1894–95 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season Early history of Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa records and statistics April 2022 Aston Villa Aston villa 1895.jpg 1894–95 George Ramsay Joshua Margoschis Ground Wellington Road Football League 3rd FA Cup Winners 1893–94 1895–96 First Division 1894–95 Sunderland, 3rd title Liverpool John Campbell(22 goals) Sunderland 8–0 Derby County(1 September 1894)Blackburn 9–1 Small Heath(5 January 1895) Wolves 0–4 Aston Villa(22 December 1894) Blackburn 9–1 Small Heath(5 January 1895) 1893–94 1895–96 Second City Derby 2--0--1 1887-88 1895–96 The 1894–95 English football season was Aston Villa's 7th season in the Football League falling into what was to be called Villa's golden era.http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0,,10265~423103,00.html Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939 AVFC.co.uk 2007-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20060824144935/http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0%2C%2C10265~423103%2C00.html 24 August 2006 dead Villa started the season as League champions and, under George Ramsay's management committee, won the FA Cup for the second time.AVFC History:1894–95 season The 1894–95 Division 1 season was the first season of the First league Second City Derby with Aston Villa beating local rivals Small Heath 2–1 on 1 September 1894. Villa beat Small Heath in the final of the Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup. There were debut appearances for Arthur's son, Billy Dorrell, George Kinsey, Howard Spencer, Tom Purslow, Harry Wilkes, Billy Podmore and Bob Gordon.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History First Division 1894–95 Football League First Division AVL Matches 1 Sep 1894 1st Round Aston Villa 2–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/210 Small Heath W 🟩 Local-rival Small Heath's First Division campaign began on Saturday 1 September with a visit to the Reigning Champions. Villa won their second match in succession against League new boys. Forward Billy Dorrell made his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Leicester Fosse for a fee of £250. The match turned out rather closer than predicted. Small Heath's Jack Hallam opened the scoring from a Tommy Hands cross with the first League goal of the season, "for the match was started punctually, and it would have been a sheer impossibility to score faster than the Small Heath player did." Steve Smith equalised for Villa some 20 minutes later, and a Bob Gordon goal meant they took the lead immediately afterwards, and retained that lead to the end. The Birmingham Daily Post was disappointed by Fred Wheldon, "usually the bright particular star of the front rank".Notes on Sport Birmingham Daily Post 3 September 1894 5https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/210 Aston Villa (Champions) 2-1 Small Heath, 1894-95 Division One, 1 Sep 1894 AVFC History 6 August 2023 8 Sep 1894 2nd Round Liverpool 1–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/211 Aston Villa W 🟩 15 Sep 1894 3rd Round Aston Villa 1–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/212 Sunderland L 🟥 22 Sep 1894 4th Round Derby County 0–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/213 Aston Villa W 🟩 29 Sep 1894 5th Round Stoke 4–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/214 Aston Villa L 🟥 6 Oct 1894 6th Round Nottingham Forest 2–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/215 Aston Villa L 🟥 13 Oct 1894 7th Round Aston Villa 3–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/216 West Bromwich Albion W 🟩 20 Oct 1894 8th Round Small Heath 2–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/217 Aston Villa D 🟨The reverse fixture in the Second City derby resulted in a 2-2 draw on 20 October 1894 with Bob Gordon and Denny Hodgetts scoring for Villa.(2-0-1)https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/217 Small Heath 2-2 Aston Villa (Champions), 1894-95 Division One, 20 Oct 1894 AVFC History 6 August 2023 22 Oct 1894 9th Round Sheffield United 2–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/218 Aston Villa L 🟥 27 Oct 1894 10th Round Aston Villa 5–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/219 Liverpool W 🟩 3 Nov 1894 11th Round Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/220 Aston Villa L 🟥 10 Nov 1894 12th Round Aston Villa 4–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/221 Preston North End W 🟩 12 Nov 1894 13th Round Aston Villa 5–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/222 Sheffield United W 🟩 Played in driving freezing rain. Villa's players had dry clothes available,Ernest Needham's story Sports Special Sheffield 28 December 1912 5 and were given hot drinks, a courtesy apparently not extended to the visitors.Football Burnley Express 14 November 1894 4Football Fancies Evening Telegraph and Star Sheffield 16 November 1894 4 The Sheffield players were worse affected, several needing treatment for exposure, and by the end of the match only six were still on the field. Villa's Jack Devey put on an overcoat, and Charlie Athersmith played under an umbrella borrowed from a spectatorhttps://books.google.com/books?id=9M8vDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT21 The Title: The Story of the First Division Scott Murray Bloomsbury 2017 978-1-4729-3662-2Aston Villa v. Sheffield United. A farcical performance. United finish with six men. Serious illness of the players Sheffield Daily Telegraph 13 November 1894 8 before collapsing in the dressing-room afterwards.🟩 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/unknown 17 Nov 1894 14th Round West Bromwich Albion 3–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/223 Aston Villa L 🟥 24 Nov 1894 15th Round Aston Villa 4–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/224 Nottingham Forest W 🟩 1 Dec 1894 16th Round Blackburn Rovers 1–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/225 Aston Villa W 🟩 3 Dec 1894 17th Round Aston Villa 3–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/226 Sheffield Wednesday W 🟩 8 Dec 1894 18th Round Aston Villa 3–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/227 Blackburn Rovers W 🟩 22 Dec 1894 19th Round Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/228 Aston Villa W 🟩 Villa registered the biggest away win in the League 26 Dec 1894 20th Round Aston Villa 6–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/229 Stoke W 🟩 2 Jan 1895 21st Round Sunderland 4–4 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/230 Aston Villa D 🟨 5 Jan 1895 22nd Round Aston Villa 4–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/231 Derby County W 🟩 12 Jan 1895 23rd Round Preston North End 0–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/232 Aston Villa W 🟩 17 Jan 1895 24th Round Everton 4–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/233 Aston Villa L 🟥 26 Jan 1895 25th Round Aston Villa 2–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/234 Bolton Wanderers W 🟩 23 Feb 1895 26th Round Burnley 3–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/237 Aston Villa D 🟨 23 Mar 1895 27th Round Bolton Wanderers 4–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/240 Aston Villa L 🟥 6 Apr 1895 28th Round Aston Villa Billy Dorrell(2), Dennis Hodgetts, Charlie Athersmith, Bob Chatt 5–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/241 Burnley W 🟩 A Rainy morning, followed by a boisterous gale, influenced a meagre crowd of no more than 3,000.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/241 15 Apr 1895 29th Round Aston Villa 2–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/243 Wolverhampton Wanderers D 🟨 24 Apr 1895 30th Round Aston Villa 2–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/244 Everton D 🟨 Sunderland win the championship with a 2–1 scoreline and rendered Everton's final game meaningless. As it was, Everton could only draw that game at Aston Villa 2–2, a result which would have taken the title to Sunderland regardless. Source: avfchistory.co.uk FA Cup 1895 FA Cup final 1895_fa_cup_final_programme.jpg Match programme 1894–95 FA Cup Aston Villa 1 West Bromwich Albion 0 20 April 1895 Crystal Palace London John Lewis 42,560 1894–95 FA Cup The 1895 FA Cup Final was contested by Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion at Crystal Palace. Aston Villa won 1–0, with Bob Chatt being credited with scoring the fastest goal in FA Cup Final history, scored after just 30 seconds. This record would stand for 114 years before being broken by Everton 's Louis Saha in 2009 with a goal after 25 seconds. The first trophy, the 'little tin idol', had been made by Martin, Hall & Co at a cost of £20.http://www.thefa.com/Competitions/FACompetitions/TheFACup/History/thetrophies https://archive.today/20140625213452/http://www.thefa.com/Competitions/FACompetitions/TheFACup/History/thetrophies dead 25 June 2014 The Trophies The Football Association 30 September 2014 It was stolen from a Birmingham shoe shop window belonging to William Shillcock while held by Aston Villa on 11 September 1895 and was never seen again. Despite a £10 reward for information, the crime was never solved. As it happened while it was in their care, the FA fined Villa £25 to pay for a replacement. Just over 60 years later, 80 year old career criminal Henry (Harry) James Burge claimed to have committed the theft, confessing to a newspaper, with the story being published in the Sunday Pictorial newspaper on 23 February 1958.Burge claimed the cup had been melted down to make counterfeit half-crown coins, which matched known intelligence of the time that stolen silver was being used to forge coins which were then laundered through betting shops at a local racecourse.Unsolved: Did this OAP really steal the famous FA Cup? http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/unsolved-did-this-oap-really-steal-the-famous-124794 Birmingham Mail 13 May 2010 4 January 2015 24 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140924062806/http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/unsolved-did-this-oap-really-steal-the-famous-124794 live Date Opponent Venue Score Notes Scorers 2 Feb 1895 Derby County H 2–1 FA Cup – 1st Round — 16 Feb 1895 Newcastle United H 7–1 FA Cup – 2nd Round — 2 Mar 1895 Nottingham Forest H 6–2 FA Cup – 3rd Round — 16 Mar 1895 Sunderland A 2–1 FA Cup – Semi-final — 20 Apr 1895 West Bromwich Albion A 1–0 FA Cup – Final — Birmingham Cup Birmingham Senior Cup Charity Cup Small Heath took on Aston Villa in their last match of the season, the final of the Birmingham Charity Cup. Unfortunately for the charities, the weather was poor and the attendance low, but those spectators present saw an exciting game. Wheldon scored first with a fierce shot that entered the net off the goalkeeper and the underside of the bar, then Bob Chatt equalised from a free kick and Charlie Athersmith outpaced Oliver and his parried shot was forced over the line. Mobley tied the scores with a long shot, but in the second half with the wind behind them, Villa scored three times to Jack Hallam's one to take the match 5–3.Notes on Sport Birmingham Daily Post 29 April 1895 7 Reserves After finishing in the runners-up position twice in the first 2 seasons of the competition, Aston Villa Reserves finally won their first Birmingham & District League trophy in the 1894–95 season, winning 26 out of 30 league games and losing just once all season. References External links Aston Villa official website 1894-95 Category:English football clubs 1894–95 season