In locally organised competition, they won the Birmingham Senior Cup for the first time, defeating West Bromwich Albion by seven goals to two.

Goalkeeper Nat Robinson, full-back Frank Stokes and forward Benny Green were all ever-present over the 35-match season.

[3] Events surrounding the February 1905 match with Aston Villa highlighted the Coventry Road ground's inadequacies.

[5][6] The Birmingham Daily Mail reported "a constant stream of vehicles to the ground, while the trams were disgorging their freights at Muntz Street every two or three minutes.

"[7] The club's landlords would neither sell the freehold of the ground nor allow its expansion, so the directors began planning to move to a new home.