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1899–1900 Aston Villa F.C. Season
The 1899–1900 English football season was Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa's 12th season in the 1899–1900 Football League, Football League First Division, the top flight of English football at the time. Villa finished the season as Champions for the fifth time extending their record as the most successful League team. Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United set the pace this season and built up a six-point lead by the end of December. Aston Villa, Villa grew stronger towards the end of the season, losing just one game in their last 13, to leave United in second place by two points. Villa finished their programme first, leaving a mathematical chance for the Blades if they scored plenty of goals in the last two games. Their last game at Burnley F.C., Burnley was lost, leaving Villa champions by two points. Billy Garraty, great-great grandfather of footballer Jack Grealish, was List of English football first tier top scorers, League top scorer this season. Garraty was a local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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] |
