1914–15 Aston Villa F.C. season
Appearance
Mr Punch
is depicted saying to the footballer "No doubt you can make money in this field, my friend, but there's only one field today where you can get honour"."Happy" Harry Hampton
The
Football League
for Aston Villa.
In September, Villa lost the Birmingham Charity Cup 2-3 to West Brom.[1] In October Villa beat Newcastle. The teams had met 33 times in the league with 13 wins each and 7 draws.[2]
First World War before he could resume his career.[3] During the war, Moss guested for Bellis and Morcom, Aston Park Rangers, Smethwick Carriage Works and Bradford City.[4] Other debuts included Jimmy Stephenson (31), Howard Humphries (20), George Hampton, and Harry Nash (12).[5]
"The
Wellington Whirlwind," played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920.[3] Richard York had started his career with Handsworth Royal, Birchfield Rangers and the Royal Air Force, In March 1915 he joined Aston Villa as an amateur, signing professional forms in August 1919.[6]
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Everton (C) | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 76 | 47 | 1.617 | 46 | |
2 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 70 | 56 | 1.250 | 45 | |
3 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 83 | 61 | 1.361 | 43 | |
4 | Burnley | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 61 | 47 | 1.298 | 43 | |
5 | Manchester City | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 1.256 | 43 | |
6 | Sheffield United | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 41 | 1.195 | 43 | |
7 | The Wednesday | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 61 | 54 | 1.130 | 43 | |
8 | Sunderland | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 81 | 72 | 1.125 | 41 | |
9 | Bradford Park Avenue | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 69 | 65 | 1.062 | 41 | |
10 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 43 | 1.140 | 40 | |
11 | Bradford City | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 49 | 1.122 | 40 | |
12 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 74 | 0.838 | 38 | |
13 | Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 75 | 0.867 | 37 | |
14 | Aston Villa | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 72 | 0.861 | 37 | |
15 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 48 | 0.958 | 32 | |
16 | Notts County | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 0.719 | 31 | |
17 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 68 | 84 | 0.810 | 30 | |
18 | Manchester United | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 46 | 62 | 0.742 | 30 | |
19 | Chelsea | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 51 | 65 | 0.785 | 29 | |
20 | Tottenham Hotspur (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 57 | 90 | 0.633 | 28 | Relegation to the Second Division |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
See also
References
- ^ Sports in Brief, The Times, 24th September 1914
- ^ League Football. 2 November 1914, The Times
- ^ a b c "Frank Moss Aston Villa". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Moss, Frank (Senior) "Snowy"". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
- ^ "Detailed bio". Aston Villa Database. Retrieved 4 June 2009.