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Match details
2nd Division
Anfield | Sat 25 Jan 1896 at 14:45 UK local time
Liverpool
6
-
1
Lincoln City
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
5
Joe McQue
6
Matt McQueen
7
Ben Bull
8
Fred Geary
9
George Allan
10
Jimmy Ross
(c)
11
Frank Becton
Goals
George Allan
Ben Bull
Fred Geary
Jimmy Ross
11'
Frank Becton
47'
Jimmy Ross
80'
Opposition Lineup
Leon Boullimier
Archibald McFarlane
Thomas Eyre
Ned Mettam
Geordie Neave
John Burke
Fred Shearman
Alec Smith
Billy Gillespie
Matt Gillespie
Jimmy Frettingham
Opposition goals
Billy Gillespie
Notes
- Ben Bull makes his LFC debut
- Ben Bull scores his debut goal for LFC
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Lincoln City league position after match: 15
-
Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- The order of Liverpool's goals was Ross, Bull, Geary, Becton, Allan, Ross. Billy Gillespie's reply for Lincoln made the scoreline 4-1.
Other details
Manager:
John McKenna
Opposition manager:
John Henry Strawson
Attendance:
4,000
Half-time score:
3
-
0
Game number:
114
League game number:
81
LFC played towards Kop:
First half
View other results
07.09.1895 | 3 - 2 | Notts County
14.09.1895 | 5 - 1 | Newcastle United
21.09.1895 | 4 - 2 | Loughborough
28.09.1895 | 5 - 1 | Port Vale
30.09.1895 | 4 - 1 | Burton Wanderers
05.10.1895 | 0 - 1 | Newcastle United
07.10.1895 | 6 - 1 | Crewe Alexandra
12.10.1895 | 7 - 1 | Manchester United
19.10.1895 | 0 - 1 | Grimsby Town
21.10.1895 | 4 - 5 | Port Vale
26.10.1895 | 3 - 0 | Notts County
02.11.1895 | 2 - 5 | Manchester United
09.11.1895 | 3 - 1 | Leicester City
16.11.1895 | 2 - 0 | Arsenal
23.11.1895 | 0 - 0 | Darwen
30.11.1895 | 0 - 2 | Leicester City
07.12.1895 | 1 - 0 | Loughborough
14.12.1895 | 4 - 0 | Darwen
21.12.1895 | 1 - 0 | Lincoln City
01.01.1896 | 3 - 1 | Manchester City
04.01.1896 | 5 - 0 | Rotherham Town
11.01.1896 | 3 - 0 | Arsenal
25.01.1896 | 6 - 1 | Lincoln City
01.02.1896 | 4 - 1 | Millwall
15.02.1896 | 0 - 2 | Wolves
18.02.1896 | 10 - 1 | Rotherham Town
22.02.1896 | 3 - 1 | Grimsby Town
29.02.1896 | 7 - 0 | Burton Swifts
07.03.1896 | 1 - 2 | Burton Wanderers
21.03.1896 | 6 - 1 | Burton Swifts
28.03.1896 | 7 - 0 | Crewe Alexandra
03.04.1896 | 1 - 1 | Manchester City
18.04.1896 | 4 - 0 | Birmingham City
20.04.1896 | 0 - 0 | Birmingham City
25.04.1896 | 2 - 0 | West Bromwich Albion
27.04.1896 | 0 - 2 | West Bromwich Albion
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Liverpool Mercury report
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2nd Division table after the match
Overall
Home
Away
#
P
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
Liverpool
23
17
1
5
71
26
11
1
0
46
8
6
0
5
25
18
35
2
Burton Wanderers
21
14
4
3
48
23
8
1
0
25
5
6
3
3
23
18
32
3
Manchester City
18
13
2
3
37
25
7
1
0
19
6
6
1
3
18
19
28
4
Grimsby Town
19
12
1
6
55
28
8
0
0
28
4
4
1
6
27
24
25
5
Manchester United
19
10
3
6
48
34
8
2
0
37
12
2
1
6
11
22
23
6
Newcastle United
20
10
2
8
51
40
10
0
1
40
11
0
2
7
11
29
22
7
Arsenal
22
10
2
10
41
34
8
1
2
30
7
2
1
8
11
27
22
8
Darwen
21
8
4
9
56
54
7
2
2
45
20
1
2
7
11
34
20
9
Burton Swifts
20
8
3
9
30
36
5
2
3
17
13
3
1
6
13
23
19
10
Leicester City
17
8
2
7
29
23
7
0
2
22
9
1
2
5
7
14
18
11
Notts County
20
7
2
11
36
41
5
1
4
26
19
2
1
7
10
22
16
12
Port Vale
15
5
2
8
28
48
4
2
2
18
18
1
0
6
10
30
12
13
Rotherham United
20
5
2
13
23
56
5
1
5
18
21
0
1
8
5
35
12
14
Crewe Alexandra
19
4
1
14
22
57
4
0
5
15
13
0
1
9
7
44
9
15
Lincoln City
17
3
2
12
28
49
3
1
5
20
16
0
1
7
8
33
8
16
Loughborough
17
2
3
12
16
45
1
3
4
13
18
1
0
8
3
27
7
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