1905–06 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1905–06
Champions	Bristol City (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,116 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	William Maxwell (Bristol City), 27
Biggest home win	Barnsley 8–1 Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905); Bristol City 7–0 Stockport (20 Jan 1906); Chelsea 7–0 Burslem Port Vale (3 Mar 1906)
Biggest away win	Leicester Fosse 2–5 Manchester United (29 Mar 1906); Chesterfield 1–4 Grimsby Town (2 Sept 1905) ; Lincoln City 1–4 Chelsea (14 Oct 1905); Lincoln City 1–4 Hull (23 Dec 1905)
Highest scoring	Barnsley 8–1 Chesterfield (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)
	← 1904–05 1906–07 →

First Division
Season	1905–06
Champions	Liverpool; 2nd English title
Relegated	Nottingham Forest; Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,242 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Shepherd; (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Newcastle United 8–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers; (11 November 1905)
Biggest away win	Middlesbrough 1–5 Liverpool; (11 November 1905)
Highest scoring	Sunderland 7–2 Wolverhampton 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 1–1 Sunderland; (30 December 1905)
Lowest attendance	1,500; Derby County 1–1 Middlesbrough; (6 January 1906)
Average attendance	13,516
	← 1904–05 1906–07 →

The Football League
Season	1905–06
Champions	Liverpool
Relegated	none
New Clubs in League	Chelsea,; Hull City,; Leeds City,; Stockport County,; Clapton Orient
	← 1904–05 1906–07 →

The 1905–06 season was the 18th season of The Football League.

Final league tables

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.

First Division

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 the Second Division
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers (R)	38	8	7	23	58	99	0.586	23	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Woolwich Arsenal

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Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Bristol City	38	17	1	1	43	8	13	5	1	40	20	2.964	66	Division Champions
2	Manchester United	38	15	3	1	55	13	13	3	3	35	15	3.214	62	Promoted
3	Chelsea^[a]	38	13	4	2	58	16	9	5	5	32	21	2.432	53
4	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	4	2	53	16	9	4	6	26	20	2.194	52
5	Hull City^[a]	38	10	5	4	38	21	9	1	9	29	33	1.241	44
6	Leeds City^[a]	38	11	5	3	38	19	6	4	9	21	28	1.255	43
7	Leicester Fosse	38	10	3	6	30	21	5	9	5	23	27	1.104	42
8	Grimsby Town	38	11	7	1	33	13	4	3	12	13	33	1.000	40
9	Burnley	38	9	4	6	26	23	6	4	9	16	30	0.792	38
10	Stockport County^[b]^[a]	38	11	6	2	36	16	2	3	14	8	40	0.786	35
11	Bradford City	38	7	4	8	21	22	6	4	9	25	38	0.767	34
12	Barnsley	38	11	4	4	45	17	1	5	13	15	45	0.968	33
13	Lincoln City	38	10	1	8	46	29	2	5	12	23	43	0.958	30
14	Blackpool	38	8	3	8	22	21	2	6	11	15	41	0.597	29
15	Gainsborough Trinity	38	10	2	7	35	22	2	2	15	9	35	0.772	28
16	Glossop	38	9	4	6	36	28	1	4	14	13	43	0.690	28
17	Burslem Port Vale	38	10	4	5	34	25	2	0	17	15	57	0.598	28
18	Chesterfield Town	38	8	4	7	26	24	2	4	13	14	48	0.556	28	Re-elected
19	Burton United	38	9	4	6	26	20	1	2	16	8	47	0.507	26
20	Clapton Orient^[a]	38	6	4	9	19	22	1	3	15	16	56	0.449	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e New club in the league.
^ Stockport County returned to the league after only a year’s absence. The other new teams entered the league for the first time, and with the exception of Clapton Orient had only been founded in 1904 and 1905.

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.