1909–10 Aston Villa F.C. season
English football club season
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The 1909â10 English football season was Aston Villa's 22nd season in the Football League. Villa finished the season as the league's champions for a then record sixth time. This would be Villa's last league title for 71 years, until they won the 1981 title. Arsenal finally matched Villa's record of six top division titles in 1948 and exceeded it with their seventh title in 1953.
| 1909â10 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Frederick Rinder | |
| Manager | George Ramsay | |
| First Division | Champions (6) | |
| FA Cup | Round 3 | |
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Bolton Wanderers
(30 goals)[1]
| Season | 1909â10 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Aston Villa, 6th English title |
| Relegated | Chelsea Bolton Wanderers |
| Top goalscorer | Jack Parkinson (30 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Blackburn 7â0 Woolwich Arsenal (2 October 1909) |
| Biggest away win | Middlesbrough 0â5 Bury (12 February 1910) |
| Highest scoring | Liverpool 6â5 Newcastle United (4 December 1910) |
â 1908â09 1910â11 â | |
This season saw a straight fight between Villa and Liverpool and they finished well clear of the rest. Villa's record included a 15-match run without defeat. They built on this to finish five points ahead of Liverpool. The Villa team included centre-forward Harry Hampton and inside-forward Joe Bache. In their Villa careers, Hampton scored 213 goals in 338 appearances and Bache 167 in 431. Hampton was just 5 ft 8in tall and was a fearless, fast moving player on the field. The ever-present outside-right Charlie Wallace also enjoyed a long career at the club, scoring 54 goals in 314 League games.
Cocky Hunter became the first Villa player to be ever sent off.[2]
There were debuts for Billy Gerrish (55) [3] and Arthur Moss.[4][5]
Final League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aston Villa (C) | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 84 | 42 | 2.000 | 53 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 78 | 57 | 1.368 | 48 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 73 | 55 | 1.327 | 45 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 56 | 1.250 | 45 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 69 | 61 | 1.131 | 45 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Matches
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Notes | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 1909 | Arsenal | H | 5â1 | â | Joe Bache (2), Albert Hall, Billy Gerrish, Joe Walters [6] |
| 4 Sep 1909 | Bolton | A | 2â1 | â | Charlie Wallace, Albert Hall (pen) [7] |
| 11 Sep 1909 | Chelsea | H | 4â1 | â | Billy Gerrish (3), Joe Bache [8] |
| 18 Sep 1909 | Blackburn | A | 2â3 | â | Billy Gerrish, Charlie Wallace [9] |
| 25 Sep 1909 | Nottingham Forest | H | 0â0 | â | â [10] |
| 2 Oct 1909 | Sunderland | A | 1â1 | â | Albert Hall [11] |
| 9 Oct 1909 | Everton | H | 3â1 | â | Harry Hampton (2), George Hunter [12] |
| 16 Oct 1909 | Manchester United | A | 0â2 | â | â [13] |
| 23 Oct 1909 | Bradford City | H | 3â1 | â | Harry Hampton, Billy Gerrish, Albert Hall |
| 30 Oct 1909 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 2â3 | â | Harry Hampton (2) |
| 6 Nov 1909 | Bristol City | H | 1â0 | â | Billy Gerrish |
| 13 Nov 1909 | Bury | A | 2â0 | â | Joe Bache (2) |
| 20 Nov 1909 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 3â2 | â | Billy Gerrish, Joe Bache, Harry Hampton |
| 27 Nov 1909 | Preston North End | A | 0â1 | â | â |
| 4 Dec 1909 | Notts County | H | 1â1 | â | Harry Hampton |
| 11 Dec 1909 | Newcastle United | A | 0â1 | â | â |
| 18 Dec 1909 | Liverpool | H | 3â1 | â | Harry Hampton, Joe Bache (2) |
| 25 Dec 1909 | Sheffield United | A | 1â0 | â | Billy Gerrish |
| 27 Dec 1909 | Sheffield United | H | 2â1 | â | Harry Hampton, Joe Bache |
| 1 Jan 1910 | Nottingham Forest | A | 4â1 | â | Joe Bache, Harry Hampton (3) |
| 8 Jan 1910 | Bolton | H | 3â1 | â | Joe Bache, Billy Gerrish, Harry Hampton |
| 22 Jan 1910 | Chelsea | A | 0â0 | â | â |
| 29 Jan 1910 | Blackburn | H | 4â3 | â | Harry Hampton (3), Joe Bache |
| 12 Feb 1910 | Sunderland | H | 3â2 | â | Joe Walters, Chris Buckley, Billy Gerrish |
| 26 Feb 1910 | Manchester United | H | 7â1 | â | Billy Gerrish (2), Joe Walters (3), Harry Hampton (2) |
| 5 Mar 1910 | Bradford City | A | 2â1 | â | Joe Bache, Own goal |
| 12 Mar 1910 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 5â0 | â | Albert Hall (2), Charlie Wallace (pen), Joe Bache (2) |
| 14 Mar 1910 | Everton | A | 0â0 | â | â |
| 19 Mar 1910 | Bristol City | A | 0â0 | â | â |
| 25 Mar 1910 | Middlesbrough | H | 4â2 | â | Harry Hampton (3), Joe Bache |
| 26 Mar 1910 | Bury | H | 4â1 | â | Harry Hampton (3), Joe Walters |
| 28 Mar 1910 | Middlesbrough | A | 2â3 | â | Charlie Wallace (2 pens) |
| 2 Apr 1910 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1â1 | â | Joe Bache |
| 9 Apr 1910 | Preston North End | H | 3â0 | â | Harry Hampton, Joe Bache, Billy Gerrish |
| 11 Apr 1910 | Arsenal | A | 0â1 | â | â |
| 16 Apr 1910 | Notts County | A | 3â2 | â | Edmund Eyre, Harry Hampton, Charlie Wallace |
| 27 Apr 1910 | Newcastle United | H | 4â0 | â | Joe Bache, Charlie Wallace (pen), Edmund Eyre, Harry Hampton |
| 30 Apr 1910 | Liverpool | A | 0â2 [14] | â | â |
Source: avfchistory.co.uk
