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English football club season

CaptainJohn Devey standing in front of the FA Cup which the club won for the second time in 1895

Aston Villa 1894–95 football season

Aston Villa
1894–95 season
Manager	George Ramsay
Ground	Wellington Road
Football League	3rd
FA Cup	Winners
← 1893–94 1895–96 →

Football league season

First Division
Season	1894–95
Champions	Sunderland,3rd title
Relegated	Liverpool
Top goalscorer	John Campbell (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Sunderland 8–0 Derby County (1 September 1894) Blackburn 9–1Small Heath (5 January 1895)
Biggest away win	Wolves 0–4Aston Villa (22 December 1894)
Highest scoring	Blackburn 9–1Small Heath (5 January 1895)
Longest winning run	8 matches Everton
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Sunderland
Longest losing run	7 matches Burnley
Highest attendance	35,000 (27 October 1894) Everton 2–2Sunderland
Lowest attendance	1,000 Small Heath 4–4Preston (29 September 1894) Stoke 2–2Small Heath (27 October 1894) Blackburn 3–0West Brom (22 December 1894) Derby County 1–1Stoke (19 January 1895) Stoke 2–5Sunderland (26 January 1895)
Average attendance	7,431
←1893–94 1895–96 →

The1894–95 English football season wasAston Villa's 7th season in the Football League falling into what was to be called Villa's golden era.^[1] Villa started the season as League champions and, under George Ramsay's management committee, won the FA Cup for the second time.^[2] The1894–95 Division 1 season was the first season of the First leagueSecond City Derby with Aston Villa beating local rivalsSmall Heath 2–1 on 1 September 1894. Villa beatSmall Heath in the final of theMayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup.

The1895 FA Cup Final was contested byAston Villa andWest Bromwich Albion atCrystal Palace. Aston Villa won 1–0, withBob Chatt being credited with scoring the fastest goal inFA Cup Final history, scored after just 30 seconds. This record would stand for 114 years before being broken byEverton 'sLouis Saha in2009 with a goal after 25 seconds. The first trophy, the 'little tin idol', had been made by Martin, Hall & Co at a cost of £20.^[3] It was stolen from aBirmingham shoe shop window belonging to William Shillcock while held byAston Villa on 11 September 1895 and was never seen again. Despite a £10 reward for information, the crime was never solved. As it happened while it was in their care, the FA fined Villa £25 to pay for a replacement. Just over 60 years later, 80 year old career criminal Henry (Harry) James Burge claimed to have committed the theft, confessing to a newspaper, with the story being published in theSunday Pictorial newspaper on 23 February 1958.Burge claimed the cup had been melted down to make counterfeithalf-crown coins, which matched known intelligence of the time that stolen silver was being used to forge coins which were then laundered throughbetting shops at a local racecourse.^[4]

There were debut appearances for Harry Wilkes,Billy Dorrell,George Kinsey,Howard Spencer,Tom Purslow,Billy Podmore andBob Gordon.^[5]

First Division

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Main article:1894–95 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Sunderland(C)	30	21	5	4	80	37	2.162	47
2	Everton	30	18	6	6	82	50	1.640	42
3	Aston Villa	30	17	5	8	82	43	1.907	39
4	Preston North End	30	15	5	10	62	46	1.348	35
5	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	10	9	59	49	1.204	32

Source:World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Notes	Scorers
1 Sep 1894	Small Heath	Wellington Road	2–1	Win	Steve Smith; Bob Gordon
8 Sep 1894	Liverpool	Anfield	2–1	Win	Steve Smith; Charlie Athersmith
15 Sep 1894	Sunderland	Wellington Road	1–2	Loss	Steve Smith
22 Sep 1894	Derby County	Racecourse Ground	2–0	Win	Bob Chatt; Jack Devey
29 Sep 1894	Stoke	Victoria Ground	1–4	Loss	Charlie Athersmith
6 Oct 1894	Nottingham Forest	New Town Ground	1–2	Loss	Jack Devey
13 Oct 1894	West Bromwich Albion	Wellington Road	3–1	Win	Dennis Hodgetts; Albert Woolley; Bob Chatt
20 Oct 1894	Small Heath	Muntz Street	2–2	Draw	Bob Gordon; Dennis Hodgetts
22 Oct 1894	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	1–2	Loss	Bob Gordon
27 Oct 1894	Liverpool	Wellington Road	5–0	Win	Jimmy Cowan; Jack Reynolds (2, 1 pen); Billy Dorrell; Dennis Hodgetts
3 Nov 1894	Sheffield Wednesday	Olive Grove	0–1	Loss	—
10 Nov 1894	Preston North End	Wellington Road	4–1	Win	Jack Devey; Own goal; Dennis Hodgetts; Bob Chatt
12 Nov 1894	Sheffield United	Wellington Road	5–0	Played in driving freezing rain. Villa's players had dry clothes available,^[6] and were given hot drinks, a courtesy apparently not extended to the visitors.^[7]^[8] The Sheffield players were worse affected, several needing treatment for exposure, and by the end of the match only six were still on the field.^[8]^[9] Villa'sJack Devey put on an overcoat, andCharlie Athersmith played under an umbrella borrowed from a spectator^[10]^[9] before collapsing in the dressing-room afterwards.^[8]	Bob Chatt (2); Jack Devey (2); Jack Reynolds
17 Nov 1894	West Bromwich Albion	Stoney Lane	2–3	Loss	Steve Smith; Tom Purslow
24 Nov 1894	Nottingham Forest	Wellington Road	4–1	Win	Dennis Hodgetts; Jack Devey (2); Jimmy Cowan
1 Dec 1894	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	3–1	Win	Steve Smith (3)
3 Dec 1894	Sheffield Wednesday	Wellington Road	3–1	Win	George Russell; Jack Devey; Jack Reynolds (pen)
8 Dec 1894	Blackburn Rovers	Wellington Road	3–0	Win	Charlie Athersmith; Jack Devey (2)
22 Dec 1894	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux	4–0	Villa registered the biggest away win in the League	Dennis Hodgetts (2); Bob Chatt; Jack Devey
26 Dec 1894	Stoke	Wellington Road	6–0	Win	Charlie Athersmith (3); Jack Reynolds; Bob Chatt; Jack Devey
2 Jan 1895	Sunderland	Newcastle Road	4–4	Draw	Dennis Hodgetts; Steve Smith; Jack Reynolds (pen); Jack Devey
5 Jan 1895	Derby County	Wellington Road	4–0	Win	Dennis Hodgetts (2); Steve Smith; Bob Chatt
12 Jan 1895	Preston North End	Deepdale	1–0	Win	Jack Devey
17 Jan 1895	Everton	Goodison Park	2–4	Loss	Billy Dorrell; Steve Smith
26 Jan 1895	Bolton Wanderers	Wellington Road	2–1	Win	Own goal; Jack Devey
23 Feb 1895	Burnley	Turf Moor	3–3	Draw	Bob Chatt; Own goal; Charlie Athersmith
23 Mar 1895	Bolton Wanderers	Pike's Lane	3–4	Loss	Steve Smith; Bob Chatt (2)
6 Apr 1895	Burnley	Wellington Road	5–0	Win	Billy Dorrell (2); Dennis Hodgetts; Charlie Athersmith; Bob Chatt
15 Apr 1895	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wellington Road	2–2	Draw	Charlie Athersmith; Howard Spencer
24 Apr 1895	Everton	Wellington Road	2–2	Sunderland win the championship with a 2–1 scoreline and renderedEverton's final game meaningless. As it was, Everton could only draw that game at Aston Villa 2–2, a result which would have taken the title to Sunderland regardless.	Charlie Athersmith; Steve Smith

Source:avfchistory.co.uk

Second City Derby

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Second City Derby Football team season

Second City Derby
2--0--1
← 1887-88 1895–96 →

Main article:Second City Derby

Small Heath's First Division campaign began on Saturday 1 September with a visit to local rivals and League championsAston Villa. The match turned out rather closer than predicted. Small Heath'sJack Hallam opened the scoring from aTommy Hands cross with the first League goal of the season, "for the match was started punctually, and it would have been a sheer impossibility to score faster than the Small Heath player did."^[11]Steve Smith equalised for Villa some 20 minutes later, and aBob Gordon goal meant they took the lead immediately afterwards, and retained that lead to the end. TheBirmingham Daily Post picked out Hallam andCaesar Jenkyns for praise, was disappointed byFred Wheldon, "usually the bright particular star of the front rank", and suggested thatJack Oliver would be a success "when he has lost a little superfluous flesh".^[11]^[12]

The reverse fixture resulted in a 2-2 draw on 20 October 1894 with Bob Gordon andDenny Hodgetts scoring for Villa.(2-0-1)^[13]

Small Heath took onAston Villa in their last match of the season, the final of theBirmingham Charity Cup. Unfortunately for the charities, the weather was poor and the attendance low, but those spectators present saw an exciting game. Wheldon scored first with a fierce shot that entered the net off the goalkeeper and the underside of the bar, thenBob Chatt equalised from a free kick andCharlie Athersmith outpaced Oliver and his parried shot was forced over the line. Mobley tied the scores with a long shot, but in the second half with the wind behind them, Villa scored three times to Jack Hallam's one to take the match 5–3.^[14]

FA Cup

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Football match

1895 FA Cup final

Match programme

Event

1894–95 FA Cup

Aston Villa	West Bromwich Albion

1	0

Date

20 April 1895

Venue

Crystal Palace, London

Referee

John Lewis

Attendance

42,560

Main article:1894–95 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Notes	Scorers
2 Feb 1895	Derby County	H	2–1	FA Cup – 1st Round	—
16 Feb 1895	Newcastle United	H	7–1	FA Cup – 2nd Round	—
2 Mar 1895	Nottingham Forest	H	6–2	FA Cup – 3rd Round	—
16 Mar 1895	Sunderland	A	2–1	FA Cup – Semi-final	—
20 Apr 1895	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	FA Cup – Final	—

References

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^"Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived fromthe original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved28 October 2007.
^AVFC History:1894–95 season
^"The Trophies". The Football Association. Archived fromthe original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved30 September 2014.
^"Unsolved: Did this OAP really steal the famous FA Cup?".Birmingham Mail. 13 May 2010.Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved4 January 2015.
^"Aston Villa's Seasons".AVFC History.
^"Ernest Needham's story".Sports Special. Sheffield. 28 December 1912. p. 5.
^"Football".Burnley Express. 14 November 1894. p. 4.
^^a ^b ^c"Football Fancies".Evening Telegraph and Star. Sheffield. 16 November 1894. p. 4.
^^a ^b"Aston Villa v. Sheffield United. A farcical performance. United finish with six men. Serious illness of the players".Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 13 November 1894. p. 8.
^Murray, Scott (2017).The Title: The Story of the First Division. Bloomsbury.ISBN 978-1-4729-3662-2.
^^a ^b"Notes on Sport".Birmingham Daily Post. 3 September 1894. p. 5.
^"Aston Villa (Champions) 2-1 Small Heath, 1894-95 Division One , 1 Sep 1894".AVFC History. Retrieved6 August 2023.
^"Small Heath 2-2 Aston Villa (Champions), 1894-95 Division One , 20 Oct 1894".AVFC History. Retrieved6 August 2023.
^"Notes on Sport".Birmingham Daily Post. 29 April 1895. p. 7.

External links

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Aston Villa official website
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