1904–05 Aston Villa F.C. season

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

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

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
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions


First team squad

See also

References

  1. ^ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b AVFC History: 1904-05 season
  3. ^ "Aston Villa 2-1 Small Heath, 1904-05 Division One, 29 Oct 1904". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Small Heath 0-3 Aston Villa, 1904-05 Division One, 25 Feb 1905". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ^ This Day's Matches. Birmingham Daily Mail. 25 February 1905. p. 4.
  6. ^ Matthews (1995), Complete Record. p. 57.
  7. ^ Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
  8. ^ a b "Harry Hampton, Aston Villa and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.