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1904-05 season
1904-05
Fulham1   Southern League Division One
Club information
Chairman Flag of England John Dean
Manager Flag of England Harry Bradshaw
Club Secretary Flag of England Herbert Jackson
Club Captain Flag of England Jack Fryer
Ground Craven Cottage
League season information
League Southern League
Division Division One
Position 6th/18
Matches played 34 (W14 D10 L10)
Other competitions
Western League 6th/11 (P20 W7 D3 L10)
FA Cup 3rd round
Season statistics
Top goalscorer (League) Flag of Scotland Willie Wardrope (16)
Top goalscorer (All) Flag of Scotland Willie Wardrope (29)
Most appearances (League) Flag of England Jack Fryer (31)
Most appearances (All) Flag of England Bob Haworth (56)
Biggest home win 12–0 v Wellingborough (28 Jan 1905)
Biggest away win 5-0 v Tottenham (2 Jan 1905)
Biggest home defeat 0-4 v Plymouth (13 Mar 1905)
Biggest away defeat 0-6 v Luton (7 Jan 1905)
Biggest home attendance 30,000 v Reading (4 Feb 1905)
Biggest away attendance 47,000 v Aston Villa (4 Mar 1905)
Lowest home attendance 1,500 v Bristol Rovers (27 Feb 1905)
Lowest away attendance 1,200 v Reading (5 Oct 1904)
Fulham home (1904-08) Fulham change (1904-08)
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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.

League Tables[]

Southern League Division One[]

Pos Club P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Bristol Rovers 34 20 8 6 74 36 2.06 48
2 Reading 34 18 7 9 57 38 1.50 43
3 Southampton 34 18 7 9 54 40 1.35 43
4 Plymouth Argyle 34 18 5 11 57 39 1.46 41
5 Tottenham Hotspur 34 15 8 11 53 34 1.56 38
6 Fulham 34 14 10 10 46 34 1.35 38
7 Queens Park Rangers 34 14 8 12 51 46 1.11 36
8 Portsmouth 34 16 4 14 61 56 1.09 36
9 New Brompton 34 11 11 12 40 40 1.00 33
10 Watford 34 15 3 16 44 45 0.98 33
11 West Ham United 34 12 8 14 48 42 1.14 32
12 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 13 6 15 44 45 0.98 32
13 Northampton Town 34 12 8 14 43 54 0.80 32
14 Brentford 34 10 9 15 33 38 0.87 29
15 Millwall 34 11 7 16 38 47 0.81 29
16 Swindon Town 34 12 5 17 41 59 0.70 29
17 Luton Town 34 12 3 19 45 54 0.83 27
18 Wellingborough Town* 34 5 3 26 25 107 0.23 13

*Left league at end of season

Western League[]

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GA1 Pts2
1 Plymouth Argyle 20 13 4 3 52 18 2.89 30
2 Brentford 20 11 6 3 30 28 1.07 28
3 Southampton 20 11 2 7 45 22 2.04 24
4 Portsmouth 20 10 3 7 29 30 0.97 23
5 West Ham United 20 8 4 8 37 42 0.88 20
6 Fulham 20 7 3 10 29 32 0.91 17
7 Millwall Athletic 20 7 3 10 32 40 0.80 17
8 Tottenham Hotspur 20 5 6 9 20 28 0.71 16
9 Reading 20 6 3 11 27 37 0.73 15
10 Bristol Rovers 20 7 1 12 32 44 0.73 15
11 Queens Park Rangers 20 6 3 11 27 45 0.60 15

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.

Squad[]

Pos. Name Age Prev Apps Prev Gls Date signed
Goalkeepers
GK Flag of England Jack Fryer (c) 27 40 0 May 1903
GK Flag of England Henry Clutterbuck 31 0 0 12 May 1904
GK Flag of England Jack Head 28 115 0 Dec 1899
Full backs
LB/CF Flag of England Alf Harwood 25 19 0 May 1903
LB Flag of Scotland Jimmy Sharp 23 0 0 3 May 1904
RB Flag of Scotland Harry Ross 23 0 0 6 May 1904
LB/RB Flag of England Harry Thorpe 24 0 0 6 Jun 1904
Half backs
RH Flag of England Bob Haworth 25 0 0 2 Jun 1904
CH Flag of Scotland Paddy Gray 31 43 1 31 May 1903
LH Flag of Scotland Billy Goldie 26 23 0 4 Jan 1904
CH Flag of Scotland Billy Morrison 25 0 0 3 May 1904
RH/LH Flag of England Harry Robotham 25 39 1 May 1903
LH Flag of England George Tuthill 26 132 21 30 Mar 1899
RH/LH Flag of England Charlie Axcell 24 23 2 May 1903
RH/RB/OR Flag of England Fred Waterson 27 12 0 May 1903
Forwards
OL/IR Flag of Scotland Mark Bell 23 0 0 3 May 1904
IL Flag of England Joe Bradshaw 19 0 0 Mar 1904
OR Flag of England Will Bradshaw 22 0 0 6 May 1904
IL Flag of Scotland Tom Fitchie 22 0 0 27 Aug 1904
IR Flag of England Harry Fletcher 31 47 19 Jun 1903
CF Flag of Scotland Alex Fraser 25 0 0 29 Oct 1904
IR/IL Flag of Scotland Bobby Graham 22 0 0 3 May 1904
IR Flag of England Fergus Hunt 29 26 4 May 1903
OL Flag of Scotland Willie Lennie 22 0 0 24 Sept 1904
CF Flag of England Dick Pegg 26 0 0 4 May 1904
CF Flag of England Tom Pratt 31 0 0 13 May 1904
OR Flag of England Albert Soar 23 45 6 May 1903
OL Flag of England Fred Spackman 26 53 9 26 Oct 1903
IL/CF Flag of Scotland Willie Wardrope 30 0 0 3 May 1904

Staff[]

Board[]

Position Name
Chairman Flag of England John Dean
Club Secretary Flag of England Herbert Jackson
Assistant Secretary Flag of England Alf Harwood
Director Flag of England William Allen
Director Flag of England Charles Barter
Director Flag of England Arthur Foulds
Director Flag of England John Watts
Director Flag of England Dudley Evans
Director Flag of England Henry Norris

Coaching staff[]

Position Name
Trainer Flag of England John Stuttard
Assistant trainer Flag of Scotland Jock Hamilton

Other staff[]

Position Name
Groundsman Flag of England Tom Walker

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date from Position Name From
3 May 1904 OL Flag of Scotland Mark Bell Flag of Scotland Hearts

Transfers out[]

Date from Position Name To
25 Nov 1904 IR Flag of England Harry Fletcher Flag of England Brentford

Matches[]

Friendlies[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Additional Information
1 Mon 24 Oct 1904 Nottingham Forest Home Drew 1-1
2 Mon 7 Nov 1904 Sunderland Home Won 4-2
3 Mon 28 Nov 1904 Everton Home Won 2-0
4 Mon 16 Jan 1905 Chesterfield Home Lost 0-4

Southern League Division One[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Additional Information
1 Sat 3 Sept 1904 Tottenham Hotspur Away Won 1-0
2 Sat 10 Sept 1904 Luton Town Home Drew 0-0
3 Sat 17 Sept 1904 Swindon Town Away Lost 1-2
4 Sat 24 Sept 1904 New Brompton Home Drew 1-1
5 Sat 1 Oct 1904 Wellingborough Town Away Lost 1-2
6 Sat 8 Oct 1904 Southampton Home Drew 0-0
7 Sat 15 Oct 1904 Brighton & Hove Albion Home Won 1-0
8 Sat 22 Oct 1904 Watford Away Lost 1-2
9 Sat 29 Oct 1904 Plymouth Argyle Home Drew 0-0
10 Sat 5 Nov 1904 West Ham United Away Drew 0-0
11 Sat 12 Nov 1904 Reading Home Won 2-0
12 Sat 19 Nov 1904 Bristol Rovers Away Lost 1-4
Sat 26 Nov 1904 Brentford Home Abandoned A-A Abandoned at H/T due to fog
13 Sat 3 Dec 1904 Portsmouth Away Lost 0-1
14 Sat 17 Dec 1904 Queens Park Rangers Away Lost 0-2
15 Sat 24 Dec 1904 Millwall Athletic Home Won 2-1
16 Sat 31 Dec 1904 Tottenham Hotspur Home Won 1-0
17 Sat 7 Jan 1905 Luton Town Away Lost 0-6
18 Sat 21 Jan 1905 New Brompton Away Lost 0-3
19 Sat 28 Jan 1905 Wellingborough Town Home Won 12-0
20 Sat 11 Feb 1905 Brighton & Hove Albion Away Won 4-1
21 Wed 22 Feb 1905 Watford Home Won 2-1
22 Sat 25 Feb 1905 Plymouth Argyle Away Drew 1-1
23 Sat 11 Mar 1905 Reading Away Drew 0-0
24 Sat 18 Mar 1905 Bristol Rovers Home Drew 0-0
25 Thu 23 Mar 1905 Northampton Town Away Drew 0-0
26 Sat 25 Mar 1905 Northampton Town Home Won 4-1
27 Sat 1 Apr 1905 Portsmouth Home Won 2-0
28 Mon 3 Apr 1905 Swindon Town Home Won 3-0
29 Sat 8 Apr 1905 Brentford Away Drew 1-1
30 Sat 15 Apr 1905 Queens Park Rangers Home Lost 1-2
31 Mon 17 Apr 1905 West Ham United Home Lost 0-3
32 Sat 22 Apr 1905 Millwall Athletic Away Won 2-0
33 Mon 24 Apr 1905 Southampton Away Won 1-0
34 Sat 29 Apr 1905 Brentford Home Won 1-0

Western League[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Additional Information
1 Mon 5 Sept 1904 West Ham United Away Drew 2-2
2 Wed 14 Sept 1904 Portsmouth Away Lost 0-2
3 Mon 19 Sept 1904 Brentford Home Drew 1-1
4 Mon 26 Sept 1904 West Ham United Home Won 3-2
5 Wed 5 Oct 1904 Reading Away Won 1-0
6 Mon 10 Oct 1904 Southampton Away Lost 1-2
7 Mon 17 Oct 1904 Portsmouth Home Lost 1-2
8 Mon 31 Oct 1904 Bristol Rovers Away Lost 0-5
9 Mon 14 Nov 1904 Tottenham Hotspur Home Drew 0-0
10 Mon 21 Nov 1904 Brentford Away Lost 0-1
11 Mon 26 Dec 1904 Queens Park Rangers Home Won 4-0
12 Tue 27 Dec 1904 Millwall Athletic Away Lost 1-3
13 Mon 2 Jan 1905 Tottenham Hotspur Away Won 5-0
14 Mon 27 Feb 1905 Bristol Rovers Home Lost 0-2
15 Mon 13 Mar 1905 Plymouth Argyle Home Lost 0-4
16 Mon 20 Mar 1905 Southampton Home Lost 0-1
17 Wed 29 Mar 1905 Plymouth Argyle Away Won 1-0
18 Mon 10 Apr 1905 Reading Home Won 3-2
19 Fri 21 Apr 1905 Queens Park Rangers Away Lost 1-2
20 Tue 25 Apr 1905 Millwall Athletic Home Won 5-1

FA Cup[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Additional Information
6QR Sat 10 Dec 1904 Luton Town Home Won 4-0
7QR Sat 14 Jan 1905 Manchester United Away Drew 2-2
Replay Wed 18 Jan 1905 Manchester United Home Drew 0-0
2nd replay Mon 23 Jan 1905 Manchester United Neutral Won 1-0 Played at Villa Park
1R Sat 4 Feb 1905 Reading Home Drew 0-0
Replay Wed 8 Feb 1905 Reading Away Drew 0-0
2nd replay Mon 13 Feb 1905 Reading Neutral Won 1-0 Played at White Hart Lane
2R Sat 18 Feb 1905 Nottingham Forest Home Won 1-0
3R Sat 4 Mar 1905 Aston Villa Away Lost 0-5

Statistics[]

Appearances & goals[]

|- |colspan="12"|Players who left the club during 1903-04: |- |}

Goalscorers[]

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

# Pos. Name Southern League
Division One
London League
Premier Division
FA Cup Total
/ / Own Goals 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0
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