The 1924–25 English football season was Aston Villa's 33rd season in The Football League.
In the Second City Derby, both teams won their home fixtures.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/all-the-matches Len Capewell scored in the 1–0 victory over Birmingham at Villa Park.
Captain Frank Moss had sacrificed his wages over the summer break in a dispute with the club.Association Football, 29 August 1924, The Times Dicky York scored seven goals in 34 matches in 1924–25.
There were debuts for Wally Harris (20),https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/wally-harris Joe Eccles, Tommy Muldoon, Arthur Phoenix, George Jakeman, George Clarke, Tom Jones,https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tom-jones Billy Dinsdale and Les Dennington (1).https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/les-dennington
Villa agreed to play the touring South Africa amateurs in October 1924.Association Football. Friday 8 August 1924, The Times Table
Matches
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FA Cup
First round 42 of 44 clubs from the Football League First and Second Divisions joined the 12 Second and Third Division clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Indeed, had the FA not exempted amateur side Corinthian until the first round proper, this stage would have been an all-League affair for the only time in the competition's history. This would also be the last time that First Division teams started at this stage, with significant format changes set to be introduced to the tournament in 1925.
To bring the number of teams up to 64, nine Third Division South sides, Watford, *Brighton, Luton, *Swindon, *Northampton, Bristol City, Millwall, Swansea and Plymouth were given byes to this round. 32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 10 January 1925
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate11Aston Villa7–2Port Vale10 January 1925 Second round The 16 Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 31 January 1925. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. One of these then went to a second replay played the following week.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate16Swansea Town1–3Aston Villa31 January 1925 Third round The eight Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 21 February 1925. Four matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate4West Bromwich Albion1–1Aston Villa21 February 1925ReplayAston Villa1–2West Bromwich Albion25 February 1925
See also List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics References