Aston Villa's 1894-95 season

Season 16 | 1894-95

Club Summary

Season	Manager		Chairman		Chief Executive		Sporting Director
1894-95	George Ramsay led Management Committee		Joshua Margoschis		George Ramsay

Season Summary

DNQ: Did not qualify; n/a: Competition not constituted

League	Position	FA Cup Progress	League Cup Progress	European Progress	Biggest Win
Division One	3rd	Winners	n/a	n/a	7-1 vs. Newcastle United (h), FA Cup

Top Scorer		Most Appearances		Most Starts
17 \| Jack Devey		35 \| Charlie Athersmith, Jimmy Cowan		35 \| Jimmy Cowan, Charlie Athersmith

Manager Summary

P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

	Manager	P	W	D	L	U	W%	L%	U%	CS%	PPG
	George Ramsay led Management Committee	35	22	5	8	27	63%	23%	77%	29%	2.03

Season Statistics

Pos: Final League Position; P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; F: Goals Scored; A: Goals Conceded; Pts: Final League Points; GD: Goal Difference (A-F); PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); GR: Goal Ratio (F/A); GPG: Goals Scored per Game; CPG: Goals Conceded per Game; CS: Clean Sheets; CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

Results - All Competitions

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PPG	GR	GPG	CPG	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U	U%
1894-95	35	22	5	8	100	48	52	1.3	2.09	2.86	1.37	10	29%	63%	23%	27	77%

Results - League

	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD	GPG	CPG	GR	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U%
1894-95	3rd	30	17	5	8	82	43	39	39	2.73	1.43	1.91	9	30%	57%	27%	73%

Runs

Season	Wins in a Row	League Wins in a Row	Games Unbeaten	Games without a Win	Losing Run
1894-95	6	6	9	2	2

League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	30	21	5	4	80	37	43	47
2	Everton	30	18	6	6	82	50	32	42
3	Aston Villa	30	17	5	8	82	43	39	39
4	Preston North End	30	15	5	10	62	46	16	35
5	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	10	9	59	49	10	32
6	Sheffield United	30	14	4	12	57	55	2	32
7	Nottingham Forest	30	13	5	12	50	56	-6	31
8	The Wednesday	30	12	4	14	50	55	-5	28
9	Burnley	30	11	4	15	44	56	-12	26
10	Bolton Wanderers	30	9	7	14	61	62	-1	25
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	7	14	43	63	-20	25
12	Small Heath	30	9	7	14	50	74	-24	25
13	West Bromwich Albion	30	10	4	16	51	66	-15	24
14	Stoke	30	9	6	15	50	67	-17	24
15	Derby County	30	7	9	14	45	68	-23	23
16	Liverpool	30	7	8	15	51	70	-19	22

Matches

Select a row for detailed match reports

Competition	Date	Home		Away	W	D	L
Division One	Saturday, 1 September 1894	Aston Villa (Champions)	2-1	Small Heath	W
Division One	Saturday, 8 September 1894	Liverpool	1-2	Aston Villa (Champions)	W
Division One	Saturday, 15 September 1894	Aston Villa (Champions)	1-2	Sunderland			L
Division One	Saturday, 22 September 1894	Derby County	0-2	Aston Villa (Champions)	W
Division One	Saturday, 29 September 1894	Stoke	4-1	Aston Villa (Champions)			L
Division One	Saturday, 6 October 1894	Nottingham Forest	2-1	Aston Villa (Champions)			L
Division One	Saturday, 13 October 1894	Aston Villa (Champions)	3-1	West Brom	W
Division One	Saturday, 20 October 1894	Small Heath	2-2	Aston Villa (Champions)		D
Division One	Monday, 22 October 1894	Sheffield United	2-1	Aston Villa (Champions)			L
Division One	Saturday, 27 October 1894	Aston Villa (Champions)	5-0	Liverpool	W
Division One	Saturday, 3 November 1894	Wednesday	1-0	Aston Villa (Champions)			L
Division One	Saturday, 10 November 1894	Aston Villa (Champions)	4-1	Preston North End	W
Division One	Monday, 12 November 1894	Aston Villa (Champions)	5-0	Sheffield United	W
Division One	Saturday, 17 November 1894	West Brom	3-2	Aston Villa (Champions)			L
Division One	Saturday, 24 November 1894	Aston Villa (Champions)	4-1	Nottingham Forest	W
Division One	Saturday, 1 December 1894	Blackburn Rovers	1-3	Aston Villa (Champions)	W
Division One	Monday, 3 December 1894	Aston Villa (Champions)	3-1	Wednesday	W
Division One	Saturday, 8 December 1894	Aston Villa (Champions)	3-0	Blackburn Rovers	W
Division One	Saturday, 22 December 1894	Wolves	0-4	Aston Villa (Champions)	W
Division One	Wednesday, 26 December 1894	Aston Villa (Champions)	6-0	Stoke	W
Division One	Wednesday, 2 January 1895	Sunderland	4-4	Aston Villa (Champions)		D
Division One	Saturday, 5 January 1895	Aston Villa (Champions)	4-0	Derby County	W
Division One	Saturday, 12 January 1895	Preston North End	0-1	Aston Villa (Champions)	W
Division One	Thursday, 17 January 1895	Everton	4-2	Aston Villa (Champions)			L
Division One	Saturday, 26 January 1895	Aston Villa (Champions)	2-1	Bolton Wanderers	W
FA Cup 1st Round	Saturday, 2 February 1895	Aston Villa	2-1	Derby County	W
FA Cup 2nd Round	Saturday, 16 February 1895	Aston Villa	7-1	Newcastle United	W
Division One	Saturday, 23 February 1895	Burnley	3-3	Aston Villa (Champions)		D
FA Cup 3rd Round	Saturday, 2 March 1895	Aston Villa	6-2	Nottingham Forest	W
FA Cup Semi Final	Saturday, 16 March 1895	Aston Villa	2-1	Sunderland	W
Division One	Saturday, 23 March 1895	Bolton Wanderers	4-3	Aston Villa (Champions)			L
Division One	Saturday, 6 April 1895	Aston Villa (Champions)	5-0	Burnley	W
Division One	Monday, 15 April 1895	Aston Villa (Champions)	2-2	Wolves		D
FA Cup Final	Saturday, 20 April 1895	Aston Villa	1-0	West Brom	W
Division One	Wednesday, 24 April 1895	Aston Villa	2-2	Everton		D

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Transfers In

1 July - 30 June

Player	Position	On	From	For
Harry Wilkes	Goalkeeper	Unknown	Redditch Town	Free
Bob Gordon	Centre Forward	Unknown	Heart of Midlothian	Free
Billy Dorrell	Forward	Unknown	Leicester City	£250
George Kinsey	Midfielder	Unknown	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£500
Howard Spencer	Full Back	Unknown	Birchfield Trinity	Free
Tom Purslow	Forward	Unknown	Nechells Old Boys	Free
Billy Podmore	Forward	Unknown	Burton United	Free

Transfers Out

1 July - 30 June

Player	Position	On	To	For
Bob Gordon	Centre Forward	1894	Leicester Fosse	Free
Tom Purslow	Forward	1894	Walsall Town Swifts	Free
George Kinsey	Midfielder	1895	Derby County	Free
George Russell	Midfielder	1895	Glasgow United	Free
Bill Dunning	Goalkeeper	1895	Retired	Released
Billy Podmore	Forward	1895	Derby Midland	Free
Albert Woolley	Winger	1895	Derby County	Free
John Baird	Full Back	1895	Leicester Fosse	Free
Charlie Hare	Forward	1895	Royal Arsenal	Free

Debut Appearances

Player	Number	Against	On
Bob Gordon	Player #105	Small Heath (h), Division One	Saturday, 1 September 1894
Harry Wilkes	Player #106	Small Heath (h), Division One	Saturday, 1 September 1894
Billy Dorrell	Player #107	Liverpool (a), Division One	Saturday, 8 September 1894
George Kinsey	Player #108	Nottingham Forest (a), Division One	Saturday, 6 October 1894
Howard Spencer	Player #109	West Bromwich Albion (h), Division One	Saturday, 13 October 1894
Tom Purslow	Player #110	West Bromwich Albion (a), Division One	Saturday, 17 November 1894
Billy Podmore	Player #111	Derby County (h), FA Cup	Saturday, 2 February 1895

Final Appearances

Player	Number	Against	On
George Russell	Player #104	Everton (h), Division One	Wednesday, 24 April 1895
Albert Woolley	Player #94	Small Heath (a), Division One	Saturday, 20 October 1894
Bob Gordon	Player #105	Sheffield United (a), Division One	Monday, 22 October 1894
Tom Purslow	Player #110	West Bromwich Albion (a), Division One	Saturday, 17 November 1894
Bill Dunning	Player #83	Everton (a), Division One	Thursday, 17 January 1895
John Baird	Player #78	Bolton Wanderers (h), Division One	Saturday, 26 January 1895
Charlie Hare	Player #80	Bolton Wanderers (h), Division One	Saturday, 26 January 1895
Billy Podmore	Player #111	Derby County (h), FA Cup	Saturday, 2 February 1895
George Kinsey	Player #108	Bolton Wanderers (a), Division One	Saturday, 23 March 1895

Squad Statistics

Squad Size	Average 1st XI Age	Youngest 1st XI	Oldest 1st XI
22	24	23.87 \| West Bromwich Albion (a), Division One	25.55 \| West Bromwich Albion (h), Division One

	Youngest Starter		Youngest Substitute
	19.15 \| Howard Spencer, Saturday, 13 October 1894		No substitutes permitted in period

	Oldest Starter		Oldest Substitute
	31.42 \| Dennis Hodgetts, Wednesday, 24 April 1895		No substitutes permitted in period

First Team Squad

Player	Number	Villa Career
Willie Groves	Player #100	1893-95 Aston Villa, £100, 26 \| 3 \|
Steve Smith	Player #101	1893-01 Aston Villa, Free, 188 \| 42 \|
George Russell	Player #104	1893-95 Aston Villa, Free, 37 (3) \|
Bob Gordon	Player #105	1894 Aston Villa, Free, 4 \| 3 \|
Harry Wilkes	Player #106	1894-98 Aston Villa, Free, 77 \| 0 \|
Billy Dorrell	Player #107	1894-96 Aston Villa, £250, 11 \| 7 \|
George Kinsey	Player #108	1894-95 Aston Villa, £500, 3 \| 0 \|
Howard Spencer	Player #109	1894-07 Aston Villa, Free, 294 \| 1 \|
Tom Purslow	Player #110	1894 Aston Villa, Free, 1 \| 0 \|
Billy Podmore	Player #111	1895 Aston Villa, Free, 1 \| 1 \|
Dennis Hodgetts	Player #44	1886-96 Aston Villa, Free, 218 \| 87 \|
Jimmy Cowan	Player #58	1889-01 Aston Villa, Free, 357 \| 33 \|
Charlie Athersmith	Player #75	1891-01 Aston Villa, Free, 309 \| 88 \|
Jack Devey	Player #76	1891-02 Aston Villa, Free, 308 \| 177 \|
John Baird	Player #78	1891-95 Aston Villa, Free, 70 \| 0 \|
Charlie Hare	Player #80	1891-95 Aston Villa, Free, 27 \| 11 \|
Bill Dunning	Player #83	1892-95 Aston Villa, £100, 69 \| 0 \|
Fred Burton	Player #90	1892-98 Aston Villa, Free, 54 \| 4 \|
Albert Woolley	Player #94	1893-95 Aston Villa, Free, 24 \| 12 \|
Bob Chatt	Player #95	1893-98 Aston Villa, Free, 95 \| 27 \|
Jack Reynolds	Player #96	1893-97 Aston Villa, £50, 110 \| 14 \|
Jim Elliott	Player #97	1893-95 Aston Villa, Free, 25 \| 0 \|
Jimmy Welford	Player #98	1893-96 Aston Villa, Free, 83 \| 1 \|

Appearances

Player	Total	League Starts	League Subs	FA Cup Starts	FA Cup Subs	EFL Cup Starts	EFL Cup Subs	Europe Starts	Europe Subs	Unused Sub
W Charlie Athersmith	35	30	n/a	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
CB Jimmy Cowan	35	30	n/a	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M George Russell	32	27	n/a	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
W Steve Smith	31	26	n/a	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
FB Jimmy Welford	30	26	n/a	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
F Jack Devey	30	25	n/a	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
F Dennis Hodgetts	30	25	n/a	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
F Bob Chatt	30	27	n/a	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M Jack Reynolds	28	24	n/a	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
FB Howard Spencer	27	23	n/a	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
GK Harry Wilkes	25	20	n/a	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
GK Bill Dunning	10	10	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
F Billy Dorrell	9	8	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
FB Jim Elliott	8	6	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M Fred Burton	7	6	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
D John Baird	5	5	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
CF Bob Gordon	4	4	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M George Kinsey	3	3	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
F Charlie Hare	2	2	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
W Albert Woolley	2	2	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
F Tom Purslow	1	1	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
F Billy Podmore	1	0	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Goals

Player	Total	League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europe
F Jack Devey	17	14	3	n/a	n/a
W Steve Smith	16	12	4	n/a	n/a
F Bob Chatt	14	12	2	n/a	n/a
W Charlie Athersmith	13	11	2	n/a	n/a
F Dennis Hodgetts	13	12	1	n/a	n/a
F Billy Dorrell	6	4	2	n/a	n/a
M Jack Reynolds	5	5	0	n/a	n/a
Own Goal	4	3	1	n/a	n/a
CF Bob Gordon	3	3	0	n/a	n/a
M George Russell	3	1	2	n/a	n/a
CB Jimmy Cowan	3	2	1	n/a	n/a
F Tom Purslow	1	1	0	n/a	n/a
FB Howard Spencer	1	1	0	n/a	n/a
W Albert Woolley	1	1	0	n/a	n/a

'Keepers

	'Keeper	Appearances	Conceded	Ratio	Clean Sheets	Clean Sheet %
	GK Harry Wilkes	25	33	1.32	6	24%
	GK Bill Dunning	10	15	1.50	4	40%

1894-95

Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6

AVFC History

Season 16 | 1894-95

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