1905–06 Aston Villa F.C. season

1905–06 season of Aston Villa

Aston Villa 1905–06 football season

Aston Villa
1905–06 season
Chairman	Frederick Rinder
Manager	George Ramsay
First Division	8th
FA Cup	third round
← 1904–05 1906–07 →

Second City Derby Football team season

Second City Derby
9--2--4
← 1904-05 1906–07 →

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 started the new year having been defeated by Blackburn Rovers meaning that they had a record of DWL in the three post-Christmas fixtures.^[2]^[3] January's bad weather meant the trip to Sunderland was postponed until the end of January^[4] Villa lost both matches in the Second City derby, 0–2 away,^[5] and 1–3 at home.^[6]

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.^[7]

There were debut appearances for Charlie Millington, Barney Allen, Harry Hadley, George Garratt, Jock Logan, Joe Walters, Samuel Greenhalgh, John Boden, Joe Hisbent, Arthur Elston, Bert Kingaby, Rowland Codling, and Tom Riley (16).^[8]

Football League

Pos	Team v t e	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: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

First team squad

Billy Garraty, 37 appearances
Howard Spencer, 37 appearances
Billy George, 36 appearances, conceded 53
Harry Hampton, 35 appearances
Albert Hall, 34 appearances
Joe Bache, 34 appearances
Joe Pearson, 30 appearances
Alex Leake, 26 appearances
Jack Windmill, 16 appearances
Billy Brawn, 15 appearances
Albert Evans, 15 appearances
Albert Wilkes, 8 appearances
George Harris, 8 appearances
Jimmy Cantrell, 8 appearances
Billy Matthews, 7 appearances
Freddie Miles, 7 appearances
Harry Cooch, 6 appearances, conceded 9
Micky Noon, 5 appearances
Watty Corbett, 4 appearances
Walter Brown, 1 appearance^[2]

Arrivals

George Garratt, 17 appearances
Samuel Greenhalgh, 12 appearances
Harry Hadley, 11 appearances
Jock Logan, 11 appearances
John Boden, 10 appearances
Joey Walters, 8 appearances
Charlie Millington, 7 appearances
Bert Kingaby, 4 appearances
Tom Riley, 4 appearances
Barney Allen, 3 appearances
Rowland Codling, 3 appearances
Joe Hisbent, 2 appearances, served in the Worcestershire Regiment during the First World War.^[9]^[10]
Arthur Elston, 1 appearance

Exits

Josiah Gray
Alf Wood left in May 1905 having scored seven goals in 111 league and cup games.^[11]
Willie Clarke, the first Black professional footballer to score in the English Football League.^[12]^[13]^[14]
George Johnson to Plymouth Argyle
Mart Watkins to Sunderland. A short career at Villa Park playing just six matches and scoring once.^[15]

References

^ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c AVFC History: 1905-06 season
^ Football, 1 January 1906, The Times
^ Football, The Times, 8 January 1906
^ "Birmingham 2-0 Aston Villa, 1905-06 Division One, 16 Sep 1905". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "Aston Villa 1-3 Birmingham, 1905-06 Division One, 20 Jan 1906". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
^ Menzies, Paul (2014). Great War Britain Middlesbrough: Remembering 1914–18. The History Press. ISBN 0752499718.
^ Joseph Samuel Hisbent on Lives of the First World War
^ Aston Villa profile at Aston Villa Player Database
^ Dave Pendleton (6 July 2011). "Celebrating 106 Years of Black Footballers at Valley Parade". Boy From Brazil.
^ "Football's Black Pioneers on Radio Leeds". Football's Black Pioneers. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ Murray, Scott (September 2017). The Title: The Story of the First Division (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472936622. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ "Sunderland 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008.

External links

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