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1919-20

First Division

Finished 9th of 22 · P42 W18 D6 L18 · 75 scored, 73 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
30 Aug 1919	A	Sunderland	1–2	L
1 Sept 1919	H	Derby County	2–2	D
6 Sept 1919	H	Sunderland	0–3	L
8 Sept 1919	A	Derby County	0–1	L
13 Sept 1919	A	Liverpool	1–2	L
20 Sept 1919	H	Liverpool	0–1	L
27 Sept 1919	A	Bradford Park Avenue	1–6	L
4 Oct 1919	H	Bradford Park Avenue	1–0	W
11 Oct 1919	A	Preston North End	0–3	L
18 Oct 1919	H	Preston North End	2–4	L
25 Oct 1919	A	Middlesbrough	4–1	W
1 Nov 1919	H	Middlesbrough	5–3	W
10 Nov 1919	A	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	W
15 Nov 1919	H	West Bromwich Albion	2–4	L
22 Nov 1919	A	Sheffield United	2–1	W
29 Nov 1919	H	Sheffield United	4–0	W
6 Dec 1919	H	Manchester United	2–0	W
13 Dec 1919	A	Manchester United	2–1	W
20 Dec 1919	H	Oldham Athletic	3–0	W
25 Dec 1919	H	Chelsea	5–2	W
27 Dec 1919	A	Oldham Athletic	3–0	W
1 Jan 1920	A	Newcastle United	0–2	L
3 Jan 1920	H	Burnley	2–2	D
17 Jan 1920	A	Burnley	0–0	D
24 Jan 1920	A	Arsenal	1–0	W
7 Feb 1920	A	Everton	1–1	D
11 Feb 1920	H	Arsenal	2–1	W
14 Feb 1920	H	Everton	2–2	D
28 Feb 1920	H	Bradford City	3–1	W
13 Mar 1920	A	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	L
17 Mar 1920	A	Bradford City	1–3	L
20 Mar 1920	H	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	L
2 Apr 1920	A	Chelsea	1–2	L
3 Apr 1920	H	Notts County	3–1	W
5 Apr 1920	H	Newcastle United	4–0	W
7 Apr 1920	H	Bolton Wanderers	3–6	L
10 Apr 1920	A	Notts County	1–2	L
15 Apr 1920	A	Blackburn Rovers	1–5	L
17 Apr 1920	H	Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	W
26 Apr 1920	H	Manchester City	0–1	L
29 Apr 1920	A	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	W
1 May 1920	A	Manchester City	2–2	D

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion	42	28	4	10	104	47	+57	60
2	Burnley	42	21	9	12	65	59	+6	51
3	Chelsea	42	22	5	15	56	51	+5	49
4	Liverpool	42	19	10	13	59	44	+15	48
5	Sunderland	42	22	4	16	72	59	+13	48
6	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	9	14	72	65	+7	47
7	Manchester City	42	18	9	15	71	62	+9	45
8	Newcastle United	42	17	9	16	44	39	+5	43
9	Aston Villa	42	18	6	18	75	73	+2	42
10	Arsenal	42	15	12	15	56	58	-2	42
11	Bradford Park Avenue	42	15	12	15	60	63	-3	42
12	Manchester United	42	13	14	15	54	50	+4	40
13	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	61	65	-4	40
14	Sheffield United	42	16	8	18	59	69	-10	40
15	Bradford City	42	14	11	17	54	63	-9	39
16	Everton	42	12	14	16	69	68	+1	38
17	Oldham Athletic	42	15	8	19	49	52	-3	38
18	Derby County	42	13	12	17	47	57	-10	38
19	Preston North End	42	14	10	18	57	73	-16	38
20	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	11	18	64	77	-13	37
21	Notts County	42	12	12	18	56	74	-18	36
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	7	9	26	28	64	-36	23

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.