1926–27 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1926–27 season
Manager	Billy Smith
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	10th
FA Cup	Fifth round

The 1926–27 Football League season in English football was Aston Villa's 35th season in The Football League.

W. J. "Billy" Smith (1893-1957) was a secretary/committee member of Aston Villa F.C. from August 1926 to May 1934. During this time, this was the equivalent of the modern day manager's position.

Dicky York bagged 13 goals in 43 games in 1926–27. In the Second City derby Villa won both home and away.^[1] Arthur Dorrell and Billy Walker scored in the 2–1 victory at St Andrews.^[2] Billy Cook, George Stephenson and Dicky York (2) scored in the 4–2 victory at Villa Park.^[3]

In September 1926 Villa were beaten 2–1 at Anfield.^[4] As the Boxing Day fixture approached The Times tipped Villa to beat Sheffield United following the Villains 3–0 victory over Huddersfield.^[5]^[6]

Right-half Jimmy Gibson^[7] played almost 200 games for Partick before a transfer to Aston Villa for a then-record fee of £7,500 in June 1927.^[8] He made 227 appearances for Aston Villa, during which time they were runners-up in the Football League twice (1930–31 and 1932–33) but were relegated in his final season with the club, 1935–36.^[9] There were also debuts for Billy Kingdon (223), Bill Johnson, Billy Cook (57) and Joe Nicholson (1).^[10]

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
8	Sheffield United	42	17	10	15	74	86	0.860	44
9	Liverpool	42	18	7	17	69	61	1.131	43
10	Aston Villa	42	18	7	17	81	83	0.976	43
11	Arsenal	42	17	9	16	77	86	0.895	43
12	Derby County	42	17	7	18	86	73	1.178	41

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

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes	Scorers
28 Aug 1926	Newcastle United	St James’ Park	0–4	—	—
30 Aug 1926	Liverpool	Villa Park	1–1	—	Len Capewell
4 Sep 1926	Burnley	Villa Park	1–1	—	Len Capewell
8 Sep 1926	Liverpool	Anfield	1–2	—	George Stephenson
11 Sep 1926	Cardiff City	Ninian Park	3–2	—	Dicky York; Len Capewell; Billy Kingdon
15 Sep 1926	Leeds United	Elland Road	1–3	—	Billy Kirton
18 Sep 1926	Bury	Villa Park	1–2	—	George Stephenson
25 Sep 1926	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park	3–4	—	Dicky York; Wally Harris; Billy Walker
2 Oct 1926	Manchester United	Old Trafford	1–2	—	Dicky York
9 Oct 1926	Derby County	Villa Park	3–1	—	Arthur Dorrell; Wally Harris; George Stephenson
16 Oct 1926	Sunderland	Roker Park	1–1	—	George Stephenson
23 Oct 1926	West Bromwich Albion	Villa Park	2–0	—	Wally Harris; Billy Walker
30 Oct 1926	Birmingham City	St Andrew’s	2–1	—	Arthur Dorrell; Billy Walker
6 Nov 1926	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	2–3	—	Billy Walker (2)
13 Nov 1926	West Ham United	Upton Park	1–5	—	Arthur Dorrell
20 Nov 1926	Sheffield Wednesday	Villa Park	2–2	—	Dicky York; Billy Kingdon
27 Nov 1926	Leicester City	Filbert Street	1–5	—	Billy Walker
4 Dec 1926	Everton	Villa Park	5–3	—	Len Capewell (3); Arthur Dorrell; George Stephenson
11 Dec 1926	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	2–0	—	Len Capewell (2)
18 Dec 1926	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park	3–0	—	Arthur Dorrell; Billy Walker; George Stephenson
25 Dec 1926	Sheffield United	Villa Park	4–0	—	Dicky York; Len Capewell; George Stephenson (2)
27 Dec 1926	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	1–3	—	Len Capewell
28 Dec 1926	Leeds United	Villa Park	5–1	—	Len Capewell; Arthur Dorrell; Billy Walker; Dicky York; George Stephenson
15 Jan 1927	Newcastle United	Villa Park	1–2	—	Arthur Dorrell
22 Jan 1927	Burnley	Turf Moor	3–6	—	Len Capewell (2); George Stephenson
29 Jan 1927	Blackburn Rovers	Villa Park	4–3	—	Billy Walker (2); Len Capewell (2)
31 Jan 1927	Cardiff City	Villa Park	0–0	—	—
5 Feb 1927	Bury	Gigg Lane	1–0	—	Len Capewell
12 Feb 1927	Bolton Wanderers	Burnden Park	2–0	—	Dicky York (2)
19 Feb 1927	Manchester United	Villa Park	2–0	—	Billy Cook; Dicky York
26 Feb 1927	Derby County	Baseball Ground	3–2	—	George Stephenson; Billy Cook (2)
5 Mar 1927	Sunderland	Villa Park	3–1	—	Billy Walker (2); Billy Cook
12 Mar 1927	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	2–6	—	Dicky York (2)
19 Mar 1927	Birmingham City	Villa Park	4–2	—	Billy Cook; George Stephenson; Dicky York
26 Mar 1927	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	1–0	—	Billy Cook
2 Apr 1927	West Ham United	Villa Park	1–5	—	Billy Cook
9 Apr 1927	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough	1–3	—	Billy Cook
15 Apr 1927	Arsenal	Highbury	1–2	—	Billy Walker
16 Apr 1927	Leicester City	Villa Park	2–0	—	Billy Cook; Jock Johnstone
18 Apr 1927	Arsenal	Villa Park	2–3	—	Billy Walker; George Stephenson
23 Apr 1927	Everton	Goodison Park	2–2	—	Billy Walker (2)
7 May 1927	Huddersfield Town	Leeds Road	0–0	—	—

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

References

^ "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History.
^ "Birmingham 1-2 Aston Villa, 1926-27 Division One, 30 Oct 1926". AVFC History.
^ "Aston Villa 4-2 Birmingham, 1926-27 Division One, 19 Mar 1927". AVFC History.
^ Association Football. 8 September 1926, The Times
^ Association Football. 24 December 1926, The Times
^ "Aston Villa 3-0 Huddersfield Town, 1926-27 Division One, 18 Dec 1926". AVFC History.
^ "Scotland player James Gibson". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Gibson, James Davidson". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

[1] "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History.

[2] "Birmingham 1-2 Aston Villa, 1926-27 Division One, 30 Oct 1926". AVFC History.

[3] "Aston Villa 4-2 Birmingham, 1926-27 Division One, 19 Mar 1927". AVFC History.

[4] Association Football. 8 September 1926, The Times

[5] Association Football. 24 December 1926, The Times

[6] "Aston Villa 3-0 Huddersfield Town, 1926-27 Division One, 18 Dec 1926". AVFC History.

[lh-7] "Scotland player James Gibson". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

[litsterprewar-8] John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[avpd-9] "Gibson, James Davidson". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[auto-10] "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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Matches

FA Cup

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