The 1904–05 season was Manchester United's 13th season in
the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...
. United finished 3rd in the
Second Division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
. The Reds also competed in the
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
, but failed to get past the Intermediate Round stage, losing to
Fulham.
Second Division
FA Cup
Manchester United entered the
1904–05 FA Cup at the Intermediate Round stage and were drawn at home to
Fulham on 14 January 1905. The match finished 2–2, with goals from
Tommy Arkesden and
Charles Mackie. The replay was played four days later away at
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is a football ground in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896.According to the club'official website The ground's capacity is 22,384; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against ...
, and ended scoreless. On 23 January, Fulham and United played a second replay at the neutral venue of
Villa Park
Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, England, with a seating capacity of 42,682. It has been the home of Premier League side Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway station ...
, which Fulham won by a single goal.
Squad statistics
References
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