1914–15 Aston Villa F.C. season

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

Aston Villa
1914–15 season
ChairmanFrederick Rinder
ManagerGeorge Ramsay
First Division14th
FA CupSecond round
The magazine Punch was critical of the decision to allow competitive football to continue after the outbreak of war. Mr Punch is depicted saying to the footballer "No doubt you can make money in this field, my friend, but there's only one field today where you can get honour".
"Happy" Harry Hampton

In September, Villa lost the Birmingham Charity Cup 2-3 to West Brom.[1] In October Villa beat Newcastle. The teams had met 33 times in the league with 13 wins each and 7 draws.[2]

Frank Moss joined First Division club Villa for a £250 fee in February 1914 and made two appearances during the following season,[3] but he had to wait until after the First World War before he could resume his career.[3] During the war, Moss guested for Bellis and Morcom, Aston Park Rangers, Smethwick Carriage Works and Bradford City.[4]

"The Wellington Whirlwind," played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920.[3]

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.[5]


Table
Main article: 1914–15 Football League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Everton (C) 38 19 8 11 76 47 1.617 46
2 Oldham Athletic 38 17 11 10 70 56 1.250 45
3 Blackburn Rovers 38 18 7 13 83 61 1.361 43
4 Burnley 38 18 7 13 61 47 1.298 43
5 Manchester City 38 15 13 10 49 39 1.256 43
6 Sheffield United 38 15 13 10 49 41 1.195 43
7 The Wednesday 38 15 13 10 61 54 1.130 43
8 Sunderland 38 18 5 15 81 72 1.125 41
9 Bradford Park Avenue 38 17 7 14 69 65 1.062 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 38 15 10 13 49 43 1.140 40
11 Bradford City 38 13 14 11 55 49 1.122 40
12 Middlesbrough 38 13 12 13 62 74 0.838 38
13 Liverpool 38 14 9 15 65 75 0.867 37
14 Aston Villa 38 13 11 14 62 72 0.861 37
15 Newcastle United 38 11 10 17 46 48 0.958 32
16 Notts County 38 9 13 16 41 57 0.719 31
17 Bolton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 68 84 0.810 30
18 Manchester United 38 9 12 17 46 62 0.742 30
19 Chelsea 38 8 13 17 51 65 0.785 29
20 Tottenham Hotspur (R) 38 8 12 18 57 90 0.633 28 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Home \ Away AST BLB BOL BRA BPA BUR CHE EVE LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NTC OLD SHU SUN TOT WED WBA
Aston Villa 2–1 1–7 0–0 1–2 3–3 2–1 1–5 6–2 4–1 3–3 5–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–1
Blackburn Rovers 1–2
Bolton Wanderers 2–2
Bradford City 3–0
Bradford Park Avenue 2–2
Burnley 2–1
Chelsea 3–1
Everton 0–0
Liverpool 3–6
Manchester City 1–0
Manchester United 1–0
Middlesbrough 1–1
Newcastle United 3–0
Notts County 1–1
Oldham Athletic 3–3
Sheffield United 3–0
Sunderland 4–0
Tottenham Hotspur 0–2
The Wednesday 5–2
West Bromwich Albion 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. Sports in Brief, The Times, 24th September 1914
  2. League Football. 2 November 1914, The Times
  3. "Frank Moss Aston Villa". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. "Moss, Frank (Senior) "Snowy"". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  5. "Detailed bio". Aston Villa Database. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
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