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Notes: Aston Villa entered the Football League (North) First Championship before Christmas and
the Football League War Cup & the Football League (North) Second Championship after Christmas.

The following players were included in the 1943-44 season.
Click on any name for further information.


Allen, James

Barker, Jeffrey

Billingsley, Geoffrey

Broome, Frank

Callaghan, Ernie

Canning, Larry

Cummings, George

Davis, Dicky

Dodds, Thomas

Downes, George

Edwards, George

Godfrey, Sam

Goffin, William

Grosvenor, Alfred

Guttridge, Roy

Haycock, Freddie

Hickman, A. H.

Houghton, Eric

Iverson, Bob

Jones, Roy

Kerr, Albert

Latham, Leonard

Lunn, George

Martin, John

Massie, Alex

Morby, John

Moss, Amos

Moss, Frank (Junior)

O'Donnell, Frank

Osborne, Fred

Parkes, Harry

Potts, Vic

Rutherford, Joe

Shell, Frank

Starling, Ronald

Vinall, Albert

Wakeman, Alan








First team


Name            FL1     FL2+Cup Other matches

Geoff Billingsley (gk)  3 - 0   0       0
Frank Broome    18 - 14 21 - 16 2 - 0
Ernie Callaghan 3 - 0   15 - 0  2 - 0
Larry Canning   2 - 2   0       0
George Cummings 14 - 0  21 - 0  2 - 0
Dickie Davis    3 - 1   2 - 0   0
George Edwards  10 - 2  3 - 2   2 - 0
L. L. Godfrey   2 - 0   0       0
Billy Goffin            0       5 - 3   0
Roy Guttridge   3 - 0   6 - 1   0
Freddie Haycock 16 - 3  6 - 1   0
Eric Houghton   18 - 14 17 - 7  2 - 1
Bob Iverson     18 - 1  20 - 7  2 - 1
John Martin     0       6 - 2   0
Alex Massie     15 - 0  19 - 0  2 - 0
John Morby      14 - 0  6 - 0   0
Frank O'Donnell 2 - 2   12 - 5  0
Harry Parkes    7 - 2   9 - 3   2 - 1
Vic Potts               18 - 0  21 - 0  2 - 0
Ronald Starling 17 - 2  21 - 2  2 - 1
Alan Wakeman (gk)       15 - 0  21 - 0  2 - 0


FL1 = Football League (North) First Championship
FL2+Cup = Football League (North) Second Championship and
Football League War Cup
Other matches = Charity Match on 13 May against Portsmouth
and Challenge Match on 20 May against Charlton Athletic.







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