1883–84 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1883–84 season
Chairman	William McGregor
FA Cup	4th round

The 1883–84 English football season was Aston Villa's 5th season in Football Association Cup, the top-level football competition at the time. This season, after victories over Walsall Swifts, Stafford Road and Wednesbury Old Athletic (7–4), Villa were given their first FA Cup game that would mean having to travel outside the Midlands. They travelled to Glasgow to play Queen's Park. At the time, Scottish clubs regularly entered the 'English' FA Cup. After another large defeat 6–1, the Villa committee decided to change the playing style. At this time, before managers or coaches, committees picked the team. For the first time, Villa would now use two backs rather than one.

There were debuts for Archibald Vale,^[1] Tom Riddell ^[2] and Robert Price.^[3]

FA Cup details

1st Round v Walsall Swifts (A) 1–0 ^[4]
2nd Round v Stafford Road (A) 5–1 ^[5]
3rd Round v Wednesbury Old Athletic (A) 7–4 ^[6]
4th Round v Queen's Park (A) 1–6 ^[7]

Birmingham Charity Cup

Aston Villa beat Albion 4–1 in the semi-final of the Birmingham Charity Cup. This was the first time that Albion had participated in this competition.^[8]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Goalscorers	Attendance
SF	5 April 1884	Aston Villa	A	1–4	Riddell (o.g.)	6,000

Source for match details:^[8]

References

^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/archibald-vale
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tom-riddell
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/robert-price
^ "🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery". AVFC History.
^ "🟩 1 Dec 1883, Villa 5-0 Stafford Road, Half-Way House Ground". AVFC History.
^ "🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 W.O.A.C, The Oval". AVFC History.
^ "🟥 19 Jan 1884, Villa 1-6 Queen's Park, Titwood Park". AVFC History.
^ ^a ^b Matthews (1987) p. 209.

[1] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/archibald-vale

[2] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tom-riddell

[3] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/robert-price

[4] "🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery". AVFC History.

[5] "🟩 1 Dec 1883, Villa 5-0 Stafford Road, Half-Way House Ground". AVFC History.

[6] "🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 W.O.A.C, The Oval". AVFC History.

[7] "🟥 19 Jan 1884, Villa 1-6 Queen's Park, Titwood Park". AVFC History.

[Wednesbury_Charity_Cup-8] Matthews (1987) p. 209.

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