1905–06 in English football

The 1905–06 season was the 35th season of competitive football in England.

Football in England

Season	1905–06
Men's football
First Division	Liverpool
Second Division	Bristol City
Southern League	Fulham
FA Cup	Everton
Charity Shield	The Wednesday
← 1904–05 1906–07 →

Events

Following the increase in size of the Football League from 36 clubs to 40, and with Doncaster Rovers having been relegated from the Second Division, four new clubs were elected into the league, along with Stockport County who had won the Lancashire Combination. These new clubs were: Chelsea, Hull City, Leeds City and Clapton Orient. Crystal Palace were formed this year but failed to gain election to the Football League by one vote and instead started their existence in the Southern League.^{[citation needed]}

Bristol City, the only non-London League side south of Birmingham at the time, is promoted to the First Division as champions.^{[citation needed]}

March 1906 - Aston Villa signed outside right, Herbert Kingaby from Clapton Orient, for the then undisclosed fee of £300 (2012: £27,000).^[1]

Honours

Competition	Winner
First Division	Liverpool (2)
Second Division	Bristol City
FA Cup	Everton (1)
Home Championship	England &  Scotland

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

League tables

First Division

Main article: 1905–06 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Second Division

Main article: 1905–06 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Bristol City	38	30	6	2	83	28	2.964	66	Division Champions
2	Manchester United	38	28	6	4	90	28	3.214	62	Promoted
3	Chelsea[a]	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[a]	38	19	6	13	67	54	1.241	44
6	Leeds City[a]	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[b][a]	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[a]	38	7	7	24	35	78	0.449	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. New club in the league.
2. 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.

References

1. The Manchester Guardian, FOOTBALL PROFESSIONAL'S LAWSUIT; 27 March 1912