1900–01 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 1900–01 Football League season was Aston Villa's 13th season in the Football League 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 Jimmy Crabtree, Jack Devey, and Howard Spencer shared the captaincy of the club.[2] Billy Garraty, great-great grandfather of Jack Grealish, made the most appearances during the season.[3][4] Goalkeeper & first-class cricketer, Billy George was next with 39 appearances.
1900–01 season | |
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First Division | 15th |
FA Cup | Semi-Finals |
On 1 December 1900, Villa recorded the biggest home win in the League that season, 7–1 against Manchester City in front of a crowd of 12,000. When Aston Villa played away at Stoke on 29 December 1900, the home club registered its biggest home attendance of the season.
Football League
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 39 | 55 | 0.709 | 31 | |
14 | Sheffield United | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 52 | 0.673 | 31 | |
15 | Aston Villa | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 51 | 0.882 | 30 | |
16 | Stoke | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 46 | 57 | 0.807 | 27 | |
17 | Preston North End | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 49 | 75 | 0.653 | 25 | Relegated |
First team squad
Billy Garraty, 41 appearances
Billy George, 39 appearances, conceded 27
Steve Smith, 36 appearances
Jack Devey, 33 appearances
Albert Evans, 33 appearances
Jimmy Cowan, 30 appearances
Charlie Athersmith, 32 appearances
Howard Spencer, 21 appearances
Jimmy Crabtree, 32 appearances
Tommy Bowman, 31 appearances
George Johnson, 25 appearances
Charlie Aston, 6 appearances
Albert Wilkes, 31 appearances
Bobby Templeton, 20 appearances
Chris Mann, 3 appearances
Micky Noon, 13 appearances
- Willie McAuley, 6 appearances
Joe Pearson, 6 appearances
Albert Brown, 2 appearances
Joe Bache, 7 appearances
Frank Lloyd, 3 appearances
Alf Wood, 4 appearances
Jimmy Murray, 1 appearance
- Tom Gilson, 2 appearances
Jack Whitley, 3 appearances, conceded 10
Tommy Wilson, 1 appearance
Arthur Millar, 1 appearance [2]
References
- "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- AVFC History: 1900-01 season
- Kendrick, Mat (26 May 2015). "Aston Villa v Arsenal: This 1905 FA Cup winner is related to a current Villa star – find out who". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- "Player info: William Garraty". Englandstats.com. Davey Naylor. Retrieved 15 August 2018.