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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1904–05

Liverpool completed the 1904–05 Division 2 campaign in 1st, taking 58 points from 34 matches. The record comprised 27 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats, with 93 goals scored and 25 conceded for a goal difference of +68.

CompetitionDivision 2
League finish1st
ManagerTom Watson
Leading scorerRobbie Robinson (23 goals)

League record

34Played
27Won
4Drawn
3Lost
93Goals for
25Goals against
58Points
1stPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 79.4% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 31 of 34. The side averaged 2.74 goals scored and 0.74 conceded per match; the resulting +68 goal difference gives more context to the 1st finish than position alone.

Compared with 1903–04, the recorded league position improved by 16 places, while goal difference moved from -13 to +68.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

This was part of Liverpool’s first sustained period in the Football League, before the First World War interrupted the national competition programme.

Cup and scoring picture

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Robbie Robinson led the season scoring record with 23 goals in all competitions.

How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.