# 1904–05 Football League

The 1904–05 season was the 17th season of The Football League. Woolwich Arsenal were the first club from southern England to feature in the top flight of English football since its inception in 1888–89.

## 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 |
| 1 | Newcastle United (C) | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 72 | 33 | 2.182 | 48 |
| 2 | Everton | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 36 | 1.750 | 47 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 66 | 37 | 1.784 | 46 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 63 | 43 | 1.465 | 42 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 44 | 1.364 | 40 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 34 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 64 | 56 | 1.143 | 40 |
| 7 | Small Heath | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 38 | 1.421 | 39 |
| 8 | Preston North End | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 37 | 1.135 | 36 |
| 9 | The Wednesday | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 61 | 57 | 1.070 | 33 |
| 10 | Woolwich Arsenal | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 40 | 0.900 | 33 |
| 11 | Derby County | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 48 | 0.771 | 32 |
| 12 | Stoke | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 40 | 58 | 0.690 | 30 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 51 | 0.784 | 27 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 47 | 73 | 0.644 | 26 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 56 | 0.643 | 26 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 61 | 0.656 | 25 |
| 17 | Bury | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 47 | 67 | 0.701 | 24 |
| 18 | Notts County | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 69 | 0.522 | 18 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BLB | BRY | DER | EVE | MCI | MID | NEW | NOT | NTC | PNE | SHU | SMH | STK | SUN | WED | WOL | WOO |
| Aston Villa | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 4–0 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Bury | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Derby County | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Everton | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Manchester City | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Middlesbrough | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Newcastle United | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Notts County | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–5 |
| Preston North End | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Sheffield United | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| Small Heath | 0–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Stoke | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Sunderland | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| The Wednesday | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 0–3 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4–1 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Liverpool | 34 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 3.720 | 58 | Division Champions |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 2.719 | 56 | Promoted |
| 3 | Manchester United | 34 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 2.700 | 53 | |
| 4 | Bristol City | 34 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 1.467 | 42 | |
| 5 | Chesterfield Town | 34 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 1.257 | 39 | |
| 6 | Gainsborough Trinity | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 1.052 | 36 | |
| 7 | Barnsley | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 43 | 0.679 | 33 | |
| 8 | Bradford City | 34 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 0.918 | 32 | |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 34 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 1.050 | 31 | |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 34 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 1.167 | 30 | |
| 11 | Burnley | 34 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 0.827 | 30 | |
| 12 | Glossop | 34 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 0.804 | 30 | |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 34 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 0.717 | 30 | |
| 14 | Leicester Fosse | 34 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 0.727 | 29 | |
| 15 | Blackpool | 34 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 0.750 | 28 | |
| 16 | Burslem Port Vale | 34 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 47 | 0.653 | 27 | Re-elected |
| 17 | Burton United | 34 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 55 | 0.357 | 20 | Re-elected |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 49 | 0.284 | 8 | Failed re-election |
* ↑ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League. Elected in expansion of Second Division to 20 teams.
* ↑ New club in the league.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BOL | BRA | BRI | BRN | BPV | BRT | CHF | DON | GAI | GLP | GRI | LEI | LIN | LIV | MUN | WBA |
| Barnsley | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Blackpool | 6–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 |
| Bradford City | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Bristol City | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Burnley | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Burslem Port Vale | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Burton United | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–6 |
| Chesterfield | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Glossop | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Grimsby Town | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Leicester Fosse | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Lincoln City | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Liverpool | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| Manchester United | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |