1919–20 Aston Villa F.C. season
season of football team
The 1919-20 English football season was Aston Villa's 28th season in The Football League and the first following the end of World War I. George Ramsay was rebuilding Villa after the First World War. Villa won FA Cup beating Huddersfield Town 1–0 at Stamford Bridge It was Villa's sixth FA Cup win surpassing the previous record, Blackburn and Wanderers' total of five.
Players
In October 1919, after a very public fall out with the Barnsley directors over travelling expenses, George Ramsay persuaded Frank Barson (92) to join Villa for a fee of £2,850 – "more than the average Sheffield worker earned in a year".
Billy Walker (478) made his senior debut in January 1920 in the FA Cup, scoring twice as Villa won 2–1 in the first round against non-league side Queens Park Rangers. He played in five more FA Cup games, scoring another three, helping Aston Villa reach the FA Cup Final. An extra time winner at Stamford Bridge by Billy Kirton saw Walker become an FA Cup winner in his debut season. Walker also scored 8 league goals in 15 matches at the back end of the 1919-20 season, including a hat-trick against Newcastle United, as Villa ended the first season after the first world war in ninth place.
Tommy Smart (405) played for Halesowen Town before signing for Aston Villa in January 1920 for a £300.00 fee. Richard York (356) scored one goal in 17 games in 1919–20, but did not feature in the 1920 FA Cup Final, which ended in a 1–0 victory over Huddersfield Town at Stamford Bridge. Arthur Dorrell (355) played for Carey Hall and R.A.S.C., before joining Aston Villa in May 1919.
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