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Match details
1st Division
Anfield | Thu 25 Dec 1902 at 14:00
| Liverpool | 5 | - | 1 | Bolton Wanderers |
Starting Lineup
| 1 |  |
Peter Platt |
| 2 |  |
John Glover |
| 3 |  |
Billy Dunlop |
| 4 |  |
Maurice Parry |
| 5 |  |
Charlie Wilson |
| 6 |  |
Bill Goldie |
| 7 |  |
Arthur Goddard |
| 8 |  |
Thomas Green |
| 9 |  |
Sam Raybould |
| 10 |  |
Edgar Chadwick |
| 11 |  |
Jack Cox |
Goals
- Sam Raybould penalty
- Charlie Wilson 1'
- Charlie Wilson 48'
- Jack Cox 49'
- Edgar Chadwick 89'
Opposition goals
- Archie Freebairn 40'
Notes
- - Peter Platt saved a penalty from Laurie Bell
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.81
- - Liverpool league position after match: 3
- - Bolton Wanderers league position after match: 18
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- - Bolton were awarded a penalty shortly after Jack Cox had put Liverpool into a 3-1 lead early in the second half. Laurie Bell took the kick, awarded after Jocky Wright had been tripped by Maurice Parry, but Peter Platt made a wonderful save from Bell's shot. Platt had also been in goal when the same Bolton player missed a penalty during the Burnden Park meeting between the two clubs in October,
Other details
- Manager: Tom Watson
- Opposition manager: John Somerville
- Attendance: 20,000
- Half-time score: 1
- 1 - Game number: 365
- League game number: 301
- LFC played towards Kop: First half
