1904–05 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1904–05 season
Harry Hampton scores one of his two goals in the 1905 FA Cup Final where Aston Villa defeated Newcastle United
ChairmanFrederick Rinder
ManagerGeorge Ramsay
First Division4th
FA Cupwinners
Second City Derby
9--0--4
Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)

The 1904–05 English football season was Aston Villa's 17th season in the Football League competing in the First Division,[a] the top flight of English football at the time. The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era.[1]

During the season Howard Spencer and Joe Bache shared the captaincy of the club.[2]

Villa won both matches in the Second City derby, 2–1 at Villa Park[3] and 3–0 away.[4] Events surrounding the February 1905 match away to Small Heath highlighted their Coventry Road ground's inadequacies. The official attendance was given as 28,000,[5] though with the gates closed before kick-off, thousands scaled walls or forced entrances in order to gain admission, and the actual attendance was estimated at anything up to 35,000.[6][7]

Aston Villa won the FA Cup competition for the fourth time, beating Newcastle United 2–0 in the final at Crystal Palace, through two goals scored by Harry Hampton. The man of the match was Aston Villa's prolific scorer Billy Garraty, great-great-grandfather of footballer Jack Grealish, who was born only a few miles from the now Villa Park.

Also known as "The Wellington Whirlwind," Hampton played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920.[8] He scored both goals against Newcastle United in the 1905 FA Cup Final. Hampton was a prolific goalscorer.[8]

There were debuts for Harry Hampton (339),[9] Josiah Gray,[10] Walter Brown,[11] Jimmy Cantrell [12] and Watty Corbett.[13][14]

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
2 Everton 34 21 5 8 63 36 1.750 47
3 Manchester City 34 20 6 8 66 37 1.784 46
4 Aston Villa 34 19 4 11 63 43 1.465 42
5 Sunderland 34 16 8 10 60 44 1.364 40
6 Sheffield United 34 19 2 13 64 56 1.143 40
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Notes Scorers
1 Sep 1904 Preston Villa Park 1–2 — Billy Brawn (pen) [15]
3 Sep 1904 Stoke Villa Park 3–0 — Albert Hall; Joe Bache; (3-0) [16]
10 Sep 1904 Blackburn Ewood 0–4 — — [17]
12 Sep 1904 Everton Villa Park 1–0 — Billy Brawn [18]
17 Sep 1904 Forest Villa Park 2–0 — Billy Brawn; Billy Matthews [19]
24 Sep 1904 Wednesday Owlerton 2–3 — Billy Matthews; Joe Bache [20]
1 Oct 1904 Sunderland Villa Park 2–2 — Joe Bache; Alf Wood [21]
8 Oct 1904 Arsenal Manor Ground 0–1 — — [22]
15 Oct 1904 Derby Villa Park 0–2 — — [23]
22 Oct 1904 Everton Goodison 2–3 — Billy Garraty; George Johnson [24]
29 Oct 1904 Small Heath Villa Park 2–1 — Billy Garraty; Billy Brawn (pen) [25]
9 Nov 1904 Manchester City Hyde Road 1–2 — Arthur Lockett [26]
12 Nov 1904 Notts County Villa Park 4–2 — Arthur Lockett; Jimmy Cantrell; Harry Hampton; Billy Brawn [27]
19 Nov 1904 Sheffield United Bramall Lane 3–0 — Joe Bache; Harry Hampton; Billy Brawn (pen) [28]
26 Nov 1904 Newcastle Villa Park 0–1 — — [29]
3 Dec 1904 Preston Deepdale 3–2 — Joe Bache; Harry Hampton; Billy Garraty [30]
10 Dec 1904 Boro Villa Park 0–0 — — [31]
17 Dec 1904 Wolves Molineux 1–1 — Harry Hampton [32]
24 Dec 1904 Bury Villa Park 2–0 — Harry Hampton (2) [33]
26 Dec 1904 Arsenal Villa Park 3–1 — Alex Leake; Harry Hampton; Albert Hall [34]
31 Dec 1904 Stoke Victoria Ground 4–1 — Harry Hampton (2); Joe Bache; Billy Garraty [35]
7 Jan 1905 Blackburn Villa Park 3–0 — Alex Leake; Billy Matthews; Joe Bache [36]
14 Jan 1905 Forest City Ground 1–1 — Billy Garraty [37]
21 Jan 1905 Wednesday Villa Park 0–2 — — [38]
28 Jan 1905 Sunderland Roker 3–2 — Billy Brawn; Albert Hall; Joe Bache [39]
11 Feb 1905 Derby Baseball Ground 2–0 — Joe Bache; Alex Leake [40]
25 Feb 1905 Small Heath Muntz Street 3–0 — Joe Pearson; Jack Windmill; Harry Hampton [41]
11 Mar 1905 Notts County Trent Bridge 2–1 — Joe Pearson; Billy Garraty [42]
18 Mar 1905 Sheffield United Villa Park 3–0 — Albert Hall; Joe Bache; Harry Hampton [43]
5 Apr 1905 Newcastle St James' 0–2 — — [44]
8 Apr 1905 Boro Ayresome 1–3 — Albert Hall [45]
22 Apr 1905 Bury Gigg Lane 3–2 — Harry Hampton (2); Billy Brawn [46]
27 Apr 1905 Wolves Villa Park 3–0 — Arthur Lockett; Billy Garraty; Harry Hampton [47]
29 Apr 1905 Manchester City Villa Park 3–2 [48] Alex Leake found himself unwittingly at the centre of one of the great scandals of English football. In the last League game of the 1904–05 season, Manchester City needed to beat Aston Villa to win the title. It was a spiteful game, and he had been involved in confrontations, both physical and verbal, with opponents. Afterwards Leake, who had captained the side, claimed that City's Billy Meredith had offered him a bribe of £10 for his team to throw the match. Meredith was found guilty by the Football Association, fined, and suspended from all football for 18 months. Because his club refused to help him financially, Meredith made public the illegal payments Manchester City were making to their players. An FA investigation resulted in life bans for directors, long suspensions for players, and the club being forced to sell its playing staff.[49] Albert Hall; Billy Garraty; Harry Hampton

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

1905 FA Cup Final
A panoramic view of the Crystal Palace ground during the 1905 FA Cup final
Event1904-05 FA Cup
Aston Villa Newcastle United
2 0
Date15 April 1905
VenueCrystal Palace, London
RefereeP. R. Harrower
Attendance101,117
Main article: 1904–05 FA Cup

First team squad

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division. The Premier League took over from the First Division as the top tier of the English football league system upon its formation in 1992. The First Division then became the second tier of English football, the Second Division became the third tier and so on. The First Division is now known as the Football League Championship, while the Second Division is now known as Football League One.

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