1914–15 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season Early history of Aston Villa Aston Villa records and statistics April 2022 Aston Villa 1914–15 George Ramsay President Joseph AnsellFootball Losses, Southampton Times and Hampshire Express, 26 July 1915, p2 Frederick Rinder First Division 14th FA Cup Second round _claretborder _villa1892 _claretborder _band_blue 00aeff 99182b 00aeff 99182b 1913–14 1915–16 thumb|left|250px|The magazine Punch was critical of the decision to allow competitive football to continue after the outbreak of war. Mr Punch is depicted saying to the footballer "No doubt you can make money in this field, my friend, but there's only one field today where you can get honour". thumb|"Happy" Harry Hampton The 1914–15 English football season was Aston Villa's 27th season in the Football League. In June 1915, Aston Villa Reserves resigned from the Birmingham & District League in order to become members of the Central League.Rugby Boys on Farms, Coventry Herald and Free Press, 25 June 1915, p3 League 1914–15 Football League First Division y AVL Matches 2 Sep 1914 Aston Villa 2–1 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/985 Notts County W On 4 August 1914, King George V declared war on the advice of his prime minister, H. H. Asquith, leader of the Liberal Party. On 2 September 1914, the new football season kicked-off. 5 Sep 1914 Aston Villa 1–3 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/986 Sunderland L 12 Sep 1914 Wednesday 5–2 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/987 Aston Villa L 19 Sep 1914 Aston Villa 2–1 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/988 Albion W 26 Sep 1914 Everton 0–0 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/989 Aston Villa D 3 Oct 1914 Aston Villa 2–1 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/990 Chelsea W 10 Oct 1914 Bradford 3–0 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/991 Aston Villa L 17 Oct 1914 Aston Villa 3–3 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/992 Burnley D 24 Oct 1914 Spurs 0–2 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/993 Aston Villa W 31 Oct 1914 Aston Villa 2–1 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/994 Newcastle W In October Villa beat Newcastle. The teams had met 33 times in the league with 13 wins each and 7 draws.League Football. 2 November 1914, The Times 7 Nov 1914 Boro 1–1 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/995 Aston Villa D 14 Nov 1914 Aston Villa 1–0 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/996 Sheffield United W 25 Nov 1914 Manchester City 1–0 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/997 Aston Villa L 28 Nov 1914 Liverpool 3–6 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/998 Aston Villa W 5 Dec 1914 Aston Villa 1–2 https://www.avdb.co.uk/game/999 BPA L 12 Dec 1914 Oldham 3–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1000 Aston Villa D 19 Dec 1914 Aston Villa 3–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1001 Manchester United D 25 Dec 1914 Blackburn 1–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1002 Aston Villa W 26 Dec 1914 Aston Villa 1–7 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1003 Bolton L 1 Jan 1915 Bolton 2–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1004 Aston Villa 18,000 D 2 Jan 1915 Sunderland 4–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1005 Aston Villa L 16 Jan 1915 Aston Villa 0–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1007 Wednesday D 23 Jan 1915 Albion 2–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1008 Aston Villa L 6 Feb 1915 Chelsea 3–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1010 Aston Villa L 10 Feb 1915 Aston Villa 1–5 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1011 Everton L 13 Feb 1915 Aston Villa 0–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1012 Bradford D 22 Feb 1915 Burnley 2–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1013 Aston Villa L 27 Feb 1915 Aston Villa 3–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1014 Spurs W 13 Mar 1915 Aston Villa 5–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1015 Boro W 20 Mar 1915 Sheffield United 3–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1016 Aston Villa L 2 Apr 1915 Aston Villa 2–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1017 Blackburn Rovers W 15,000 Cold and blustery conditions.Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers, Hull Daily Mail, 2 April 1915, p3 3 Apr 1915 Aston Villa 6–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1018 Liverpool W 5 Apr 1915 Notts County 1–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1019 Aston Villa D 10 Apr 1915 BPA 2–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1020 Aston Villa D 17 Apr 1915 Aston Villa 0–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1021 Oldham D 21 Apr 1915 Aston Villa 4–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1022 Manchester City W 26 Apr 1915 Manchester United 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1023 Aston Villa Old Trafford L By beating Villa, United secured their survival in the top division.Manchester Holds its Place, New York Herald, 30 April 1915, p9 28 Apr 1915 Newcastle 3–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1024 Aston Villa L Hardy, Littlewood, Weston, Morris, Harrop, Barber, Wallace, Stephenson, Hampton, Nash, Bache. Newcastle's survival in the top division had been secured following the defeat of Chelsea earlier in the day.A Tame Affair, Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 29 April 1915, p4 Source: avfchistory.co.uk FA Cup 1914–15 FA Cup First round 36 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The other four sides, Lincoln City, Nottingham Forest, Glossop and Leicester Fosse were entered in the sixth qualifying round, with only Leicester going out at that stage after losing to Swansea Town. Sixteen Southern League sides were given byes to the First Round to bring the total number of teams up to 64. These included |Exeter City 32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 9 January 1915. Six matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate14Aston Villa2–0Exeter City9 January 1915 Second round The 16 Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 30 January 1915. Three matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following weekend fixture. One of these was again drawn, and a second replay was played, again at the following Saturday. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate8Manchester City1–0Aston Villa30 January 1915 Charity Cup In September, Villa lost the Birmingham Charity Cup 2-3 to West Brom.Sports in Brief, The Times, 24 September 1914 Players Frank Moss joined First Division club Villa for a £250 fee in February 1914 and made two appearances during the following season, but he had to wait until after the First World War before he could resume his career.Frank Moss Aston Villa en-US Football and the First World War http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/frank-moss-aston-villa/ 24 November 2017 During the war, Moss guested for Bellis and Morcom, Aston Park Rangers, Smethwick Carriage Works and Bradford City.Moss, Frank (Senior) "Snowy" http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/972.html 13 April 2022 Aston Villa Player Database Other debuts included Jimmy Stephenson (31), Howard Humphries (20), George Hampton,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/george-hampton and Harry Nash (12).https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History Harry Hampton, "The Wellington Whirlwind," played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920. Richard York had started his career with Handsworth Royal, Birchfield Rangers and the Royal Air Force, In March 1915 he joined Aston Villa as an amateur, signing professional forms in August 1919.http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1474.html Detailed bio Aston Villa Database 4 June 2009 References External links Aston Villa official website Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa F.C.