Season | 1905–06 |
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Champions | Liverpool |
Relegated | 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
Season | 1905–06 |
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Champions | Liverpool 2nd English title |
Relegated | Nottingham Forest Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,242 (3.27 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Walter White (26 goals)[1] |
Biggest home win | Newcastle United 8–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (11 November 1905) |
Biggest away win | Middlesbrough 1–5 Liverpool (11 November 1905) |
Highest scoring | Sunderland 7–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (10 March 1906) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches Bolton Wanderers |
Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Blackburn Rovers Liverpool |
Longest losing run | 5 matches Middlesbrough Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers Woolwich Arsenal |
Highest attendance | 50,000 Newcastle United 1–1 Sunderland (30 December 1905) |
Lowest attendance | 1,500 Derby County 1–1 Middlesbrough (6 January 1906) |
Average attendance | 13,516 |
← 1904–05 1906–07 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Liverpool (C) | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 46 | 1.717 | 51 | |
2 | Preston North End | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 39 | 1.385 | 47 | |
3 | The Wednesday | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 63 | 52 | 1.212 | 44 | |
4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 74 | 48 | 1.542 | 43 | |
5 | Manchester City | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 73 | 54 | 1.352 | 43 | |
6 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 81 | 67 | 1.209 | 41 | |
7 | Birmingham | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 65 | 59 | 1.102 | 41 | |
8 | Aston Villa | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 72 | 56 | 1.286 | 40 | |
9 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 52 | 1.038 | 40 | |
10 | Stoke | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 55 | 0.982 | 39 | |
11 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 70 | 66 | 1.061 | 37 | |
12 | Woolwich Arsenal | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 62 | 64 | 0.969 | 37 | |
13 | Sheffield United | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 57 | 62 | 0.919 | 36 | |
14 | Sunderland | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 61 | 70 | 0.871 | 35 | |
15 | Derby County | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 58 | 0.672 | 35 | |
16 | Notts County | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 71 | 0.775 | 34 | |
17 | Bury | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 57 | 74 | 0.770 | 32 | |
18 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 71 | 0.789 | 31 | |
19 | Nottingham Forest (R) | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 58 | 79 | 0.734 | 31 | Relegation to the Second Division |
20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 58 | 99 | 0.586 | 23 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Maps
Second Division
Season | 1905–06 |
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Champions | Bristol City (1st title) |
Failed re-election | None |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,116 (2.94 per match) |
Top goalscorer | William Maxwell (Bristol City), 27[2] |
Biggest home win | Barnsley 8–1 Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905) Bristol City 7–0 Stockport (20 Jan 1906) Chelsea 7–0 Burslem Port Vale (3 Mar 1906) |
Biggest away win | 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) |
Highest scoring | Barnsley 8–1 Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905) |
Longest winning run | 14 matches Bristol City (9 Sep 1905 – 2 Dec 1905) |
Longest unbeaten run | 24 matches Bristol City (9 Sep 1905 – 10 Feb 1906) |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Burton United (17 Mar 1906 – 28 Apr 1906) |
← 1904–05 1906–07 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Bristol City | 38 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 20 | 2.964 | 66 | Division Champions |
2 | Manchester United | 38 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 3.214 | 62 | Promoted |
3 | Chelsea[a] | 38 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 2.432 | 53 | |
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 2.194 | 52 | |
5 | Hull City[a] | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 1.241 | 44 | |
6 | Leeds City[a] | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 1.255 | 43 | |
7 | Leicester Fosse | 38 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 1.104 | 42 | |
8 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 1.000 | 40 | |
9 | Burnley | 38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 0.792 | 38 | |
10 | Stockport County[b][a] | 38 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 0.786 | 35 | |
11 | Bradford City | 38 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 0.767 | 34 | |
12 | Barnsley | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 45 | 0.968 | 33 | |
13 | Lincoln City | 38 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 0.958 | 30 | |
14 | Blackpool | 38 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 0.597 | 29 | |
15 | Gainsborough Trinity | 38 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 35 | 0.772 | 28 | |
16 | Glossop | 38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 0.690 | 28 | |
17 | Burslem Port Vale | 38 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 57 | 0.598 | 28 | |
18 | Chesterfield Town | 38 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 48 | 0.556 | 28 | Re-elected |
19 | Burton United | 38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 47 | 0.507 | 26 | |
20 | Clapton Orient[a] | 38 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 56 | 0.449 | 21 |
Notes:
- ^ a b c d e New club in the league.
- ^ Stockport County returned to the league after only a year’s absence. The other new teams entered the league for the first time, and with the exception of Clapton Orient had only been founded in 1904 and 1905.
Results
Maps
See also
References
- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.