1904–05 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1904–05
Champions	Plymouth Argyle (Division One) Bristol Rovers Reserves (Division Two)
← 1903–04 1905–06 →

The 1904–05 season was the 13th in the history of the Western Football League.

Plymouth Argyle were the champions of Division One for the first time, and along with all the other members of Division One, also competed in the Southern League during this season. The Division Two champions were Bristol Rovers Reserves, who completed the season unbeaten in the league.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

Two new clubs joined Division One, which was increased to 11 clubs from nine.

Fulham
Millwall rejoining the league

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	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	20	7	3	10	32	40	0.8	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	0.6	15

Division Two

One new club joined Division Two, which remained at 10 clubs after Paulton Rovers left to join the Somerset Senior League.

Chippenham Town

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol Rovers Reserves	16	13	3	0	76	5	15.2	29
2	Bristol City Reserves	16	14	1	1	46	8	5.75	29
3	Swindon Town Reserves	16	11	2	3	53	21	2.52	24	Left at the end of the season
4	Staple Hill	16	7	3	6	27	23	1.17	17
5	Bristol East	16	7	1	8	38	27	1.41	15
6	Welton Rovers	16	5	1	10	27	58	0.46	11
7	Radstock Town	16	4	1	11	21	57	0.37	9
8	Trowbridge Town	16	2	2	12	25	64	0.39	6
9	Chippenham Town	16	2	0	14	24	74	0.32	4
10	Warmley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned, record expunged †

† Warmley resigned after 10 matches, and their record was expunged.

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

References

↑ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Western League

Premier Division	Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Chipping Sodbury Town Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Wells City Willand Rovers

Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Bishops Lydeard Bishop Sutton Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Corsham Town Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Malmesbury Victoria Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Welton Rovers Westbury United Wincanton Town

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying rounds
Final)
Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bury Derby County Everton Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Small Heath Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers Woolwich Arsenal

Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Bristol City Bolton Wanderers Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Liverpool Manchester United West Bromwich Albion

Southern League	Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Fulham Luton Town Millwall New Brompton Northampton Town Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur Watford Wellingborough West Ham United

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