The 1911-12 English football season was Aston Villa's 24th season in the Football League.
"Happy" Harry Hampton was a prolific goalscorer and scored five goals when Aston Villa beat Sheffield Wednesday 10–0 in a First Division match in 1912. Hampton was joint top goalscorer in the First Division this season. "The Wellington Whirlwind," played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920.
In March, Justice A.T. Lawrence established the legality of the football league's retain-and-transfer system with his judgement in the Kingaby case.Matthew Taylor, ‘Sutcliffe, Charles Edward (1864–1939)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Former Aston Villa player Herbert Kingaby had brought legal proceedings against his old club for preventing him from playing. Erroneous strategy by Kingaby's counsel resulted in the suit being dismissed.David McArdle, LLB PhD, The Football League's player registration scheme and the Kingaby case , accessed 16 December 2012
There were also debuts for Dicky Roose,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/dicky-roose Les Askew,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/les-askew Jimmy Birch,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jimmy-birch Harold Edgley,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/harold-edgley Bert Goode,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/bert-goode Tommy Weston,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tommy-weston Frank Mann,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/frank-mann Albert Ralphs,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/albert-ralphs Albert Lindon,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/albert-lindon Len Richards,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/len-richards Walter Watson,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/walter-watson Bill Morrishttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/bill-morris and Wilfred Littlewood.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/wilfred-littlewood
Final League table
Matches
Source: avfchistory.co.uk
FA Cup
🟩 13 Jan 1912, Villa 6-0 Walsall, Villa Park 🟨 3 Feb 1912, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park 🟥 7 Feb 1912, Villa 0-1 Reading, Elm Park
References
External links Aston Villa official website