1909–10 Aston Villa F.C. season

First Division
Season	1909–10
Champions	Aston Villa, 6th English title
Relegated	Chelsea; Bolton Wanderers
Top goalscorer	Jack Parkinson; (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Blackburn 7–0 Woolwich Arsenal; (2 October 1909)
Biggest away win	Middlesbrough 0–5 Bury; (12 February 1910)
Highest scoring	Liverpool 6–5 Newcastle United; (4 December 1910)
	← 1908–09 1910–11 →

Aston Villa
1909–10 season
Chairman	Frederick Rinder
Manager	George Ramsay
First Division	Champions (6)
FA Cup	Round 3
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1909–10 English football season was Aston Villa's 22nd season in the Football League. Villa finished the season as the league's champions for a then record sixth time. This would be Villa's last league title for 71 years, until they won the 1981 title. Arsenal finally matched Villa's record of six top division titles in 1948 and exceeded it with their seventh title in 1953.

This season saw a straight fight between Villa and Liverpool and they finished well clear of the rest. Villa's record included a 15-match run without defeat. They built on this to finish five points ahead of Liverpool. The Villa team included centre-forward Harry Hampton and inside-forward Joe Bache. In their Villa careers, Hampton scored 213 goals in 338 appearances and Bache 167 in 431. Hampton was just 5 ft 8in tall and was a fearless, fast moving player on the field. The ever-present outside-right Charlie Wallace also enjoyed a long career at the club, scoring 54 goals in 314 League games.

Cocky Hunter became the first Villa player to be ever sent off.^[2]

There were debuts for Billy Gerrish (55) ^[3] and Arthur Moss.^[4]^[5]

Final League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Aston Villa (C)	38	23	7	8	84	42	2.000	53
2	Liverpool	38	21	6	11	78	57	1.368	48
3	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	9	11	73	55	1.327	45
4	Newcastle United	38	19	7	12	70	56	1.250	45
5	Manchester United	38	19	7	12	69	61	1.131	45

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes	Scorers
1 Sep 1909	Arsenal	H	5–1	—	Joe Bache (2), Albert Hall, Billy Gerrish, Joe Walters ^[6]
4 Sep 1909	Bolton	A	2–1	—	Charlie Wallace, Albert Hall (pen) ^[7]
11 Sep 1909	Chelsea	H	4–1	—	Billy Gerrish (3), Joe Bache ^[8]
18 Sep 1909	Blackburn	A	2–3	—	Billy Gerrish, Charlie Wallace ^[9]
25 Sep 1909	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	—	— ^[10]
2 Oct 1909	Sunderland	A	1–1	—	Albert Hall ^[11]
9 Oct 1909	Everton	H	3–1	—	Harry Hampton (2), George Hunter^[12]
16 Oct 1909	Manchester United	A	0–2	—	— ^[13]
23 Oct 1909	Bradford City	H	3–1	—	Harry Hampton, Billy Gerrish, Albert Hall
30 Oct 1909	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–3	—	Harry Hampton (2)
6 Nov 1909	Bristol City	H	1–0	—	Billy Gerrish
13 Nov 1909	Bury	A	2–0	—	Joe Bache (2)
20 Nov 1909	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–2	—	Billy Gerrish, Joe Bache, Harry Hampton
27 Nov 1909	Preston North End	A	0–1	—	—
4 Dec 1909	Notts County	H	1–1	—	Harry Hampton
11 Dec 1909	Newcastle United	A	0–1	—	—
18 Dec 1909	Liverpool	H	3–1	—	Harry Hampton, Joe Bache (2)
25 Dec 1909	Sheffield United	A	1–0	—	Billy Gerrish
27 Dec 1909	Sheffield United	H	2–1	—	Harry Hampton, Joe Bache
1 Jan 1910	Nottingham Forest	A	4–1	—	Joe Bache, Harry Hampton (3)
8 Jan 1910	Bolton	H	3–1	—	Joe Bache, Billy Gerrish, Harry Hampton
22 Jan 1910	Chelsea	A	0–0	—	—
29 Jan 1910	Blackburn	H	4–3	—	Harry Hampton (3), Joe Bache
12 Feb 1910	Sunderland	H	3–2	—	Joe Walters, Chris Buckley, Billy Gerrish
26 Feb 1910	Manchester United	H	7–1	—	Billy Gerrish (2), Joe Walters (3), Harry Hampton (2)
5 Mar 1910	Bradford City	A	2–1	—	Joe Bache, Own goal
12 Mar 1910	Sheffield Wednesday	H	5–0	—	Albert Hall (2), Charlie Wallace (pen), Joe Bache (2)
14 Mar 1910	Everton	A	0–0	—	—
19 Mar 1910	Bristol City	A	0–0	—	—
25 Mar 1910	Middlesbrough	H	4–2	—	Harry Hampton (3), Joe Bache
26 Mar 1910	Bury	H	4–1	—	Harry Hampton (3), Joe Walters
28 Mar 1910	Middlesbrough	A	2–3	—	Charlie Wallace (2 pens)
2 Apr 1910	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	—	Joe Bache
9 Apr 1910	Preston North End	H	3–0	—	Harry Hampton, Joe Bache, Billy Gerrish
11 Apr 1910	Arsenal	A	0–1	—	—
16 Apr 1910	Notts County	A	3–2	—	Edmund Eyre, Harry Hampton, Charlie Wallace
27 Apr 1910	Newcastle United	H	4–0	—	Joe Bache, Charlie Wallace (pen), Edmund Eyre, Harry Hampton
30 Apr 1910	Liverpool	A	0–2 ^[14]	—	—

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

First round

39 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds.

Thirteen Southern League sides were also given byes to the first round to bring the total number of teams up to 64. These were:

Brighton & Hove Albion

32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 15 January 1910. Ten matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek, of which one went to a second replay.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
29	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Aston Villa	15 January 1910

Second round

The 16 second-round matches were played on Saturday, 5 February 1910. Three matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
3	Aston Villa	6–1	Derby County	5 February 1910

Third round

The eight third-round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 19 February 1910. There was one replay, between QPR and West Ham United, played in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
2	Aston Villa	1–2	Manchester City	19 February 1910

External links

Aston Villa official website

[topscorers-1] "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

[2] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/players/cards/red/season

[3] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/billy-gerrish

[4] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/arthur-moss

[5] "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

[6] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/775

[7] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/776

[8] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/777

[9] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/778

[10] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/779

[11] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/780

[12] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/781

[13] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/782

[avfc0910-14] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/matches/league/1909-10

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