1906–07 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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Crystal Palace
1906–07 season
Chairman Sydney Bourne
Manager John Robson
Southern Football League Division One 19th
FA Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Horace Astley 10
All: Horace Astley 12
Highest home attendance35,000 (vs. Everton, 9 March, FA Cup)
Lowest home attendance2,000 (vs. Bristol Rovers, 17 April)
Average home league attendance9,437
  1905–06
1907–08  

Crystal Palace started their second season in a new division, having gained promotion from the Southern League Division Two the previous season. There were a number of personnel changes this season, with Archie Grant and captain Ted Birnie moving to Chelsea and George Walker going to New Brompton. Palace's hat-trick hero in their FA Cup exploits of last season, Walter Watkins, also moved on to Northampton Town. In their places Palace brought in a number of new faces. Charles Ryan joined from Nunhead, Thomas Wills from Newcastle, Bill Forster from Sheffield United and Bill Ledger from Pryhope Villa. Wilf Innerd was made captain and played in all but one of the club's League and Cup matches. The club struggled to find their feet on the new division, and failed to score in 13 of their matches, finishing the season in 19th position, one place off the bottom. This was enough to ensure safety though, as for this season there was no relegation. Palace again called on a number of amateurs from the local area and beyond, including Henry Littlewort. Littlewort, who made his only appearance for the club this season, would go on to win a gold medal with the British Football team in the 1912 Olympics.

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Southern Football League First Division

DateOpponentsH / AResult
F–A
ScorersAttendance
1 September 1906 Northampton Town H3–0Woodger (2), Harker7,000
8 September 1906 Queen's Park Rangers A0–17,900
15 September 1906 Fulham A0–37,900
19 September 1906 Reading H4–1Harker, Roberts, Woodger, Hodgkinson4,000
22 September 1906 Southampton A1–1Edwards (pen)4,500
29 September 1906 West Ham United H1–1Wallace10,000
6 October 1906 Tottenham Hotspur A0–318,000
13 October 1906 Swindon Town H3–2Wallace (3)5,000
20 October 1906 Norwich City A2–4Edwards (pen.), Wallace5,000
27 October 1906 Luton Town H0–18,000
3 November 1906 Bristol Rovers A1–1Wallace5,000
10 November 1906 Brentford A0–26,000
17 November 1906 Millwall H3–0Roberts, Wallace, Innerd6,000
24 November 1906 Leyton A4–0Astley (2), Wallace, Harker
1 December 1906 Portsmouth H1–0Woodger7,500
15 December 1906 Plymouth Argyle H0–26,000
22 December 1906 Brighton & Hove Albion A1–2Wallace5,000
26 December 1906 Watford A0–23,000
29 December 1906 Northampton Town A1–2Roberts3,000
5 January 1907 Queen's Park Rangers H5–1Astley (4), Harker15,000
19 January 1907 Fulham A1–2Astley6,500
26 January 1907 Southampton H1–1Roberts6,500
9 February 1907 Tottenham Hotspur H0–18,000
16 February 1907 Swindon Town A1–2Astley5,000
2 March 1907 Luton Town A1–2Astley8,000
16 March 1907 Brentford H0–37,000
23 March 1907 Millwall A0–210,000
25 March 1907 West Ham United A1–1Harker3,000
29 March 1907 Reading A1–1Weston10,000
30 March 1907 Leyton H1–0Woodger7,000
1 April 1907 Watford H1–3Roberts (pen.)10,000
6 April 1907 Portsmouth A0–67,000
13 April 1907 New Brompton H1–3Edwards (pen.)5,500
17 April 1907 Bristol Rovers H3–3Astley, Roberts, Woodger2,000
20 April 1907 Plymouth Argyle A0–0
24 April 1907 Norwich City H0–12000
27 April 1907 Brighton & Hove Albion H2–2Harker, Edwards (pen.)4,000
29 April 1907 New Brompton A2–4Harker, Roberts3,000

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPts
16 New Brompton 381291747590.79733
17 Swindon Town 3811111643540.79633
18 Queens Park Rangers 3811101747550.85532
19 Crystal Palace 38892146660.69725
20 Northampton Town 38592429880.33019
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

FA Cup

After their exploits in the FA Cup the previous season, Crystal Palace were entered into the Cup in the final qualifying round by the Football Association. They drew Rotherham County, overcoming them 4–0 at Stamford Bridge. The match was a home tie for Palace, but due to their Crystal Palace ground already being booked for a rugby international the club had to have the tie moved. The next round, the first round proper, saw them drawn against the biggest club of the time, Newcastle United. Unbeaten at home in over a year, and unbeaten at home in the Cup since the previous century, Newcastle were expected to easily defeat Palace, but in the first great FA Cup shock, Palace went to Newcastle and won 1–0. The second round saw Palace defeat Fulham in a replay, and then the club took Brentford to a replay and won that too. Drawn at home against Everton in the quarter finals, Palace took a 1–0 lead, but were unable to hold on and drew 1–1 in front of their highest crowd to date of 35,000. In the replay at Goodison Park Palace lost 4–0 and another good cup run was at an end.

DateRoundOpponentsH / AResult
F–A
ScorersAttendance
8 December 1906Fourth Qualifying Round Rotherham County N [A] 4–0Roberts (2), Harker, own goal 1,500
12 January 1907First Round Newcastle United A 1–0 Astley28,000
2 February 1907Second Round Fulham A0–028,000
6 February 1907Second Round Replay Fulham H1–0Woodger20,000
23 February 1907Third Round Brentford H1–1Harker31,123
27 February 1907Third Round Replay Brentford A1–0Roberts4,000
9 March 1907Fourth Round Everton H1–1Astley35,000
13 March 1907Fourth Round Replay Everton A0–434,340

Squad statistics

Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Flag of England.svg Bob Hewitson 36080440
GK Flag of England.svg Herbert Hunter 200020
FB Flag of England.svg Matthew Edwards 31480394
FB Flag of Scotland.svg Thomas Wills 17010180
FB Flag of Scotland.svg Harry Menzies 400040
FB Flag of England.svg Harry Collyer 400040
FB Flag of England.svg J. Richard Jackson 700070
HB Flag of England.svg Wilf Innerd (c)37180451
HB Flag of England.svg Charles Ryan 26060320
HB Flag of England.svg Bill Forster 30080380
HB Flag of England.svg Arthur Wilson 200020
HB Flag of Ireland.svg Frank Ransom 100010
HBFlag placeholder.svg Bill Ledger 11020112
HB Flag of England.svg Henry Littlewort 100010
HB Flag of England.svg Frank Edwards 100010
FW Flag of England.svg Charles Wallace 35970429
FW Flag of England.svg Dick Harker 35782439
FW Flag of England.svg George Woodger 34681427
FW Flag of England.svg Archie Needham 28080360
FW Flag of England.svg Dick Roberts 367834410
FW Flag of England.svg Horace Astley 1910822712
FW Flag of England.svg Joe Hodgkinson 510051
FW Flag of England.svg William Weston 610061
FW Flag of England.svg Arthur Sans 200020
FW Flag of England.svg Herbert Swann 700070
FWFlag placeholder.svg Bill Lawrence 100010

Notes

  1. An international rugby match between England and South Africa was being played at Crystal Palace so the game was held at Stamford Bridge.

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