The
1901–02 Football League
The 1901– 02 season was the 14th season of The Football League.
Final league tables
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season was Aston Villa's 14th season in the
First Division, the top flight
in English football at the time. The season fell in what was to be called
Villa's golden era.
On Wednesday 25 December 1901, Villa won 3–2 away to
Everton in front of a crowd of 18,000 at Goodison Park.
[ Villa scorer, Willie Clarke (41) became the first non-white player to score in the English First Division.][AVFC History]
1901–02 season
/ref> Knee and ankle injuries induced Howard Spencer (258) to take the season off for twelve months rest.
The previous season Small Heath had finished runners-up in Second Division, so were promoted
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to the First Division for 1901–02. Villa won 2–0 at Coventry Road Muntz Street with goals by Bache and Jack Devey (268). In the 1901 Boxing Day fixture, Villa's Jasper McLuckie
Jasper McLuckie (1 January 1878 – 1924) was a Scottish Association football, footballer who played as a centre-forward. He played in the Football League for Bury F.C., Bury and Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, the Southern Football League, Sout ...
(57) was the only scorer. At the end of the season Small Heath were relegated back to the Second Division. In locally organised competition, Small Heath lost to Villa in the first round of the Birmingham Senior Cup.
There were debuts for Willie Clarke, George Smith, George Harris, George Shutt, Tom Perry, Billy Marriott, Jasper McLuckie, Billy Brawn, Tommy Niblo, Bert Banks (5) and Harry Cooch.
Football League
First team squad
* Joe Bache, 35 appearances
* Alf Wood, 35 appearances
* Jimmy Crabtree, 31 appearances
* Albert Wilkes, 31 appearances
* Billy Garraty, 28 appearances
* Billy George, 27 appearances, conceded 30
* Bobby Templeton, 26 appearances
* Jack Shutt, 26 appearances
* Tom Perry, 25 appearances
* Jasper McLuckie
Jasper McLuckie (1 January 1878 – 1924) was a Scottish Association football, footballer who played as a centre-forward. He played in the Football League for Bury F.C., Bury and Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, the Southern Football League, Sout ...
, 23 appearances
* Willie Clarke, 16 appearances
* Tommy Niblo, 14 appearances
* Micky Noon, 10 appearances
* Arthur Millar
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Millar was born in 1649 and educated at the University of Aberdeen. He was the incumbent at Dumbarton, Musselburgh then Leith. He was consec ...
, 9 appearances
* George Johnson, 8 appearances
* Jack Whitley
Jack Whitley (1880–1955) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Chelsea, Darwen, Everton, Lincoln City, Leeds City and Stoke.
Career
Whitley was born in Seacombe, Cheshire, and played amateur football ...
, 8 appearances, conceded 12
* Billy Marriott, 8 appearances
* Bert Banks, 5 appearances
* Joe Pearson, 5 appearances
* George Smith, 5 appearances
* Jack Devey, 4 appearances
* Albert Evans, 4 appearances
* Tommy Wilson, 4 appearances
* Frank Lloyd, 3 appearances
* George Harris, 3 appearances
* Billy Brawn
William Frederick Brawn (1 August 1878 – 18 August 1932) was an English international footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League, most notably for Aston Villa and Chelsea. He was nicknamed "Gansey".
Playing career
Born i ...
, 1 appearance
* Harry Cooch, 1 appearance, conceded 2
* Jimmy Cowan
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, 1 appearance
* Jimmy Murray, 1 appearance [
]
See also
*List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics
Aston Villa Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and were founding members of the Football League in 1888, as ...
References
External links
Aston Villa official website
*avfchistory.co.u
The Matches
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Aston Villa F.C. seasons
Aston Villa
Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...