1904–05 Football League

17th season of the Football League April 2023 July 2013 The Football League 1904–05 Newcastle United Doncaster Rovers New Club in League Doncaster Rovers 1903–04 1905–06 The 1904–05 season was the 17th season of The Football League. Woolwich Arsenal were the first club from southern England to feature in the top flight of English football since its inception in 1888–89. 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 1904–05 Newcastle United1st English title Arthur Brown(22 goals) Bury 7–1 Sheffield United(12 November 1904)Manchester City 6–0 Derby County(17 December 1904) Notts County 1–5 Woolwich Arsenal(17 December 1904)Notts County 1–5 Sheffield United(28 January 1905) The Wednesday 5–5 Everton(12 November 1904) 306 904 8 matchesManchester City 10 matchesEverton 5 matchesBuryDerby CountyNotts CountyStoke 50,000Aston Villa 2–1 Small Heath(29 October 1904) 2,000The Wednesday 1–1 Derby County(3 April 1905)Stoke 1–0 Small Heath(29 April 1905) 13,404 1903–04 1905–06 main WDL First Division World Football NEW, EVE, MCI, AVL, SUN, SHU, SMH, PNE, THW, WWA, DER, STK, BLA, WOL, MID, NFO, BRY, NTC 1st complete 19 4 11 63 43 11 5 18 40 51 10 4 20 47 67 12 8 14 37 48 21 5 8 63 36 20 6 8 66 37 9 8 17 36 56 23 2 9 72 33 9 7 18 40 61 5 8 21 36 69 13 10 11 42 37 19 2 13 64 56 17 5 12 54 38 13 4 17 40 58 16 8 10 60 44 14 5 15 61 57 11 4 19 47 73 12 9 13 36 40 C Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bury Derby County Everton Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Small Heath Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers Woolwich Arsenal 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored yellow Results main FBR grey AST BLB BRY DER EVE MCI MID NEW NOT NTC PNE SHU SMH STK SUN WED WOL WOO Aston Villa 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 3–0 3–1 Blackburn Rovers 4–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 1–4 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 Bury 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–4 1–0 2–4 5–1 2–0 0–1 7–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–4 3–1 1–1 Derby County 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 Everton 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 5–2 2–1 1–0 Manchester City 2–1 2–1 3–2 6–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 6–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–2 1–1 5–1 1–0 Middlesbrough 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–5 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 1–0 Newcastle United 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–3 6–2 3–0 3–0 Nottingham Forest 1–1 5–2 5–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 0–3 Notts County 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–5 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 3–4 1–5 Preston North End 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 Sheffield United 0–3 3–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–3 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–2 1–0 4–2 4–2 4–0 Small Heath 0–3 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 Stoke 1–4 4–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 Sunderland 2–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–0 3–2 2–1 1–4 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 The Wednesday 3–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 5–5 2–1 5–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 0–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–3 5–3 1–3 3–2 3–1 0–0 4–2 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–1 Woolwich Arsenal 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 52.49 -1.88 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.48 -2.97 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 52.56 -1.82 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 Blackburn Rovers Bury Derby County Everton Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Preston North End Small Heath (Birmingham) Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield) Wolverhampton Wanderers Woolwich Arsenal Second Division Football LeagueSecond Division 1904–05 Liverpool (3rd title) Samuel Marsh (Bolton Wanderers), 27https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-10-31 Failed re-election Doncaster Rovers Liverpool – Burslem Port Vale 8–1 (8 Apr 1905)Barnsley – Burton United 7–0 (28 Jan 1905)Manchester United – Bradford City 7–0 (2 Jan 1905) Burton United – West Bromwich Albion 0–6 (21 Apr 1905) Liverpool – Burslem Port Vale 8–1 (8 Apr 1905) 306 903 14 matchesManchester United (15 Oct 1904 – 3 Jan 1905) 18 matchesManchester United (24 Sep 1904 – 21 Jan 1905) 9 matchesDoncaster Rovers (14 Jan 1905 – 1 Apr 1905) 1903–04 1905–06 main WDL Second Division PR 5 y 2 LIV Liverpool BOL Bolton Wanderers MU Manchester United BRI Bristol City CHF Chesterfield Town GAI Gainsborough Trinity BAR Barnsley BRA Bradford City LIN Lincoln City WBA West Bromwich Albion BRN Burnley GLP Glossop GRI Grimsby Town LEI Leicester Fosse BLP Blackpool BPV Burslem Port Vale BRT Burton United DON Doncaster Rovers 27 4 3 93 25 27 2 5 87 32 24 5 5 81 30 19 4 11 66 45 14 11 9 44 35 14 8 12 61 58 14 5 15 38 56 12 8 14 45 49 12 7 15 42 40 13 4 17 56 48 12 6 16 43 52 10 10 14 37 46 11 8 15 33 46 11 7 16 40 55 9 10 15 36 48 10 7 17 47 72 8 4 22 30 84 3 2 29 23 81 CP P R green1 Promotion to the First Division P P red2 Re-elected REE REE red1 Failed re-election and demoted FAIL complete Results main FBR grey BAR BLP BOL BRA BRI BRN BPV BRT CHF DON GAI GLP GRI LEI LIN LIV MUN WBA Barnsley 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 7–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 Blackpool 6–0 0–2 2–0 2–4 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 7–1 4–3 2–0 5–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–4 2–1 Bradford City 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–3 4–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 1–1 3–1 Bristol City 3–0 2–0 3–4 1–0 0–0 4–2 5–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 Burnley 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 5–0 1–1 2–0 4–3 1–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–4 Burslem Port Vale 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 4–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 Burton United 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–3 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–6 Chesterfield 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 6–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 Doncaster Rovers 2–0 0–0 0–4 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–2 1–5 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 1–4 0–1 0–1 Gainsborough Trinity 4–0 1–1 0–4 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–2 Glossop 5–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 Grimsby Town 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 4–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 Leicester Fosse 2–0 3–1 2–4 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 5–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 3–1 Lincoln City 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 3–3 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 5–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 Liverpool 2–1 5–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 8–1 2–0 6–1 1–0 6–1 2–2 5–0 4–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 Manchester United 4–0 3–1 1–2 7–0 4–1 1–0 6–1 5–0 3–0 6–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 West Bromwich Albion 4–1 4–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–2 6–1 4–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 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 53.59 -2.56 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 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.40 -0.77 right England 53.44 -1.95 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 52.509 -1.964 right England 53.52 -1.133 right Barnsley Blackpool Bolton Bradford City Bristol City Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Doncaster Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Liverpool Manchester United West Bromwich Albion Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1905.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 23 August 2026 Division One No. Club Average 1 Newcastle United FC 21,605 2 Woolwich Arsenal 19,980 3 Everton FC 19,155 4 Manchester City FC 18,715 5 Aston Villa FC 18,390 6 Birmingham City FC 14,540 7 Sunderland AFC 14,510 8 Sheffield United FC 14,450 9 The Wednesday 12,880 10 Middlesbrough FC 11,685 11 Blackburn Rovers FC 11,145 12 Nottingham Forest FC 11,030 13 Preston North End FC 9,795 14 Bury FC 9,145 15 Derby County FC 8,915 16 Notts County FC 8,090 17 Stoke City FC 7,470 18 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7,380 See also 1904–05 in English football 1904 in association football 1905 in association football References External links Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1904–05 League