The

1903–04 Football League The 1903– 04 season was the 16th season of The Football League. Final league tables The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found aThe Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundationwebsite and in ''Rothmans Book of Fo ...

season was

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 ...

's 16th season 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. In locally organised competition, Villa beat Small Heath in the first round of the Birmingham Senior Cup. Small Heath had been promoted from the Second Division the previous season. Both matches of the

Second City derby In English football, the Second City derby or Birmingham derby, is the local derby between the two major clubs in the city of Birmingham – Aston Villa and Birmingham City, first contested in 1879. Villa play at Villa Park while Birmingham play ...

ended in draws, 2-2, and 1-1. Freddie Miles (269) made his Villa debut in a 7–3 win at Nottingham Forest on 19 December 1903. During his first season at Villa he developed a good understanding with Howard Spencer. Other debuts were Jack Windmill, Albert Hall, Mart Watkins and Billy Matthews. During the season Howard Spencer was captain of the club.AVFC History
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Arthur Lockett Arthur Lockett (11 March 1877 – 5 March 1959) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Preston North End and Stoke. Club career Lockett was born in Alsager and played for local amateur sides Alsager's B ...

, such a key figure in the Stoke side the previous season, signed for Villa.

Jack Windmill Joseph William Windmill MC, DCM (8 June 1881 – 29 October 1927) was an English footballer who played as a left half for Halesowen Town and Aston Villa. Early life and footballing career Windmill was born and educated in the Black Country. ...

signed from Halesowen Town making his debut on 7 November 1903 in a 3–1 home win against

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...

. Bert Hall scored six goals in his nine league outings in the 1903–04 season. He was noted as being a hard working outside left player who teamed up well with

Joe Bache Joseph William Bache (8 February 1880 – 10 November 1960), was an English footballer who played for Aston Villa. Joe Bache was a prolific centre forward for Aston Villa between 1900 and 1919. He played for the England national team seven ti ...

Fortress Villa Park

Aston Villa had ended the previous season with nine consecutive home wins. Villa faced West Brom in the first home game of the season.28 Nov Villa 2-1 Liverpool
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Football League

First team squad

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 ...

, 34 appearances * Alf Wood, 31 appearances *

Alex Leake Alexander Leake (11 July 1871 – 29 March 1938), known as Alex or Alec Leake, was an English professional footballer who won five caps for his country and made 407 appearances in the Football League playing as a half back for Small Heath, As ...

, 30 appearances *

, 29 appearances *

, 27 appearances * Billy George, 27 appearances, conceded 41 * Howard Spencer, 25 appearances * Joe Pearson, 25 appearances *

Albert Wilkes Albert Wilkes (6 September 1875 – 9 December 1936) was an English sports photographer and footballer in the early years of professional football in England, who played for Aston Villa from August 1898 to July 1907. Before playing for Villa he ...

, 20 appearances * Billy Garraty, 18 appearances * Tommy Niblo, 18 appearances * Albert Evans, 15 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 ...

, 15 appearances * George Johnson, 13 appearances * Micky Noon, 12 appearances * Harry Cooch, 9 appearances, conceded 10 * Willie Clarke, 2 appearances * George Harris, 2 appearances * Jack Shutt, 1 appearance *

, 1 appearance * Freddie Miles, 17 appearances * Albert Hall, 11 appearances * Mart Watkins, 5 appearances * Billy Matthews, 8 appearances

References

External links

Aston Villa official website
*avfchistory.co.u
The Matches
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Fortress Villa Park

Football League

First team squad

See also

References

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