The 1912–13 English football season was Aston Villa's 25th season in the Football League. Villa won the FA Cup competition for the fifth time matching the record jointly held with Wanderers F.C. and Blackburn Rovers.

Andy Ducat's ability and success with England brought attention from bigger clubs than Woolwich Arsenal. His then current club was, at the time, going through a financial crisis. Ducat was finally sold for £1,000 to England's most successful club Aston Villa in 1912, having played 188 matches and scored 21 goals for Arsenal. After suffering a broken leg in his first season at Villa, he recovered to become a stalwart in the side, captaining Villa to their sixth FA Cup win in 1919–20,

"Happy" Harry Hampton was a prolific goalscorer and scored five goals when Aston Villa beat Wednesday 10–0 in a First Division match in 1912. "The Wellington Whirlwind," played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920.

Tommy Barber scored the winning goal for Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final.

Sam Hardy became one of the best goalkeepers of his generation while at Liverpool. By the time he was allowed to join Villa in 1912 he had earned himself the nickname 'Safe and Steady Sam'. He had made 239 appearances between the sticks for the Reds before he arrived for £1500. He would go on to win two FA Cups in 1913 and 1920 with Aston Villa. There were also debuts for Harold Halse, Jimmy Harrop, Andy Ducat, Andy McLachlan,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/andy-mclachlan Jimmy Leach, Tommy Barber, Arthur Dobson and Stuart Doncaster. Final League table

Matches Date Opponent Venue Result Notes Scorers 2 Sep 1912 Chelsea Villa Park 1–0 — Clem Stephenson (1') 7 Sep 1912 Bradford Villa Park 3–1 — Harold Halse (5'); Joe Bache (12'); Albert Hall (53') 9 Sep 1912 Oldham Boundary Park 2–2 — Joe Bache (6'); Charlie Wallace (61' pen) 14 Sep 1912 Manchester City Hyde Road 0–1 — — 16 Sep 1912 Arsenal Manor Ground 3–0 — Clem Stephenson (8'); Harry Hampton (63', 67') 21 Sep 1912 Albion Villa Park 2–4 — Joe Bache (2', 52') 28 Sep 1912 Everton Goodison 1–0 — Harold Halse (80') 5 Oct 1912 Wednesday Villa Park 10–0 — Harold Halse (3'); Harry Hampton (14', 28', 36', 47', 60'); Clem Stephenson (30', 38'); Joe Bache (57', 77') 12 Oct 1912 Blackburn Ewood 2–2 — Harold Halse (75', 80') 19 Oct 1912 Derby Villa Park 5–1 — Harold Halse (6', 8', 61', 81', 87') 26 Oct 1912 Spurs White Hart Lane 3–3 — Harold Halse (22', 64'); Clem Stephenson (85') 2 Nov 1912 Boro Villa Park 5–1 — Charlie Wallace (5' pen); Harry Hampton (20', 82'); Harold Halse (35'); Clem Stephenson (46') 9 Nov 1912 Notts County Meadow Lane 1–1 — Harry Hampton (5') 16 Nov 1912 United Villa Park 4–2 — Joe Bache (16'); Harry Hampton (30', 40'); Clem Stephenson (51') 23 Nov 1912 Sunderland Roker 1–3 — Harry Hampton (70') 30 Nov 1912 Liverpool Anfield 0–2 — — 7 Dec 1912 Bolton Villa Park 1–1 — Charlie Wallace (89' pen) 14 Dec 1912 Sheffield United Bramall Lane 2–3 — Harold Halse (1–0, 35') 21 Dec 1912 Newcastle Villa Park 3–1 — Harry Hampton (22'); Joe Bache (44'); Charlie Wallace (84') 26 Dec 1912 Oldham Villa Park 7–1 — Harry Hampton (8', 44', 61'); Harold Halse (30', 65'); Clem Stephenson (50', 60') 28 Dec 1912 Bradford Valley Parade 1–1 Tommy Barber made his Villa debut.https://www.avdb.co.uk/player/tommy-barber Clem Stephenson (62') 4 Jan 1913 Manchester City Villa Park 2–0 — Harold Halse (2'); Harry Hampton (60') 18 Jan 1913 Albion Hawthorns 2–2 — Harry Hampton (42'); Jimmy Harrop (85') 25 Jan 1913 Everton Villa Park 1–1 — Harry Hampton (31') 8 Feb 1913 Wednesday Owlerton 1–1 — Albert Hall (43') 15 Feb 1913 Blackburn Villa Park 1–1 — Tommy Barber (4') 1 Mar 1913 Spurs Villa Park 1–0 — Andy McLachlan (72') 12 Mar 1913 Derby Baseball Ground 1–0 — Clem Stephenson (5') 15 Mar 1913 Notts County Villa Park 1–0 — Clem Stephenson (55') 21 Mar 1913 Chelsea Stamford Bridge 2–1 — Harry Hampton (1–0); Jimmy Leach (2–0) 22 Mar 1913 United Old Trafford 0–4 — — 24 Mar 1913 Arsenal Villa Park 4–1 — Howard Halse (1', 6'); Joe Bache (80'); Albert Hall (90') 5 Apr 1913 Liverpool Villa Park 1–3 — Stuart Doncaster (89') 9 Apr 1913 Boro Ayresome 1–1 — Harry Hampton (21') 12 Apr 1913 Bolton Burnden 3–2 — Tommy Barber (58'); Harry Hampton (88'); Clem Stephenson (89') 23 Apr 1913 Sunderland Villa Park 1–1 — Howard Halse (1–1) 26 Apr 1913 Newcastle St James' 3–1 — Clem Stephenson (5'); Charlie Wallace (12'); Harry Hampton (18') 28 Apr 1913 Sheffield United Villa Park 4–2 — Charlie Wallace (21', 40'); Andy McLachlan (55'); Harry Hampton (82')

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

First round Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate13Derby County1–3Aston Villa15 January 1913

Second round 15 of the 16 second-round matches were played on Saturday 1 February 1913. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek . One of these went to a second replay the following week.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate3Aston Villa5–0West Ham United1 February 1913

Third round The eight third-round matches were played on Saturday 22 February 1913. There were two replays, played in the following midweek.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate4Aston Villa5–0Crystal Palace22 February 1913

Fourth round The four fourth-round (quarter-final) matches were played on 8 March 1913. There was one replay, the Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle United and Sunderland, played on 12 March. This went to a second replay, which Sunderland won.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate4Bradford Park Avenue0–5Aston Villa8 March 1913

Semi-finals

Final

GK Sam Hardy DF Tom Lyons DF Tommy Weston MF Tommy Barber MF Jimmy HarropMF Jimmy LeachFW Charlie WallaceFW Clem StephensonFW Harry HamptonFW Harold HalseFW Joe Bache (c)Secretary-Manager: George Ramsay GK Joe ButlerDF Charlie GladwinDF Harry NessMF Francis CuggyMF Charlie Thomson (c)MF Harry LowFW Jackie MordueFW Charlie BuchanFW James RichardsonFW George HolleyFW Henry MartinManager: Bob Kyle Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level.

References

External links Aston Villa official website