1894–95 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa
1894–95 season
ManagerGeorge Ramsay
Football League3rd
FA CupWinners
Captain John Devey standing in front of the FA Cup which the club won for the second time in 1895

The 1894–95 Football League season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era.[1] Under George Ramsay's management committee Villa won the FA Cup for the second time.[2]

A league match in November 1894 against Sheffield United at Perry Barr was played in driving freezing rain. Villa's players had dry clothes available,[3] and were given hot drinks, a courtesy apparently not extended to the visitors.[4][5] 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.[5][6] Villa's Jack Devey put on an overcoat, and Charlie Athersmith played under an umbrella borrowed from a spectator[7][6] before collapsing in the dressing-room afterwards.[5]

Villa registered the biggest away win in the League when they defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 on 22 December 1894, and beat Small Heath in the final of the Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup.

Twenty thousand people saw 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.

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 Louis Saha of Everton in the 2009 FA Cup Final with a goal after 25 seconds.

First Division final table[]

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Sunderland 30 21 5 4 80 37 2.162 47
2 Everton 30 18 6 6 82 50 1.640 42
3 Aston Villa 30 17 5 8 82 43 1.907 39
4 Preston North End 30 15 5 10 62 46 1.348 35
5 Blackburn Rovers 30 11 10 9 59 49 1.204 32
6 Sheffield United 30 14 4 12 57 55 1.036 32
7 Nottingham Forest 30 13 5 12 50 56 0.893 31
8 The Wednesday 30 12 4 14 50 55 0.909 28
9 Burnley 30 11 4 15 44 56 0.786 26
10 Bolton Wanderers 30 9 7 14 61 62 0.984 25
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 9 7 14 43 63 0.683 25
12 Small Heath 30 9 7 14 50 74 0.676 25
13 West Bromwich Albion 30 10 4 16 51 66 0.773 24
14 Stoke 30 9 6 15 50 67 0.746 24
15 Derby County 30 7 9 14 45 68 0.662 23
16 Liverpool[8] 30 7 8 15 51 70 0.729 22

References[]

  1. ^ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  2. ^ AVFC History:1894–95 season
  3. ^ "Ernest Needham's story". Sports Special. Sheffield. 28 December 1912. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Football". Burnley Express. 14 November 1894. p. 4.
  5. ^ a b c "Football Fancies". Evening Telegraph and Star. Sheffield. 16 November 1894. p. 4.
  6. ^ a b "Aston Villa v. Sheffield United. A farcical performance. United finish with six men. Serious illness of the players". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 13 November 1894. p. 8.
  7. ^ Murray, Scott (2017). The Title: The Story of the First Division. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4729-3662-2.
  8. ^ Not re-elected after losing 'Test Match.' Invited to join Second Division
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