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Aston Villa Football Club, commonly referred to as Villa, is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club, founded in 1874, competes in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. The team have played at their home ground Villa Park since 1897. Aston Villa is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in England, having won the Football League First Division seven times, the FA Cup seven times, the League Cup five times, and the European Cup and European Super Cup once.
William Henry Walker was a prominent English footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest footballers to ever play for Aston Villa and England. As a manager he won the FA Cup with each of Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest, some 24 years apart, a record which stands to this day.
Clement Stephenson was an English footballer whose 20-year career at Aston Villa and Huddersfield Town included success in both the FA Cup and League Championship. Stephenson's place in history as an inside forward was assured when Herbert Chapman targeted him as the man to lead Huddersfield Town's challenge for three consecutive Football League titles in the 1920s, he also made a single appearance for England in that period.
Thomas Thompson was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Barrow, Newcastle United, Preston North End and Stoke City as well as the England national team.
Thomas Jackson was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made close to 200 competitive appearances for Aston Villa, taking over from Sam Hardy when the veteran English international moved to Nottingham Forest.
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The 1969–70 English football season was Aston Villa's 70th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League Second Division. On 19 January 1970, with Villa bottom of the Second Division, manager Tommy Docherty was sacked. Vic Crowe was subsequently appointed manager.
The 1966–67 English football season was Aston Villa's 67th season in the Football League. The period is considered one of decline for the club and, this season, Villa were relegated from the Football League First Division. Blackpool would join them in the Football League Second Division.
The 1946–47 English football season was Aston Villa's 47th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division. The 1946–47 season was the first to feature a full football programme since the 1938–39 campaign.
Aston Villa played the 1930–31 English football season in the Football League First Division. Villa scored 128 league goals in 42 matches, a First Division record. Villa's Pongo Waring finished as the leagues top scorer with 49 goals, overshadowing Eric Houghton who scored 30 goals. As of 2023, this remains the Villa record season for goals scored.
Aston Villa played the 1933–34 English football season in the Football League First Division. Billy Smith remained trophy-less going into his eighth season. Jimmy McMullan was appointed as manager when Billy Smith retired in May 1934.
The 1957–58 English football season was Aston Villa's 58th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division.
The 1958–59 English football season was Aston Villa's 58th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division. Villa were relegated for the second time in their history.
Aston Villa played the 1934–35 English football season in the Football League First Division. This was manager Jimmy McMullan's first season having been appointed as manager when Billy Smith retired at the end of the previous season.
The 1912–13 English football season was the 25th season in the Football League for Aston Villa.
The 1907–08 Football League season was Aston Villa's 20th 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.
The 1919–20 English football season was the 28th season in the Football League for Aston Villa, and the first following the end of World War I. Villa won their sixth FA Cup at the end of season, beating Huddersfield Town 1–0 at Stamford Bridge. After a very public fall out with the Barnsley directors over travelling expenses, Frank Barson joined Aston Villa in October 1919. Barson joined Villa for a fee of £2,850 – "more than the average Sheffield worker earned in a year", according to a Sheffield newspaper – after persuasion from George Ramsay, who was rebuilding Villa after the First World War. In October 1919, he made his debut in a 4–1 win at Middlesbrough. Barson played a large part in the Villa team during his three seasons at the club, but it is his run-ins with authority for which he is best known.
The 1915-16 English football season was Aston Villa's 1st season of wartime football in England. During the First World War, between 1915 and 1919, the Football League and FA Cup were suspended and in their place regional league competitions were set up.
References
- ↑ Tommy Jackson, Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ Tommy Jackson, 11v11.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.