March 19055thSheffield WednesdayAL1–3Green12,00025 March 19055thSunderlandHD1–1W.H. Jones12,0001 April 19055thWoolwich ArsenalAD1–1W.H. Jones18,0008 April 19055thDerby CountyHW2–0Green, W.H. Jones12,00015 April 19055thEvertonAL1–2Hartwell20,00022 April 19055thStokeHL0–115,00029 April 19057thStokeAL0–12,000 League table (part) +Final First Division table (part)PosClubPldWDLFAGAPts5thSunderland341681060441.36406thSheffield United341921364561.14407thSmall Heath341751259381.42398thPreston North End3413101152471.14369thSheffield Wednesday341451561571.0733Key Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played;W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = PointsSource"Birmingham City 1904–1905: English Division One (old) Table" https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065212/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1904-1905/table 4 March 2016 . Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012. FA Cup 1904–05 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceFirst round4 February 1905PortsmouthHL0–225,000 Appearances and goals This table includes appearances and goals in nationally organised competitive matchesthe Football League and FA Cuponly. For a description of the playing positions, see Formation (association football)#2–3–5 (Pyramid). + Players' appearances and goals by competitionNamePositionLeagueFA CupTotalApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoalsApps AppearancesGoals Nat RobinsonGoalkeeper34010350 John Glover footballerFull back24010250 Ambrose HartwellFull back15100151 Frank Stokes footballerFull back34010350 Billy Beer footballerHalf back31400314 Jack Bird 1Half back001010 Jim Dougherty footballerHalf back25110261 Harry Howard footballer, born 1871Half back13000130 Alfred SellmanHalf back100010 Walter WigmoreHalf back28110291 Charlie AthersmithForward500000 Oakey FieldForward30400304 Benny Green footballerForward3410103510 Charles Harvey Charles Harvey (footballer)Forward100010 Billy Jones footballer, born 1881Forward3016103116 Thomas Jones footballer born 1879Forward201030 Bob McRoberts footballerForward14400144 Charlie TickleForward16110171 Freddie WilcoxForward2712102812 Jimmy WindridgeForward10000100 See also Birmingham City F.C. seasons References General Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books (Derby). 978-1-85983-010-9. Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. DB Publishing (Derby). 978-1-85983-853-2. Source for match dates and results: "Birmingham City 1904–1905: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012. Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 254–55. Note that attendance figures are estimated. Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018. Specific Category:Birmingham City F.C. seasons Small Heath