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
Results
Maps
Second Division
Results
Maps
Attendances Source:
Division One No. Club Average 1 Newcastle United FC 21,605 2 Woolwich Arsenal 19,980 3 Everton FC 19,155 4 Manchester City FC 18,715 5 Aston Villa FC 18,390 6 Birmingham City FC 14,540 7 Sunderland AFC 14,510 8 Sheffield United FC 14,450 9 The Wednesday 12,880 10 Middlesbrough FC 11,685 11 Blackburn Rovers FC 11,145 12 Nottingham Forest FC 11,030 13 Preston North End FC 9,795 14 Bury FC 9,145 15 Derby County FC 8,915 16 Notts County FC 8,090 17 Stoke City FC 7,470 18 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7,380
See also 1904–05 in English football 1904 in association football 1905 in association football
References
External links Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.