Aston Villa
1916-17 season
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The 1916-17 English football season was Aston Villa's 2nd season of wartime football in England during the First World War. Between 1915 and 1919 the Football League and FA Cup were suspended and in their place regional league competitions were set up; appearances in these tournaments do not count in players' official records. Many footballers signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players instead.

There were three regional leagues; the South-West Combination played in 1915–16 was discontinued. Each league, except the London Combination, was split into a principal tournament, consisting of a single league, and then a subsidiary tournament of four groups.

Sam Hardy served as an ordinary seaman in the Royal Navy during the First World War.[1] Tommy Jackson served with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during World War I[2]

The Battle of Bazentin Ridge in the North Western trench formation. Aston Trench was the front line before Villa Trench in the rear.[3]


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References

  1. ↑ "Samuel Hardy | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Jackson Tommy Image 1 Aston Villa 1921, Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ↑ https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2018/10/31/remembrance-day-aston-villa-name-used


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