The 1914–15 English football season was Aston Villa's 27th season in the Football League.

In June 1915, Aston Villa Reserves resigned from the Birmingham & District League in order to become members of the Central League.Rugby Boys on Farms, Coventry Herald and Free Press, 25 June 1915, p3

League

Matches

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

First round 36 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The other four sides, Lincoln City, Nottingham Forest, Glossop and Leicester Fosse were entered in the sixth qualifying round, with only Leicester going out at that stage after losing to Swansea Town.

Sixteen Southern League sides were given byes to the First Round to bring the total number of teams up to 64. These included |Exeter City

32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 9 January 1915. Six matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate14Aston Villa2–0Exeter City9 January 1915

Second round The 16 Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 30 January 1915. Three matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following weekend fixture. One of these was again drawn, and a second replay was played, again at the following Saturday.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate8Manchester City1–0Aston Villa30 January 1915

Charity Cup In September, Villa lost the Birmingham Charity Cup 2-3 to West Brom.Sports in Brief, The Times, 24 September 1914

Players Frank Moss joined First Division club Villa for a £250 fee in February 1914 and made two appearances during the following season, but he had to wait until after the First World War before he could resume his career. During the war, Moss guested for Bellis and Morcom, Aston Park Rangers, Smethwick Carriage Works and Bradford City. Other debuts included Jimmy Stephenson (31), Howard Humphries (20), George Hampton,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/george-hampton and Harry Nash (12).

Harry Hampton, "The Wellington Whirlwind," played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920. Richard York had started his career with Handsworth Royal, Birchfield Rangers and the Royal Air Force, In March 1915 he joined Aston Villa as an amateur, signing professional forms in August 1919.

References

External links Aston Villa official website