1905–06 season of Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1905–06 football season
Second City Derby Football team season
The 1905–06 Football League season was Aston Villa 's 18th 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]
Aston Villa started the new year having been defeated by Blackburn Rovers meaning that they had a record of DWL in the three post-Christmas fixtures.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Second City derby , 0–2 away,[ 5] [ 6]
During the season Howard Spencer was captain of the club.[ 2]
In February 1905, after 167 league games, Harry Hadley left West Brom to join Aston Villa for a fee of £250, but played just 11 times before joining Nottingham Forest in April 1906.[ 7]
There were debut appearances for Charlie Millington, Barney Allen, Harry Hadley, George Garratt, Jock Logan, Joe Walters, Samuel Greenhalgh, John Boden, Joe Hisbent, Arthur Elston, Bert Kingaby, Rowland Codling, and Tom Riley (16).[ 8]
Source:
World Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
First team squad
Billy Garraty , 37 appearancesHoward Spencer , 37 appearancesBilly George , 36 appearances, conceded 53Harry Hampton , 35 appearancesAlbert Hall , 34 appearancesJoe Bache , 34 appearancesJoe Pearson , 30 appearancesAlex Leake , 26 appearancesJack Windmill , 16 appearancesBilly Brawn , 15 appearancesAlbert Evans , 15 appearancesAlbert Wilkes , 8 appearancesGeorge Harris , 8 appearancesJimmy Cantrell , 8 appearancesBilly Matthews , 7 appearancesFreddie Miles , 7 appearancesHarry Cooch, 6 appearances, conceded 9
Micky Noon , 5 appearancesWatty Corbett , 4 appearancesWalter Brown, 1 appearance[ 2]
Arrivals
George Garratt , 17 appearancesSamuel Greenhalgh , 12 appearancesHarry Hadley , 11 appearancesJock Logan , 11 appearancesJohn Boden , 10 appearancesJoey Walters, 8 appearances
Charlie Millington , 7 appearancesBert Kingaby , 4 appearancesTom Riley , 4 appearancesBarney Allen , 3 appearancesRowland Codling , 3 appearancesJoe Hisbent , 2 appearances, served in the Worcestershire Regiment during the First World War .[ 9] [ 10] Arthur Elston , 1 appearance
Exits
See also
References
^ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939" . AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007 .^ a b c AVFC History: 1905-06 season
^ Football , 1 January 1906, The Times ^ Football , The Times, 8 January 1906^ "Birmingham 2-0 Aston Villa, 1905-06 Division One, 16 Sep 1905" . AVFC History . Retrieved 6 August 2023 .^ "Aston Villa 1-3 Birmingham, 1905-06 Division One, 20 Jan 1906" . AVFC History . Retrieved 6 August 2023 .^ Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints . ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3 ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons" . AVFC History .^ Menzies, Paul (2014). Great War Britain Middlesbrough: Remembering 1914–18 . The History Press. ISBN 978-0752499710 ^ Joseph Samuel Hisbent on Lives of the First World War ^ Aston Villa profile at Aston Villa Player Database^ Dave Pendleton (6 July 2011). "Celebrating 106 Years of Black Footballers at Valley Parade" . Boy From Brazil. ^ "Football's Black Pioneers on Radio Leeds" . Football's Black Pioneers . Retrieved 9 September 2020 .^ Murray, Scott (September 2017). The Title: The Story of the First Division Bloomsbury Publishing . ISBN 9781472936622 . Retrieved 9 September 2020 . ^ "Sunderland 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday" . The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008 .
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