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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1905–06

Liverpool completed the 1905–06 Division 1 campaign in 1st, taking 51 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 23 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats, with 79 goals scored and 46 conceded for a goal difference of +33.

CompetitionDivision 1
League finish1st
ManagerTom Watson
Leading scorerJoe Hewitt (27 goals)

League record

38Played
23Won
5Drawn
10Lost
79Goals for
46Goals against
51Points
1stPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 60.5% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 28 of 38. The side averaged 2.08 goals scored and 1.21 conceded per match; the resulting +33 goal difference gives more context to the 1st finish than position alone.

Compared with 1904–05, the recorded league position was unchanged, while goal difference moved from +68 to +33.

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. Joe Hewitt led the season scoring record with 27 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.