1905–06 Birmingham F.C. season


The 1905–06 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 14th in the Football League, their 6th in the First Division, and their first season under the name "Birmingham", having previously played as "Small Heath". They finished in seventh place in the 20-team league. They also took part in the 1905–06 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing to Newcastle United in the fourth round after a replay.
Twenty-three players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were twelve different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Nat Robinson was ever-present over the 44-match season; among outfield players, forwards Benny Green and Billy Jones missed two and three matches respectively. Billy Jones was leading scorer with 24 goals, of which 22 came in the league.
The Coventry Road ground, by then surrounded by tightly-packed housing, had more than once proved too small to accommodate those wishing to attend. Against Aston Villa last season, "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", and attendance at the FA Cup fourth-round tie against Newcastle was restricted to 27,000 with "probably 60,000 people anxious to attend". The landlords had raised the rent, but refused either to sell the freehold or to allow further expansion to the ground, and the directors estimated that remaining at Coventry Road was losing the club as much as £2,000 a year in revenue. Club director Harry Morris identified a site three-quarters of a mile nearer the city centre, on the site of a disused brickworks in the Bordesley district, where a new ground could be built. The directors signed a 21-year lease and construction began.

Football League First Division

DateLeague
position		OpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
2 September 19059thPreston North EndHD1–1W.H. Jones25,000
9 September 190510thNewcastle UnitedAD2–2Green, Wilcox28,000
16 September 19057thAston VillaHW2–0W.H. Jones, Mounteney30,000
23 September 19059thLiverpoolAL0–224,000
30 September 19058thSheffield UnitedHW2–0Wilcox, Mounteney18,000
7 October 19059thNotts CountyAD0–015,000
14 October 19057thStokeHW2–0W.H. Jones 28,000
21 October 19055thBolton WanderersAW1–0W.H. Jones20,000
28 October 19054thWoolwich ArsenalHW2–1Beer, W.H. Jones15,000
4 November 19055thBlackburn RoversAL1–5Cornan8,000
11 November 19055thSunderlandHW3–0Anderson, W.H. Jones, Tickle15,000
18 November 19054thWolverhampton WanderersAD0–05,000
25 November 19053rdEvertonAW2–1W.H. Jones, Anderson10,000
2 December 19052ndDerby CountyHW3–1Tickle, Mounteney, Wigmore18,000
9 December 19054thSheffield WednesdayAL2–4Tickle, W.H. Jones8,000
16 December 19053rdNottingham ForestHW5–0Wilcox 3, Harper, W.H. Jones12,000
23 December 19054thManchester CityAL1–4Green15,000
25 December 19055thMiddlesbroughAL0–118,000
26 December 19054thMiddlesbroughHW7–0Green 5, W.H. Jones, Williamson og15,000
28 December 19054thSheffield UnitedAL0–34,000
30 December 19056thPreston North EndAL0–38,000
1 January 19069thBuryAL0–112,000
6 January 190611thNewcastle UnitedAL0–18,000
20 January 19068thAston VillaAW3–1Mounteney, W.H. Jones, Dougherty40,000
27 January 19067thLiverpoolHW1–0Mounteney20,000
10 February 19065thNotts CountyHW4–2Mounteney, Green, W.H. Jones 28,000
17 February 19064thStokeAD2–2W.H. Jones5,000
3 March 19066thWoolwich ArsenalAL0–520,000
17 March 19068thSunderlandAL1–3Anderson15,000
24 March 190610thWolverhampton WanderersHD3–3Mounteney, W.H. Jones 25,000
26 March 190611thBolton WanderersHL2–5Mounteney, Tickle10,000
7 April 190611thDerby CountyAD0–04,000
9 April 19068thEvertonHW1–0Mounteney10,000
14 April 19067thSheffield WednesdayHW5–1Tickle 3, W.H. Jones 28,000
16 April 190610thBuryHL0–38,000
21 April 190610thNottingham ForestAL1–2W.H. Jones8,000
23 April 19068thBlackburn RoversHW3–0Mounteney, Smith, Green10,000
28 April 19067thManchester CityHW3–2Green, W.H. Jones, Edmondson og3,000

League table (part)

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendance
First round13 January 1906Preston North EndHW1–0Beer10,000
Second round3 February 1906StokeAW1–0W.H. Jones15,000
Third round24 February 1906Tottenham HotspurAD1–1Harper28,000
Third round replay28 February 1906Tottenham HotspurHW2–0
a.e.t		Green, Mounteney34,000
Fourth round10 March 1906Newcastle UnitedHD2–2Green, W.H. Jones27,000
Fourth round replay14 March 1906Newcastle UnitedAL0–339,059

Appearances and goals