1901–02 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1901–02 season
Chairman	Frederick Rinder
Manager	George Ramsay
First Division	8th
FA Cup	first round
	← 1900–01 1902–03 →

The 1901–02 Football League season was Aston Villa's 14th season in the First Division, the top flight of English football at the time. The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era.^[1]

During the season Jimmy Crabtree, and Joe Bache shared the captaincy of the club.^[2] Howard Spencer took the 1901–02 season off in order to rest his knee and ankle for twelve months in the hope of recovering from an injury.^[3]

On Wedneday 25 December 1901, Villa won 3–2 away to in front of a crowd of 18,000 at Goodison Park.^[2] Villa scorer, Willie Clarke became the first non-white player to score in the English First Division.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Football League[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Derby County	34	13	9	12	39	41	0.951	35
7	Bury	34	13	8	13	44	38	1.158	34
8	Aston Villa	34	13	8	13	42	40	1.050	34
9	The Wednesday	34	13	8	13	48	52	0.923	34
10	Sheffield United	34	13	7	14	53	48	1.104	33	FA Cup Winners

Source:^{[citation needed]}

First team squad[]

Joe Bache, 35 appearances
Alf Wood, 35 appearances
Jimmy Crabtree, 31 appearances
Albert Wilkes, 31 appearances
Billy Garraty, 28 appearances
Billy George, 27 appearances, conceded 30
Bobby Templeton, 26 appearances
Jack Shutt, 26 appearances
Tom Perry, 25 appearances
Jasper McLuckie, 23 appearances
Willie Clarke, 16 appearances
Tommy Niblo, 14 appearances
Micky Noon, 10 appearances
Arthur Millar, 9 appearances
George Johnson, 8 appearances
Jack Whitley, 8 appearances, conceded 12
Billy Marriott, 8 appearances
Bert Banks, 5 appearances
Joe Pearson, 5 appearances
George Smith, 5 appearances
Jack Devey, 4 appearances
Albert Evans, 4 appearances
Tommy Wilson, 4 appearances
Frank Lloyd, 3 appearances
George Harris, 3 appearances
Billy Brawn, 1 appearance
Harry Cooch, 1 appearance, conceded 2
Jimmy Cowan, 1 appearance
Jimmy Murray, 1 appearance ^[2]

References[]

^ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c AVFC History: 1901–02 season
^ "Twelve months rest for Howard Spencer". Dundee Evening Post. 3 July 1901. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
^ Dave Pendleton (6 July 2011). "Celebrating 106 Years of Black Footballers at Valley Parade". Boy From Brazil.
^ "Football's Black Pioneers on Radio Leeds". Football's Black Pioneers. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ Murray, Scott (September 2017). The Title: The Story of the First Division (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472936622. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[OffHist0039-1] "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-28.

[avfc-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c AVFC History: 1901–02 season

[3] "Twelve months rest for Howard Spencer". Dundee Evening Post. 3 July 1901. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

[BFB-4] Dave Pendleton (6 July 2011). "Celebrating 106 Years of Black Footballers at Valley Parade". Boy From Brazil.

[5] "Football's Black Pioneers on Radio Leeds". Football's Black Pioneers. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[6] Murray, Scott (September 2017). The Title: The Story of the First Division (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472936622. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

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