1912–13 Aston Villa F.C. season

1913 FA Cup Final
	Programme cover
Event	1912–13 FA Cup
Date	19 April 1913
Venue	Crystal Palace, London
Referee	A. Adams
Attendance	121,919

Aston Villa
1912–13 season
Chairman	Frederick Rinder
Manager	George Ramsay
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Winners
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1912–13 English football season was Aston Villa's 25th season in the Football League. Aston Villa won the FA Cup competition for the fifth time matching the record jointly held with Wanderers F.C. and Blackburn Rovers.

Andy Ducat's ability and success with England brought attention from bigger clubs than Woolwich Arsenal. His then current club was, at the time, going through a financial crisis. Ducat was finally sold for £1,000 to England's most successful club Aston Villa in 1912, having played 188 matches and scored 21 goals for Arsenal. After suffering a broken leg in his first season at Villa, he recovered to become a stalwart in the side, captaining Villa to their sixth FA Cup win in 1919–20,

"Happy" Harry Hampton was a prolific goalscorer and scored five goals when Aston Villa beat Wednesday 10–0 in a First Division match in 1912.^[1]^[2] "The Wellington Whirlwind," played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920.^[1]

Tommy Barber scored the winning goal for Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final.^[3]

Sam Hardy became one of the best goalkeepers of his generation while at Liverpool. By the time he was allowed to join Villa in 1912 he had earned himself the nickname 'Safe and Steady Sam'.^[4] He had made 239 appearances between the sticks for the Reds before he arrived for £1500. He would go on to win two FA Cups in 1913 and 1920 with Aston Villa. There were also debuts for Harold Halse, Jimmy Harrop, Andy Ducat, Andy McLachlan,^[5] Jimmy Leach, Tommy Barber, Arthur Dobson and Stuart Doncaster.^[6]

Final League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Sunderland (C)	38	25	4	9	86	43	2.000	54
2	Aston Villa	38	19	12	7	86	52	1.654	50
3	The Wednesday	38	21	7	10	75	55	1.364	49
4	Manchester United	38	19	8	11	69	43	1.605	46
5	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	13	9	79	43	1.837	45

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

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes	Scorers
2 Sep 1912	Chelsea	Villa Park	1–0	—	Clem Stephenson (1')
7 Sep 1912	Bradford	Villa Park	3–1	—	Harold Halse (5'); Joe Bache (12'); Albert Hall (53')
9 Sep 1912	Oldham	Boundary Park	2–2	—	Joe Bache (6'); Charlie Wallace (61' pen)
14 Sep 1912	Manchester City	Hyde Road	0–1	—	—
16 Sep 1912	Arsenal	Manor Ground	3–0	—	Clem Stephenson (8'); Harry Hampton (63', 67')
21 Sep 1912	Albion	Villa Park	2–4	—	Joe Bache (2', 52')
28 Sep 1912	Everton	Goodison	1–0	—	Harold Halse (80')
5 Oct 1912	Wednesday	Villa Park	10–0	—	Harold Halse (3'); Harry Hampton (14', 28', 36', 47', 60'); Clem Stephenson (30', 38'); Joe Bache (57', 77')
12 Oct 1912	Blackburn	Ewood	2–2	—	Harold Halse (75', 80')
19 Oct 1912	Derby	Villa Park	5–1	—	Harold Halse (6', 8', 61', 81', 87')
26 Oct 1912	Spurs	White Hart Lane	3–3	—	Harold Halse (22', 64'); Clem Stephenson (85')
2 Nov 1912	Boro	Villa Park	5–1	—	Charlie Wallace (5' pen); Harry Hampton (20', 82'); Harold Halse (35'); Clem Stephenson (46')
9 Nov 1912	Notts County	Meadow Lane	1–1	—	Harry Hampton (5')
16 Nov 1912	United	Villa Park	4–2	—	Joe Bache (16'); Harry Hampton (30', 40'); Clem Stephenson (51')
23 Nov 1912	Sunderland	Roker	1–3	—	Harry Hampton (70')
30 Nov 1912	Liverpool	Anfield	0–2	—	—
7 Dec 1912	Bolton	Villa Park	1–1	—	Charlie Wallace (89' pen)
14 Dec 1912	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	2–3	—	Harold Halse (1–0, 35')
21 Dec 1912	Newcastle	Villa Park	3–1	—	Harry Hampton (22'); Joe Bache (44'); Charlie Wallace (84')
26 Dec 1912	Oldham	Villa Park	7–1	—	Harry Hampton (8', 44', 61'); Harold Halse (30', 65'); Clem Stephenson (50', 60')
28 Dec 1912	Bradford	Valley Parade	1–1	—	Clem Stephenson (62')
4 Jan 1913	Manchester City	Villa Park	2–0	—	Harold Halse (2'); Harry Hampton (60')
18 Jan 1913	Albion	Hawthorns	2–2	—	Harry Hampton (42'); Jimmy Harrop (85')
25 Jan 1913	Everton	Villa Park	1–1	—	Harry Hampton (31')
8 Feb 1913	Wednesday	Owlerton	1–1	—	Albert Hall (43')
15 Feb 1913	Blackburn	Villa Park	1–1	—	Tommy Barber (4')
1 Mar 1913	Spurs	Villa Park	1–0	—	Andy McLachlan (72')
12 Mar 1913	Derby	Baseball Ground	1–0	—	Clem Stephenson (5')
15 Mar 1913	Notts County	Villa Park	1–0	—	Clem Stephenson (55')
21 Mar 1913	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	2–1	—	Harry Hampton (1–0); Jimmy Leach (2–0)
22 Mar 1913	United	Old Trafford	0–4	—	—
24 Mar 1913	Arsenal	Villa Park	4–1	—	Howard Halse (1', 6'); Joe Bache (80'); Albert Hall (90')
5 Apr 1913	Liverpool	Villa Park	1–3	—	Stuart Doncaster (89')
9 Apr 1913	Boro	Ayresome	1–1	—	Harry Hampton (21')
12 Apr 1913	Bolton	Burnden	3–2	—	Tommy Barber (58'); Harry Hampton (88'); Clem Stephenson (89')
23 Apr 1913	Sunderland	Villa Park	1–1	—	Howard Halse (1–1)
26 Apr 1913	Newcastle	St James'	3–1	—	Clem Stephenson (5'); Charlie Wallace (12'); Harry Hampton (18')
28 Apr 1913	Sheffield United	Villa Park	4–2	—	Charlie Wallace (21', 40'); Andy McLachlan (55'); Harry Hampton (82')

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

References

^ ^a ^b "Harry Hampton, Aston Villa and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ Ross, James M (7 November 2008). "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
^ "Great games: Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 0 – April 19, 1913". Birmingham Mail. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
^ Williams, John (1 April 2011). Reds: Liverpool Football Club – The Biography. Random House. ISBN 9781845969578.
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/andy-mclachlan
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

External links

Aston Villa official website

[FATFWW-1] "Harry Hampton, Aston Villa and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

[2] Ross, James M (7 November 2008). "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 November 2008.

[birminghammail-3] "Great games: Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 0 – April 19, 1913". Birmingham Mail. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

[4] Williams, John (1 April 2011). Reds: Liverpool Football Club – The Biography. Random House. ISBN 9781845969578.

[5] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/andy-mclachlan

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

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Final League table

Matches

FA Cup

See also

References

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