1911–12 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)
Aston Villa
1911–12 season
ChairmanEngland Frederick Rinder
ManagerScotland George Ramsay
First Division6th
FA CupRound 2
"Happy" Harry Hampton, League top scorer

The 1911-12 English football season was the 24th season in the Football League for Aston Villa.

"Happy" Harry Hampton was a prolific goalscorer and scored five goals when Aston Villa beat Sheffield Wednesday 10–0 in a First Division match in 1912.[1] Hampton was joint top goalscorer in the First Division this season.[2] "The Wellington Whirlwind," played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920.[1]

In March, Justice A.T. Lawrence established the legality of the football league's retain-and-transfer system with his judgement in the Kingaby case.[3] Former Aston Villa player Herbert Kingaby had brought legal proceedings against his old club for preventing him from playing. Erroneous strategy by Kingaby's counsel resulted in the suit being dismissed.[4]

There were debuts for Dicky Roose, Les Askew, Jimmy Birch, Harold Edgley, Bert Goode, Tommy Weston, Frank Mann, Albert Ralphs, Albert Lindon, Len Richards, Walter Watson, Bill Morris and Wilfred Littlewood.[5]

Final League table

Main article: 1911–12 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Blackburn Rovers (C) 38 20 9 9 60 43 1.395 49
2 Everton 38 20 6 12 46 42 1.095 46
3 Newcastle United 38 18 8 12 64 50 1.280 44
4 Bolton Wanderers 38 20 3 15 54 43 1.256 43
5 The Wednesday 38 16 9 13 69 49 1.408 41
6 Aston Villa 38 17 7 14 76 63 1.206 41
7 Middlesbrough 38 16 8 14 56 45 1.244 40
8 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 58 51 1.137 39
9 West Bromwich Albion 38 15 9 14 43 47 0.915 39
10 Woolwich Arsenal 38 15 8 15 55 59 0.932 38
11 Bradford City 38 15 8 15 46 50 0.920 38
12 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 9 15 53 53 1.000 37
13 Manchester United 38 13 11 14 45 60 0.750 37
14 Sheffield United 38 13 10 15 63 56 1.125 36
15 Manchester City 38 13 9 16 56 58 0.966 35
16 Notts County 38 14 7 17 46 63 0.730 35
17 Liverpool 38 12 10 16 49 55 0.891 34
18 Oldham Athletic 38 12 10 16 46 54 0.852 34
19 Preston North End (R) 38 13 7 18 40 57 0.702 33 Relegation to the Second Division
20 Bury (R) 38 6 9 23 32 59 0.542 21
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AST BLB BOL BRA BRY EVE LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NTC OLD PNE SHU SUN TOT WED WBA WOO
Aston Villa 0–3 0–1 0–0 5–2 3–0 5–0 3–1 6–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 6–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–3 0–3 4–1
Blackburn Rovers 3–1
Bolton Wanderers 3–0
Bradford City 2–1
Bury 1–1
Everton 1–1
Liverpool 1–2
Manchester City 2–6
Manchester United 3–1
Middlesbrough 1–2
Newcastle United 6–2
Notts County 2–0
Oldham Athletic 1–2
Preston North End 4–1
Sheffield United 0–1
Sunderland 2–2
Tottenham Hotspur 2–1
The Wednesday 3–0
West Bromwich Albion 2–2
Woolwich Arsenal 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Harry Hampton, Aston Villa and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ Ross, James M (7 November 2008). "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  3. ^ Matthew Taylor, ‘Sutcliffe, Charles Edward (1864–1939)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  4. ^ David McArdle, LLB PhD, The Football League's player registration scheme and the Kingaby case Archived 2010-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 16 December 2012
  5. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.