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Notes: Aston Villa entered the Birmingham & District League, and also played in other local competitions.

The following players were included in the 1940-41 season.
Click on any name for further information.


Airey, L.

Allen, James

Aston, W. H.

Barker, Jeffrey

Bate, Jack

Batty, Stan

Beresford, Reg

Billingsley, Geoffrey

Broome, Frank

Callaghan, Ernie

Carter, Joe

Cummings, George

Davis, Dicky

Devonport, W.

Dodds, Thomas

Edwards, George

Gibbons, Syd

Godfrey, Sam

Goffin, William

Grosvenor, Alfred

Guttridge, Roy

Haycock, Freddie

Hickman, A. H.

Houghton, Eric

Iverson, Bob

Jones, Roy

Kerr, Albert

King, J.

Knight, W.

Latham, Leonard

Lowry,

Lunn, George

Martin, John

Massie, Alex

Moss, Amos

Moss, Frank (Junior)

Neville, S.

O'Donnell, Frank

Osborne, Fred

Parkes, Harry

Parsons, R.

Perry,

Potts, Vic

Rutherford, Joe

Shell, Frank

Spencer, H.

Starling, Ronald

Vinall, Albert

Wakeman, Alan

Yorke, A.








First team


Name            League  BLC     Other matches

L. Airey                1 - 0   0       0
W. H. Aston     6 - 0   2 - 0   2 - 0
Jeffrey Barker  5 - 0   0       1 - 0
Jack Bate               9 - 3   1 - 1   3 - 0
Stan Batty              0       1 - 0   0
Reg Beresford   1 - 0   0       1 - 2
Geoff Billingsley (gk)  3 - 0   2 - 0   2 - 0
Frank Broome    4 - 4   0       2 - 2
Ernie Callaghan 5 - 0   0       1 - 0
Joe Carter              1 - 1   0       0
George Cummings 4 - 0   0       2 - 0
Dickie Davis    12 - 18 2 - 0   3 - 1
W. Devonport    1 - 0   0       0
George Edwards  5 - 2   0       0
Syd Gibbons     1 - 0   0       0
L. L. Godfrey   0       0       1 - 0
Billy Goffin            13 - 9  2 - 0   2 - 0
Freddie Haycock 1 - 1   0       1 - 0
A. H. Hickman   8 - 0   2 - 0   1 - 0
Eric Houghton   5 - 1   2 - 1   1 - 0
Bob Iverson     2 - 0   0       0
Albert Kerr     7 - 1   1 - 0   3 - 0
J. King         0       0       1 - 0
W. Knight               8 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0
Lowry           1 - 0   0       0
George Lunn     1 - 0   0       1 - 0
John Martin     3 - 1   0       2 - 0
Alex Massie     4 - 0   0       0
Amos Moss       5 - 0   1 - 0   2 - 0
S. Neville              1 - 0   0       0
Harry Parkes    13 - 2  0       3 - 3
R. Parsons              1 - 0   0       0
Perry           1 - 0   0       0
Vic Potts               13 - 0  2 - 0   2 - 0
Joe Rutherford (gk)     1 - 0   0       0
Frank Shell             9 - 2   2 - 0   1 - 0
H. Spencer              0       0       1 - 0
Albert Vinall   1 - 0   0       0
Alan Wakeman (gk)       12 - 0  0       2 - 0
A. Yorke                8 - 0   1 - 0   2 - 0


League = The Birmingham & District League
BLC = Birmingham League Cup
Other matches = Worcestershire Cup, Worcester Infirmary Cup, friendlies.



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