The 1921-22 English football season was Aston Villa's 30th season in The Football League. Villa played the 1921–22 English football season in the Football League First Division. Villa finished fifth below Burnley, and Cardiff City, just above Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United.

In the first Second City derby in fifteen years, Villa were held to a draw at home and lost the away fixture. In the second match of the season, defender Bert Smith became the first-ever Cardiff player to score in the division with a consolation goal during a 2–1 defeat to Aston Villa.

Billy Walker remains the only player to have scored a hat-trick of penalty kicks in a Football League game, doing so against Bradford City in November 1921. Richard York went on to make 47 appearances in the 1921–22 campaign, as the "Villans" finished fifth in the First Division. There were debuts for Tommy Mort (337), Len Capewell (157), Jock Johnstone (106), George Stephenson (93), Percy Jones (15), George Harkus (4) and Martin Taylor (1).

Football League First Division.

Matches Date Opponent Venue Result Competition Scorers 27 Aug 1921 Manchester City Hyde Road 1–2 — Billy Walker (35') 29 Aug 1921 Cardiff City Villa Park 2–1 — Billy Kirton; Andy Young 3 Sep 1921 Manchester City Villa Park 4–0 — Andy Young (2); Billy Kirton; Frank Moss 5 Sep 1921 Cardiff City Ninian Park 4–0 — Frank Barson (pen); Frank Moss; Ian Dickson 10 Sep 1921 Preston North End Deepdale 0–1 — — 12 Sep 1921 Blackburn Rovers Villa Park 1–1 — Billy Walker (pen) 17 Sep 1921 Preston North End Villa Park 2–0 — Billy Walker (2) 24 Sep 1921 Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 1–3 — Ian Dickson 1 Oct 1921 Tottenham Hotspur Villa Park 2–1 — Billy Kirton; Ian Dickson 8 Oct 1921 West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns 1–0 — Andy Young 15 Oct 1921 West Bromwich Albion Villa Park 0–1 — — 22 Oct 1921 Middlesbrough Ayresome Park 0–5 — — 29 Oct 1921 Middlesbrough Villa Park 6–2 — Arthur Dorrell; Ian Dickson (2); Billy Walker; Billy Kirton; Dicky York 5 Nov 1921 Bradford City Valley Parade 2–3 — Billy Walker (2) 12 Nov 1921 Bradford City Villa Park 7–1 — Billy Walker (3); Arthur Dorrell (2); Ian Dickson (2) 19 Nov 1921 Manchester United Villa Park 3–1 — Billy Walker; Frank Barson; Ian Dickson 26 Nov 1921 Manchester United Old Trafford 0–1 — — 3 Dec 1921 Liverpool Villa Park 1–1 — Ian Dickson 10 Dec 1921 Liverpool Anfield 0–2 — — 17 Dec 1921 Newcastle United St James’ Park 2–1 — Billy Walker; Ian Dickson 24 Dec 1921 Newcastle United Villa Park 1–0 — Arthur Dorrell 26 Dec 1921 Sheffield United Bramall Lane 3–2 — Ian Dickson; Dicky York; Frank Barson 27 Dec 1921 Sheffield United Villa Park 5–3 — Ian Dickson (3); Billy Kirton; Billy Walker 31 Dec 1921 Burnley Turf Moor 1–2 — Frank Moss 14 Jan 1922 Burnley Villa Park 2–0 — Billy Kirton; Billy Walker 21 Jan 1922 Everton Goodison Park 2–3 — Billy Kirton (2) 4 Feb 1922 Sunderland Roker Park 4–1 — Ian Dickson (2); Billy Walker; Billy Kirton 8 Feb 1922 Everton Villa Park 2–1 — Billy Kirton; Ian Dickson 11 Feb 1922 Sunderland Roker Park 2–0 — Billy Walker; Ian Dickson 25 Feb 1922 Huddersfield Town Villa Park 2–0 — Billy Kirton; Billy Walker 11 Mar 1922 Birmingham City Villa Park 1–1 — Ian Dickson 15 Mar 1922 Birmingham City St Andrew’s 0–1 — — 18 Mar 1922 Arsenal Villa Park 2–0 — Ian Dickson; Billy Walker (pen) 25 Mar 1922 Arsenal Highbury 0–2 — — 1 Apr 1922 Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park 2–1 — Len Capewell; Arthur Dorrell 5 Apr 1922 Huddersfield Town Leeds Road 0–1 — — 14 Apr 1922 Chelsea Stamford Bridge 0–1 — — 15 Apr 1922 Bolton Wanderers Villa Park 2–1 — Billy Walker (2) 17 Apr 1922 Chelsea Villa Park 1–4 — Billy Walker 22 Apr 1922 Bolton Wanderers Burnden Park 0–1 — — 29 Apr 1922 Oldham Athletic Villa Park 2–0 — Billy Walker; Len Capewell 6 May 1922 Oldham Athletic Boundary Park 1–3 — Len Capewell

FA Cup

First round Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate10Aston Villa6–1Derby County7 January 1922

Second round The 16 Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 28 January 1922. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. One of these, the Bradford City–Notts County match, went to a second replay.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate6Aston Villa1–0Luton Town28 January 1922

Third round The eight Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 18 February 1922. Four matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Stoke0–0Aston Villa18 February 1922ReplayAston Villa4–0Stoke22 February 1922

Fourth round The four Fourth round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 4 March 1922. There were three replays, each played in the following midweek fixture.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Notts County2–2Aston Villa4 March 1922ReplayAston Villa3–4Notts County8 March 1922

References

External links Aston Villa official website avfchistory.co.uk The Matches Aston Villa football club match record: 1922