1921–22 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)
Aston Villa
1921–22 season
ChairmanFrederick Rinder
ManagerGeorge Ramsay
StadiumVilla Park
First Division5th
FA CupFourth round
Second City Derby
11—5—5
A one-club man, Billy Walker scored 244 goals in 531 appearances for Villa between 1920 and 1934. He is Aston Villa's all-time top goalscorer.

Aston Villa played the 1921–22 English football season in the Football League First Division. Villa finished fifth below Burnley, and Cardiff City, just above Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United.

In the first Second City derby in fifteen years, Villa were held to a draw at home [1] and lost the away fixture.[2] In the second match of the season, defender Bert Smith became the first-ever Cardiff player to score in the division with a consolation goal during a 2–1 defeat to Aston Villa.

Billy Walker remains the only player to have scored a hat-trick of penalty kicks in a Football League game, doing so against Bradford City in November 1921.[3] Richard York went on to make 47 appearances in the 1921–22 campaign, as the "Villans" finished fifth in the First Division.[4] There were debuts for Tommy Mort (337), Len Capewell (157),[5] Jock Johnstone (106), George Stephenson (93), Percy Jones (15), George Harkus (4) and Martin Taylor (1).[6]

Football League First Division.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
3 Burnley 42 22 5 15 72 54 1.333 49
4 Cardiff City 42 19 10 13 61 53 1.151 48
5 Aston Villa 42 22 3 17 74 55 1.345 47
6 Bolton Wanderers 42 20 7 15 68 59 1.153 47
7 Newcastle United 42 18 10 14 59 45 1.311 46
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

See also

References

  1. ^ "Aston Villa 1–1 Birmingham, 1921–22 Division One, 11 Mar 1922". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Birmingham 1–0 Aston Villa, 1921–22 Division One, 15 Mar 1922". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. ^ Butler, Bryon (1998). 100 Seasons of League Football. England: Queen Anne Press. p. 392. ISBN 1852915951.
  4. ^ "Detailed bio". Aston Villa Database. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Len Capewell, Villa Forward, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29". AVFC History. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.


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