1897–98 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa
1897–98 season
ManagerGeorge Ramsay
Football League6th
FA Cupfirst round
Fred Wheldon, League top scorer, pictured in 1897

The 1897–98 Football League season was Aston Villa's 10th season in the Football League First Division, the top flight of English football. George Ramsay would continue in charge of Aston Villa while the Management Committee continued to pick the team. The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era.[1]

First-class cricketer[2] and England football international, Jack Devey was Captain. Jimmy Crabtree also captained the team.[3] "Diamond" Freddie Wheldon was League top scorer with 21.

Billy Garraty great-great grandfather of Jack Grealish, made his league debut for Aston Villa during the season but made just one other appearance that year.[4][5]

First Division[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification
4 Everton 30 13 9 8 48 39 1.231 35
5 The Wednesday 30 15 3 12 51 42 1.214 33
6 Aston Villa 30 14 5 11 61 51 1.196 33
7 West Bromwich Albion 30 11 10 9 44 45 0.978 32
8 Nottingham Forest 30 11 9 10 47 49 0.959 31 FA Cup Winners
Source:[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  2. ^ "Jack Devey". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. ^ AVFC History: 1897–98 season
  4. ^ Kendrick, Mat (26 May 2015). "Aston Villa v Arsenal: This 1905 FA Cup winner is related to a current Villa star – find out who". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Player info: William Garraty". Englandstats.com. Davey Naylor. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
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