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1904–05 Small Heath F.C. season


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Small Heath F.C.
1904–05 season
Chairman Walter W. Hart
Secretary-manager Alf Jones
Ground Coventry Road
Football League First Division 7th
FA Cup
First round (eliminated by Portsmouth)
Birmingham Senior Cup Winner
Top goalscorer
League: Billy Jones (16)
All: Billy Jones (16)
Highest home attendance 32,000 vs Aston Villa, 25 February 1905
Lowest home attendance
8,000 vs Nottingham Forest, 11 March 1905
Average home league attendance 14,647














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The 1904–05 Football League season was Small Heath Football Club's 13th in the Football League and their 5th in the First Division. In third position in the 18-team league, only one point behind the leaders, with eight matches remaining, they gained only four points from the sixteen available, and finished seventh. They also took part in the 1904–05 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing to Portsmouth in that round. In locally organised competition, they won the Birmingham Senior Cup for the first time, defeating 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 Aston Villa highlighted the Coventry Road ground's inadequacies. The official attendance was given as 28,000,[4] though with the gates closed before kick-off, thousands scaled walls or forced entrances in order to gain admission, and the actual attendance was estimated at anything up to 35,000.[5][6] The Birmingham Daily Mail reported "a constant stream of vehicles to the ground, while the trams were disgorging their freights at Muntz Street every two or three minutes."[4] Inside, "the swaying of the mass of spectators rendered the placing of additional supports against the barriers a necessary precaution", and children were passed overhead and placed on the pitch for their own safety.[4] The following Monday the same newspaper commented that had space been available, another ten or fifteen thousand spectators might well have attended, as "hundreds of people found the doors closed against them, and probably there were thousands who would not go to the ground in view of the inevitable crush."[7] The club's landlords would neither sell the freehold of the ground nor allow its expansion, so the directors began planning to move to a new home.[6]




Contents






  • 1 Football League First Division


    • 1.1 League table (part)




  • 2 FA Cup


  • 3 Appearances and goals


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Football League First Division[edit]


































































































































































































































































































































































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)[edit]






















































































Final First Division 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[edit]
























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[edit]



















































































































































































































Players having played at least one first-team match
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 0 1 0 16 0

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

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 0 0 2 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[edit]


  • Birmingham City F.C. seasons


References[edit]


General



  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books (Derby). .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    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





  1. ^ "History Of Aston – early period". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 22 May 2012.


  2. ^ Aston Villa were based in the municipal borough of Aston Manor, which was not added to the county borough of Birmingham until 1911.[1]


  3. ^ Matthews (1995), Complete Record, p. 12.


  4. ^ abc This Day's Matches. Birmingham Daily Mail. 25 February 1905. p. 4.


  5. ^ Matthews (1995), Complete Record. p. 57.


  6. ^ ab Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44.
    ISBN 0-00-218426-5.



  7. ^ 'Linesman' (27 February 1905). Football Notes. Birmingham Daily Mail. p. 4.


  8. ^ "Birmingham City 1904–1905: English Division One (old) Table" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 22 May 2012.














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