1904–05 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1904–05 season
Chairman	Frederick Rinder
Manager	George Ramsay
First Division	4th
FA Cup	winners

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]

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

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, who was born only a few miles from the now Villa Park.

Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification
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	FA Cup 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:

First team squad

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

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

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[OffHist0039-1] "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-28.

[avfc-2] AVFC History: 1904-05 season

[MailVilla-3] This Day's Matches. Birmingham Daily Mail. 25 February 1905. p. 4.

[4] Matthews (1995), Complete Record. p. 57.

[Inglis-5] Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.