1900–01 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1900–01 season
Chairman	Frederick Rinder
Manager	George Ramsay
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
Home colours	Away colours

The 1900–01 English football season was Aston Villa's 13th season in the Football League, competing in the First Division,^[a] the top flight of English football at the time. The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era.^[1] During the season Jimmy Crabtree, Jack Devey, and Howard Spencer shared the captaincy of the club.^[2] Billy Garraty, great-great-grandfather of Jack Grealish, made the most appearances during the season.^[3]^[4] Goalkeeper & first-class cricketer, Billy George was next with 39 appearances.

Second Division Small Heath F.C. took part in the 1900–01 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing in the third round to Aston Villa after a replay, Villa's Billy Garraty being the sole scorer over the two fixtures. Small Heath also lost to Villa in the semi-final of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup.^[5]

On 1 December 1900, Villa recorded the biggest home win in the League that season, 7–1 against Manchester City in front of a crowd of 12,000. When Aston Villa played away at Stoke on 29 December 1900, the home club registered its biggest home attendance of the season.

There were debuts for Arthur Millar,^[6] Joe Pearson,^[7] Albert Brown,^[8] Joe Bache,^[9] Frank Lloyd,^[10] Alf Wood,^[11] Jimmy Murray,^[12] Tom Gilson,^[13] Jack Whitley,^[14] Tommy Wilson ^[15] and Willie McAulay (4).^[16]^[17]

Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	9	13	12	39	55	0.709	31
14	Sheffield United	34	12	7	15	35	52	0.673	31
15	Aston Villa	34	10	10	14	45	51	0.882	30
16	Stoke	34	11	5	18	46	57	0.807	27
17	Preston North End (R)	34	9	7	18	49	75	0.653	25	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes	Scorers
1 Sep 1900	Stoke	Villa Park	2–0	—	Charlie Athersmith; Steve Smith ^[18]
3 Sep 1900	Preston	Villa Park	4–0	—	Jack Devey (3); Billy Garraty
8 Sep 1900	Albion	Hawthorns	1–0	—	George Johnson
10 Sep 1900	Bury	Villa Park	1–0	—	Jack Devey
15 Sep 1900	Everton	Villa Park	1–2	—	Jack Devey
22 Sep 1900	Sunderland	Roker	0–0	—	—
29 Sep 1900	Derby	Villa Park	2–1	—	Jack Devey (2)
6 Oct 1900	Bolton	Burnden	0–1	—	—
13 Oct 1900	Notts County	Villa Park	1–2	—	George Johnson
20 Oct 1900	Preston	Deepdale	2–0	—	Steve Smith; Billy Garraty
27 Oct 1900	Wolves	Villa Park	0–0	—	—
29 Oct 1900	Blackburn	Villa Park	3–3	—	Charlie Athersmith (2); Bobby Templeton
3 Nov 1900	Wednesday	Owlerton	2–3	—	Billy Garraty; George Johnson
10 Nov 1900	Liverpool	Anfield	1–5	—	George Johnson
17 Nov 1900	Newcastle	Villa Park	2–2	—	Albert Wilkes; George Johnson
24 Nov 1900	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	2–2	—	Albert Brown (2)
1 Dec 1900	Manchester City	Villa Park	7–1	—	Jack Devey; Albert Wilkes; Billy Garraty; George Johnson (4)
8 Dec 1900	Bury	Gigg Lane	1–3	—	Steve Smith
15 Dec 1900	Forest	Villa Park	2–1	—	Jack Devey (2)
22 Dec 1900	Blackburn	Ewood	2–2	—	Steve Smith; Billy Garraty
26 Dec 1900	Bolton	Villa Park	3–0	—	Jack Devey (2); Charlie Athersmith
29 Dec 1900	Stoke	Victoria Ground	0–0	—	—
5 Jan 1901	Albion	Villa Park	0–1	—	—
12 Jan 1901	Everton	Goodison	1–2	—	Billy Garraty
19 Jan 1901	Sunderland	Villa Park	2–2	—	Jack Devey; Billy Garraty
16 Feb 1901	Notts County	Trent Bridge	0–2	—	—
9 Mar 1901	Wednesday	Villa Park	2–1	—	Billy Garraty; Frank Lloyd
16 Mar 1901	Liverpool	Villa Park	0–2	—	—
30 Mar 1901	Sheffield United	Villa Park	0–0	—	—
8 Apr 1901	Wolves	Molineux	0–0	—	—
17 Apr 1901	Newcastle	St James'	0–3	—	—
20 Apr 1901	Forest	City Ground	1–3	—	Joe Bache
22 Apr 1901	Derby	Baseball Ground	0–3	—	—
27 Apr 1901	Manchester City	Hyde Road	0–4 ^[18]	—	—

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

Players

Billy Garraty, 41 appearances
Billy George, 39 appearances, conceded 27
Steve Smith, 36 appearances
Jack Devey, 33 appearances
Albert Evans, 33 appearances
Jimmy Cowan, 30 appearances
Charlie Athersmith, 32 appearances
Howard Spencer, 21 appearances
Jimmy Crabtree, 32 appearances
Tommy Bowman, 31 appearances
George Johnson, 25 appearances
Charlie Aston, 6 appearances
Albert Wilkes, 31 appearances
Bobby Templeton, 20 appearances
Chris Mann, 3 appearances
Micky Noon, 13 appearances
Willie McAuley, 6 appearances
Joe Pearson, 6 appearances
Albert Brown, 2 appearances
Joe Bache, 7 appearances
Frank Lloyd, 3 appearances
Alf Wood, 4 appearances
Jimmy Murray, 1 appearance
Tom Gilson, 2 appearances
Jack Whitley, 3 appearances, conceded 10
Tommy Wilson, 1 appearance
Arthur Millar, 1 appearance ^[2]

References

^ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
^ ^a ^b AVFC History: 1900-01 season Archived 22 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
^ Kendrick, Mat (26 May 2015). "Aston Villa v Arsenal: This 1905 FA Cup winner is related to a current Villa star – find out who". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Player info: William Garraty". Englandstats.com. Davey Naylor. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Birmingham Charity Cup. Semi-Final Ties". Birmingham Daily Post. 18 September 1900. p. 8.
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/arthur-millar
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/joe-pearson
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/albert-brown
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/joe-bache
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/frank-lloyd
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/alf-wood
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jimmy-murray
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tom-gilson
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jack-whitley
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tommy-wilson
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/willie-mcaulay
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
^ ^a ^b https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/matches/league/1900-01

Notes

^ 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.

External links

Aston Villa official website
avfchistory.co.uk The Matches

[OffHist0039-2] "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.

[avfc-3] AVFC History: 1900-01 season Archived 22 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Kendrick, Mat (26 May 2015). "Aston Villa v Arsenal: This 1905 FA Cup winner is related to a current Villa star – find out who". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[5] "Player info: William Garraty". Englandstats.com. Davey Naylor. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[6] "Birmingham Charity Cup. Semi-Final Ties". Birmingham Daily Post. 18 September 1900. p. 8.

[7] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/arthur-millar

[8] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/joe-pearson

[9] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/albert-brown

[10] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/joe-bache

[11] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/frank-lloyd

[12] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/alf-wood

[13] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jimmy-murray

[14] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tom-gilson

[15] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jack-whitley

[16] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tommy-wilson

[17] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/willie-mcaulay

[18] "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

[avfc0001-19] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/matches/league/1900-01

[Topdivision-1] 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.

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