The City Ground

SEASON: 1904-05

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Next Season: 1905-06

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Fulham (A) 0-1)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: William Shearman (14 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	9 times	10 times	1 time		2 times
Conceded	14 times	7 times	5 times	1 time	3 times
Won By	6 times	1 time	2 times	1 time
Lost By	9 times	5 times	1 time	4 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 16,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 1,000
Average League Attendance:: 9,058
Highest Cup Attendance:: 22,500
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 22,500

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 6
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Newcastle United	34	23	2	9	72	33	14	1	2	41	12	9	1	7	31	21	2.182	48		1-3	1-5
2	Everton	34	21	5	8	63	36	14	2	1	36	11	7	3	7	27	25	1.750	47		0-2	1-5
3	Manchester City	34	20	6	8	66	37	14	3	0	46	17	6	3	8	20	20	1.784	46		2-1	1-1
4	Aston Villa	34	19	4	11	63	43	11	2	4	32	15	8	2	7	31	28	1.465	42		1-1	0-2
5	Sunderland	34	16	8	10	60	44	11	3	3	37	19	5	5	7	23	25	1.364	40		2-3	0-1
6	Sheffield United	34	19	2	13	64	56	13	0	4	39	20	6	2	9	25	36	1.143	40		1-2	0-4
7	Small Heath	34	17	5	12	54	38	11	1	5	32	17	6	4	7	22	21	1.421	39		0-2	2-1
8	Preston North End	34	13	10	11	42	37	9	5	3	28	13	4	5	8	14	24	1.135	36		0-1	1-0
9	The Wednesday	34	14	5	15	61	57	10	3	4	39	22	4	2	11	22	35	1.070	33		2-1	0-2
10	Woolwich Arsenal	34	12	9	13	36	40	9	5	3	19	12	3	4	10	17	28	.900	33		0-3	3-0
11	Derby County	34	12	8	14	37	48	9	4	4	29	19	3	4	10	8	29	.771	32		0-1	2-3
12	Stoke City	34	13	4	17	40	58	10	3	4	26	18	3	1	13	14	40	.690	30		0-1	0-0
13	Blackburn Rovers	34	11	5	18	40	51	9	3	5	28	18	2	2	13	12	33	.784	27		5-2	0-0
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	4	19	47	73	10	2	5	30	23	1	2	14	17	50	.644	26		2-2	2-3
15	Middlesbrough	34	9	8	17	36	56	7	3	7	21	24	2	5	10	15	32	.643	26		1-1	0-0
16	Nottingham Forest	34	9	7	18	40	61	5	3	9	24	28	4	4	9	16	33	.656	25
17	Bury	34	10	4	20	47	67	8	2	7	34	26	2	2	13	13	41	.701	24	Not relegated due to resizing of league	5-1	1-5
18	Notts County	34	5	8	21	36	69	1	7	9	16	33	4	1	12	20	36	.522	18	Not relegated due to resizing of league	2-1	2-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Sep 03, 1904	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-3	Loss	1,000	11	Shearman (?, ?)
2	Sat Sep 10, 1904	Bury	H	5-1	Win	9,000	9	Shearman (?), Niblo (?), Morris (?, ?, ?)
3	Sat Sep 17, 1904	Aston Villa	A	0-2	Loss	25,000	14
4	Sat Sep 24, 1904	Blackburn Rovers	H	5-2	Win	11,000	12	Shearman (?, ?, ?), Morris (?, ?)
5	Sat Oct 01, 1904	Stoke City	H	0-1	Loss	10,000	13
6	Thu Oct 06, 1904	Preston North End	H	0-1	Loss	12,000	13
7	Sat Oct 08, 1904	The Wednesday	A	0-2	Loss	12,000	17
8	Sat Oct 15, 1904	Sunderland	H	2-3	Loss	1,000	17	Iremonger (?), Timmins (?)
9	Sat Oct 22, 1904	Woolwich Arsenal	A	3-0	Win	25,000	15	Niblo (?, ?), Morris (?)
10	Sat Oct 29, 1904	Derby County	H	0-1	Loss	15,000	15
11	Sat Nov 05, 1904	Everton	A	1-5	Loss	-	15	Niblo (?)
12	Sat Nov 12, 1904	Small Heath	H	0-2	Loss	7,000	16
13	Sat Nov 19, 1904	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	16,000	16	Shearman (?)
14	Sat Nov 26, 1904	Notts County	H	2-1	Win	1,000	15	Forman (?), Morris (?)
15	Sat Dec 03, 1904	Sheffield United	A	0-4	Loss	1,000	15
16	Sat Dec 10, 1904	Newcastle United	H	1-3	Loss	5,000	15	Niblo (?)
17	Sat Dec 17, 1904	Preston North End	A	1-0	Win	1,000	15	Lessons (?)
18	Sat Dec 24, 1904	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	Draw	7,000	15	Morris (?)
19	Mon Dec 26, 1904	The Wednesday	H	2-1	Win	16,000	13	Shearman (?), Morris (?)
20	Tue Dec 27, 1904	Woolwich Arsenal	H	0-3	Loss	16,000	13
21	Sat Dec 31, 1904	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-2	Draw	5,000	13	Lessons (?), Niblo (?)
22	Mon Jan 02, 1905	Sunderland	A	0-1	Loss	15,000	14
23	Sat Jan 07, 1905	Bury	A	1-5	Loss	-	15	Shearman (?)
24	Sat Jan 14, 1905	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw	12,000	15	Shearman (?)
25	Sat Jan 21, 1905	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	Draw	-	15
26	Sat Jan 28, 1905	Stoke City	A	0-0	Draw	-	15
27	Sat Feb 25, 1905	Derby County	A	2-3	Loss	5,000	16	Henderson (?), Shearman (?)
28	Sat Mar 04, 1905	Middlesbrough	A	0-0	Draw	12,000	15
29	Sat Mar 11, 1905	Small Heath	A	2-1	Win	8,000	13	Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
30	Sat Mar 18, 1905	Manchester City	H	2-1	Win	6,000	13	Shearman (?), Lessons (?)
31	Sat Mar 25, 1905	Notts County	A	2-1	Win	10,000	12	Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
32	Sat Apr 01, 1905	Sheffield United	H	1-2	Loss	9,000	13	Shearman (?)
33	Sat Apr 08, 1905	Newcastle United	A	1-5	Loss	22,000	13	Niblo (?)
34	Mon Apr 24, 1905	Everton	H	0-2	Loss	12,000	16

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Feb 04, 1905	Sheffield United	1			H	2-0	Win	22,500	Shearman (?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1905	Fulham	2			A	0-1	Loss	17,000

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Mon Oct 24, 1904	Fulham	England	H	1-1	Draw	4,000	Niblo (?)
Tue Apr 25, 1905	Leicester Fosse	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Niblo (?, ?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Harry Linacre	34	9	7	18
D		Albert Jones	4		1	3
D		Bob Innes	13	3	4	6
D		Charles Craig	33	10	7	16
D		Frederick Chapman	2			2
D		James Iremonger	18	5	2	11	1
D		John Barnsdale	20	6	3	11
D		Page	1		1
M		Alexander Newbigging	2	1		1
M		Frank Forman	6	3		3	1
M		Herbert Holdstock	1			1
M		Jack Craggs	8	3	2	3
M		Joe Hardstaff	3		2	1
M		John Crawford	3	1		2
M		Peter Robertson	7	2		5
M		Sid Sugden	12	2	2	8
M		Tom Davies	14	5	3	6
M		Walter Dudley	19	5	5	9
M		William Shearman	31	9	5	17	14
F		Alf Spouncer	26	7	3	16	2
F		Bert Powell	1			1
F		Fred Lessons	16	5	4	7	3
F		George Henderson	23	6	6	11	1
F		Grenville Morris	28	10	5	13	12
F		Sam Timmins	33	10	6	17	1
F		Thomas Jones	1			1
F		Tom Niblo	31	7	7	17	7
F		Walter Anthony	6	1	2	3

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
14	William Shearman	31
12	Grenville Morris	28
7	Tom Niblo	31
3	Fred Lessons	16
2	Alf Spouncer	26
1	Frank Forman	6
1	George Henderson	23
1	James Iremonger	18
1	Sam Timmins	33

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1904-05

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Notts County	Sat Nov 26, 1904	H	2-1	Sat Mar 25, 1905	A	2-1