The 1905–06 Football League season was Aston Villa's 18th season in the First Division, the top flight of English football at the time. The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era.
Aston Villa started the new year having been defeated by Blackburn Rovers meaning that they had a record of DWL in the three post-Christmas fixtures. January's bad weather meant the trip to Sunderland was postponed until the end of January Villa lost both matches in the Second City derby, 0–2 away, and 1–3 at home.
During the season Howard Spencer was captain of the club.
In February 1905, after 167 league games, Harry Hadley left West Brom to join Aston Villa for a fee of £250, but played just 11 times before joining Nottingham Forest in April 1906.
There were debut appearances for Charlie Millington, Barney Allen, Harry Hadley, George Garratt, Jock Logan, Joe Walters, Samuel Greenhalgh, John Boden, Joe Hisbent, Arthur Elston, Bert Kingaby, Rowland Codling, and Tom Riley (16).
Football League
First team squad
- Billy Garraty, 37 appearances
- Howard Spencer, 37 appearances
- Billy George, 36 appearances, conceded 53
- Harry Hampton, 35 appearances
- Albert Hall, 34 appearances
- Joe Bache, 34 appearances
- Joe Pearson, 30 appearances
- Alex Leake, 26 appearances
- Jack Windmill, 16 appearances
- Billy Brawn, 15 appearances
- Albert Evans, 15 appearances
- Albert Wilkes, 8 appearances
- George Harris, 8 appearances
- Jimmy Cantrell, 8 appearances
- Billy Matthews, 7 appearances
- Freddie Miles, 7 appearances
- Harry Cooch, 6 appearances, conceded 9
- Micky Noon, 5 appearances
- Watty Corbett, 4 appearances
- Walter Brown, 1 appearance
Arrivals
- George Garratt, 17 appearances
- Samuel Greenhalgh, 12 appearances
- Harry Hadley, 11 appearances
- Jock Logan, 11 appearances
- John Boden, 10 appearances
- Joey Walters, 8 appearances
- Charlie Millington, 7 appearances
- Bert Kingaby, 4 appearances
- Tom Riley, 4 appearances
- Barney Allen, 3 appearances
- Rowland Codling, 3 appearances
- Joe Hisbent, 2 appearances, served in the Worcestershire Regiment during the First World War.
- Arthur Elston, 1 appearance
Exits
- Josiah Gray
- Alf Wood left in May 1905 having scored seven goals in 111 league and cup games.
- Willie Clarke, the first Black professional footballer to score in the English Football League.
- George Johnson to Plymouth Argyle
- Mart Watkins to Sunderland. A short career at Villa Park playing just six matches and scoring once.
See also
- List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics
References
External links
- Aston Villa official website
- avfchistory.co.uk The Matches
