1912–13 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1912–13 English football season was Aston Villa's 25th season in the Football League. Villa won the FA Cup competition for the fifth time matching the record jointly held with Wanderers F.C. and Blackburn Rovers. Andy Ducat's ability and success with England brought attention from bigger clubs than Woolwich Arsenal. His then current club was, at the time, going through a financial crisis. Ducat was finally sold for £1,000 to England's most successful club Aston Villa in 1912, having played 188 matches and scored 21 goals for Arsenal. After suffering a broken leg in his first season at Villa, he recovered to become a stalwart in the side, captaining Villa to their sixth FA Cup win in 1919–20, "Happy" Harry Hampton was a prolific goalscorer and scored five goals when Aston Villa beat Wednesday 10–0 in a First Division match in 1912. "The Wellington Whirlwind," played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920. Tommy Barber scored the winning goal for Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final. Sam Hardy became one of the best goalkeepers of his generation while at Liverpool. By the time he was allowed to join Villa in 1912 he had earned himself the nickname 'Safe and Steady Sam'. He had made 239 appearances between the sticks for the Reds before he arrived for £1500. He would go on to win two FA Cups in 1913 and 1920 with Aston Villa. There were also debuts for Harold Halse, Jimmy Harrop, Andy Ducat, Andy McLachlan, Jimmy Leach, Tommy Barber, Arthur Dobson and Stuart Doncaster. == Final League table == === Matches === Source: avfchistory.co.uk == FA Cup == First round Second round 15 of the 16 second-round matches were played on Saturday 1 February 1913. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek . One of these went to a second replay the following week. Third round The eight third-round matches were played on Saturday 22 February 1913. There were two replays, played in the following midweek. Fourth round The four fourth-round (quarter-final) matches were played on 8 March 1913. There was one replay, the Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle United and Sunderland, played on 12 March. This went to a second replay, which Sunderland won. Semi-finals === Final === == Reserves == Aston Villa reserves won the Staffordshire Senior Cup. == References == == External links == Aston Villa official website