1904–05 Aston Villa F.C. season

{{Short description|1904–05 season of Aston Villa}}

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File:FACupFinal1905NewcastleVilla.jpg scores one of his two goals in the 1905 FA Cup Final where Aston Villa defeated Newcastle United]]

{{main|History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)}}

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Aston Villa

| logo =

| season = 1904–05

| manager = {{flagicon|Scotland}} George Ramsay

| chairman = {{flagicon|England}} Frederick Rinder

| league = First Division

| league result = 4th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = winners

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| league topscorer =

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| prevseason = 1903–04

| nextseason = 1905–06

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Second City Derby

| league result = 9--0--4

| prevseason = 1903-04

| nextseason = 1905–06

}}

{{Infobox football match

| title = 1905 FA Cup Final

| image = CrystalPalace1905.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = A panoramic view of the Crystal Palace ground during the 1905 FA Cup final

| event = 1904-05 FA Cup

| team1 = Aston Villa

| team1score = 2

| team2 = Newcastle United

| team2score = 0

| details =

| date = 15 April 1905

| stadium = Crystal Palace

| city = London

| man_of_the_match1a =

| referee = P. R. Harrower

| attendance = 101,117

}}

The 1904–05 Football League season was Aston Villa's 17th 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0,,10265~423103,00.html |title=Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939 |publisher=AVFC.co.uk |accessdate=2007-10-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824144935/http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0%2C%2C10265~423103%2C00.html |archivedate=24 August 2006 |url-status=dead}}

During the season Howard Spencer and Joe Bache shared the captaincy of the club.AVFC History: [https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/1904-05-season 1904-05 season]

Villa won both matches in the Second City derby, 2-1 at Villa Park{{Cite web|url=https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/583|title=Aston Villa 2-1 Small Heath, 1904-05 Division One, 29 Oct 1904|website=AVFC History|accessdate=6 August 2023}} and 3-0 away.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/601|title=Small Heath 0-3 Aston Villa, 1904-05 Division One, 25 Feb 1905|website=AVFC History|accessdate=6 August 2023}} Events surrounding the February 1905 match away to Small Heath highlighted their Coventry Road ground's inadequacies. The official attendance was given as 28,000,This Day's Matches. Birmingham Daily Mail. 25 February 1905. p. 4. though with the gates closed before kick-off, thousands scaled walls or forced entrances in order to gain admission, and the actual attendance was estimated at anything up to 35,000.Matthews (1995), Complete Record. p. 57.Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.) London: CollinsWillow. p. 44. {{ISBN|0-00-218426-5}}.

Aston Villa won the FA Cup competition for the fourth time, beating Newcastle United 2–0 in the final at Crystal Palace, through two goals scored by Harry Hampton. The man of the match was Aston Villa's prolific scorer Billy Garraty, great-great grandfather of footballer Jack Grealish, who was born only a few miles from the now Villa Park.

Also known as "The Wellington Whirlwind," Hampton played as a centre forward for Aston Villa from 1904 to 1920.{{Cite news |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/harry-hampton/ |title=Harry Hampton, Aston Villa and the First World War |work=Football and the First World War |access-date=24 November 2017 |language=en-US}} He scored both goals against Newcastle United in the 1905 FA Cup Final. Hampton was a prolific goalscorer.

There were debuts for Harry Hampton (339), Josiah Gray, Walter Brown, Jimmy Cantrell and Watty Corbett.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons|title=Aston Villa's Seasons|website=AVFC History}}