1905–06 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The idea of a club at Crystal Palace was first proposed in 1904 by The Crystal Palace Company. The proposal was rejected by the Football Association, who disliked the idea of the owners of the Cup Final venue also possessing a football club. However a separate company was formed the following year in order to establish the club under the chairmanship of Sydney Bourne, chosen due to his propensity in buying tickets to the Cup Final.^[1] Crystal Palace Football Club was formed on 10 September 1905^[2] playing in the Aston Villa colours of claret and blue.^[3] The choice of colours was a result of the important role in the club's formation played by Edmund Goodman, an Aston Villa employee who was recommended to the fledgling club by the Villa chairman. Goodman organised the business side of the club and managed the team from 1907 to 1925.^[4] A former amateur player with Villa, Goodman had lost his right leg after an injury led to amputation.^[5]

Along with two other newly formed London clubs, Chelsea and Clapton Orient, Palace applied to join the Second Division of the Football League. Chelsea and Clapton Orient were accepted, but Crystal Palace were not. Unfortunately Palace were too late to be considered for the First Division of the Southern League and were forced to settle for a place in the Second Division.^[4] To increase the number of club fixtures, they also joined the United Counties League.^[4] Manager John Robson established a team of 16 professionals, mainly drawn from Middlesbrough, and supplemented with local amateurs. The club's inaugural campaign in Division Two of the Southern League, which consisted mainly of other clubs' reserve sides alongside Southall, Southern United, St. Leonard's and Grays United^[4] was a successful one. Their opening match was against Southampton Reserves, and approximately 3,000 people paid 6d to stand or a shilling to sit. Palace led 3–0 after 30 minutes, before fading and losing 3–4. However, that was the club's only defeat in the League all season, and Crystal Palace won the championship and were promoted to the Southern League First Division. The season included a run of 17 straight victories, and a 9–1 win over Grays United at Crystal Palace. Attendances for the season were regularly between 2,000 and 3,000 although 4,000 watched the 1-1 FA Cup tie against Blackpool.^[6] Palace also secured their record victory in this season, a friendly against West Beckenham on 24 February 1906 which Palace won 17–2.

Southern Football League Second Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 1905	Southampton Reserves	H	3 – 4	Roberts, Needham, Thompson	3,000
16 September 1905	Swindon Town Reserves	A	2 – 1	Birnie, Harker
18 September 1905	West Ham United Reserves	A	0 – 0
23 September 1905	Leyton	H	0 – 0
14 October 1905	Fulham Reserves	H	5 – 0	Wallace, Watkins (2), Needham (2)	1,500
21 October 1905	Southern United	H	1 – 0	Watkins
4 November 1905	Grays United	H	9 – 1	Birnie, Harker (2), Watkins (2), Needham (2), Astley, Roberts
25 November 1905	Watford Reserves	A	3 – 1	Roberts (2), Ross
13 December 1905	Reading Reserves	H	3 – 0	Harker, Roberts, Watkins	3,000
23 December 1905	Swindon Town Reserves	H	3 – 0	Astley, Ross (2)
26 December 1905	Portsmouth Reserves	H	1 – 0	Needham	2,000
6 January 1906	Wycombe Wanderers	A	4 – 1	Thompson, Needham, Wallace (2)
20 January 1906	St Leonards United	H	3 – 1	Woodger (2), Thompson	3,000
27 January 1906	Grays United	A	3 – 0	Walker (2), Needham
10 February 1906	West Ham United Reserves	H	3 – 1	Woodger (2), Needham	2,000
21 February 1906	St Leonards United	A	3 – 0	Needham (2), Wallace
28 February 1906	Southern United	H	4 – 0	Needham (2), Woodger, own goal
3 March 1906	Watford Reserves	H	4 – 0	Roberts, Needham (2), Woodger	2,000
10 March 1906	Southampton Reserves	A	2 – 0	Thompson, Needham
24 March 1906	Reading Reserves	A	1 – 0	Needham
7 April 1906	Leyton	A	2 – 1	Wallace, Needham	3,000
13 April 1906	Portsmouth Reserves	A	1 – 1	Watkins	8,000
14 April 1906	Wycombe Wanderers	H	4 – 0	Woodger (2), Moody, Needham
17 April 1906	Fulham Reserves	A	2 – 2	Needham, Harker	5,000

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvA	Pts
1	Crystal Palace	24	19	4	1	66	14	4.71	42
2	Leyton	24	16	6	2	61	18	3.38	38

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GAvA = Goal average; Pts = Points

FA Cup

The Crystal Palace squad of 1905–06

As a brand new club Crystal Palace had to qualify for entry into the first round proper of the FA Cup. In the first qualifying round Palace were drawn at home against Clapham. The match saw Palace run out 7-0 winners, with William Watkins scoring the first ever hat-trick. The next round saw Palace overcome the 2nd Grenadier Guards and earn a draw against Chelsea in the third qualifying round. Chelsea at the time were a big draw, fielding the famous goalkeeper, William Foulke. Sadly, Chelsea were obliged to fulfil a League fixture on the same day, and chasing promotion from the Football League Second Division, decided to concentrate on the league. They fielded a reserve side against Palace who duly ran out 7-1, with Watkins scoring another hat-trick. The ease of this victory saw the FA change the rules to ensure clubs always fielded their strongest sides. Palace then dispatched Luton Town in the fourth and final qualifying round to ensure a place in the First Round Draw. Here they were paired with Blackpool, and the tie was eventually settled in a second replay at neutral venue Villa Park after both teams failed to make home advantage pay.

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
7 October 1905	First Qualifying Round	Clapham	H	7 – 0	Watkins (3), Innerd, Astley, Roberts, Harker	1,500
28 October 1905	Second Qualifying Round	2nd Grenadier Guards	A	3 – 0	Harker, Wallace, Astley	1,200
18 November 1905	Third Qualifying Round	Chelsea	H	7 – 1	Watkins (3; 2 pen.), Innerd (2), Harker, Needham	3,000
9 December 1905	Fourth Qualifying Round	Luton Town	H	1 – 0	Harker	5,000
13 January 1906	First Round	Blackpool	A	1 – 1	Harker	2,500
17 January 1906	First Round Replay	Blackpool	H	1 – 1 (aet)	Birnie	4,000
22 January 1906	First Round Second Replay	Blackpool	N	0 – 1		5,000

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Bob Hewitson	24	0	7	0	31	0
FB	George Walker	24	2	7	0	31	2
FB	Matthew Edwards	15	0	6	0	21	0
FB	Archie Grant	15	0	2	0	17	0
HB	Wilf Innerd	16	0	7	3	23	3
HB	Ted Birnie (c)	22	2	7	1	29	3
HB	Horace Astley	13	2	6	2	19	4
HB	Charles Palmer	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB	Arthur Wilson	7	0	0	0	0	0
HB	W. Mills	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB	Stan Cubberley	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB	A.E. Henwood	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB	John Dick	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	George Thompson	10	4	1	0	11	1
FW	Dick Harker	16	5	7	5	23	10
FW	Walter Watkins	15	7	6	6	22	13
FW	Archie Needham	21	20	6	1	27	21
FW	Dick Roberts	24	6	7	1	31	7
FW	Charles Wallace	19	5	7	1	26	6
FW	Robert Ross	4	3	1	0	5	3
FW	George Woodger	12	8	0	0	12	8
FW	W. Bryden	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	F. Moody	1	0	0	0	1	0

References

Bibliography

King, Ian (2012). Crystal Palace: The Complete Record 1905–2011. Derby Books Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 978-1-78091-221-9.
Matthews, Tony (editor). We All Follow The Palace. Juma, 1998. ISBN 1-872204-55-4

Citations

↑ Matthews, p.13
↑ Byfield, Terry. "History". Crystal Palace Football Club. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
↑ Mitten, Andy (2010). The Rough Guide to Cult Football. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 1405387963.
1 2 3 4 "Crystal Palace Football Club 100 Years Old". Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
↑ Matthews, p.13-14
↑ Matthews, p.14

Crystal Palace Football Club

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Crystal Palace F.C. seasons

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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

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