A player from our history
John McCartney
McCartney was a tough-tackling half-back who was a member of the team that won the Lancashire league and the Second Division in the club's first two seasons. McCartney missed a number of matches in the 1895/96 season as Liverpool again won the second division title but played in all four of the Test matches as the club regained its first division status. When Liverpool played their first game under the management of Tom Watson and made their debut in red shirts and white pants McCartney was still going strong and one of only few players…
- Birthdate: 1868
- Birthplace: Newmilns, Scotland
- Other clubs: Newmilns, St. Mirren (1890-92), New Brighton Tower (1898-1900)
- Bought from: St Mirren
- Signed for LFC: October 1892
- Liverpool debut: 15.10.1892
- Last appearance: 12.04.1898
- Debut goal: 29.10.1892
- Last goal: 01.01.1898
- Contract expiry: July 1898
- Honours: Lancashire league 1892/93; Second Division 1893/94, 1895/96
- League games / goals: 124 / 5
- Total games / goals: 166 / 7
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This Season
Premier League
Anfield | Sunday 23 May 2021
| Liverpool | Crystal Palace | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | - | 0 |
The last ...
- Game was against
- Crystal Palace on Sunday, 23 May 2021
- Goal was scored by
- Sadio Mané against Crystal Palace on Sunday, 23 May 2021
- Own goal was scored by
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain against Manchester City on Thursday, 02 Jul 2020
- Sending off was
- Alisson Becker against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, 30 Nov 2019
- Penalty goal was
- Mohamed Salah against Manchester City on Sunday, 07 Feb 2021
- Missed penalty was
- Sadio Mané against Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018
- Home win was against
- Crystal Palace on Sunday, 23 May 2021
- Home draw was against
- Newcastle United on Saturday, 24 Apr 2021
- Home defeat was against
- Fulham on Sunday, 07 Mar 2021
- Away win was against
- Burnley on Wednesday, 19 May 2021
- Away draw was against
- Leeds United on Monday, 19 Apr 2021
- Away defeat was against
- Real Madrid on Tuesday, 06 Apr 2021
- Five games
Few facts from our database
- Liverpool FC have scored 10072 goals in 5795 competitive matches registered at LFChistory.
- 203 of those goals are own goals and 528 came from the penalty spot.
- 460 players have scored a goal for Liverpool FC.
- 426 players have scored a league goal for Liverpool FC.
- Liverpool have scored 1.7 goals on average in each game.
- 777 players have played in competitive matches for Liverpool FC since 1892.
- 15046 players have played against Liverpool FC since the 1893-1894 season.
This day in our history
Red Corner
Liverpool performances this summer
10 July 2021The European Championships are finally drawing to a close.
Losing it
18 June 2021You begin to wonder whether the years under Shankly, Paisley and Dalglish, were all that consistently glorious after all. Our record against clubs in the lowest league positions was considerably worse than in more modern times.
‘Something borrowed, something red’ – LFC in the loans business
15 June 2021Between 1892 and 2021, some 230 Liverpool players have been sent out on loan, about 100 of them more than once, but we have received only twenty-nine, less than the equivalent of a modern full squad.
