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1909–10 Aston Villa F.C. season

1909–10 season
Frederick Rinder
George Ramsay
Champions (6)
Round 3

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Season
Aston Villa, 6th English title
ChelseaBolton Wanderers
Jack Parkinson(30 goals)
Blackburn 7–0 Woolwich Arsenal(2 October 1909)
Middlesbrough 0–5 Bury(12 February 1910)
Liverpool 6–5 Newcastle United(4 December 1910)
← 1908–09 1910–11 →

The 1909–10 English football season was Aston Villa's 22nd season in the Football League. Villa finished the season as the league's champions for a then record sixth time. This would be Villa's last league title for 71 years, until they won the 1981 title. Arsenal finally matched Villa's record of six top division titles in 1948 and exceeded it with their seventh title in 1953.

This season saw a straight fight between Villa and Liverpool and they finished well clear of the rest. Villa's record included a 15-match run without defeat. They built on this to finish five points ahead of Liverpool. The Villa team included centre-forward Harry Hampton and inside-forward Joe Bache. In their Villa careers, Hampton scored 213 goals in 338 appearances and Bache 167 in 431. Hampton was just 5 ft 8in tall and was a fearless, fast moving player on the field. The ever-present outside-right Charlie Wallace also enjoyed a long career at the club, scoring 54 goals in 314 League games.

Cocky Hunter became the first Villa player to be ever sent off.

There were debuts for Billy Gerrish (55) and Arthur Moss.

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes	Scorers
1 Sep 1909	Arsenal	H	5–1	—	Joe Bache (2), Albert Hall, Billy Gerrish, Joe Walters
4 Sep 1909	Bolton	A	2–1	—	Charlie Wallace, Albert Hall (pen)
11 Sep 1909	Chelsea	H	4–1	—	Billy Gerrish (3), Joe Bache
18 Sep 1909	Blackburn	A	2–3	—	Billy Gerrish, Charlie Wallace
25 Sep 1909	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	—	—
2 Oct 1909	Sunderland	A	1–1	—	Albert Hall
9 Oct 1909	Everton	H	3–1	—	Harry Hampton (2), George Hunter
16 Oct 1909	Manchester United	A	0–2	—	—
23 Oct 1909	Bradford City	H	3–1	—	Harry Hampton, Billy Gerrish, Albert Hall
30 Oct 1909	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–3	—	Harry Hampton (2)
6 Nov 1909	Bristol City	H	1–0	—	Billy Gerrish
13 Nov 1909	Bury	A	2–0	—	Joe Bache (2)
20 Nov 1909	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–2	—	Billy Gerrish, Joe Bache, Harry Hampton
27 Nov 1909	Preston North End	A	0–1	—	—
4 Dec 1909	Notts County	H	1–1	—	Harry Hampton
11 Dec 1909	Newcastle United	A	0–1	—	—
18 Dec 1909	Liverpool	H	3–1	—	Harry Hampton, Joe Bache (2)
25 Dec 1909	Sheffield United	A	1–0	—	Billy Gerrish
27 Dec 1909	Sheffield United	H	2–1	—	Harry Hampton, Joe Bache
1 Jan 1910	Nottingham Forest	A	4–1	—	Joe Bache, Harry Hampton (3)
8 Jan 1910	Bolton	H	3–1	—	Joe Bache, Billy Gerrish, Harry Hampton
22 Jan 1910	Chelsea	A	0–0	—	—
29 Jan 1910	Blackburn	H	4–3	—	Harry Hampton (3), Joe Bache
12 Feb 1910	Sunderland	H	3–2	—	Joe Walters, Chris Buckley, Billy Gerrish
26 Feb 1910	Manchester United	H	7–1	—	Billy Gerrish (2), Joe Walters (3), Harry Hampton (2)
5 Mar 1910	Bradford City	A	2–1	—	Joe Bache, Own goal
12 Mar 1910	Sheffield Wednesday	H	5–0	—	Albert Hall (2), Charlie Wallace (pen), Joe Bache (2)
14 Mar 1910	Everton	A	0–0	—	—
19 Mar 1910	Bristol City	A	0–0	—	—
25 Mar 1910	Middlesbrough	H	4–2	—	Harry Hampton (3), Joe Bache
26 Mar 1910	Bury	H	4–1	—	Harry Hampton (3), Joe Walters
28 Mar 1910	Middlesbrough	A	2–3	—	Charlie Wallace (2 pens)
2 Apr 1910	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	—	Joe Bache
9 Apr 1910	Preston North End	H	3–0	—	Harry Hampton, Joe Bache, Billy Gerrish
11 Apr 1910	Arsenal	A	0–1	—	—
16 Apr 1910	Notts County	A	3–2	—	Edmund Eyre, Harry Hampton, Charlie Wallace
27 Apr 1910	Newcastle United	H	4–0	—	Joe Bache, Charlie Wallace (pen), Edmund Eyre, Harry Hampton
30 Apr 1910	Liverpool	A	0–2	—	—

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics
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