1909–10 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1909-10 English football season was the 22nd season in the Football League for Aston Villa, who finished the season as the league's champions for a then record sixth time.

Aston Villa
1909–10 season
ChairmanEngland Frederick Rinder
ManagerScotland George Ramsay
First DivisionChampions (6)
FA CupRound 3

This season saw a straight fight between Villa and Liverpool and they finished well clear of the rest. Villa’s record included a 15-match run without defeat. They built on this to finish five points ahead of Liverpool. The Villa team included centre-forward Harry Hampton and inside-forward Joe Bache. In their Villa careers, Hampton scored 213 goals in 338 appearances and Bache 167 in 431. Hampton was just 5 ft 8in tall and was a fearless, fast moving player on the field. The ever-present outside-right Charlie Wallace also enjoyed a long career at the club, scoring 54 goals in 314 League games.

This would be Villa's last league title for 71 years, until they won the 1981 title. Arsenal finally matched Villa's record of six top division titles in 1948 and exceeded it with their seventh title in 1953.

There were debuts for Billy Gerrish (55) and Arthur Moss.[1]

Final League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Aston Villa (C) 38 23 7 8 84 42 2.000 53
2 Liverpool 38 21 6 11 78 57 1.368 48
3 Blackburn Rovers 38 18 9 11 73 55 1.327 45
4 Newcastle United 38 19 7 12 70 56 1.250 45
5 Manchester United 38 19 7 12 69 61 1.131 45
6 Sheffield United 38 16 10 12 62 41 1.512 42
7 Bradford City 38 17 8 13 64 47 1.362 42
8 Sunderland 38 18 5 15 66 51 1.294 41
9 Notts County 38 15 10 13 67 59 1.136 40
10 Everton 38 16 8 14 51 56 0.911 40
11 The Wednesday 38 15 9 14 60 63 0.952 39
12 Preston North End 38 15 5 18 52 58 0.897 35
13 Bury 38 12 9 17 62 66 0.939 33
14 Nottingham Forest 38 11 11 16 54 72 0.750 33
15 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 10 17 53 69 0.768 32
16 Bristol City 38 12 8 18 45 60 0.750 32
17 Middlesbrough 38 11 9 18 56 73 0.767 31
18 Woolwich Arsenal 38 11 9 18 37 67 0.552 31
19 Chelsea (R) 38 11 7 20 47 70 0.671 29 Relegation to the Second Division
20 Bolton Wanderers (R) 38 9 6 23 44 71 0.620 24
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
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