The victory remains Brighton's only national honour to date and they, not Aston Villa, were crowned the 'Champions of all England'.

[2] Villa drew their opening home league 1-1 against visitors, Oldham Athletic.

Before a crowd of 20,000 Villa beat Woolwich Arsenal 3-0 with Jock Logan, future war casualty Billy Gerrish and Bill Renneville scoring.

Aston Villa featured in the plot of Arnold Bennett's 1911 comic novel The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, putting in an offer for the fictional player, Callear.

[4] There were debuts for Bill Renneville, Jimmy Jones, Horace Henshall, Clem Stephenson and Brendel Anstey.