1912–13 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)
Aston Villa
1912–13 season
ChairmanFrederick Rinder
ManagerGeorge Ramsay
First Division2nd
FA CupWinners
1913 FA Cup Final
Programme cover
Event1912–13 FA Cup
Aston Villa Sunderland
1 0
Date19 April 1913
VenueCrystal Palace, London
RefereeA. Adams
Attendance121,919
"Happy" Harry Hampton, scored five in 10-0 victory.

The 1912–13 English football season was the 25th season in the Football League for Aston Villa.

Andy Ducat's ability and success with England brought attention from bigger clubs than Woolwich Arsenal. His then current club was, at the time, going through a financial crisis. Ducat was finally sold for £1,000 to England's most successful club Aston Villa in 1912, having played 188 matches and scored 21 goals for Arsenal. After suffering a broken leg in his first season at Villa, he recovered to become a stalwart in the side, captaining Villa to their sixth FA Cup win in 1919–20,

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

Tommy Barber scored the winning goal for Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final.[3]

Sam Hardy became one of the best goalkeepers of his generation while at Liverpool. By the time he was allowed to join Villa in 1912 he had earned himself the nickname 'Safe and Steady Sam'.[4] He had made 239 appearances between the sticks for the Reds before he arrived for £1500. He would go on to win two FA Cups in 1913 and 1920 with Aston Villa. There were also debuts for Harold Halse, Jimmy Harrop, Andy Ducat, Andy McLachlan, Jimmy Leach, Tommy Barber, Arthur Dobson and Stuart Doncaster.[5]

Final League table

Main article: 1912–13 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Sunderland (C) 38 25 4 9 86 43 2.000 54
2 Aston Villa 38 19 12 7 86 52 1.654 50
3 The Wednesday 38 21 7 10 75 55 1.364 49
4 Manchester United 38 19 8 11 69 43 1.605 46
5 Blackburn Rovers 38 16 13 9 79 43 1.837 45
6 Manchester City 38 18 8 12 53 37 1.432 44
7 Derby County 38 17 8 13 69 66 1.045 42
8 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 10 12 62 63 0.984 42
9 Oldham Athletic 38 14 14 10 50 55 0.909 42
10 West Bromwich Albion 38 13 12 13 57 50 1.140 38
11 Everton 38 15 7 16 48 54 0.889 37
12 Liverpool 38 16 5 17 61 71 0.859 37
13 Bradford City 38 12 11 15 50 60 0.833 35
14 Newcastle United 38 13 8 17 47 47 1.000 34
15 Sheffield United 38 14 6 18 56 70 0.800 34
16 Middlesbrough 38 11 10 17 55 69 0.797 32
17 Tottenham Hotspur 38 12 6 20 45 72 0.625 30
18 Chelsea 38 11 6 21 51 73 0.699 28
19 Notts County (R) 38 7 9 22 28 56 0.500 23 Relegation to the Second Division
20 Woolwich Arsenal (R) 38 3 12 23 26 74 0.351 18
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 CHE DER EVE LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NTC OLD SHU SUN TOT WED WBA WOO
Aston Villa 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 4–2 5–1 3–1 1–0 7–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 10–0 2–4 4–1
Blackburn Rovers 2–2
Bolton Wanderers 2–3
Bradford City 1–1
Chelsea 1–2
Derby County 0–1
Everton 0–1
Liverpool 2–0
Manchester City 1–0
Manchester United 4–0
Middlesbrough 1–1
Newcastle United 2–3
Notts County 1–1
Oldham Athletic 2–2
Sheffield United 3–2
Sunderland 3–1
Tottenham Hotspur 3–3
The Wednesday 1–1
West Bromwich Albion 2–2
Woolwich Arsenal 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
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. ^ "Great games: Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 0 – April 19, 1913". Birmingham Mail. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. ^ Williams, John (1 April 2011). Reds: Liverpool Football Club – The Biography. Random House. ISBN 9781845969578.
  5. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.