1899–1900 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)

Aston Villa

1899–1900 season
Chairman	Frederick Rinder
Manager	George Ramsay
First Division	Champion (5)
FA Cup	Round 3
Home colours

The 1899–1900 Football League season was Aston Villa's 12th season in the Football League First Division, the top flight of English football at the time. Villa finished the season as Champions.

Sheffield United set the pace this season and built up a six-point lead by the end of December. Villa grew stronger towards the end of the season, losing just one game in their last 13, to leave United in second place by two points. Villa finished their programme first, leaving a mathematical chance for the Blades if they scored plenty of goals in the last two games. Their last game at Burnley was lost, leaving Villa champions by two points.

Billy Garraty, great-great grandfather of footballer Jack Grealish, was League top scorer this season. Garraty was a local man, signed from Aston Shakespeare, and just 21 years of age this season. He was an industrious player able to play in almost any position – one of the first great "utility" players. He was capped once by England. He scored 96 goals in 224 League games during his career at Villa.

Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Aston Villa (C)	34	22	6	6	77	35	2.200	50
2	Sheffield United	34	18	12	4	63	33	1.909	48
3	Sunderland	34	19	3	12	50	35	1.429	41
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	9	10	48	37	1.297	39
5	Newcastle United	34	13	10	11	53	43	1.233	36
6	Derby County	34	14	8	12	45	43	1.047	36
7	Manchester City	34	13	8	13	50	44	1.136	34
8	Nottingham Forest	34	13	8	13	56	55	1.018	34
9	Stoke	34	13	8	13	37	45	0.822	34
10	Liverpool	34	14	5	15	49	45	1.089	33
11	Everton	34	13	7	14	47	49	0.959	33
12	Bury	34	13	6	15	40	44	0.909	32
13	West Bromwich Albion	34	11	8	15	43	51	0.843	30
14	Blackburn Rovers	34	13	4	17	49	61	0.803	30
15	Notts County	34	9	11	14	46	60	0.767	29
16	Preston North End	34	12	4	18	38	48	0.792	28
17	Burnley (R)	34	11	5	18	34	54	0.630	27	Relegation to the Second Division
18	Glossop (R)	34	4	10	20	31	74	0.419	18

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Trivia

Ever-present: Billy George, Fred Wheldon

First at top: 17 Feb

Players used: 21

External links

• Aston Villa official website