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1904–05 Small Heath F.C. season

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Small Heath F.C. 1904–05 football season
Small Heath F.C.
1904–05 season
ChairmanWalter W. Hart
Secretary-managerAlf Jones
GroundCoventry Road
Football League First Division7th
FA CupFirst round(eliminated byPortsmouth)
Birmingham Senior CupWinner
Top goalscorerLeague:Billy Jones (16)
All: Billy Jones (16)
Highest home attendance32,000 vsAston Villa,25 February 1905
Lowest home attendance8,000 vsNottingham Forest,11 March 1905
Average home league attendance14,647

The1904–05 Football League season wasSmall Heath Football Club's 13th inthe Football League and their 5th in theFirst Division. In third position in the 18-team league, only one point behind the leaders, with eight matches remaining, they gained only four points from the sixteen available, and finished seventh. They also took part in the1904–05 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing toPortsmouth in that round. In locally organised competition, they won theBirmingham Senior Cup for the first time, defeatingWest Bromwich Albion by seven goals to two. After this season, the club entered a primarilyreserve team for this competition, which had previously not been permitted.

Nineteen players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were nine different goalscorers. GoalkeeperNat Robinson, full-backFrank Stokes and forwardBenny Green were all ever-present over the 35-match season.Billy Jones was leading scorer with 16 goals, all of which came in the league.

At anExtraordinary General Meeting held in March 1905, it was proposed that, Small Heath being the only major football club in the city[2] sinceBirmingham St George's had folded in 1892, the club should be renamed Birmingham City F.C. The shareholders were not in favour, though they were prepared to go as far as plain Birmingham Football Club instead. Even this was a step too far for some; one reporter referred to "the Small Heath club now masquerading as Birmingham".[3]

Events surrounding the February 1905 match withAston Villa highlighted theCoventry Road ground's inadequacies. The official attendance was given as 28,000,[4] though with the gates closed before kick-off, thousands scaled walls or forced entrances in order to gain admission, and the actual attendance was estimated at anything up to 35,000.[5][6] TheBirmingham Daily Mail reported "a constant stream of vehicles to the ground, while the trams were disgorging their freights at Muntz Street every two or three minutes."[4] Inside, "the swaying of the mass of spectators rendered the placing of additional supports against the barriers a necessary precaution", and children were passed overhead and placed on the pitch for their own safety.[4] The following Monday the same newspaper commented that had space been available, another ten or fifteen thousand spectators might well have attended, as "hundreds of people found the doors closed against them, and probably there were thousands who would not go to the ground in view of the inevitable crush."[7] The club's landlords would neither sell thefreehold of the ground nor allow its expansion, so the directors began planning to move to a new home.[6]

Football League First Division

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Main article:1904–05 Football League
DateLeague
position
OpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A
ScorersAttendance
3 September 190412thManchester CityAL1–2Greenpen24,000
10 September 190417thNotts CountyHL1–2Beerpen15,000
17 September 190417thSheffield UnitedAL1–2Beerpen14,000
24 September 190416thNewcastle UnitedHW2–1W.H. Jones 213,000
1 October 190417thPreston North EndAD2–2Wilcox,McRoberts10,000
8 October 190414thMiddlesbroughHW2–1Field, Beerpen10,000
15 October 190411thWolverhampton WanderersAW1–0Wilcox8,000
22 October 19048thBuryHW5–0Wilcox, Field, Green 2, McRoberts15,000
29 October 190411thAston VillaAL1–2Wilcox40,000
5 November 19048thBlackburn RoversHW2–0Wigmore, Green15,000
12 November 19048thNottingham ForestAW2–0McRoberts, W.H. Jones8,000
19 November 19044thSheffield WednesdayHW2–1W.H. Jones, Green15,000
26 November 19044thSunderlandAW4–1Wilcox, W.H. Jones 2, Green12,000
3 December 19042ndWoolwich ArsenalHW2–1Dougherty, W.H. Jones12,000
10 December 19045thDerby CountyAL0–36,000
17 December 19047thEvertonHL1–2W.H. Jones18,000
26 December 19045thMiddlesbroughAW1–0McRoberts10,000
31 December 19045thManchester CityHW3–1W.H. Jones 2, Wilcox15,000
2 January 19055thBuryAD1–1Green9,000
7 January 19055thNotts CountyAD0–08,000
14 January 19055thSheffield UnitedHW2–0W.H. Jones, Wilcox12,000
21 January 19055thNewcastle UnitedAW1–0Tickle24,000
28 January 19053rdPreston North EndHW2–0Wilcox 215,000
11 February 19052ndWolverhampton WanderersHW4–1Wilcox 3, Green15,000
25 February 19054thAston VillaHL0–332,000
4 March 19053rdBlackburn RoversAW4–1W.H. Jones 2 (1pen), Field, Beer5,000
11 March 19054thNottingham ForestHL1–2Field8,000
18 March 19055thSheffield WednesdayAL1–3Green12,000
25 March 19055thSunderlandHD1–1W.H. Jones12,000
1 April 19055thWoolwich ArsenalAD1–1W.H. Jones18,000
8 April 19055thDerby CountyHW2–0Green, W.H. Jones12,000
15 April 19055thEvertonAL1–2Hartwell20,000
22 April 19055thStokeHL0–115,000
29 April 19057thStokeAL0–12,000

League table (part)

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Final First Division table (part)
PosClubPldWDLFAGAPts
5thSunderland341681060441.3640
6thSheffield United341921364561.1440
7thSmall Heath341751259381.4239
8thPreston North End3413101152471.1436
9thSheffield Wednesday341451561571.0733
KeyPos = League position; Pld = Matches played;
W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;
F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA =Goal average; Pts = Points
Source[8]

FA Cup

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Main article:1904–05 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A
ScorersAttendance
First round4 February 1905PortsmouthHL0–225,000

Appearances and goals

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This table includes appearances and goals in nationally organised competitive matches – the Football League and FA Cup – only.
For a description of the playing positions, seeFormation (association football)#2–3–5 (Pyramid).
Players' appearances and goals by competition
NamePositionLeagueFA CupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nat RobinsonGoalkeeper34010350
John GloverFull back24010250
Ambrose HartwellFull back15100151
Frank StokesFull back34010350
Billy BeerHalf back31400314
Jack BirdHalf back001010
Jim DoughertyHalf back25110261
Harry HowardHalf back13000130
Alfred SellmanHalf back100010
Walter WigmoreHalf back28110291
Charlie AthersmithForward500000
Oakey FieldForward30400304
Benny GreenForward3410103510
Charles HarveyForward100010
Billy JonesForward3016103116
Thomas JonesForward201030
Bob McRobertsForward14400144
Charlie TickleForward16110171
Freddie WilcoxForward2712102812
Jimmy WindridgeForward10000100

See also

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References

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General

  • Matthews, Tony (1995).Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books (Derby).ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  • Matthews, Tony (2010).Birmingham City: The Complete Record. DB Publishing (Derby).ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
  • Source for match dates and results:"Birmingham City 1904–1905: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  • Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010),Complete Record, pp. 254–55. Note that attendance figures are estimated.
  • Source for kit:"Birmingham City".Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

Specific

  1. ^"History Of Aston – early period". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. ^Aston Villa were based in themunicipal borough ofAston Manor, which was not added to thecounty borough ofBirmingham until 1911.[1]
  3. ^Matthews (1995),Complete Record, p. 12.
  4. ^abcThis Day's Matches.Birmingham Daily Mail. 25 February 1905. p. 4.
  5. ^Matthews (1995),Complete Record. p. 57.
  6. ^abInglis, Simon (1996).Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44.ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
  7. ^'Linesman' (27 February 1905). Football Notes.Birmingham Daily Mail. p. 4.
  8. ^"Birmingham City 1904–1905: English Division One (old) Table"Archived 4 March 2016 at theWayback Machine. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
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