1910–11 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)
Aston Villa
1910–11 season
ChairmanEngland Frederick Rinder
ManagerScotland George Ramsay
First Division2nd
FA CupSecond Round

Aston Villa F.C. started the 1910–11 season as champions,[1] so opened the season in the Charity Shield game against Southern League champions Brighton & Hove Albion. Brighton are the only club to win just the Shield but never the FA Cup or the League. In the five years that the Charity Shield was contested by the winners of the Football League and Southern League between 1908 and 1912, this was the only occasion on which the Southern League champions prevailed. The victory remains Brighton's only national honour to date and they, not Aston Villa, were crowned the 'Champions of all England'.[2]

Villa drew their opening home league 1-1 against visitors, Oldham Athletic. They lost their first away match 3-2 at Sunderland.[3] The third match saw their first win, and first clean sheet, of the season. Before a crowd of 20,000 Villa beat Woolwich Arsenal 3-0 with Jock Logan, future war casualty Billy Gerrish and Bill Renneville scoring.

Aston Villa featured in the plot of Arnold Bennett's 1911 comic novel The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, putting in an offer for the fictional player, Callear.[4]

There were debuts for Bill Renneville, Jimmy Jones, Horace Henshall, Clem Stephenson and Brendel Anstey.[5]

Final League table

Main article: 1910–11 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Manchester United (C) 38 22 8 8 72 40 1.800 52
2 Aston Villa 38 22 7 9 69 41 1.683 51
3 Sunderland 38 15 15 8 67 48 1.396 45
4 Everton 38 19 7 12 50 36 1.389 45
5 Bradford City 38 20 5 13 51 42 1.214 45
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away AST BLB BRA BRI BRY EVE LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NOT NTC OLD PNE SHU SUN TOT WED WOO
Aston Villa 2–2 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 5–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–0
Blackburn Rovers 0–0
Bradford City 1–2
Bristol City 1–2
Bury 1–0
Everton 0–1
Liverpool 3–1
Manchester City 1–1
Manchester United 2–0
Middlesbrough 0–1
Newcastle United 1–0
Nottingham Forest 3–1
Notts County 1–2
Oldham Athletic 1–1
Preston North End 0–1
Sheffield United 2–1
Sunderland 3–2
Tottenham Hotspur 1–2
The Wednesday 1–0
Woolwich Arsenal 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

  1. ^ Association Football. Publication: The Times London, England, Monday, 2 May 1910
  2. ^ "When Brighton won the Charity Shield to become champions of England". 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ Football. The Times London, England, Monday, 12 September 1910
  4. ^ Bennett, Arnold, Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns.
  5. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
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