1904–05 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1904–05 Football League season was Aston Villa's 17th 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]

Harry Hampton scores one of his two goals in the 1905 FA Cup Final where Aston Villa defeated Newcastle United
Aston Villa
1904–05 season
ChairmanEngland Frederick Rinder
ManagerScotland George Ramsay
First Division4th
FA Cupwinners
1905 FA Cup Final
A panoramic view of the Crystal Palace ground during the 1905 FA Cup final
Event1904-05 FA Cup
Aston Villa Newcastle United
2 0
Date15 April 1905
VenueCrystal Palace, London
RefereeP. R. Harrower
Attendance101,117

During the season Howard Spencer and Joe Bache shared the captaincy of the club.[2]

Events surrounding the February 1905 match away to Small Heath highlighted their Coventry Road ground's inadequacies. The official attendance was given as 28,000,[3] though with the gates closed before kick-off, thousands scaled walls or forced entrances in order to gain admission, and the actual attendance was estimated at anything up to 35,000.[4][5]

Aston Villa won the FA Cup competition for the fourth time, beating Newcastle United 2–0 in the final at Crystal Palace, through two goals scored by Harry Hampton. The man of the match was Aston Villa's prolific scorer Billy Garraty, great-great grandfather of footballer Jack Grealish, who was born only a few miles from the now Villa Park.

Also known as "The Wellington Whirlwind," Hampton played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920.[6] He scored both goals against Newcastle United in the 1905 FA Cup Final. Hampton was a prolific goalscorer.[6]

Football League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification
2 Everton 34 21 5 8 63 36 1.750 47
3 Manchester City 34 20 6 8 66 37 1.784 46
4 Aston Villa 34 19 4 11 63 43 1.465 42 FA Cup Winners
5 Sunderland 34 16 8 10 60 44 1.364 40
6 Sheffield United 34 19 2 13 64 56 1.143 40
Source:

First team squad

References
  1. "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  2. AVFC History: 1904-05 season
  3. This Day's Matches. Birmingham Daily Mail. 25 February 1905. p. 4.
  4. Matthews (1995), Complete Record. p. 57.
  5. Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
  6. "Harry Hampton, Aston Villa and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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