1904–05 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

1904–05 season
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Southern League	5th
Western League	8th
FA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Alex Glen (11)
← 1903–04 1905–06 →

The 1904–05 season was Tottenham's ninth season as a fully professional club and the 22nd year in existence. They competed in two leagues, the main being the Southern Football League with a midweek game in the Western League along with competing in the FA Cup.

In the Southern League Tottenham had an inconsistent season but did enough to finish the season in fifth place. There were two standout games that occurred in December, beating first

8–1.

In the Western League campaign Tottenham won their first three games but after that their form dropped and they only managed two more wins in the season. As seasons end they were in eighth place.

In the FA Cup Tottenham were drawn away against Middlesbrough in the first round. The first match was a 1–1 draw and required a reply at White Hart Lane which Spurs won 1–0. In the next round Tottenham were drawn in a home tie against Newcastle United. This also finished in a 1–1 draw and in the reply at Newcastle they lost 4–0.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Charlie Williams — GK  ENG Jack Eggett — DF  ENG Jimmy Freeborough — DF  ENG John George — DF  SCO William McCurdy — DF  SCO John Watson — DF  ENG John Burton — DF  ENG Walter Bull — DF  SCO Sandy Tait — MF  SCO Alex Glen — MF  IRL Charles O'Hagan — MF  WAL Ted Hughes — MF  NIR Jack Kirwan

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO James McNaught — MF  SCO William Murray — MF  ENG Tom Morris — MF  ENG Alf Warner — FW  ENG John Brearley — FW  ENG Harold Stansfield — FW  ENG Herbert Chapman — FW  SCO Andrew Swann — FW  ENG Joe Walton — FW  ENG William Berry — FW  SCO David Copeland — FW  ENG Vivian Woodward

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1904	DF		Jimmy Freeborough	Stockport County	Unknown	[1]
1904	FW		Harold Stansfield	Stockport County	Unknown	[2]
April 1904	DF		John George	Kettering Town	Unknown	[3][a]
May 1904	MF		Alex Glen	Notts County	Unknown	[4]
May 1904	MF		Charles O'Hagan	Everton	Unknown	[5]
May 1904	DF		Walter Bull	Notts County	Unknown	[6]
May 1904	GK		Jack Eggett	West Ham United	Unknown	[7]
May 1904	DF		William McCurdy	New Brompton	Unknown	[8]
May 1904	FW		Andrew Swann	Mexborough	Unknown	[9]
March 1905	FW		Herbert Chapman	Notts County	£70	[10]

Competitions

Southern League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
3	Southampton	34	18	7	9	54	40	1.350	43
4	Plymouth Argyle	34	18	5	11	57	39	1.462	41
5	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	8	11	53	34	1.559	38
6	Fulham	34	14	10	10	46	34	1.353	38
7	Queens Park Rangers	34	14	8	12	51	46	1.109	36

Results

Western League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Plymouth Argyle	20	13	4	3	52	18	2.889	30
2	Brentford	20	11	6	3	30	22	1.364	28
3	Southampton	20	11	2	7	45	22	2.045	24
4	Portsmouth	20	10	3	7	29	30	0.967	23
5	West Ham United	20	8	4	8	37	42	0.881	20
6	Fulham	20	7	3	10	29	32	0.906	17
7	Millwall	20	7	3	10	32	40	0.800	17
8	Tottenham Hotspur	20	5	6	9	20	28	0.714	16
9	Reading	20	6	3	11	27	37	0.730	15
10	Bristol Rovers	20	7	1	12	32	44	0.727	15
11	Queens Park Rangers	20	6	3	11	27	45	0.600	15

Results

FA Cup

Results

Notes

References

Bibliography

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• Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd.
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