1910–11 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1910–11 season
Chairman	Frederick Rinder
Manager	George Ramsay
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Second Round
	Home colours
	Home colours

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.

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

Source: World Football
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

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.

References

^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/players/cards/red/season
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/bill-renneville
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jimmy-jones
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/horace-henshall
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/clem-stephenson
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/brendel-anstey
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
^ Bennett, Arnold, Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns.
^ Association Football. Publication: The Times London, England, Monday, 2 May 1910
^ "When Brighton won the Charity Shield to become champions of England". 15 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/matches/league/1910-11
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/818
^ Football. The Times London, England, Monday, 12 September 1910
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/830
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/831
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/832

External links

Aston Villa official website

[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.

[2] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/players/cards/red/season

[3] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/bill-renneville

[4] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jimmy-jones

[5] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/horace-henshall

[6] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/clem-stephenson

[7] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/brendel-anstey

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

[9] Bennett, Arnold, Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns.

[10] Association Football. Publication: The Times London, England, Monday, 2 May 1910

[11] "When Brighton won the Charity Shield to become champions of England". 15 January 2020.

[avfc1011-12] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/matches/league/1910-11

[13] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/818

[14] Football. The Times London, England, Monday, 12 September 1910

[15] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/830

[16] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/831

[17] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/832

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