1920–21 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1920-21 season
Manager	George Ramsay
First Division	10th
FA Cup	Fourth round
	← 1919–20 1921–22 →

The 1920-21 English football season was Aston Villa's 29th season in The Football League.

Dicky York appeared just 11 times in 1920–21.

The debuts included goalkeeper Tommy Jackson (172), taking over from Sam Hardy when the veteran English international moved to Nottingham Forest. George Blackburn (133), Cyril Spiers (104), Ian Dickson (76), Lew Price (10) and Ed Wright (2). Jackson was generally preferred to rival Spiers for a first team place but was eventually replaced by Ben Olney.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
8	Middlesbrough	42	17	12	13	53	53	1.000	46
9	Arsenal	42	15	14	13	59	63	0.937	44
10	Aston Villa	42	18	7	17	63	70	0.900	43
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	15	14	57	59	0.966	41
12	Sunderland	42	14	13	15	57	60	0.950	41

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Matches

28 August 1920	Aston Villa	5–0	Arsenal	Villa Park
	Billy Walker (63', 77', 83', 87'); Clem Stephenson (72' pen)	Report

30 August 1920	Manchester City	3–1	Aston Villa	Hyde Road
		Report	Billy Walker (28')

4 September 1920	Arsenal	0–1	Aston Villa	Highbury
		Report	Billy Walker (55')

6 September 1920	Aston Villa	3–1	Manchester City	Villa Park
	Billy Walker (27'); Jimmy Stephenson (57'); Arthur Dorrell (89')	Report

11 September 1920	Aston Villa	4–2	Spurs	Villa Park
	Arthur Dorrell (4'); Billy Kirton (16'); Billy Walker (27', 56')	Report

15 September 1920	Bolton	5–0	Aston Villa	Burnden Park
		Report

18 September 1920	Spurs	1–2	Aston Villa	White Hart Lane
		Report	Arthur Dorrell (5'); Billy Kirton (20')

25 September 1920	Aston Villa	3–0	Oldham	Villa Park
	Billy Walker (63', 83'); Billy Kirton (87')	Report

2 October 1920	Oldham	1–1	Aston Villa	Boundary Park
		Report	Billy Walker (8')

9 October 1920	Aston Villa	1–0	Preston	Villa Park
	Billy Walker (29')	Report

16 October 1920	Preston	6–1	Aston Villa	Deepdale
		Report	Billy Walker (87')

23 October 1920	Aston Villa	4–0	Sheffield United	Villa Park
	Clem Stephenson (34', 84'); Frank Barson (70'); Billy Kirton (87')	Report

30 October 1920	Sheffield United	0–0	Aston Villa	Bramall Lane
		Report

6 November 1920	Aston Villa	0–0	Albion	Villa Park
		Report

13 November 1920	Albion	2–1	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns
		Report	Clem Stephenson (89' pen)

20 November 1920	Aston Villa	4–1	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Villa Park
	Billy Kirton (8'); Clem Stephenson (34'); Billy Walker (55')	Report

27 November 1920	BPA	4–0	Aston Villa	Park Avenue
		Report	—

4 December 1920	Newcastle	2–1	Aston Villa	St James' Park
		Report	Billy Kirton (10')

11 December 1920	Aston Villa	0–0	Newcastle	Villa Park
	—	Report

18 December 1920	Liverpool	4–1	Aston Villa	Anfield
		Report	Billy Walker (29')

25 December 1920	Aston Villa	3–4	Manchester United	Villa Park
	Billy Walker; Clem Stephenson (2)	Report

27 December 1920	Manchester United	1–3	Aston Villa	Old Trafford
		Report	Billy Walker (37', 65'); Clem Stephenson

1 January 1921	Aston Villa	0–2	Liverpool	Villa Park
		Report

15 January 1921	Aston Villa	1–3	Everton	Villa Park
	Billy Walker (4')	Report

22 January 1921	Everton	1–1	Aston Villa	Goodison Park
		Report	Billy Kirton (54')

5 February 1921	Burnley	7–1	Aston Villa	Turf Moor
		Report	Howard Humphries (30')

9 February 1921	Aston Villa	0–0	Burnley	Villa Park
	—	Report

12 February 1921	Aston Villa	1–5	Sunderland	Villa Park
	Walter Boyman	Report

23 February 1921	Sunderland	0–1	Aston Villa	Roker
		Report	Arthur Dorrell (70')

26 February 1921	Aston Villa	1–2	Bradford	Villa Park
	Walter Boyman (75')	Report

7 March 1921	Bradford	3–0	Aston Villa	Valley Parade
		Report

12 March 1921	Aston Villa	0–0	Huddersfield	Villa Park
		Report

19 March 1921	Huddersfield	1–0	Aston Villa	Leeds Road
		Report

26 March 1921	Boro	1–4	Aston Villa	Ayresome
		Report	Billy Walker (2); Andy Young (2)

28 March 1921	Aston Villa	3–0	Chelsea	Villa Park
	Andy Young (30'); Billy Walker (61'); Ian Dickson (65')	Report

29 March 1921	Chelsea	5–1	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge
		Report	Billy Walker (pen)

2 April 1921	Aston Villa	0–1	Boro	Villa Park
		Report

9 April 1921	Blackburn	0–1	Aston Villa	Ewood Park
		Report	Ian Dickson (20')

16 April 1921	Aston Villa	3–0	Blackburn	Villa Park
	Frank Moss (40'); Billy Walker (72'); Frank Barson (85' pen)	Report

23 April 1921	Derby	2–3	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground
			Billy Walker (39'); Andy Young (69')

30 April 1921	Aston Villa	1–0	Derby	Villa Park
	Walter Boyman (2')	Report

7 May 1921	Aston Villa	2–0	Bolton	Villa Park
	Dicky York (11'); Charlie Wallace (44')	Report

FA Cup

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
10	Aston Villa	2–0	Bristol City	8 January 1921

Second round

The 16 second round matches were played on Saturday, 29 January 1921. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
4	Notts County	0–0	Aston Villa	29 January 1921
Replay	Aston Villa	1–0	Notts County	2 February 1921

Third round

The eight third round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 19 February 1921. One match was drawn and went to a replay in the following midweek fixture. This was also drawn, and so a second replay was played the following week.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
2	Aston Villa	2–0	Huddersfield Town	19 February 1921

Fourth round

The four fourth round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 5 March 1921. There was one replay, between Hull City and Preston North End, played in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
2	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Aston Villa	5 March 1921

References

↑ Tommy Jackson, Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
↑ Tommy Jackson, 11v11.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
↑ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

External links

[1] Tommy Jackson, Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[2] Tommy Jackson, 11v11.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[3] "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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