1924–25 Aston Villa F.C. season

First Division
Season	1924–25
Champions	Huddersfield Town, 2nd title
Relegated	Preston North End; Nottingham Forest
Top goalscorer	Frank Roberts; (31 goals)
Biggest home win	Leeds United 6–0 Aston Villa; (25 December 1924); Blackburn 7–1 Birmingham; (2 April 1925); Bolton 6–0 Blackburn; (22 April 1925)
Biggest away win	Sheffield United 0–5 Man City; (27 September 1924); Arsenal 0–5 Huddersfield Town; (14 February 1925)
Highest scoring	Burnley 5–4 West Ham United; (28 February 1925)
	← 1923–24 1925–26 →

Aston Villa
1924–25 season
Chairman	Frederick Rinder
Manager	George Ramsay
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Third round

The 1924–25 English football season was Aston Villa's 33rd season in The Football League.

In the Second City Derby, both teams won their home fixtures.^[2] Len Capewell scored in the 1–0 victory over Birmingham at Villa Park.^[3]

Captain Frank Moss had sacrificed his wages over the summer break in a dispute with the club.^[4] Dicky York scored seven goals in 34 matches in 1924–25.

There were debuts for Wally Harris (20),^[5] Joe Eccles, Tommy Muldoon, Arthur Phoenix, George Jakeman, George Clarke, Tom Jones,^[6] Billy Dinsdale and Les Dennington (1).^[7]^[8]

Villa agreed to play the touring South Africa amateurs in October 1924.^[9]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
13	West Ham United	42	15	12	15	62	60	1.033	42
14	Sheffield United	42	13	13	16	55	63	0.873	39
15	Aston Villa	42	13	13	16	58	71	0.817	39
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	13	18	53	66	0.803	35
17	Everton	42	12	11	19	40	60	0.667	35

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

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Competition	Scorers
30 Aug 1924	Liverpool	Anfield	4–2	—	Billy Walker (2); Arthur Dorrell; Billy Kirton
1 Sep 1924	Bury	Villa Park	3–3	—	Dicky York; Billy Kirton; Len Capewell
6 Sep 1924	Newcastle United	Villa Park	0–0	—	—
8 Sep 1924	Bury	Gigg Lane	3–4	—	Frank Moss; Arthur Dorrell; Billy Walker
13 Sep 1924	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	2–2	—	Len Capewell; Billy Walker
20 Sep 1924	West Ham United	Villa Park	1–1	—	Billy Walker
27 Sep 1924	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	1–1	—	Billy Walker
2 Oct 1924	Nottingham Forest	City Ground	2–0	—	Billy Kirton; Billy Walker
4 Oct 1924	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park	1–1	—	Billy Walker
11 Oct 1924	Birmingham City	St Andrew’s	0–1	—	—
18 Oct 1924	Arsenal	Highbury	1–1	—	Billy Walker
25 Oct 1924	West Bromwich Albion	Villa Park	1–0	—	Arthur Dorrell
1 Nov 1924	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	3–1	—	George Stephenson; Len Capewell; Frank Moss
8 Nov 1924	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park	2–2	—	Billy Kirton; Billy Walker
15 Nov 1924	Notts County	Meadow Lane	0–0	—	—
22 Nov 1924	Everton	Villa Park	3–1	—	Billy Walker; Arthur Dorrell; Percy Varco
29 Nov 1924	Sunderland	Roker Park	1–1	—	George Blackburn
6 Dec 1924	Cardiff City	Villa Park	1–2	—	Billy Walker
13 Dec 1924	Preston North End	Deepdale	2–3	—	Arthur Dorrell; Billy Walker
20 Dec 1924	Burnley	Villa Park	3–0	—	Billy Kirton; Albert Surtees; Billy Walker
25 Dec 1924	Leeds United	Elland Road	0–6	—	—
26 Dec 1924	Leeds United	Villa Park	2–1	—	Arthur Phoenix (2)
3 Jan 1925	Newcastle United	St James’ Park	1–4	—	Billy Kirton
17 Jan 1925	Sheffield United	Villa Park	1–1	—	Dicky York
21 Jan 1925	Liverpool	Villa Park	1–4	—	Len Capewell
24 Jan 1925	West Ham United	Upton Park	0–2	—	—
7 Feb 1925	Huddersfield Town	Leeds Road	1–4	—	Billy Walker
14 Feb 1925	Birmingham City	Villa Park	1–0	—	Len Capewell
28 Feb 1925	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	1–4	—	Dicky York
7 Mar 1925	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	0–1	—	—
14 Mar 1925	Bolton Wanderers	Burnden Park	0–4	—	—
21 Mar 1925	Notts County	Villa Park	0–0	—	—
28 Mar 1925	Everton	Goodison Park	0–2	—	—
1 Apr 1925	Arsenal	Villa Park	4–0	—	Dicky York (2); Billy Walker; Arthur Dorrell
4 Apr 1925	Sunderland	Villa Park	1–4	—	Arthur Dorrell
10 Apr 1925	Manchester City	Villa Park	2–1	—	George Stephenson; Billy Walker
11 Apr 1925	Cardiff City	Ninian Park	1–2	—	Dicky York
13 Apr 1925	Manchester City	Maine Road	0–1	—	—
18 Apr 1925	Preston North End	Villa Park	1–0	—	Percy Varco
25 Apr 1925	Burnley	Turf Moor	1–1	—	Billy Walker
29 Apr 1925	Blackburn Rovers	Villa Park	4–3	—	George Stephenson (2); Arthur Dorrell; Billy Walker
2 May 1925	Nottingham Forest	Villa Park	2–0	—	George Stephenson (2)^[10]

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

References

^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/all-the-matches
^ "Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 1924-25 Division One, 14 Feb 1925".
^ Association Football, 29 August 1924, The Times
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/wally-harris
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tom-jones
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/les-dennington
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
^ Association Football. Friday 8 August 1924, The Times
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1304 🟩 2 May 1925, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park]

[topscorers-1] "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

[2] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/all-the-matches

[3] "Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 1924-25 Division One, 14 Feb 1925".

[4] Association Football, 29 August 1924, The Times

[5] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/wally-harris

[6] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tom-jones

[7] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/les-dennington

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

[9] Association Football. Friday 8 August 1924, The Times

[10] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1304 🟩 2 May 1925, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park]

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Aston Villa F.C. seasons
1870s	1870–71 1871–72 1872–73 1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80
1880s	1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90
1890s	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900
1900s	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

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