 The financial problems and disputes with players continued and the 1900–01 season proved even worse than the previous, with 102 goals conceded and a 14–0 defeat to Aston Villa reserves representing the biggest defeat in the club's history.The following season was also a poor one, including a 10–2 FA Cup defeat to Worcester-based Berwick Rangers.A better season followed in 1902–03 with a seventh-place finish, but it was a brief reprieve and in 1905 the club had to re-apply for its membership of the Birmingham Junior League for a third time in five years.