1904–05 Aston Villa F.C.

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Harry Hampton scores one of his two goals in the 1905 FA Cup Final where Aston Villa defeated Newcastle
United

Aston Villa

1904–05 season

Chairman  Frederick Rinder

Manager  George Ramsay

First Division 4th

FA Cup winners

← 1903–04

1905–06 →

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]
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,[3] 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.[4][5]
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.

Football League[edit]
Team
Pt
Pos Pld W D L GF GA GAv Qualification
 v  s
 t 
 e 
2 Everton 34 21 5 8 63 36 1.750 47
3 Manchester City 34 20 6 8 66 37 1.784 46
FA Cup
4 Aston Villa 34 19 4 11 63 43 1.465 42
Winners
5 Sunderland 34 16 8 10 60 44 1.364 40
6 Sheffield United 34 19 2 13 64 56 1.143 40
Source:[citation needed]

First team squad[edit]

  Billy George, 39 appearances, conceded 46
  Billy Brawn, 37 appearances
  Joe Bache, 37 appearances
  Billy Garraty, 37 appearances
  Alex Leake, 36 appearances
  Freddie Miles, 35 appearances
  Joe Pearson, 31 appearances
  Jack Windmill, 30 appearances
  Harry Hampton, 28 appearances
  Albert Hall, 28 appearances
  Howard Spencer, 24 appearances
  Albert Wilkes, 10 appearances
  Billy Matthews, 7 appearances
  Alf Wood, 6 appearances
  Willie Clarke, 5 appearances
  Albert Evans, 5 appearances
   Micky Noon, 5 appearances
  George Johnson, 3 appearances
 Harry Cooch, 1 appearance, conceded 2
  Mart Watkins, 1 appearance
 Josiah Gray, 7 appearances
 Walter Brown, 11 appearances
 Jimmy Cantrell, 3 appearances
 Watty Corbett, 1 appearance [2]

References[edit]
1. ^ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk.
Archived from  the original on 24 August 2006.
Retrieved 2007-10-28.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b AVFC History: 1904-05 season
3. ^ This Day's Matches. Birmingham Daily Mail. 25 February
1905. p. 4.
4. ^ Matthews (1995), Complete Record. p. 57.
5. ^ Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.)
London: CollinsWillow. p. 44. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.

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