1907–08 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1907–08 season
ChairmanFrederick Rinder
ManagerGeorge Ramsay
First Division2nd
FA Cup3rd round
Second City Derby
11--4--4

The 1907–08 English football season was Aston Villa's 20th season in the Football League. Villa competed in the top flight of English football at the time. The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era.[1]

In the Second City Derby, both teams won their away fixtures.[2][3] Birmingham would be relegated this year and the teams would not meet again in top flight competition until their promotion fifteen years later.

Bobby Evans continued to add to his tally of Welsh caps.[4]

There were debuts for Charlie Wallace,[5] Bert Turner,[6] Joseph Wilcox,[7] George Reeves,[8] Tom Lyons,[9] Walter Kimberley,[10] Roly Harper (2) [11] and Peter Kyle.[12][13]

Football League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Manchester United (C) 38 23 6 9 81 48 1.688 52
2 Aston Villa 38 17 9 12 77 59 1.305 43
3 Manchester City 38 16 11 11 62 54 1.148 43
4 Newcastle United 38 15 12 11 65 54 1.204 42
5 The Wednesday 38 19 4 15 73 64 1.141 42
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultNotesScorers
2 Sep 1907UnitedVilla Park1–4—Harry Hampton (1–3 pen)
7 Sep 1907BlackburnEwood0–2——
9 Sep 1907SunderlandVilla Park1–0—Samuel Greenhalgh (1–0)
14 Sep 1907BoltonVilla Park2–0—Harry Hampton (35', 42')
21 Sep 1907BirminghamSt Andrew's3–2—Jimmy Cantrell (49'); Bobby Evans (53'); Albert Hall (75')
28 Sep 1907EvertonVilla Park0–2——
5 Oct 1907SunderlandRoker0–3——
12 Oct 1907ArsenalVilla Park0–1——
19 Oct 1907WednesdayOwlerton3–2—Harry Hampton (53'); Albert Hall (65' pen)
26 Oct 1907Bristol CityVilla Park4–4—Harry Hampton (4', 25'); Joe Bache (12', 52')
2 Nov 1907Notts CountyTrent Bridge3–0—Alec Logan (11', 34'); Joe Bache (75')
9 Nov 1907Manchester CityVilla Park2–2—Harry Hampton (15', 42' pen)
16 Nov 1907PrestonDeepdale0–3——
23 Nov 1907BuryVilla Park2–2—Albert Hall (7'); Alec Logan (57')
30 Nov 1907NewcastleVilla Park3–3—Alec Logan (5'); Joe Bache (51'); Albert Hall (55')
7 Dec 1907LiverpoolAnfield0–5——
14 Dec 1907BoroVilla Park6–0—Jimmy Cantrell (7', 51'); Alec Logan (13', 54'); Albert Hall (22', 89')
21 Dec 1907Sheffield UnitedBramall Lane1–1—Albert Hall (40')
25 Dec 1907ForestVilla Park4–0—Joe Bache (48', 49', 60', 80')
26 Dec 1907ForestCity Ground2–2—Jimmy Cantrell (14', 37')
28 Dec 1907ChelseaVilla Park0–0——
4 Jan 1908BlackburnVilla Park1–1—Joe Bache (61')
18 Jan 1908BirminghamVilla Park2–3—Alec Logan (17'); Albert Hall (70')
25 Jan 1908EvertonGoodison0–1——
8 Feb 1908ArsenalManor Ground1–0—Joe Bache (79')
15 Feb 1908WednesdayVilla Park5–0—Jimmy Cantrell (14'); Joe Bache (18', 26'); Harry Hampton (67')
2 Mar 1908Notts CountyVilla Park5–1—Joe Bache (1–1, 4–1, 5–1); George Reeves (2–1); Albert Hall (3–1)
7 Mar 1908Manchester CityHyde Road2–3—Harry Hampton (17'); George Reeves (30')
11 Mar 1908Bristol CityAshton Gate2–2—George Reeves (5'); Harry Hampton (60')
14 Mar 1908PrestonVilla Park3–0—Charlie Wallace (12', 57'); George Reeves (50')
21 Mar 1908BuryGigg Lane1–2—Joe Bache (57')
4 Apr 1908LiverpoolVilla Park5–1—Harry Hampton (35', 77'); Joe Bache (64', 73', 86')
8 Apr 1908NewcastleSt James'5–2—Charlie Wallace (3', 24'); Joe Bache (3–1, 5–1); George Reeves (4–1)
11 Apr 1908BoroAyresome1–0—Harry Hampton (51')
17 Apr 1908BoltonBurnden1–3—Joe Bache (51')
18 Apr 1908Sheffield UnitedVilla Park1–0—Harry Hampton (48')
20 Apr 1908UnitedBank Street2–1—Albert Hall (4', 73' pen)
25 Apr 1908ChelseaStamford Bridge3–1—Joe Bache (20'); Albert Hall (2–0, 3–1)

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

First round

36 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Of the League sides not exempt to this round, Clapton Orient was again entered in the preliminary round, but this time won through to the third qualifying round before also losing to Southend United. Glossop, Chesterfield and Oldham were all entered in the fifth qualifying round. Sixteen Southern League sides were also exempt to the first round.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
8Aston Villa3–0Stockport County11 January 1908

Second round

The sixteen second round matches were played on Saturday 1 February 1908. Five matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek. One of these, the Stoke against Gainsborough Trinity match, went to a second replay the following week.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
5Aston Villa3–0Hull City1 February 1908

Third round

The eight third-round matches were scheduled for Saturday 22 February 1908. T

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
2Aston Villa0–2Manchester United22 February 1908

References

  1. ↑ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  2. ↑ "Birmingham 2-3 Aston Villa, 1907-08 Division One, 21 Sep 1907". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Aston Villa 2-3 Birmingham, 1907-08 Division One, 18 Jan 1908". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Football, The Times, 5 February 1907
  5. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/charlie-wallace
  6. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/bert-turner
  7. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/joseph-wilcox
  8. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/george-reeves
  9. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tom-lyons
  10. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/walter-kimberley
  11. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/roly-harper
  12. ↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/peter-kyle
  13. ↑ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
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