1920–21 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1920-21 season
Manager	George Ramsay
First Division	10th
FA Cup	Fourth round

The 1920-21 English football season was Aston Villa's 29th season in The Football League.

Dicky York appeared just 11 times in 1920–21.

The debuts included goalkeeper Tommy Jackson (172),^[1]^[2] taking over from Sam Hardy when the veteran English international moved to Nottingham Forest. George Blackburn (133), Cyril Spiers (104), Ian Dickson (76), Lew Price (10) and Ed Wright (2).^[3] Jackson was generally preferred to rival Spiers for a first team place but was eventually replaced by Ben Olney.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
8	Middlesbrough	42	17	12	13	53	53	1.000	46
9	Arsenal	42	15	14	13	59	63	0.937	44
10	Aston Villa	42	18	7	17	63	70	0.900	43
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	15	14	57	59	0.966	41
12	Sunderland	42	14	13	15	57	60	0.950	41

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

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Competition	Scorers
28 Aug 1920	Arsenal	Villa Park	5–0	—	Billy Walker (63', 77', 83', 87'); Clem Stephenson (72' pen)
30 Aug 1920	Manchester City	Hyde Road	1–3	—	Billy Walker (28')
4 Sep 1920	Arsenal	Highbury	1–0	—	Billy Walker (55')
6 Sep 1920	Manchester City	Villa Park	3–1	—	Billy Walker (27'); Jimmy Stephenson (57'); Arthur Dorrell (89')
11 Sep 1920	Spurs	Villa Park	4–2	—	Arthur Dorrell (4'); Billy Kirton (16'); Billy Walker (27', 56')
15 Sep 1920	Bolton	Burnden	0–5	—	—
18 Sep 1920	Spurs	White Hart Lane	2–1	—	Arthur Dorrell (5'); Billy Kirton (20')
25 Sep 1920	Oldham	Villa Park	3–0	—	Billy Walker (63', 83'); Billy Kirton (87')
2 Oct 1920	Oldham	Boundary Park	1–1	—	Billy Walker (8')
9 Oct 1920	Preston	Villa Park	1–0	—	Billy Walker (29')
16 Oct 1920	Preston	Deepdale	1–6	—	Billy Walker (87')
23 Oct 1920	Sheffield United	Villa Park	4–0	—	Clem Stephenson (34', 84'); Frank Barson (70'); Billy Kirton (87')
30 Oct 1920	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	0–0	—	—
6 Nov 1920	Albion	Villa Park	0–0	—	—
13 Nov 1920	Albion	Hawthorns	1–2	—	Clem Stephenson (89' pen)
20 Nov 1920	BPA	Villa Park	4–1	—	Billy Kirton (8'); Clem Stephenson (34'); Billy Walker (55')
27 Nov 1920	BPA	Park Avenue	0–4	—	—
4 Dec 1920	Newcastle	St James'	1–2	—	Billy Kirton (10')
11 Dec 1920	Newcastle	Villa Park	0–0	—	—
18 Dec 1920	Liverpool	Anfield	1–4	—	Billy Walker (29')
25 Dec 1920	United	Villa Park	3–4	—	Billy Walker; Clem Stephenson (2)
27 Dec 1920	United	Old Trafford	3–1	—	Billy Walker (37', 65'); Clem Stephenson
1 Jan 1921	Liverpool	Villa Park	0–2	—	—
15 Jan 1921	Everton	Villa Park	1–3	—	Billy Walker (4')
22 Jan 1921	Everton	Goodison	1–1	—	Billy Kirton (54')
5 Feb 1921	Burnley	Turf Moor	1–7	—	Howard Humphries (30') ^[4]
9 Feb 1921	Burnley	Villa Park	0–0	—	— ^[5]
12 Feb 1921	Sunderland	Villa Park	1–5	—	Walter Boyman ^[6]
23 Feb 1921	Sunderland	Roker	1–0	—	Arthur Dorrell (70') ^[7]
26 Feb 1921	Bradford	Villa Park	1–2	—	Walter Boyman (75') ^[8]
7 Mar 1921	Bradford	Valley Parade	0–3	—	—
12 Mar 1921	Huddersfield	Villa Park	0–0	—	—
19 Mar 1921	Huddersfield	Leeds Road	0–1	—	—
26 Mar 1921	Boro	Ayresome	4–1	—	Billy Walker (2); Andy Young (2)
28 Mar 1921	Chelsea	Villa Park	3–0	—	Andy Young (30'); Billy Walker (61'); Ian Dickson (65')
29 Mar 1921	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	1–5	—	Billy Walker (pen)
2 Apr 1921	Boro	Villa Park	0–1	—	—
9 Apr 1921	Blackburn	Ewood Park	1–0	—	Ian Dickson (20')
16 Apr 1921	Blackburn	Villa Park	3–0	—	Frank Moss (40'); Billy Walker (72'); Frank Barson (85' pen)
23 Apr 1921	Derby	Baseball Ground	3–2	—	Billy Walker (39'); Andy Young (69')
30 Apr 1921	Derby	Villa Park	1–0	—	Walter Boyman (2')
7 May 1921	Bolton	Villa Park	2–0	—	Dicky York (11'); Charlie Wallace (44')

FA Cup

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
10	Aston Villa	2–0	Bristol City	8 January 1921

Second round

The 16 second round matches were played on Saturday, 29 January 1921. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
4	Notts County	0–0	Aston Villa	29 January 1921
Replay	Aston Villa	1–0	Notts County	2 February 1921

Third round

The eight third round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 19 February 1921. One match was drawn and went to a replay in the following midweek fixture. This was also drawn, and so a second replay was played the following week.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
2	Aston Villa	2–0	Huddersfield Town	19 February 1921

Fourth round

The four fourth round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 5 March 1921. There was one replay, between Hull City and Preston North End, played in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
2	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Aston Villa	5 March 1921

References

↑ Tommy Jackson, Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
↑ Tommy Jackson, 11v11.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
↑ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1101
↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1102
↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1103
↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1105
↑ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1106

External links

[1] Tommy Jackson, Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[2] Tommy Jackson, 11v11.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

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

[4] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1101

[5] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1102

[6] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1103

[7] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1105

[8] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1106

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