1905–06 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1905–06 Football League season was Aston Villa's 18th 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]

Aston Villa
1905–06 season
Chairman Frederick Rinder
Manager George Ramsay
First Division8th
FA Cupthird round

During the season Howard Spencer was captain of the club.[2]

In February 1905, after 167 league games, Harry Hadley left West Brom to join Aston Villa for a fee of £250, but played just 11 times before joining Nottingham Forest in April 1906.[3]


Football League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
6 Bolton Wanderers 38 17 7 14 81 67 1.209 41
7 Birmingham 38 17 7 14 65 59 1.102 41
8 Aston Villa 38 17 6 15 72 56 1.286 40
9 Blackburn Rovers 38 16 8 14 54 52 1.038 40
10 Stoke 38 16 7 15 54 55 0.982 39
Source:

First team squad

Arrivals

Exits

References

  1. "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  2. AVFC History: 1905-06 season
  3. Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  4. Menzies, Paul (2014). Great War Britain Middlesbrough: Remembering 1914–18. The History Press. ISBN 0752499718.
  5. "Medal Index Cards Transcription". search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. Aston Villa profile at Aston Villa Player Database
  7. Dave Pendleton (6 July 2011). "Celebrating 106 Years of Black Footballers at Valley Parade". Boy From Brazil.
  8. "Football's Black Pioneers on Radio Leeds". Football's Black Pioneers. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  9. Murray, Scott (September 2017). The Title: The Story of the First Division (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472936622. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  10. "Sunderland 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
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