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SEASON: 1904-05

Prev Season: 1903-04
This Season: 1904-05
Next Season: 1905-06

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Harry Hallam
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (Fulham (A) 0-1)

Top Goalscorer:: Billy Shearman (14 goals)

Competitive Games:: 36
Competitive Goals:: 42
Goals per game:: 1.2
League Games:: 34
League Points:: 25 out of 68 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 36.8%

Highest League Attendance:: 18,000 (Everton)
Lowest League Attendance:: 1,000 (Sunderland)
Average League Attendance:: 9,411
Highest Cup Attendance:: 22,500 (Sheffield United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 22,500 (Sheffield United)

FA Cup:: Aston Villa
League Cup:
League Trophy:
Community Shield:

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 5
5-1 (Sat Sep 10, 1904, Bury, Home, League Tier 1)
5-2 (Sat Sep 24, 1904, Blackburn Rovers, Home, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 4
5-1 (Sat Sep 10, 1904, Bury, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 5
1-5 (Sat Nov 05, 1904, Everton, Away, League Tier 1)
1-5 (Sat Jan 07, 1905, Bury, Away, League Tier 1)
1-5 (Sat Apr 08, 1905, Newcastle United, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 4
1-5 (Sat Nov 05, 1904, Everton, Away, League Tier 1)
0-4 (Sat Dec 03, 1904, Sheffield United, Away, League Tier 1)
1-5 (Sat Jan 07, 1905, Bury, Away, League Tier 1)
1-5 (Sat Apr 08, 1905, Newcastle United, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 6
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 2
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1904-05

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	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

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

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

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	3	-	-	3	1	7	0	The Wednesday (0-2), Newcastle United (1-3), Everton (0-2)
2		2	4	2	-	2	8	9	4	Blackburn Rovers (5-2), Preston North End (0-1), Manchester City (2-1), Newcastle United (1-5)
3		3	2	2	-	-	3	1	4	Preston North End (1-0), Small Heath (2-1)
4		4	3	-	-	3	3	9	0	Sunderland (2-3), Everton (1-5), Sunderland (0-1)
5		5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6		6	5	-	2	3	3	7	2	Aston Villa (0-2), Derby County (0-1), Manchester City (1-1), Aston Villa (1-1), Sheffield United (1-2)
7		7	1	-	-	1	0	4	0	Sheffield United (0-4)
8		8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	2	9	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Small Heath (0-2)
10	5	10	2	-	-	2	2	6	0	Woolwich Arsenal (0-3), Derby County (2-3)
11	4	11	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	The Wednesday (2-1)
12	19	12	2	1	1	-	3	0	3	Woolwich Arsenal (3-0), Blackburn Rovers (0-0)
13	42	13	1	-	-	1	1	5	0	Bury (1-5)
14	12	14	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-2)
15	100	15	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Notts County (2-1)
16	42	16	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Middlesbrough (1-1), Stoke City (0-0)
17	14	17	4	1	1	2	7	5	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-3), Bury (5-1), Stoke City (0-1), Middlesbrough (0-0)
18		18	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Notts County (2-1)

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Sep 03, 1904	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-3	1,000	11	Shearman (?, ?)
2	Sat Sep 10, 1904	Bury	H	5-1	9,000	9	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?, ?), Niblo (?)
3	Sat Sep 17, 1904	Aston Villa	A	0-2	25,000	14
4	Sat Sep 24, 1904	Blackburn Rovers	H	5-2	11,000	12	Shearman (?, ?, ?), Morris (?, ?)
5	Sat Oct 01, 1904	Stoke City	H	0-1	10,000	13
6	Thu Oct 06, 1904	Preston North End	H	0-1	12,000	13
7	Sat Oct 08, 1904	The Wednesday	A	0-2	12,000	17
8	Sat Oct 15, 1904	Sunderland	H	2-3	1,000	17	Iremonger (21' pen), Timmins (46')
9	Sat Oct 22, 1904	Woolwich Arsenal	A	3-0	25,000	15	Morris (?), Niblo (?, ?)
10	Sat Oct 29, 1904	Derby County	H	0-1	15,000	15
11	Sat Nov 05, 1904	Everton	A	1-5	15,000	15	Niblo (?)
12	Sat Nov 12, 1904	Small Heath	H	0-2	7,000	16
13	Sat Nov 19, 1904	Manchester City	A	1-1	16,000	16	Shearman (?)
14	Sat Nov 26, 1904	Notts County	H	2-1	1,000	15	Forman (?), Morris (?)
15	Sat Dec 03, 1904	Sheffield United	A	0-4	1,000	15
16	Sat Dec 10, 1904	Newcastle United	H	1-3	5,000	15	Niblo (?)
17	Sat Dec 17, 1904	Preston North End	A	1-0	1,000	15	Lessons (?)
18	Sat Dec 24, 1904	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	7,000	15	Morris (10')
19	Mon Dec 26, 1904	The Wednesday	H	2-1	16,000	13	Shearman (?), Morris (?)
20	Tue Dec 27, 1904	Woolwich Arsenal	H	0-3	16,000	13
21	Sat Dec 31, 1904	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-2	5,000	13	Lessons (?), Niblo (?)
22	Mon Jan 02, 1905	Sunderland	A	0-1	15,000	14
23	Sat Jan 07, 1905	Bury	A	1-5	-	15	Shearman (?)
24	Sat Jan 14, 1905	Aston Villa	H	1-1	12,000	15	Shearman (?)
25	Sat Jan 21, 1905	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	-	15
26	Sat Jan 28, 1905	Stoke City	A	0-0	-	15
27	Sat Feb 25, 1905	Derby County	A	2-3	5,000	16	Shearman (?), Henderson (?)
28	Sat Mar 04, 1905	Middlesbrough	A	0-0	12,000	15
29	Sat Mar 11, 1905	Small Heath	A	2-1	8,000	13	Spouncer (?), Morris (?)
30	Sat Mar 18, 1905	Manchester City	H	2-1	6,000	13	Shearman (?), Lessons (?)
31	Sat Mar 25, 1905	Notts County	A	2-1	10,000	12	Spouncer (?), Morris (?)
32	Sat Apr 01, 1905	Sheffield United	H	1-2	9,000	13	Shearman (?)
33	Sat Apr 08, 1905	Newcastle United	A	1-5	22,000	13	Niblo (?)
34	Mon Apr 24, 1905	Everton	H	0-2	18,000	16		Safe

FA Cup

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

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Oct 24, 1904	Fulham	England	H	1-1	4,000	Niblo (?)
Tue Apr 25, 1905	Leicester Fosse	England	A	2-1	-	Niblo (?, ?)
Sun Jun 11, 1905	Penarol	Uruguay	A	6-1	4,000	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?, ?), Lessons (?, ?), Niblo (?)
Fri Jun 16, 1905	Rosario	Argentina	A	5-0	-	Lessons (?), Davies (?), Niblo (?), Spouncer (35'), Shearman (40')
Sun Jun 18, 1905	Belgrano	Argentina	A	7-0	9,700	Shearman (?, ?, ?, 21'), Davies (?), Lessons (7', 8')
Thu Jun 22, 1905	Britanicos	Argentina	A	13-1	4,000	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?, ?, ?, ?), Lessons (?, ?, ?, ?), Clifford (? pen), Davies (?, ?), Niblo (?)
Sat Jun 24, 1905	Rosario	Argentina	A	6-0	2,500	Lessons (?, ?, ?), Niblo (?), Holmes (35'), Shearman (40')
Sun Jun 25, 1905	Alumni	Argentina	A	6-0	1,000	Andr�s Arturo Mack (? OG), Shearman (?), Lessons (?, ?), Timmins (?), Niblo (?)
Thu Jun 29, 1905	Argentinos Juniors	Argentina	A	5-0	-	Holmes (?, ?), Spouncer (?, ?), Lessons (?)
Sun Jul 02, 1905	Liga Argentina	Argentina	A	9-1	1,000	Shearman (?), Lessons (?, ?, ?, ?), Henderson (?), Timmins (?), Niblo (?, ?)
Wed Jul 05, 1905	Forest B	England	A	2-1	3,000	Shearman (3'), Spouncer (72')

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Harry Hallam
Sat Sep 03, 1904	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	2-3	1,000	Shearman (?, ?)
Sat Sep 10, 1904	League Tier 1	Bury		H	5-1	9,000	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?, ?), Niblo (?)
Sat Sep 17, 1904	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		A	0-2	25,000
Sat Sep 24, 1904	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		H	5-2	11,000	Shearman (?, ?, ?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Oct 01, 1904	League Tier 1	Stoke City		H	0-1	10,000
Thu Oct 06, 1904	League Tier 1	Preston North End		H	0-1	12,000
Sat Oct 08, 1904	League Tier 1	The Wednesday		A	0-2	12,000
Sat Oct 15, 1904	League Tier 1	Sunderland		H	2-3	1,000	Iremonger (21' pen), Timmins (46')
Sat Oct 22, 1904	League Tier 1	Woolwich Arsenal		A	3-0	25,000	Morris (?), Niblo (?, ?)
Mon Oct 24, 1904	Friendly	Fulham		H	1-1	4,000	Niblo (?)
Sat Oct 29, 1904	League Tier 1	Derby County		H	0-1	15,000
Sat Nov 05, 1904	League Tier 1	Everton		A	1-5	15,000	Niblo (?)
Sat Nov 12, 1904	League Tier 1	Small Heath		H	0-2	7,000
Sat Nov 19, 1904	League Tier 1	Manchester City		A	1-1	16,000	Shearman (?)
Sat Nov 26, 1904	League Tier 1	Notts County		H	2-1	1,000	Forman (?), Morris (?)
Sat Dec 03, 1904	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		A	0-4	1,000
Sat Dec 10, 1904	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		H	1-3	5,000	Niblo (?)
Sat Dec 17, 1904	League Tier 1	Preston North End		A	1-0	1,000	Lessons (?)
Sat Dec 24, 1904	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough		H	1-1	7,000	Morris (10')
Mon Dec 26, 1904	League Tier 1	The Wednesday		H	2-1	16,000	Shearman (?), Morris (?)
Tue Dec 27, 1904	League Tier 1	Woolwich Arsenal		H	0-3	16,000
Sat Dec 31, 1904	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	2-2	5,000	Lessons (?), Niblo (?)
Mon Jan 02, 1905	League Tier 1	Sunderland		A	0-1	15,000
Sat Jan 07, 1905	League Tier 1	Bury		A	1-5	-	Shearman (?)
Sat Jan 14, 1905	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		H	1-1	12,000	Shearman (?)
Sat Jan 21, 1905	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		A	0-0	-
Sat Jan 28, 1905	League Tier 1	Stoke City		A	0-0	-
Sat Feb 04, 1905	FA Cup	Sheffield United	1	H	2-0	22,500	Shearman (?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1905	FA Cup	Fulham	2	A	0-1	17,000
Sat Feb 25, 1905	League Tier 1	Derby County		A	2-3	5,000	Shearman (?), Henderson (?)
Sat Mar 04, 1905	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough		A	0-0	12,000
Sat Mar 11, 1905	League Tier 1	Small Heath		A	2-1	8,000	Spouncer (?), Morris (?)
Sat Mar 18, 1905	League Tier 1	Manchester City		H	2-1	6,000	Shearman (?), Lessons (?)
Sat Mar 25, 1905	League Tier 1	Notts County		A	2-1	10,000	Spouncer (?), Morris (?)
Sat Apr 01, 1905	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		H	1-2	9,000	Shearman (?)
Sat Apr 08, 1905	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		A	1-5	22,000	Niblo (?)
Mon Apr 24, 1905	League Tier 1	Everton		H	0-2	18,000		Safe
Tue Apr 25, 1905	Friendly	Leicester Fosse		A	2-1	-	Niblo (?, ?)
Sun Jun 11, 1905	Friendly	Penarol		A	6-1	4,000	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?, ?), Lessons (?, ?), Niblo (?)
Fri Jun 16, 1905	Friendly	Rosario		A	5-0	-	Lessons (?), Davies (?), Niblo (?), Spouncer (35'), Shearman (40')
Sun Jun 18, 1905	Friendly	Belgrano		A	7-0	9,700	Shearman (?, ?, ?, 21'), Davies (?), Lessons (7', 8')
Thu Jun 22, 1905	Friendly	Britanicos		A	13-1	4,000	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?, ?, ?, ?), Lessons (?, ?, ?, ?), Clifford (? pen), Davies (?, ?), Niblo (?)
Sat Jun 24, 1905	Friendly	Rosario		A	6-0	2,500	Lessons (?, ?, ?), Niblo (?), Holmes (35'), Shearman (40')
Sun Jun 25, 1905	Friendly	Alumni		A	6-0	1,000	Andr�s Arturo Mack (? OG), Shearman (?), Lessons (?, ?), Timmins (?), Niblo (?)
Thu Jun 29, 1905	Friendly	Argentinos Juniors		A	5-0	-	Holmes (?, ?), Spouncer (?, ?), Lessons (?)
Sun Jul 02, 1905	Friendly	Liga Argentina		A	9-1	1,000	Shearman (?), Lessons (?, ?, ?, ?), Henderson (?), Timmins (?), Niblo (?, ?)
Wed Jul 05, 1905	Friendly	Forest B		A	2-1	3,000	Shearman (3'), Spouncer (72')

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Feb 04, 1905	Sheffield United	1		H	2-0	22,500
Sat Feb 18, 1905	Fulham	2		A	0-1	17,000

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8) - £0				Out (12) - £0
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			Herbert Holdstock	Sold
	Joe Hardstaff	Bought			John Crawford	Retired
	Peter Robertson	Bought			Peter Robertson	Retired
1904	Tom Niblo	Bought			Sid Sugden	Sold
	Walter Page	Bought			Thomas Jones	Sold
					Walter Page	Sold
				Oct 1904	Fred Warren	Sold
				May 1905	Walter Anthony	Sold
				May 01, 1905	Alexander Newbigging	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Alexander Newbigging	Scotland	27	2	1		1
GK		Harry Linacre	England	24	34	9	7	18
Defenders
D		Albert Jones	Wales	21	4		1	3
D		Bob Innes	Scotland	26	13	3	4	6
D		Charles Craig	Scotland	30	33	10	7	16
D		Frederick Chapman	England	21	2			2
D		James Iremonger	England	28	18	5	2	11	1
D		John Barnsdale	England	26	20	6	3	11
D		Walter Page			1		1
D		Thomas Clifford	Scotland	29
Midfielders
M		Billy Shearman	England	25	31	9	5	17	14
M		Frank Forman	England	29	6	3		3	1
M		Herbert Holdstock	England	24	1			1
M		Jack Craggs	England		8	3	2	3
M		Joe Hardstaff	England	21	3		2	1
M		John Crawford	Scotland	24	3	1		2
M		Peter Robertson	Scotland	28	7	2		5
M		Sid Sugden	England	23	12	2	2	8
M		Tom Davies	England	22	14	5	3	6
M		Walter Dudley	England	23	19	5	5	9
M		Bob Norris	England	29
Forwards
F		Alf Spouncer	England	27	26	7	3	16	2
F		Bert Powell	England	18	1			1
F		Fred Lessons	England	20	16	5	4	7	3
F		George Henderson	Scotland	30	23	6	6	11	1
F		Grenville Morris	Wales	27	28	10	5	13	12
F		Sam Timmins	England		33	10	6	17	1
F		Thomas Jones	Wales	20	1			1
F		Tom Niblo	Scotland	26	31	7	7	17	7
F		Walter Anthony	England	24	6	1	2	3
F		Albert Holmes	England

		J Howard

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
14	Billy 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 (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

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

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Derby County	Sat Oct 29, 1904	Home	0-1	Sat Feb 25, 1905	Away	2-3
Everton	Sat Nov 05, 1904	Away	1-5	Mon Apr 24, 1905	Home	0-2
Newcastle United	Sat Dec 10, 1904	Home	1-3	Sat Apr 08, 1905	Away	1-5
Sheffield United	Sat Dec 03, 1904	Away	0-4	Sat Apr 01, 1905	Home	1-2
Sunderland	Sat Oct 15, 1904	Home	2-3	Mon Jan 02, 1905	Away	0-1