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1905–06 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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Tottenham Hotspur
1905–06 season
StadiumWhite Hart Lane
Southern League5th
Western League4th
FA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Herbert Chapman (11)
All: Peter Kyle (18)

The 1905–06 season was Tottenham's tenth season as a fully professional club and the 23rd 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 finished in fifth place with a notable 6-0 win against New Brompton. The Western League saw a couple of 5–0 wins, but Spurs finished the season only in 4th place.

In the FA Cup Tottenham made it to the third round where they lost to Birmingham 2–0 in a reply.

Squad

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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 England ENG Jack Eggett
GK England ENG John Whitbourne
DF England ENG Jimmy Freeborough
DF England ENG John George
DF Scotland SCO John Watson
DF England ENG Walter Bull
DF England ENG Jabez Darnell
DF England ENG Oliver Burton
DF England ENG Allan Leach-Lewis
DF Scotland SCO Jack Chaplin
DF Scotland SCO Sandy Tait
MF Scotland SCO Alex Glen
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Charles O'Hagan
MF Wales WAL Ted Hughes
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Scotland SCO William Murray
MF   John Shackleton
MF England ENG Alfred Whyman
MF England ENG Tom Morris
FW England ENG George Page
FW England ENG Christopher Carrick
FW England ENG John Brearley
FW England ENG Harold Stansfield
FW England ENG Herbert Chapman
FW England ENG Joe Walton
FW England ENG William Berry
FW England ENG Vivian Woodward
FW Scotland SCO Peter Kyle

Transfers

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In

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1905 DF England Jabez Darnell Northampton Town Unknown [1]
1905 FW Scotland Peter Kyle Unknown [2]
April 1905 FW England Christopher Carrick West Ham United Unknown [3]
May 1905 DF Scotland Jack Chaplin Dundee Unknown [4]
May 1905 GK England John Whitbourne Sunderland Unknown [5]
April 1906 FW England George Page Cheshunt Trial [6][a]

Out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1905 DF England John Burton Preston North End Unknown [7]

Competitions

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Southern League

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
3 Portsmouth 34 17 9 8 61 35 1.743 43
4 Luton Town 34 17 7 10 64 40 1.600 41
5 Tottenham Hotspur 34 16 7 11 46 29 1.586 39
6 Plymouth Argyle 34 16 7 11 52 33 1.576 39
7 Norwich City 34 13 10 11 46 38 1.211 36
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Results

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2 September 1905 1 Reading 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Reading, Berkshire
Kyle Stadium: Elm Park
9 September 1905 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Watford Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
16 September 1905 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Hove, East Sussex
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
23 September 1905 4 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 West Ham United Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
30 September 1905 5 Fulham 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham, London
Stadium: Craven Cottage
7 October 1905 6 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Queens Park Rangers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
14 October 1905 7 Bristol Rovers 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Eastville, Bristol
Stadium: Eastville Stadium
21 October 1905 8 Tottenham Hotspur 6–0 New Brompton Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
4 November 1905 9 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Swindon Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
11 November 1905 10 Millwall 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Isle of Dogs, London
Stadium: North Greenwich
18 November 1905 11 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Luton Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
25 November 1905 12 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Northampton Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
2 December 1905 13 Brentford 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur Brentford, London
Stadium: Griffin Park
16 December 1905 14 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Plymouth, Devon
Stadium: Home Park
25 December 1905 15 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Portsmouth Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
26 December 1905 16 Southampton 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton, Hampshire
Stadium: The Dell
30 December 1905 17 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Reading Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
6 January 1906 18 Watford 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Watford, Hertfordshire
Stadium: Cassio Road
20 January 1906 19 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
27 January 1906 20 West Ham United 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Upton Park, London
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
10 February 1906 21 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Park Royal, London
Stadium: Royal Agricultural Society showgrounds
12 February 1906 22 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Fulham Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
17 February 1906 23 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Bristol Rovers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
5 March 1906 24 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 New Brompton Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
10 March 1906 25 Swindon Town 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Swindon, Wiltshire
Stadium: County Ground
17 March 1906 26 Millwall 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Isle of Dogs, London
Stadium: North Greenwich
24 March 1906 27 Luton Town 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Luton, Bedfordshire
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
31 March 1906 28 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Northampton Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
7 April 1906 29 Brentford 1–4 Tottenham Hotspur Brentford, London
Stadium: Griffin Park
13 April 1906 30 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Southampton Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
14 April 1906 31 Tottenham Hotspur 1–4 Norwich City Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
16 April 1906 32 Portsmouth 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth, Hampshire
Stadium: Fratton Park
17 April 1906 33 Norwich City 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur Norwich, Norfolk
Stadium: Newmarket Road
21 April 1906 34 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane

Western League

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Queens Park Rangers 20 11 4 5 33 27 1.222 26
2 Southampton 20 10 5 5 41 35 1.171 25
3 Plymouth Argyle 20 8 8 4 34 23 1.478 24
4 Tottenham Hotspur 20 7 7 6 28 17 1.647 21
5 Bristol Rovers 20 8 3 9 34 34 1.000 19
6 Millwall 20 7 5 8 28 29 0.966 19
7 Portsmouth 20 6 7 7 26 29 0.897 19
8 West Ham United 20 7 5 8 32 35 0.914 19
9 Reading 20 6 6 8 28 35 0.800 18
10 Fulham 20 5 5 10 23 32 0.719 15
11 Brentford 20 6 3 11 25 36 0.694 15
Source: [9]

Results

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4 September 1905 1 Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 Reading Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
11 September 1905 2 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Park Royal, London
Stadium: Royal Agricultural Society showgrounds
25 September 1905 3 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Bristol Rovers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
2 October 1905 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Plymouth Argyle Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
11 October 1905 5 Reading 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Reading, Berkshire
Stadium: Elm Park
16 October 1905 6 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Fulham Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
23 October 1905 7 Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Millwall Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
28 October 1905 8 Portsmouth 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth, Hampshire
Stadium: Fratton Park
6 November 1905 9 West Ham United 4–1 Tottenham Hotspur Upton Park, London
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
13 November 1905 10 Tottenham Hotspur 2–3 Brentford Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
20 November 1905 11 Fulham 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham, London
Stadium: Craven Cottage
23 December 1905 12 Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Southampton Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
29 January 1906 13 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Queens Park Rangers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
19 February 1906 14 Millwall 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Isle of Dogs, London
Stadium: North Greenwich
26 February 1906 15 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Brentford Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
3 March 1906 16 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Portsmouth Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
19 March 1906 17 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Eastville, Bristol
Report Stadium: Eastville Stadium
21 March 1906 18 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Plymouth, Devon
Stadium: Home Park
26 March 1906 19 West Ham United 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Upton Park, London
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
25 April 1906 20 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Southampton Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane

FA Cup

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Results

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13 January 1906 First round Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Burnley Tottenham, London
Woodward
Kyle
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 20,000
3 February 1906 Second round Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Reading Tottenham, London
Bull
Walton
Kyle
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,000
24 February 1906 Third round Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Birmingham Tottenham, London
Kyle Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 28,000
28 February 1906 Third round reply Birmingham 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Small Heath, Birmingham
Stadium: Muntz Street
Attendance: 34,000

Notes

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  1. ^ George Page only played two games for Tottenham Hotspur, one Southern League game against Norwich City in 1906 and one Western League fixture. He never signed on to Spurs and left the club to play for Leeds City.

References

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  1. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 103.
  2. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 224.
  3. ^ Goodwin 1992, pp. 69–70.
  4. ^ Goodwin 1992, pp. 72–73.
  5. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 380.
  6. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 286.
  7. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 65.
  8. ^ England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
  9. ^ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Bibliography

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  • Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
  • Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.