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1893–94 Aston Villa F.C. Season
The 1893–94 English football season was Aston Villa's 6th season in the Football League since its formation. They finished the season as champions for the first time, and for the next few years they would be very much the dominant side of English football, winning a total of five the Football League, championships and two FA Cups by 1900. For the first two of these championship seasons, they were based at Wellington Road (Perry Barr), Wellington Road. Though reporters claimed gates of 20,000, it is not clear how many of these would have been able to see the game! Villa built up a six-point lead by the end of December and maintained that margin to the end of the season, with only Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland providing a serious challenge. Jack Devey was an all-round sportsman who enjoyed a long cricket career with Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwickshire. He played Association football, football for local clubs in Birmingham before joining Villa in 1891. He was capped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aston Villa F
Aston is an area of inner Birmingham, England. Located immediately to the north-east of Central Birmingham, Aston constitutes a ward within the metropolitan authority. It is approximately 1.5 miles from Birmingham City Centre. History Aston was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as "Estone", having a mill, a priest and therefore probably a church, woodland and ploughland. The Church of Saints Peter and Paul was built in medieval times to replace an earlier church. The body of the church was rebuilt by J. A. Chatwin during the period 1879 to 1890; the 15th century tower and spire, which was partly rebuilt in 1776, being the only survivors of the medieval building. The ancient parish of Aston (known as Aston juxta Birmingham) was large. It was separated from the parish of Birmingham by AB Row, which currently exists in the Eastside of the city at just 50 yards in length. Aston, as Aston Manor, was governed by a Local Board from 1869 and was created as an Urban Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
