1882–83 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1882–83 season
Chairman	William McGregor
FA Cup	5th round

The programme for the 1883 Birmingham Senior Cup final between Wednesbury Old Athletic and Villa

The 1882–83 English football season was Aston Villa's 4th season in the Football Association Cup, the top-level football competition at the time. 1883 saw an increased takeover by professionals in the English game with Preston North End, in particular, attracting and paying a number of stars (mostly from Scotland). This move away from amateurism was to prove an advantage for Villa, whose industrial Birmingham home gave them access to large numbers of potential supporters. This in turn meant they could afford to pay decent wages to players with the ticket revenue accrued.

The year also saw Villa's longest run in the FA Cup. They beat Walsall Swifts, Wednesbury Old Athletic, Aston Unity and Walsall Town before a controversial 4–3 loss to Notts County. A County player appeared to punch the ball off the line in the dying stages, but the referee was unmoved. The beaten Walsall Swifts and Walsall Town would later merge to make the present-day Walsall FC.

Viila played West Brom for the ever first time on 9 December 1882, in the second round of the Staffordshire Senior Cup: Villa hosted a 3–3 draw in front of 13,900 fans, while in the replay West Bromwich Albion won by a single goal with an attendance of 10,500. It is possible that this is the first recorded incident of football violence with Albion fans being pelted with soil from home supporters before scuffles broke out between the two sets of fans.^[1]

There were debuts for Joe Simmonds,^[2] Thomas Bryan,^[3] David Anderson,^[4] Alf Harvey,^[5] Wally Roberts,^[6] Charles Apperley ^[7] and Tommy Mason.^[8]

FA Cup details

1st Round v Walsall Swifts (H) 4–1 ^[9]
2nd Round v Wednesbury Old Athletic (H) 4–1 ^[10]
3rd Round v Aston Unity (H) 3–1 ^[11]
4th Round v Walsall Town (H) 2–1 ^[12]
5th Round v Notts County (A) 3–4 ^[13]

References

^ "1882–1885". West Bromwich Albion History. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/joe-simmonds
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/thomas-bryan
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/david-anderson
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/alf-harvey
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/wally-roberts
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/charles-apperley
^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tommy-mason
^ "🟩 21 Oct 1882, Villa 4-1 Walsall Swifts, Wellington Road". AVFC History.
^ "🟩 18 Nov 1882, Villa 4-1 W.O.A.C., Wellington Road". AVFC History.
^ "🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road". AVFC History.
^ "🟩 27 Jan 1883, Villa 2-1 Walsall Town, Wellington Road". AVFC History.
^ "🟥 3 Mar 1883, Villa 3-4 Notts County, Castle Grounds". AVFC History.

[lerwill-1] "1882–1885". West Bromwich Albion History. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

[2] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/joe-simmonds

[3] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/thomas-bryan

[4] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/david-anderson

[5] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/alf-harvey

[6] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/wally-roberts

[7] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/charles-apperley

[8] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tommy-mason

[9] "🟩 21 Oct 1882, Villa 4-1 Walsall Swifts, Wellington Road". AVFC History.

[10] "🟩 18 Nov 1882, Villa 4-1 W.O.A.C., Wellington Road". AVFC History.

[11] "🟩 6 Jan 1883, Villa 3-1 Aston Unity, Wellington Road". AVFC History.

[12] "🟩 27 Jan 1883, Villa 2-1 Walsall Town, Wellington Road". AVFC History.

[13] "🟥 3 Mar 1883, Villa 3-4 Notts County, Castle Grounds". AVFC History.

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