1901–02 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1901–02 season
ChairmanFrederick Rinder
ManagerGeorge Ramsay
First Division8th
FA Cupfirst round
Second City Derby
7--0--2

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

On Wednesday 25 December 1901, Villa won 3–2 away to Everton in front of a crowd of 18,000 at Goodison Park.[2] Villa scorer, Willie Clarke (41) became the first non-white player to score in the English First Division.[3][4][5]

During the season Joe Bache (431), and Jimmy Crabtree (176) shared the captaincy of the club.[2] Knee and ankle injuries induced Howard Spencer (258) to take the season off for twelve months rest.[6]

The previous season Small Heath had finished runners-up in Second Division, so were promoted to the First Division for 1901–02.[7] Villa won 2–0 at Coventry Road Muntz Street with goals by Bache and Jack Devey (268).[8] In the 1901 Boxing Day fixture, Villa's Jasper McLuckie (57) was the only scorer.[9] At the end of the season Small Heath were relegated back to the Second Division. In locally organised competition, Small Heath lost to Villa in the first round of the Birmingham Senior Cup.[10]

There were debuts for Willie Clarke,[11] George Smith,[12] George Harris,[13] George Shutt,[14] Tom Perry,[15] Billy Marriott,[16] Jasper McLuckie,[17] Billy Brawn,[18] Tommy Niblo,[19] Bert Banks (5) [20] and Harry Cooch.[21][22]

League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
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
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultNotesScorers
7 Sep 1901BuryGigg Lane0–0 [23]—— [24]
9 Sep 1901Notts CountyVilla Park2–0As in the last match Villa play in thin cotton red shirts due to the warm weather.[25]Joe Bache; Billy Garraty [26]
14 Sep 1901BlackburnVilla Park1–1—Joe Bache [27]
16 Sep 1901Sheffield UnitedVilla Park1–2—Albert Wilkes [28]
21 Sep 1901StokeVictoria Ground0–1—— [29]
28 Sep 1901EvertonVilla Park1–1—Joe Bache [30]
5 Oct 1901SunderlandRoker0–1—— [31]
12 Oct 1901Small HeathMuntz Street2–0—Jack Devey; Joe Bache [32]
19 Oct 1901DerbyBaseball Ground0–1—— [33]
26 Oct 1901WednesdayVilla Park4–1—Jasper McLuckie (2); Joe Bache; Bobby Templeton [34]
2 Nov 1901Notts CountyTrent Bridge3–0—Jasper McLuckie (2); Billy Garraty [35]
9 Nov 1901BoltonVilla Park1–0—Jasper McLuckie [36]
23 Nov 1901WolvesVilla Park2–1—Jasper McLuckie (2) [37]
30 Nov 1901LiverpoolAnfield0–1—— [38]
7 Dec 1901NewcastleVilla Park0–0—— [39]
14 Dec 1901GrimsbyVilla Park4–1—Jack Devey; Jasper McLuckie (2) [40]
25 Dec 1901EvertonGoodison3–2Willie Clarke became the first black player to score in the English First Division.[3][4][41]Billy Garraty; Alf Wood; Willie Clarke[42]
26 Dec 1901Small HeathVilla Park1–0—Jasper McLuckie [43]
28 Dec 1901ForestVilla Park3–0—Billy Garraty; Willie Clarke; Jasper McLuckie [44]
1 Jan 1902Sheffield UnitedBramall Lane0–6—— [45]
4 Jan 1902BuryVilla Park2–0—Jasper McLuckie; Willie Clarke[46]
11 Jan 1902BlackburnEwood0–4—— [47]
18 Jan 1902StokeVilla Park0–0—— [48]
1 Feb 1902SunderlandVilla Park0–1——
15 Feb 1902DerbyVilla Park3–2—Tom Perry; Joe Bache; Alf Wood
17 Feb 1902Manchester CityHyde Road0–1——
22 Feb 1902WednesdayOwlerton0–1——
8 Mar 1902BoltonBurnden2–2—Jasper McLuckie; George Johnson
22 Mar 1902WolvesMolineux2–0—Jasper McLuckie; Joe Bache
29 Mar 1902LiverpoolVilla Park0–1——
31 Mar 1902Manchester CityVilla Park2–2—Jasper McLuckie; George Johnson
1 Apr 1902ForestCity Ground1–1—Tommy Niblo
5 Apr 1902NewcastleSt James'1–2—Tommy Niblo
12 Apr 1902GrimsbyBlundell Park1–4—Joe Bache [23]

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

The first round proper contained sixteen ties between 32 teams. 17 of the 18 First Division sides were exempt to this round, as were West Bromwich Albion, Middlesbrough and Preston North End from the Second Division, and Southern League sides Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur, finalists in the two previous seasons. They joined the ten teams who won in the intermediate round.

The matches were played on Saturday 25 January 1902. Seven matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek. Two of these then went to a second replay the following week.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
3Stoke2–2Aston Villa25 January 1902
ReplayAston Villa1–2Stoke29 January 1902

Players

References

  1. ↑ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 AVFC History: 1901–02 season
  3. 1 2 Dave Pendleton (6 July 2011). "Celebrating 106 Years of Black Footballers at Valley Parade". Boy From Brazil.
  4. 1 2 "Football's Black Pioneers on Radio Leeds". Football's Black Pioneers. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Murray, Scott (September 2017). The Title: The Story of the First Division (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472936622. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Twelve months rest for Howard Spencer". Dundee Evening Post. 3 July 1901. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Birmingham Senior Cup". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Tony Jordan. Archived from the original on 14 May 2005.
  8. ↑ "Small Heath 0-2 Aston Villa, 1901-02 Division One, 12 Oct 1901". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Aston Villa 1-0 Small Heath, 1901-02 Division One, 26 Dec 1901". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Birmingham Senior Cup". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Tony Jordan. Archived from the original on 14 May 2005.
  11. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/willie-clarke
  12. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/george-smith
  13. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/george-harris
  14. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/george-shutt
  15. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tom-perry
  16. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/billy-marriott
  17. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jasper-mcluckie
  18. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/billy-brawn
  19. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tommy-niblo
  20. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/bert-banks
  21. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/harry-cooch
  22. ↑ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
  23. 1 2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/matches/league/1901-02
  24. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/463
  25. ↑ Aston Villa, Sports Argus, 14 September 1901
  26. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/464
  27. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/465
  28. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/466
  29. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/467
  30. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/468
  31. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/469
  32. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/470
  33. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/471
  34. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/472
  35. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/473
  36. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/474
  37. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/475
  38. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/476
  39. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/477
  40. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/478
  41. ↑ Murray, Scott (September 2017). The Title: The Story of the First Division (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472936622.
  42. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/479
  43. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/480
  44. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/481
  45. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/482
  46. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/483
  47. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/484
  48. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/485

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division. The Premier League took over from the First Division as the top tier of the English football league system upon its formation in 1992. The First Division then became the second tier of English football, the Second Division became the third tier and so on. The First Division is now known as the Football League Championship, while the Second Division is now known as Football League One.
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