Villa's New Internationals-1913

Harry Hampton was with Aston Villa for 16 seasons,  scoring 242 goals in 376 games. He remains Aston Villa's top scorer in Football League matches (215).
Hampton won 4 England caps:
v Wales 17.03.13 (1 goal)
v Scotland 05.04.13 (1 goal)
v Wales 16.03.14
v Scotland 14.04.14


Outside Right Charlie Wallace made his England debut in the same match as Hampton.
Wallace made 3 international appearances, separated by the war:
v Wales 17.03.13
v Ireland 14.02.14
v Scotland 10.04.20

Wallace spent 10 seasons at Villa, his 350 appearances bringing 57 goals. 18 of Wallace's goals came from the penalties, but he is better known for one he missed- in Villa's 1913 FA Cup Final win over Sunderland he shot wide from the spot.

Some Famous Forwards

R. Templeton (Woolwich Arsenal)

Bobby Templeton was an outside right. He began and ended his career with Kilmarnock, also playing for Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Woolwich Arsenal, Celtic and Fulham.
He represented Scotland 11 times. In 1908 he entered a lion's cage and twisted the animal's tail for a wager.

T.A. Soar (Fulham)
Albert Soar was a light and nippy 'A skilful ball-player whose every touch spoke eloquently of his ability', Other senior clubs represented were Nottingham Forest, Derby County and Watford. He suffered a career ending injury at Watford aged 27. 

Lipsham (Sheffield United)
Bert Lipsham played for Chester City, Crewe Alexandra , Sheffield United and Fulham. It was whilst with the Blades that he enjoyed his best days, winning the FA Cup and getting his single England cap in 1902. After his playing days were over he managed Millwall.

Hampton (Aston Villa)
In 16 years at Villa Happy Harry scored 242 goals in 376 games. He won the FA Cup in 1905 (scoring both goals in the final) and was capped 4 times by England. 

Vivian Woodward (Tottenham Hotspur)
The amateur Vivian Woodward was a goal machine in international football and a double Olympic gold medalist.

Jack Sharp (Everton)
Sharp was a double international (football and cricket) and an FA Cup winner (1906).

F. Blackburn (West Ham United)
Fred Blackburn joined West Ham from Blackburn Rovers (his hometown club). He represented England 3 times.

J. Long (Reading)
Jimmy Long was a Scotsman- his career began at Clyde and he played League Football for Grimsby Town and Derby County, punctuated by 2 years with Reading in the Southern League. 

Appleyard (Newcastle United)
Bill Appleyard has 109 first class goals to his name, 87 of them with Newcastle United. 

1905

Have you ever wondered what's going on in the picture behind our banner?

The photograph shows Harry Hampton scoring for Aston Villa against Newcastle United in the 1905 FA Cup Final.
I chose the picture for it's clear depiction of the pre 1937 'D' less penalty area.
The match was played at Crystal Palace, a miserable place for Newcastle , who lost in 4 Cup Finals during the decade.  The crowd was an impressive 101,117, the 4th highest ever for a Cup Final.

The Villa XI, all of whom were English

Howard Spencer with the Cup.

Hampton was a week short of his 20th birthday. He is to this day Villa's top scorer in league football.