1910–11 Aston Villa F.C. season
English football club season
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The 1910-11 English football season was Aston Villa's 23rd season in the Football League competing in the First Division,[a] the top flight of English football at the time.
| 1910–11 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Frederick Rinder | |
| Manager | George Ramsay | |
| First Division | 2nd | |
| FA Cup | Second Round | |
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Cocky Hunter, the first Villa player to be ever sent off, was sent off for a second time.[1]
There were debuts for Bill Renneville,[2] Jimmy Jones,[3] Horace Henshall,[4] Clem Stephenson [5] and Brendel Anstey.[6][7]
Aston Villa featured in the plot of Arnold Bennett's 1911 comic novel The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, putting in an offer for the fictional player, Callear.[8]
Charity Shield
Aston Villa F.C. started the 1910–11 season as champions,[9] so opened the season in the Charity Shield game against Southern League champions Brighton & Hove Albion. Brighton are the only club to win just the Shield but never the FA Cup or the League. In the five years that the Charity Shield was contested by the winners of the Football League and Southern League between 1908 and 1912, this was the only occasion on which the Southern League champions prevailed. The victory remains Brighton's only national honour to date and they, not Aston Villa, were crowned the 'Champions of all England'.[10]
First Division
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United (C) | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 72 | 40 | 1.800 | 52 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 69 | 41 | 1.683 | 51 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 67 | 48 | 1.396 | 45 |
| 4 | Everton | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 36 | 1.389 | 45 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 42 | 1.214 | 45 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Matches
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Notes | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep 1910 | Oldham Athletic | Villa Park | 1–1 | — | Billy Gerrish 87'[11] |
| 10 Sep 1910 | Sunderland | Roker | 2–3 | — | Jock Logan 56', Joe Bache 75' [12][13] |
| 17 Sep 1910 | Arsenal | Villa Park | 3–0 | First win, and first clean sheet before a crowd of 20,000 | Billy Gerrish 10', Bill Renneville 66', Jock Logan 67' |
| 24 Sep 1910 | Bradford City | Valley Parade | 2–1 | — | Jimmy Jones 18', Joe Walters 89' |
| 1 Oct 1910 | Blackburn Rovers | Villa Park | 2–2 | — | Edmund Eyre 16', Joe Bache 25' |
| 8 Oct 1910 | Nottingham Forest | City Ground | 1–3 | — | Harry Hampton 8' |
| 15 Oct 1910 | Manchester City | Villa Park | 2–1 | — | Joe Bache 38', Joe Walters 2–1 |
| 22 Oct 1910 | Everton | Goodison Park | 1–0 | — | Joe Walters 63' |
| 29 Oct 1910 | Sheffield Wednesday | Villa Park | 2–1 | — | Charlie Wallace 20', Joe Bache 82' |
| 5 Nov 1910 | Bristol City | Ashton Gate | 2–1 | — | Joe Bache 12', Joe Walters 14' |
| 12 Nov 1910 | Newcastle United | Villa Park | 3–2 | — | Harry Hampton 7', 30', Joe Walters 32' |
| 19 Nov 1910 | Tottenham Hotspur | White Hart Lane | 2–1 | — | Harry Hampton 60', Joe Walters 70' |
| 26 Nov 1910 | Middlesbrough | Villa Park | 5–0 | — | Joe Bache 18', 28', 67', Harry Hampton 57', 85' |
| 3 Dec 1910 | Preston North End | Deepdale | 1–0 | — | Charlie Wallace 10' (pen) [14] |
| 10 Dec 1910 | Notts County | Villa Park | 3–1 | — | Joe Bache 18', 39', Harry Hampton 75' [15] |
| 17 Dec 1910 | Manchester United | Old Trafford | 0–2 | — | — [16] |
| 24 Dec 1910 | Liverpool | Villa Park | 1–1 | — | Harry Hampton 76' |
| 26 Dec 1910 | Bury | Villa Park | 4–1 | — | Harry Hampton 25', Horace Henshall 2–0, Joe Bache 3–0, Joe Walters 84' |
| 28 Dec 1910 | Sheffield United | Bramall Lane | 1–2 | — | Joe Walters 62' |
| 31 Dec 1910 | Oldham Athletic | Boundary Park | 1–1 | — | Edmund Eyre 38' |
| 2 Jan 1911 | Bury | Gigg Lane | 0–1 L | — | — |
| 7 Jan 1911 | Sunderland | Villa Park | 2–1 | — | Joe Bache 11', 2–1 |
| 28 Jan 1911 | Bradford City | Villa Park | 4–1 | — | Joe Walters 23', Horace Henshall 41', Harry Hampton 69' |
| 11 Feb 1911 | Nottingham Forest | Villa Park | 3–1 | — | Harry Hampton 35', Horace Henshall 55', Joe Walters 60' |
| 18 Feb 1911 | Manchester City | Hyde Road | 1–1 | — | Harry Hampton 5' |
| 25 Feb 1911 | Tottenham Hotspur | Villa Park | 4–0 | — | Charlie Wallace 16', Joe Bache 32', Clem Stephenson 52', Harry Hampton 73' |
| 4 Mar 1911 | Sheffield Wednesday | Owlerton | 0–1 | — | — |
| 11 Mar 1911 | Bristol City | Villa Park | 2–0 | — | Clem Stephenson 16', Charlie Wallace 26' |
| 15 Mar 1911 | Arsenal | Manor Ground | 1–1 | — | Clem Stephenson 20' |
| 18 Mar 1911 | Newcastle United | St James' Park | 0–1 | — | — |
| 27 Mar 1911 | Everton | Villa Park | 2–1 | — | Harry Hampton 60', Joe Walters 62' |
| 1 Apr 1911 | Middlesbrough | Ayresome Park | 1–0 | — | Horace Henshall 12' |
| 8 Apr 1911 | Preston North End | Villa Park | 0–2 | — | — |
| 14 Apr 1911 | Sheffield United | Villa Park | 3–0 | — | Charlie Wallace 35' (pen), Harry Hampton 38', Billy Gerrish 3–0 |
| 15 Apr 1911 | Notts County | Trent Bridge | 2–1 | — | Harry Hampton 37', 2–1 |
| 22 Apr 1911 | Manchester United | Villa Park | 4–2 | — | Joe Bache 25', Harry Hampton 35', Horace Henshall 62', Charlie Wallace 41' (pen) |
| 24 Apr 1911 | Blackburn Rovers | Ewood Park | 0–0 | — | — |
| 29 Apr 1911 | Liverpool | Anfield | 1–3 | — | Joe Walters 43'[11] |
Source: avfchistory.co.uk
FA Cup
First round proper
36 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The remaining sides, Stockport County, Lincoln City, Huddersfield Town and Gainsborough Trinity were entered in the fourth qualifying round. Huddersfield lost to Lincoln City and Stockport County lost to Rochdale in that round, while Lincoln City then lost to Stoke in the fifth qualifying round.
Sixteen non-league sides were given byes to the first round to bring the total number of teams up to 64. These were:
Grimsby Town had been voted out of the Football League during the 1910 close-season and were competing in the Midland League, while the others were all from the Southern League First Division.
32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 14 January 1911. Four matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Portsmouth | 1–4 | Aston Villa | 14 January 1911 |
Second round proper
The sixteen second-round matches were played on Saturday, 4 February 1911. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Manchester United | 2–1 | Aston Villa | 4 February 1911 |
Footnotes
- Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division. The Premier League took over from the First Division as the top tier of the English football league system upon its formation in 1992. The First Division then became the second tier of English football, the Second Division became the third tier and so on. The First Division is now known as the Football League Championship, while the Second Division is now known as Football League One.
