The City Ground

SEASON: 1904-05

Prev Season: 1903-04
This Season: 1904-05
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

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	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

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
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	Scorers
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	Scorers
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 (?, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8)				Out (13)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bert Powell	Bought			Albert Jones	Sold
	Fred Lessons	Bought			Bert Powell	Sold
	Herbert Holdstock	Bought			Bob Innes	Sold
	Jack Craggs	Bought		Oct 1904	Fred Warren	Sold
	Joe Hardstaff	Bought			Herbert Holdstock	Sold
	Page	Bought			John Barnsdale	Sold
	Peter Robertson	Bought			John Crawford	Retired
	Tom Niblo	Bought			Page	Sold
					Peter Robertson	Retired
					Sid Sugden	Sold
					Thomas Jones	Sold
					Walter Anthony	Sold
				May 01, 1905	Alexander Newbigging	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alexander Newbigging	2	1		1
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		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