1904–05 Aston Villa F.C. season
| 1904–05 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman |  Frederick Rinder |
| Manager |  George Ramsay |
| First Division | 4th |
| FA Cup | winners |
| 9--0--4 | |
 A panoramic view of the Crystal Palace ground during the 1905 FA Cup final | |||||||
| Event | 1904-05 FA Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Date | 15 April 1905 | ||||||
| Venue | Crystal Palace, London | ||||||
| Referee | P. R. Harrower | ||||||
| Attendance | 101,117 | ||||||
The 1904–05 Football League season was Aston Villa's 17th season in the First Division, 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), Josiah Gray, Walter Brown, Jimmy Cantrell and Watty Corbett.[9]
Football League[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newcastle United (C) | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 72 | 33 | 2.182 | 48 | |
| 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 | |
| 7 | Small Heath | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 38 | 1.421 | 39 | |
| 8 | Preston North End | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 37 | 1.135 | 36 | |
| 9 | The Wednesday | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 61 | 57 | 1.070 | 33 | |
| 10 | Woolwich Arsenal | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 40 | 0.900 | 33 | |
| 11 | Derby County | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 48 | 0.771 | 32 | |
| 12 | Stoke | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 40 | 58 | 0.690 | 30 | |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 51 | 0.784 | 27 | |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 47 | 73 | 0.644 | 26 | |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 56 | 0.643 | 26 | |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 61 | 0.656 | 25 | |
| 17 | Bury | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 47 | 67 | 0.701 | 24 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 18 | Notts County | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 69 | 0.522 | 18 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
First team squad[edit]
Billy George, 39 appearances, conceded 46- Billy Brawn, 37 appearances
- Joe Bache, 37 appearances
- Billy Garraty, 37 appearances
- Alex Leake, 36 appearances
- Freddie Miles, 35 appearances
- Joe Pearson, 31 appearances
- Jack Windmill, 30 appearances
- Harry Hampton, 28 appearances
- Albert Hall, 28 appearances
- Howard Spencer, 24 appearances
- Albert Wilkes, 10 appearances
- Billy Matthews, 7 appearances
- Alf Wood, 6 appearances
Willie Clarke, 5 appearances- Albert Evans, 5 appearances
- Micky Noon, 5 appearances
- George Johnson, 3 appearances
- Harry Cooch, 1 appearance, conceded 2
Mart Watkins, 1 appearance- Josiah Gray, 7 appearances
- Walter Brown, 11 appearances
- Jimmy Cantrell, 3 appearances
- Watty Corbett, 1 appearance [2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
- ^ a b AVFC History: 1904-05 season
- ^ "Aston Villa 2-1 Small Heath, 1904-05 Division One, 29 Oct 1904". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Small Heath 0-3 Aston Villa, 1904-05 Division One, 25 Feb 1905". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ This Day's Matches. Birmingham Daily Mail. 25 February 1905. p. 4.
- ^ Matthews (1995), Complete Record. p. 57.
- ^ Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
- ^ a b "Harry Hampton, Aston Villa and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
External links[edit]
- Aston Villa official website
- avfchistory.co.uk The Matches