| Season | 1905–06 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Liverpool |
| Relegated | none |
| New Clubs in League | Chelsea, Hull City, Leeds City, Stockport County, Clapton Orient |
1906–07 → | |
The1905–06 season was the 18th season ofThe Football League.
Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893–94 season), re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.
| Season | 1905–06 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Liverpool 2ndEnglish title |
| Relegated | Nottingham Forest Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,242 (3.27 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Walter White (26 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Newcastle United 8–0Wolverhampton Wanderers (11 November 1905) |
| Biggest away win | Middlesbrough 1–5Liverpool (11 November 1905) |
| Highest scoring | Sunderland 7–2Wolverhampton Wanderers (10 March 1906) |
| Longest winning run | 9 matches Bolton Wanderers |
| Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Blackburn Rovers Liverpool |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Middlesbrough Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers Woolwich Arsenal |
| Highest attendance | 50,000 Newcastle United 1–1Sunderland (30 December 1905) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,500 Derby County 1–1Middlesbrough (6 January 1906) |
| Average attendance | 13,516 |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool(C) | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 46 | 1.717 | 51 | |
| 2 | Preston North End | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 39 | 1.385 | 47 | |
| 3 | The Wednesday | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 63 | 52 | 1.212 | 44 | |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 74 | 48 | 1.542 | 43 | |
| 5 | Manchester City | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 73 | 54 | 1.352 | 43 | |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 81 | 67 | 1.209 | 41 | |
| 7 | Birmingham | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 65 | 59 | 1.102 | 41 | |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 72 | 56 | 1.286 | 40 | |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 52 | 1.038 | 40 | |
| 10 | Stoke | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 55 | 0.982 | 39 | |
| 11 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 70 | 66 | 1.061 | 37 | |
| 12 | Woolwich Arsenal | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 62 | 64 | 0.969 | 37 | |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 57 | 62 | 0.919 | 36 | |
| 14 | Sunderland | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 61 | 70 | 0.871 | 35 | |
| 15 | Derby County | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 58 | 0.672 | 35 | |
| 16 | Notts County | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 71 | 0.775 | 34 | |
| 17 | Bury | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 57 | 74 | 0.770 | 32 | |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 71 | 0.789 | 31 | |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest(R) | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 58 | 79 | 0.734 | 31 | Relegation to theSecond Division |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers(R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 58 | 99 | 0.586 | 23 |
| Home \ Away | AST | BIR | BLB | BOL | BRY | DER | EVE | LIV | MCI | MID | NEW | NOT | NTC | PNE | SHU | STK | SUN | WED | WOL | WOO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | |
| Birmingham | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 | |
| Bury | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Derby County | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | |
| Everton | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Liverpool | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | |
| Manchester City | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | |
| Middlesbrough | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Newcastle United | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 8–0 | 1–1 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| Notts County | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–0 | |
| Preston North End | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | |
| Sheffield United | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
| Stoke | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
| Sunderland | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 2–2 | |
| The Wednesday | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Season | 1905–06 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bristol City (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | None |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,116 (2.94 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | William Maxwell (Bristol City), 27[2] |
| Biggest home win | Barnsley 8–1Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905) Bristol City 7–0Stockport (20 Jan 1906) Chelsea 7–0Burslem Port Vale (3 Mar 1906) |
| Biggest away win | Leicester Fosse 2–5Manchester United (29 Mar 1906) Chesterfield 1–4Grimsby Town (2 Sept 1905) Lincoln City 1–4Chelsea (14 Oct 1905) Lincoln City 1–4Hull (23 Dec 1905) |
| Highest scoring | Barnsley 8–1Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905) |
| Longest winning run | 14 matches Bristol City (9 Sep 1905 – 2 Dec 1905) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 24 matches Bristol City (9 Sep 1905 – 10 Feb 1906) |
| Longest losing run | 8 matches Burton United (17 Mar 1906 – 28 Apr 1906) |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bristol City(C, P) | 38 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 83 | 28 | 2.964 | 66 | Promotion to theFirst Division |
| 2 | Manchester United(P) | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 90 | 28 | 3.214 | 62 | |
| 3 | Chelsea | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 90 | 37 | 2.432 | 53 | |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 79 | 36 | 2.194 | 52 | |
| 5 | Hull City | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 67 | 54 | 1.241 | 44 | |
| 6 | Leeds City | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 59 | 47 | 1.255 | 43 | |
| 7 | Leicester Fosse | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 48 | 1.104 | 42 | |
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 46 | 1.000 | 40 | |
| 9 | Burnley | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 53 | 0.792 | 38 | |
| 10 | Stockport County | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 56 | 0.786 | 35 | |
| 11 | Bradford City | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 60 | 0.767 | 34 | |
| 12 | Barnsley | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 60 | 62 | 0.968 | 33 | |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 69 | 72 | 0.958 | 30 | |
| 14 | Blackpool | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 62 | 0.597 | 29 | |
| 15 | Gainsborough Trinity | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 44 | 57 | 0.772 | 28 | |
| 16 | Glossop | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 49 | 71 | 0.690 | 28 | |
| 17 | Burslem Port Vale | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 49 | 82 | 0.598 | 28 | |
| 18 | Chesterfield Town | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 40 | 72 | 0.556 | 28 | Re-elected |
| 19 | Burton United | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 67 | 0.507 | 26 | |
| 20 | Clapton Orient | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 35 | 78 | 0.449 | 21 |
| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BRA | BRI | BRN | BPV | BRT | CHE | CHF | CLA | GAI | GLP | GRI | HUL | LEE | LEI | LIN | MUN | STP | WBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 8–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | |
| Blackpool | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | |
| Bradford City | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Bristol City | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | |
| Burnley | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Burslem Port Vale | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Burton United | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Chelsea | 6–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |
| Chesterfield | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | |
| Clapton Orient | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Glossop | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Grimsby Town | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| Hull City | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| Leeds City | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Leicester Fosse | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Lincoln City | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Manchester United | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Stockport County | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 5–3 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
Source:[3]
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newcastle United FC | 22,765 |
| 2 | Aston Villa FC | 20,735 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers FC | 19,930 |
| 4 | Liverpool FC | 18,480 |
| 5 | Manchester City FC | 17,560 |
| 6 | Woolwich Arsenal | 16,105 |
| 7 | Everton FC | 15,920 |
| 8 | Sheffield United FC | 13,685 |
| 9 | Sunderland AFC | 13,015 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers FC | 12,920 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough FC | 12,650 |
| 12 | Birmingham City FC | 11,960 |
| 13 | The Wednesday | 11,875 |
| 14 | Notts County FC | 10,485 |
| 15 | Preston North End FC | 9,485 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest FC | 9,265 |
| 17 | Bury FC | 9,140 |
| 18 | Stoke City FC | 8,610 |
| 19 | Derby County FC | 7,510 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 6,490 |