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Notes: Aston Villa win the Double (the League and the FA Cup).


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The following players were included in the 1896-97 season.
Click on any name for further information.


1896-97
Archer,

Athersmith, Charles

Bourne,

Burton, Frank

Campbell, John

Chatt, Bob

Cowan, James

Cowan, John

Crabtree, Jimmy

Crawford,

Devey, John

Evans, Albert

Field,

Flanagan, William

Green,

Griffiths, Jeremiah

Harris, E. J.

Harvey, Howard

Hodgetts, Dennis

Johnston, Harry

Keit,

Kerr,

Reynolds, John

Rideout,

Smith, Stephen

Spencer, Howard

Strange, Edmund

Welford, James

Wheldon, Frederick

Whitehouse, Jimmy

Wilkes, Harry Theodore

Wilson, Frank

Woolfull,








First team


Name            League  FA Cup

Charles Athersmith      30 - 8  7 - 4
Frank Burton    8 - 1   0
John Campbell   29 - 12 7 - 4
Bob Chatt               11 - 1  1 - 0
James Cowan     30 - 1  7 - 0
John Cowan      15 - 7  3 - 2
Jimmy Crabtree  25 - 1  6 - 1
John Devey      29 - 17 7 - 0
Albert Evans    15 - 0  7 - 0
Jeremiah Griffiths      1 - 0   1 - 0
John Reynolds   24 - 2  6 - 0
Stephen Smith   15 - 3  4 - 1
Howard Spencer  28 - 0  7 - 0
James Welford   10 - 0  0
Frederick Wheldon       30 - 18 7 - 5
Jimmy Whitehouse        22 - 0  2 - 0
Theodore Wilkes 8 - 0   5 - 0



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