1904–05 Aston Villa F.C. season
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]
| 1904–05 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman |  Frederick Rinder |
| Manager |  George Ramsay |
| First Division | 4th |
| FA Cup | winners |
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 |
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
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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.