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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 1942-43 season.
Click on any name for further information.


Allen, James

Barker, Jeffrey

Bate, Jack

Billingsley, Geoffrey

Broome, Frank

Callaghan, Ernie

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

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 Charity                 
Jack Bate               1 - 0   2 - 0   0
Geoff Billingsley (gk)  2 - 0   0       0
Frank Broome    16 - 10 13 - 7  1 - 0
Ernie Callaghan 11 - 0  20 - 1  1 - 0
George Cummings 18 - 1  4 - 0   0
Dickie Davis    4 - 5   12 - 13 1 - 1
George Edwards  15 - 5  11 - 5  0
L. L. Godfrey   3 - 0   1 - 0   0
Billy Goffin            6 - 1   0       0
Roy Guttridge   1 - 0   15 - 0  1 - 0
Freddie Haycock 11 - 5  14 - 4  0
Eric Houghton   14 - 11 19 - 9  1 - 0
Bob Iverson     17 - 0  12 - 3  0
Albert Kerr     1 - 2   3 - 1   0
John Martin     1 - 0   5 - 0   1 - 0
Alex Massie     14 - 0  18 - 0  1 - 0
Harry Parkes    16 - 7  10 - 1  1 - 0
Vic Potts               14 - 0  20 - 0  1 - 0
Frank Shell             2 - 0   2 - 0   0
Ronald Starling 15 - 0  19 - 0  1 - 0
Alan Wakeman (gk)       16 - 0  20 - 0  1 - 0


FL1 = Football League (North) First Championship
FL2+Cup = Football League (North) Second Championship and
Football League War Cup
Charity = Charity Match played on 8 May against Portsmouth.





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