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1st Division

Anfield | Monday 3 April 1899 at 16:00 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 2 Newcastle United

Half time 2–1

Starting Lineup

Bill Perkins
General Stevenson
Billy Dunlop
Tom Cleghorn
Alex Raisbeck
Bill Goldie
Jack Cox
Johnny Walker
George Allan (c)
Hugh Morgan
Tommy Robertson

Opposition Lineup

Matt Kingsley
Billy Lindsay
Jimmy Jackson
Thomas Ghee
Sandy Higgins
Andrew Aitken
Willie Wardrope
Jimmy Stevenson
Sandy MacFarlane
William Reid
Tommy Niblo

Notes

  • - Bill Perkins makes his LFC debut
  • - George Allan had to leave the field of play with an injury after only five minutes. But according to the Liverpool Mercury he was able to return to the pitch before play restarted after Johnny Walker's goal in the 21st minute. The Sheffield Evening Telegraph, however, indicates that Allan returned after Jack Cox's goal a minute earlier.

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Frank Watt
Referee: Strawson JH
Attendance: 12,000
Half-time score: 2 - 1
Game number: 233
League game number: 178
Liverpool league position: 2nd
Newcastle United league position: 15th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Newcastle United
12'
Sandy Higgins
Jack Cox
20'
Johnny Walker
21'
HT 2–1
Minute unknown
George Allan
Jimmy Stevenson
Full time 3–2

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Liverpool Mercury report
Liverpool Mercury report
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