1894–95 Aston Villa F.C. season

[5][6] Villa's Jack Devey put on an overcoat, and Charlie Athersmith played under an umbrella borrowed from a spectator[7][6] before collapsing in the dressing-room afterwards.

[5] Villa registered the biggest away win in the League when they defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 on 22 December 1894, and beat Small Heath in the final of the Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup.

Twenty thousand people saw Sunderland win the championship with a 2–1 scoreline and rendered Everton's final game meaningless.

[8] Small Heath's First Division campaign began on Saturday 1 September with a visit to local rivals and League champions Aston Villa.

The Birmingham Daily Post picked out Hallam and Caesar Jenkyns for praise, was disappointed by Fred Wheldon, "usually the bright particular star of the front rank", and suggested that Jack Oliver would be a success "when he has lost a little superfluous flesh".