1904-05 season

Overview
The 1904-05 season was Fulham's 23rd season, and only their 2nd season playing first-class football, in the Southern League Division One (effectively equivalent to today's League One).

The club's first ever manager Harry Bradshaw set about by signing a new team during the close season of 1904, with seven of his new signings all coming from Scottish football. Possibly the most famous of these was Jimmy Sharp, a cultured left back who went on to play for Scotland's national team. Also signed was Harry Ross from Burnley, centre half Billy Morrison from St Bernard's of Edinburgh, Bobby Graham and Willie Wardrope who had just won the Scottish League with Third Lanark, Mark Bell from Hearts and Willie Lennie from Dundee who had both gained Scotland caps. Other players signed were Bob Haworth from Blackburn Rovers and the manager's sons Will and Joe (later a manager of Fulham) along with Tom Pratt and Harry Thorpe from Woolwich Arsenal. Long-time trainer and ex-player Harry Ransom left the club after a number of years and his position as first team trainer was taken by John Stuttard, who joined from Burnley. Jock Hamilton would serve as his assistant following his retirement from playing in the close season.

In November 1904 Harry Fletcher had moved to Brentford and was replaced with Alex Fraser, a signing from Newcastle United. By late January 1905, the Fulham forwards had only scored 12 goals in 18 Southern League matches but still held a respectable mid-table position despite big defeats such as at Luton Town (0-6) on 7 January 1905. Suddenly this changed when Wellingborough Town visited Craven Cottage on 28 January 1905 as the Whites gave them a 12-0 thrashing.

Fulham were in the middle of a tiring FA Cup run when they travelled to Brighton & Hove Albion to play a Southern League match in February 1905 and came away as 4-1 victors. Remarkably, the Southern League fined Fulham £40 for fielding an under-strength team despite the result. The club went on to lose only two of their last sixteen matches in the League and finished in a respectable 6th position and only ten points behind the champions Bristol Rovers.

The club enjoyed a fantastic run in the FA Cup, in which they reached the Quarter-final (then called the 3rd round) but were outclassed away to eventual winners Aston Villa and lost 5-0. In the First round proper, a then-record crowd of at least 30,000 got in at Craven Cottage to watch Fulham draw with Reading 0-0. With many other fans locked outside the ground, they decided to break down the gates which caused a dangerous situation in which certain spectators had to be helped to safety. As a result of this, the club decided to double the entry fee for their next FA Cup tie against Nottingham Forest, which reduced the attendance down to 18,000.

Southern League Division One
*Left league at end of season

Western League
1 The system of using 'goal average' to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season. 2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Appearances & goals

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Goalscorers
When total goals are equal, the list is sorted by player who achieved that number first