# 1905–06 in English football

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

## 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.
Bristol City, the only non-London League side south of Birmingham at the time, is promoted to the First Division as champions.
March 1906 - Aston Villa signed outside right, Herbert Kingaby from Clapton Orient, for the then undisclosed fee of £300 (2012: £27,000).

## 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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### 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 | 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 | Re-elected |
| 20 | Clapton Orient | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 35 | 78 | 0.449 | 21 | Re-elected |
* 1 2 3 4 5 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.