The 1900–01 English football season was Aston Villa's 13th season in the Football League, competing in the First Division, the top flight of English football at the time. The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era. During the season Jimmy Crabtree, Jack Devey, and Howard Spencer shared the captaincy of the club.AVFC History: 1900-01 season Billy Garraty, great-great-grandfather of Jack Grealish, made the most appearances during the season. Goalkeeper & first-class cricketer, Billy George was next with 39 appearances.
Second Division Small Heath F.C. took part in the 1900–01 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing in the third round to Aston Villa after a replay, Villa's Billy Garraty being the sole scorer over the two fixtures. Small Heath also lost to Villa in the semi-final of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup."Birmingham Charity Cup. Semi-Final Ties". Birmingham Daily Post. 18 September 1900. p. 8.
On 1 December 1900, Villa recorded the biggest home win in the League that season, 7–1 against Manchester City in front of a crowd of 12,000. When Aston Villa played away at Stoke on 29 December 1900, the home club registered its biggest home attendance of the season.
There were debuts for Arthur Millar, Joe Pearson, Albert Brown, Joe Bache, Frank Lloyd, Alf Wood, Jimmy Murray, Tom Gilson, Jack Whitley, Tommy Wilson and Willie McAulay (4).
Football League
Matches
Source: avfchistory.co.uk
FA Cup
First round The first round proper contained sixteen ties between 32 teams. The remaining 16 of 18 Football League First Division sides were given a bye to this round, as were Small Heath, Burnley and Leicester Fosse of the Second Division and Southern League First Division clubs Southampton, Millwall Athletic and Tottenham Hotspur. They joined the ten teams who won in the intermediate round.
The matches were played on Saturday 9 February 1901. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate7Aston Villa5–0Millwall Athletic9 February 1901
Second round The eight Second Round matches were scheduled for Saturday 23 February 1901. There was one replay, between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, played in the following midweek.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate2Aston Villa0–0Nottingham Forest23 February 1901ReplayNottingham Forest1–3Aston Villa27 February 1901
Third round The four Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 23 March 1901. Two replays were needed, played in the following midweek.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate4Small Heath0–0Aston Villa23 March 1901ReplayAston Villa1–0Small Heath27 March 1901
Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were both intended to be played on Saturday 6 April 1901. Sheffield United and Aston Villa played on this date, but drew their tie and had to replay it five days later; this next match finished in a 3–0 win for United. The other game, Tottenham Hotspur against West Bromwich Albion, was delayed until Monday 8 April and finished in a convincing win for Spurs.
Replay
Birmingham Senior Cup
Players Billy Garraty, 41 appearances Billy George, 39 appearances, conceded 27 Steve Smith, 36 appearances Jack Devey, 33 appearances Albert Evans, 33 appearances Jimmy Cowan, 30 appearances Charlie Athersmith, 32 appearances Howard Spencer, 21 appearances Jimmy Crabtree, 32 appearances Tommy Bowman, 31 appearances George Johnson, 25 appearances Charlie Aston, 6 appearances Albert Wilkes, 31 appearances Bobby Templeton, 20 appearances Chris Mann, 3 appearances Micky Noon, 13 appearances Willie McAuley, 6 appearances Joe Pearson, 6 appearances Albert Brown, 2 appearances Joe Bache, 7 appearances Frank Lloyd, 3 appearances Alf Wood, 4 appearances Jimmy Murray, 1 appearance Tom Gilson, 2 appearances Jack Whitley, 3 appearances, conceded 10 Tommy Wilson, 1 appearance Arthur Millar, 1 appearance
References
Notes
External links Aston Villa official website avfchistory.co.uk The Matches