1905–06 Birmingham F.C. season explained

Club:Birmingham City F.C.
Season:1905–06
Manager:Alf Jones
Mgrtitle:Secretary-manager
Chairman:Walter W. Hart
Stdtitle:Ground
Stadium:Coventry Road
League:Football League First Division
League Result:7th
Cup1:FA Cup
League Topscorer:Billy Jones (22)
Season Topscorer:Billy Jones (24)
Highest Attendance:30,000 vs Aston Villa,
Average Attendance:12,526
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Prevseason:1904–05
Nextseason:1906–07

The 1905–06 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 14th in the Football League, their 6th in the First Division, and their first season under the Birmingham name, having previously played as Small Heath. They finished in seventh place in the 20-team league. They also took part in the 1905–06 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing to Newcastle United in the fourth round (quarter-final) after a replay.

Twenty-three players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were twelve different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Nat Robinson was ever-present over the 44-match season; among outfield players, forwards Benny Green (footballer) and Billy Jones missed two and three matches respectively. Billy Jones was leading scorer with 24 goals, of which 22 came in the league.

The Coventry Road ground, by then surrounded by tightly-packed housing, had more than once proved too small to accommodate those wishing to attend. Against Aston Villa last season, "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",[1] and attendance at the FA Cup fourth-round tie against Newcastle was restricted to 27,000 with "probably 60,000 people anxious to attend".[2] The landlords had raised the rent, but refused either to sell the freehold or to allow further expansion to the ground, and the directors estimated that remaining at Coventry Road was losing the club as much as £2,000 a year in revenue.[3] Club director Harry Morris identified a site three-quarters of a mile (1 km) nearer the city centre, on the site of a disused brickworks in the Bordesley district, where a new ground could be built. The directors signed a 21-year lease and work began on what would become St Andrew's Ground.[3]

Football League First Division

See main article: 1905–06 Football League.

DateLeague
position		OpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
2 September 19059thPreston North EndHstyle=background:#ffcD1–1W.H. Jones25,000
9 September 190510thNewcastle UnitedAstyle=background:#ffcD2–2Green, Wilcox28,000
16 September 19057thAston VillaHstyle=background:#cfcW2–0W.H. Jones, Mounteney30,000
23 September 19059thLiverpoolAstyle=background:#fccL0–224,000
30 September 19058thSheffield UnitedHstyle=background:#cfcW2–0Wilcox, Mounteney18,000
7 October 19059thNotts CountyAstyle=background:#ffcD0–015,000
14 October 19057thStokeHstyle=background:#cfcW2–0W.H. Jones 28,000
21 October 19055thBolton WanderersAstyle=background:#cfcW1–0W.H. Jones20,000
28 October 19054thWoolwich ArsenalHstyle=background:#cfcW2–1Beer, W.H. Jones15,000
4 November 19055thBlackburn RoversAstyle=background:#fccL1–5Cornan8,000
11 November 19055thSunderlandHstyle=background:#cfcW3–0Anderson, W.H. Jones, Tickle15,000
18 November 19054thWolverhampton WanderersAstyle=background:#ffcD0–05,000
25 November 19053rdEvertonAstyle=background:#cfcW2–1W.H. Jones, Anderson10,000
2 December 19052ndDerby CountyHstyle=background:#cfcW3–1Tickle, Mounteney, Wigmore18,000
9 December 19054thSheffield WednesdayAstyle=background:#fccL2–4Tickle, W.H. Jones8,000
16 December 19053rdNottingham ForestHstyle=background:#cfcW5–0Wilcox 3, Harper, W.H. Jones12,000
23 December 19054thManchester CityAstyle=background:#fccL1–4Green15,000
25 December 19055thMiddlesbroughAstyle=background:#fccL0–118,000
26 December 19054thMiddlesbroughHstyle=background:#cfcW7–0Green 5, W.H. Jones, Williamson og15,000
28 December 19054thSheffield UnitedAstyle=background:#fccL0–34,000
30 December 19056thPreston North EndAstyle=background:#fccL0–38,000
1 January 19069thBuryAstyle=background:#fccL0–112,000
6 January 190611thNewcastle UnitedAstyle=background:#fccL0–18,000
20 January 19068thAston VillaAstyle=background:#cfcW3–1Mounteney, W.H. Jones, Dougherty40,000
27 January 19067thLiverpoolHstyle=background:#cfcW1–0Mounteney20,000
10 February 19065thNotts CountyHstyle=background:#cfcW4–2Mounteney, Green, W.H. Jones 28,000
17 February 19064thStokeAstyle=background:#ffcD2–2W.H. Jones5,000
3 March 19066thWoolwich ArsenalAstyle=background:#fccL0–520,000
17 March 19068thSunderlandAstyle=background:#fccL1–3Anderson15,000
24 March 190610thWolverhampton WanderersHstyle=background:#ffcD3–3Mounteney, W.H. Jones 25,000
26 March 190611thBolton WanderersHstyle=background:#fccL2–5Mounteney, Tickle10,000
7 April 190611thDerby CountyAstyle=background:#ffcD0–04,000
9 April 19068thEvertonHstyle=background:#cfcW1–0Mounteney10,000
14 April 19067thSheffield WednesdayHstyle=background:#cfcW5–1Tickle 3, W.H. Jones 28,000
16 April 190610thBuryHstyle=background:#fccL0–38,000
21 April 190610thNottingham ForestAstyle=background:#fccL1–2W.H. Jones8,000
23 April 19068thBlackburn RoversHstyle=background:#cfcW3–0Mounteney, Smith, Green10,000
28 April 19067thManchester CityHstyle=background:#cfcW3–2Green, W.H. Jones, Edmondson og3,000

League table (part)

Pos!scope="col"
ClubPldWDLFAGAPts
5thManchester City381951473541.3143
6thBolton Wanderers381771481671.2541
7thBirmingham381771465591.1041
8thAston Villa381761572561.2940
9thBlackburn Rovers381681454521.0440
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[4]

FA Cup

See main article: 1905–06 FA Cup.

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
First round13 January 1906Preston North EndHstyle=background:#cfcW1–0Beer10,000
Second round3 February 1906StokeAstyle=background:#cfcW1–0W.H. Jones15,000
Third round24 February 1906Tottenham HotspurAstyle=background:#ffcD1–1Harper28,000
Third round replay28 February 1906Tottenham HotspurHstyle=background:#cfcW2–0
a.e.t		Green, Mounteney34,000
Fourth round10 March 1906Newcastle UnitedHstyle=background:#ffcD2–2Green, W.H. Jones27,000
Fourth round replay14 March 1906Newcastle UnitedAstyle=background:#fccL0–339,059

Appearances and goals

This table includes appearances and goals in nationally organised competitive matchesthe Football League and FA Cuponly.

For a description of the playing positions, see Formation (association football)#2–3–5 (Pyramid).

Players marked left the club during the playing season.

Players' appearances and goals by competition
scope=col rowspan=2Namescope=col rowspan=2Positionscope=col colspan=2Leaguescope=col colspan=2FA Cupscope=col colspan=2Total
width=40 scope=col!width=40 scope=colGoalswidth=40 scope=col!width=40 scope=colGoalswidth=40 scope=col!width=40 scope=colGoals
data-sort-value="1"Goalkeeper38060440
data-sort-value="2"Full back200020
data-sort-value="2"Full back32060380
data-sort-value="2"Full back19000190
data-sort-value="2"Full back31060370
data-sort-value="3"Half back26161322
data-sort-value="3"Half back15150201
data-sort-value="3"Half back31120331
data-sort-value="3"Half back300030
data-sort-value="3"Half back200020
data-sort-value="3"Half back100010
data-sort-value="3"Half back28160341
data-sort-value="4"Forward23350283
data-sort-value="4"Forward700070
data-sort-value="4"Forward3610624212
data-sort-value="4"Forward15161212
data-sort-value="4"Forward400040
data-sort-value="4"Forward3522624124
data-sort-value="4"Forward2510513011
data-sort-value="4"Forward310031
data-sort-value="4"Forward500050
data-sort-value="4"Forward20700207
data-sort-value="4"Forward17510185

See also

References

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Specific

Notes and References

  1. 'Linesman' (27 February 1905). "Football Notes". Birmingham Daily Mail. p. 4.
  2. "Cup Memories. When Small Heath Alliance Made History". Birmingham Mail. 27 February 1931. p. 13.
  3. Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44. .
  4. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1905-1906/table "Birmingham City 1905–1906: English Division One (old) Table"

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