1904–05 Aston Villa F.C. season
season of football team
The 1904–05 English football season was Aston Villa's 17th season in the Football League competing 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 won the FA Cup competition for the fourth time, beating Newcastle United 2–0 in the final at Crystal Palace, through two goals scored by Harry Hampton. The man of the match was Aston Villa's prolific scorer Billy Garraty.
Villa won both matches in the Second City derby, 2–1 at Villa Park and 3–0 away. Events surrounding the February 1905 match away to Small Heath highlighted their Coventry Road ground's inadequacies. The official attendance was given as 28,000, though with the gates closed before kick-off, thousands scaled walls or forced entrances in order to gain admission, and the actual attendance was estimated at anything up to 35,000.
First Division
Matches
Source: avfchistory.co.uk
FA Cup
🟩 4 Feb 1905, Villa 5-1 Leicester, Villa Park
🟩 18 Feb 1905, Villa 3-2 Bury, Villa Park
🟨 25 Mar 1905, Villa 1-1 Everton, Victoria Ground
🟩 29 Mar 1905, Villa 2-1 Everton, Trent Bridge
🟩 15 Apr 1905, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Crystal Palace
Birmingham Cup
Players
During the season Howard Spencer and Joe Bache shared the captaincy of the club. Also known as "The Wellington Whirlwind," Harry Hampton (339) debuted as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920., He scored both goals against Newcastle United in the 1905 FA Cup Final. Hampton was a prolific goalscorer.
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