1914–15 Aston Villa F.C. season

In September, Villa lost the Birmingham Charity Cup 2-3 to West Brom.

[2] Frank Moss joined First Division club Villa for a £250 fee in February 1914 and made two appearances during the following season,[3] but he had to wait until after the First World War before he could resume his career.

[3] During the war, Moss guested for Bellis and Morcom, Aston Park Rangers, Smethwick Carriage Works and Bradford City.

[4] Other debuts included Jimmy Stephenson (31), Howard Humphries (20), George Hampton, and Harry Nash (12).

[3] Richard York had started his career with Handsworth Royal, Birchfield Rangers and the Royal Air Force, In March 1915 he joined Aston Villa as an amateur, signing professional forms in August 1919.

The magazine *Punch* was critical of the decision to allow competitive football to continue after the outbreak of war. Mr Punch is depicted saying to the footballer "No doubt you can make money in this field, my friend, but there's only one field today where you can get honour".