Final League Table -
Division I
Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England in 1904-05 |
|
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
₧
|
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Newcastle United |
34 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
41 |
12 |
9 |
1 |
7 |
31 |
21 |
48 |
|
Everton |
34 |
14 |
2 |
1 |
36 |
11 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
27 |
25 |
47 |
|
Manchester City |
34 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
46 |
17 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
20 |
20 |
46 |
|
Aston Villa |
34 |
11 |
2 |
4 |
32 |
15 |
8 |
2 |
7 |
31 |
28 |
42 |
|
Sunderland |
34 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
37 |
19 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
23 |
25 |
40 |
|
Sheffield
United |
34 |
13 |
0 |
4 |
39 |
20 |
6 |
2 |
9 |
25 |
36 |
40 |
|
Small Heath |
34 |
11 |
1 |
5 |
32 |
17 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
22 |
21 |
39 |
|
Preston North End |
34 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
28 |
13 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
14 |
24 |
36 |
|
The Wednesday |
34 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
39 |
22 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
22 |
35 |
33 |
|
Woolwich Arsenal |
34 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
19 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
17 |
28 |
33 |
|
Derby
County |
34 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
29 |
19 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
8 |
29 |
32 |
|
Stoke |
34 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
26 |
18 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
14 |
40 |
30 |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
34 |
9 |
3 |
5 |
28 |
18 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
12 |
33 |
27 |
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
34 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
30 |
23 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
17 |
50 |
26 |
|
Middlesbrough |
34 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
21 |
24 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
32 |
26 |
|
Nottingham Forest |
34 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
24 |
28 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
16 |
33 |
25 |
|
Bury |
34 |
8 |
2 |
7 |
34 |
26 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
13 |
41 |
24 |
|
Notts County |
34 |
1 |
7 |
9 |
16 |
33 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
20 |
36 |
18 |
|
Manchester
City recorded an eight-match winning run from 7 January 1905:
Stoke (h) 1-0, Notts C. (h) 2-1, Sheffield U.
(a) 3-0, Newcastle (h) 3-2, Middlesbrough (h) 3-2, Bury (h) 3-2, Derby (a)
1-0, Blackburn (h) 2-1, before losing 2-1 at Nottingham Forest on 18 March
1905. Newcastle's biggest winning sequence was of
seven matches.
Second division,
Manchester United also had a player representing England in 1904-05. |
|
How The League Was Won 1904-05 Season |
|
Timeline |
35 Saturdays from 3 September 1904 to 29 April 1905, plus
Boxing Day (Monday, 26th December 1904), Monday, 2 January 1905, Good Friday,
21 April 1905 and Easter Monday, 24 April 1905
With no games allowed in August, there
were two
opening games on Thursday, 1 September 1904, plus three across the following
two Mondays. An additional game was played on
a
Thursday
in October,
and one each on a Monday and a Wednesday in November, with four played on
the two days after Boxing Day. One
game was played on a Monday in February, two on Mondays and two on a
Wednesday in April, prior to Easter, and one each on the last Wednesday
and Thursday in April. The
FA Cup took precedence on five weekends from the first round on 4
February 1905 to the
final on 15 April 1905 (a week earlier than the previous season, due
to Easter).
There were two weeks between each round and three before the semi-final
and final. Last
league games were on
Saturday, 29 April 1905.
|
Wednesday,
26 April 1905 |
The Wednesday 1 Newcastle
United 3
Owlerton
Stadium, Sheffield
(12,000)
Simpson
~ Howie,
McWilliam, Orr (pen)
Newcastle were heading out of the title race with 15
minutes left, but staged a dramatic turnaround to stay in
contention. Everton had completed their fixtures with a 2-0 win
at Middlesbrough, two days earlier, on Easter Monday, but the
two clubs immediately below them could both overtake them and
each had a superior goal average to Everton, so, for Newcastle,
a point would do in their final game, as long as City didn't
win, whereas a point would only be enough for City if Newcastle
lost. A win for both would see Newcastle crowned champions for
the first time (unless City could score, at least, twelve goals
away to the new FA Cup holders, Aston Villa) and defeat for both
would be enough for Everton to win the title. |
|
Saturday, 29 April 1905 |
Aston Villa 3 Manchester
City 2
Villa Park,
Birmingham
(10,000)
Garraty, Hampton, Hall
~ Livingstone, Turnbull |
Newcastle's comprehensive victory saw them take the title by a
point, though a draw would have been enough. City's defeat meant
that Everton finished runners-up. |
Middlesbrough 0 Newcastle United 3
Ayresome
Park, Middlesbrough
(14,000)
Orr 6, Rutherford 52,
Appleyard 54 |
|
|
The Elite League 1904-05 Season
(games between the top four) |
Aston Villa replaced
The Wednesday from the
previous season's top four.
Games played between the top two:-
|
Saturday, 17 September 1904 |
Newcastle United 3-2 Everton
St James' Park, Newcastle
(25,000)
Rutherford, Veitch
(2)
~
McDermott, Settle |
|
Saturday, 14 January 1905 |
Everton 2 Newcastle
United 1
Goodison
Park, Liverpool
(35,000)
Rankin, Settle
~
Howie |
|
|
The Continuous League
1888-1905
(first 17 seasons) |
|
Everton reduced
Aston Villa's lead to 27 points. This was the
seventh
and final season
of 34 games each, following three of 22, one of 26 and six of thirty
games each. Sunderland
still had the highest average points per game from their 15
seasons.
Aston Villa reduced
Sunderland's lead to a point.
Everton jumped to second and reduced
Sunderland's lead to seven points. |
|
Champions: Newcastle United |
Manager: Frank
Watt
1904-05
Most Appearances
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
Jock Rutherford |
31 |
10 |
|
Jack Carr |
27 |
|
|
Bert Gosnell |
25 |
4 |
|
Colin Veitch |
24 |
10 |
|
Jock Rutherford did not play for England in 1904-05, and Bert Gosnell and
Colin Veitch did not play for England until 1906. |
|
Sheffield United's Arthur Brown
was top scorer with 23.
Second
on the list was
Manchester City's Scottish striker, Sandy Turnbull, with 19,
followed by Small Heath's Billy Jones, with 16.
|
|
England and the Football
League 1904-05 Season |
|
England's impact on the Football League |
Of the 33 playing positions used
during the active 1904-05 season, Football League players provided
26 of them, and of the five goals scored, League players scored
two of them.
Eleven of the 18 first division clubs were
represented, plus Manchester United from the second division.
Eleven Football League games had a direct impact on
two of England's games, on 25 February and 1 April.
As a
result, on 25 February, England took Aston Villa's Alex Leake,
Blackburn's Sam Wolstenholme, Derby's Steve Bloomer, Everton's Billy
Balmer, Manchester City's Frank Booth, Manchester United's Charlie
Roberts, Middlesbrough's Tim Williamson, Newcastle's Jack Carr and
Dicky Bond of Preston. On 1 April, Roberts was again absent from
league action, as were Nottingham Forest's Harry Linacre,
Sunderland's Arthur Bridgett and Harry Ruddlesdin of The Wednesday. |
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