1904–05 Small Heath F.C. season
| 1904–05 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Walter W. Hart | |
| Secretary-manager | Nottingham Forest , 11 March 1905 | |
| Average home league attendance | 14,647 | |
| ||
The
West Bromwich Albion by seven goals to two. After this season, the club entered a primarily reserve team
for this competition, which had previously not been permitted.
Nineteen players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were nine different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Nat Robinson, full-back Frank Stokes and forward Benny Green were all ever-present over the 35-match season. Billy Jones was leading scorer with 16 goals, all of which came in the league.
At an
Extraordinary General Meeting held in March 1905, it was proposed that, Small Heath being the only major football club in the city[2] since Birmingham St George's had folded in 1892, the club should be renamed Birmingham City F.C. The shareholders were not in favour, though they were prepared to go as far as plain Birmingham Football Club instead. Even this was a step too far for some; one reporter referred to "the Small Heath club now masquerading as Birmingham".[3]
Events surrounding the February 1905 match with
freehold of the ground nor allow its expansion, so the directors began planning to move to a new home.[6]
Football League First Division
| Date | League position |
Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1904 | 12th | Manchester City | A | L | 1–2 | Green pen | 24,000 |
| 10 September 1904 | 17th | Notts County |
H | L | 1–2 | Beer pen | 15,000 |
| 17 September 1904 | 17th | Sheffield United | A | L | 1–2 | Beer pen | 14,000 |
| 24 September 1904 | 16th | Newcastle United |
H | W | 2–1 | W.H. Jones 2 | 13,000 |
| 1 October 1904 | 17th | Preston North End |
A | D | 2–2 | Wilcox, McRoberts | 10,000 |
| 8 October 1904 | 14th | Middlesbrough | H | W | 1–2 | Field, Beer pen | 10,000 |
| 15 October 1904 | 11th | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
A | W | 1–0 | Wilcox | 8,000 |
| 22 October 1904 | 8th | Bury | H | W | 5–0 | Wilcox, Field, Green 2, McRoberts | 15,000 |
| 29 October 1904 | 11th | Aston Villa |
A | L | 1–2 | Wilcox | 40,000 |
| 5 November 1904 | 8th | Blackburn Rovers |
H | W | 2–0 | Wigmore, Green | 15,000 |
| 12 November 1904 | 8th | Nottingham Forest |
A | W | 2–0 | McRoberts, W.H. Jones | 8,000 |
| 19 November 1904 | 4th | Sheffield Wednesday |
H | W | 2–1 | W.H. Jones, Green | 15,000 |
| 26 November 1904 | 4th | Sunderland | A | W | 4–1 | Wilcox, W.H. Jones 2, Green | 12,000 |
| 3 December 1904 | 2nd | Woolwich Arsenal | H | W | 2–1 | Dougherty, W.H. Jones | 12,000 |
| 10 December 1904 | 5th | Derby County |
A | L | 0–3 | 6,000 | |
| 17 December 1904 | 7th | Everton | H | L | 1–2 | W.H. Jones | 18,000 |
| 26 December 1904 | 5th | Middlesbrough | A | W | 1–0 | McRoberts | 10,000 |
| 31 December 1904 | 5th | Manchester City | H | W | 3–1 | W.H. Jones 2, Wilcox | 15,000 |
| 2 January 1905 | 5th | Bury | A | D | 1–1 | Green | 9,000 |
| 7 January 1905 | 5th | Notts County |
A | D | 0–0 | 8,000 | |
| 14 January 1905 | 5th | Sheffield United | H | W | 2–0 | W.H. Jones, Wilcox | 12,000 |
| 21 January 1905 | 5th | Newcastle United |
A | W | 1–0 | Tickle | 24,000 |
| 28 January 1905 | 3rd | Preston North End |
H | W | 2–0 | Wilcox 2 | 15,000 |
| 11 February 1905 | 2nd | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
H | W | 4–1 | Wilcox 3, Green | 15,000 |
| 25 February 1905 | 4th | Aston Villa |
H | L | 0–3 | 32,000 | |
| 4 March 1905 | 3rd | Blackburn Rovers |
A | W | 4–1 | W.H. Jones 2 (1 pen), Field, Beer | 5,000 |
| 11 March 1905 | 4th | Nottingham Forest |
H | L | 1–2 | Field | 8,000 |
| 18 March 1905 | 5th | Sheffield Wednesday |
A | L | 1–3 | Green | 12,000 |
| 25 March 1905 | 5th | Sunderland | H | D | 1–1 | W.H. Jones | 12,000 |
| 1 April 1905 | 5th | Woolwich Arsenal | A | D | 1–1 | W.H. Jones | 18,000 |
| 8 April 1905 | 5th | Derby County |
H | W | 2–0 | Green, W.H. Jones | 12,000 |
| 15 April 1905 | 5th | Everton | A | L | 1–2 | Hartwell | 20,000 |
| 22 April 1905 | 5th | Stoke | H | L | 0–1 | 15,000 | |
| 29 April 1905 | 7th | Stoke | A | L | 0–1 | 2,000 |
League table (part)
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | Sunderland | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 44 | 1.36 | 40 |
| 6th | Sheffield United | 34 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 64 | 56 | 1.14 | 40 |
| 7th | Small Heath | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 38 | 1.42 | 39 |
| 8th | Preston North End |
34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 47 | 1.14 | 36 |
| 9th | Sheffield Wednesday |
34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 61 | 57 | 1.07 | 33 |
| Key | Pos = 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 | [8] | ||||||||
FA Cup
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 4 February 1905 | Portsmouth | H | L | 0–2 | 25,000 |
Appearances and goals
| Name | Position | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
| Nat Robinson | Goalkeeper | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| John Glover | Full back |
24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ambrose Hartwell | Full back |
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Frank Stokes | Full back |
34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Billy Beer | Half back | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| Jack Bird | Half back | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Dougherty | Half back | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Harry Howard | Half back | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Alfred Sellman | Half back | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Walter Wigmore | Half back | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Charlie Athersmith | Forward | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oakey Field | Forward | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
| Benny Green | Forward | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 |
| Charles Harvey | Forward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Jones | Forward | 30 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 16 |
Thomas Jones
|
Forward | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob McRoberts | Forward | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| Charlie Tickle | Forward | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Freddie Wilcox | Forward | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 |
| Jimmy Windridge | Forward | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
See also
- Birmingham City F.C. seasons
References
General
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books (Derby). ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. DB Publishing (Derby). ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
- Source for match dates and results: "Birmingham City 1904–1905: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 254–55. Note that attendance figures are estimated.
- Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
Specific
- ^ "History Of Aston – early period". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ Aston Villa were based in the municipal borough of Aston Manor, which was not added to the county borough of Birmingham until 1911.[1]
- ^ Matthews (1995), Complete Record, p. 12.
- ^ a b c This Day's Matches. Birmingham Daily Mail. 25 February 1905. p. 4.
- ^ Matthews (1995), Complete Record. p. 57.
- ^ ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
- ^ 'Linesman' (27 February 1905). Football Notes. Birmingham Daily Mail. p. 4.
- ^ "Birmingham City 1904–1905: English Division One (old) Table" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012.