1909–10 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season May 2025 December 2014 Aston Villa 1909–10 George Ramsay Frederick Rinder President Joseph Ansell First Division Champions (6) FA Cup Round 3 _claretborder _thinskycollar _claretborder _band_blue 00aef0 c1081b 00aef0 c1081b 1908–09 1910–11 First Division 1909–10 Aston Villa, 6th English title ChelseaBolton Wanderers Jack Parkinson(30 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-10-31 Blackburn 7–0 Woolwich Arsenal(2 October 1909) Middlesbrough 0–5 Bury(12 February 1910) Liverpool 6–5 Newcastle United(4 December 1910) 1908–09 1910–11 Early history of Aston Villa Aston Villa records The 1909–10 English football season was Aston Villa's 22nd season in the Football League. Villa finished the season as the league's champions for a then record sixth time. This would be Villa's last league title for 71 years. This season saw a straight fight between Villa and Liverpool and they finished well clear of the rest. Villa's record included a 15-match run without defeat. They built on this to finish five points ahead of Liverpool. First Division First Division y AVL Matches 1 September 1909 Aston Villa 5–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/775 Woolwich Arsenal Joe Bache (2); Albert Hall; Billy Gerrish; Joe Walters W After a wet summer, the dismal weather continued. It rained the whole afternoon leaving a very slippery pitch. Barely 6,000 braved the elements. Aston Villa played in white while Arsenal played in blue jerseys.Aston Villa v Woolwich Birmingham Evening Mail, 1 September 1909, p3 4 September 1909 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/776 Aston Villa Charlie Wallace; Albert Hall (pen) W 11 September 1909 Aston Villa 4–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/777 Chelsea Billy Gerrish (3); Joe Bache W 18 September 1909 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/778 Aston Villa Billy Gerrish; Charlie Wallace L 25 September 1909 Aston Villa 0–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/779 Nottingham Forest D 2 October 1909 Sunderland 1–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/780 Aston Villa Albert Hall D 9 October 1909 Aston Villa 3–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/781 Everton Harry Hampton (2); George Hunter W 16 October 1909 Manchester United 2–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/782 Aston Villa L 23 October 1909 Aston Villa 3–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/783 Bradford City Harry Hampton; Billy Gerrish; Albert Hall W 30 October 1909 Sheffield Wednesday 3–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/784 Aston Villa Harry Hampton (2) L 6 November 1909 Aston Villa 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/785 Bristol City Billy Gerrish W 13 November 1909 Bury 0–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/786 Aston Villa Joe Bache (2) W 20 November 1909 Aston Villa 3–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/787 Tottenham Hotspur Billy Gerrish; Joe Bache; Harry Hampton W 27 November 1909 Preston North End 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/788 Aston Villa L 4 December 1909 Aston Villa 1–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/789 Notts County Harry Hampton D 11 December 1909 Newcastle United 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/790 Aston Villa L 18 December 1909 Aston Villa 3–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/791 Liverpool Harry Hampton; Joe Bache (2) W 25 December 1909 Sheffield United 0–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/792 Aston Villa Billy Gerrish W 27 December 1909 Aston Villa 2–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/793 Sheffield United Harry Hampton; Joe Bache W 1 January 1910 Nottingham Forest 1–4 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/794 Aston Villa Joe Bache; Harry Hampton (3) W 8 January 1910 Aston Villa 3–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/795 Bolton Wanderers Joe Bache; Billy Gerrish; Harry Hampton W 22 January 1910 Chelsea 0–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/797 Aston Villa D 29 January 1910 Aston Villa 4–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/798 Blackburn Rovers Harry Hampton (3); Joe Bache W 12 February 1910 Aston Villa 3–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/800 Sunderland Joe Walters; Chris Buckley; Billy Gerrish W 26 February 1910 Aston Villa 7–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/802 Manchester United Billy Gerrish (2); Joe Walters (3); Harry Hampton (2) W 5 March 1910 Bradford City 1–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/803 Aston Villa Joe Bache; Own goal W 12 March 1910 Aston Villa 5–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/804 Sheffield Wednesday Albert Hall (2); Charlie Wallace (pen); Joe Bache (2) W 14 March 1910 Everton 0–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/805 Aston Villa D 19 March 1910 Bristol City 0–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/806 Aston Villa D 25 March 1910 Aston Villa 4–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/807 Middlesbrough Harry Hampton (3); Joe Bache W 26 March 1910 Aston Villa 4–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/808 Bury Harry Hampton (3); Joe Walters W 28 March 1910 Middlesbrough 3–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/809 Aston Villa Charlie Wallace (2, pens) L 2 April 1910 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/810 Aston Villa Joe Bache D 9 April 1910 Aston Villa 3–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/811 Preston North End Harry Hampton; Joe Bache; Billy Gerrish W 11 April 1910 Arsenal 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/812 Aston Villa L 16 April 1910 Notts County 2–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/813 Aston Villa Edmund Eyre; Harry Hampton; Charlie Wallace W 27 April 1910 Aston Villa 4–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/814 Newcastle United Joe Bache; Charlie Wallace (pen); Edmund Eyre; Harry Hampton W 30 April 1910 Liverpool 2–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/815 Aston Villa L Source: avfchistory.co.uk FA Cup 1909–10 FA Cup First round 39 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Thirteen Southern League sides were also given byes to the first round to bring the total number of teams up to 64: Southampton, Millwall, QPR, Crystal Palace, Swindon, Plymouth, Reading, Portsmouth, Northampton, Bristol Rovers, Norwich, West Ham, Brighton. 32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 15 January 1910. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate29Oldham Athletic1–2Aston Villa15 January 1910 Second round The 16 second-round matches were played on Saturday, 5 February 1910. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate3Aston Villa6–1Derby County5 February 1910 Third round The eight third-round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 19 February 1910. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate2Aston Villa1–2Manchester City19 February 1910 Birmingham Cup Birmingham Senior Cup Players The Villa team included centre-forward Harry Hampton and inside-forward Joe Bache. In their Villa careers, Hampton scored 213 goals in 338 appearances and Bache 167 in 431. Hampton was just 5 ft 8in tall and was a fearless, fast moving player on the field. The ever-present outside-right Charlie Wallace also enjoyed a long career at the club, scoring 54 goals in 314 League games. There were debuts for Billy Gerrish (55)https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/billy-gerrish and Arthur Moss,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/arthur-mosshttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History while Cocky Hunter became the first Villa player to be ever sent off.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/players/cards/red/season Youth & Reserves Villa Reserves competed in the Birmingham & District League.Teams for Tomorrow, Birmingham Evening Mail, 26 November 1909, p3 References External links Aston Villa official website Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa F.C. 1910