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1st Division
Anfield | Sat 24 Oct 1896 at 15:15 UK local time
| Liverpool | 4 | - | 0 | Blackburn Rovers |
Starting Lineup
| 1 |  |
Harry Storer |
| 2 |  |
Archie Goldie |
| 3 |  |
Tom Wilkie |
| 4 |  |
John McCartney |
| 5 |  |
Robert Neill |
| 6 |  |
John Holmes |
| 7 |  |
Malcolm McVean |
| 8 |  |
Jimmy Ross (c) |
| 9 |  |
George Allan |
| 10 |  |
Willie Michael |
| 11 |  |
Harry Bradshaw |
Goals
- George Allan 25'
- Jimmy Ross 35'
- Malcolm McVean 68'
- Willie Michael 75'
Notes
- - Harry Storer saved a penalty from Geordie Anderson
- - Liverpool league position after match: 3
- - Blackburn Rovers league position after match: 7
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- - The matter of the scorer of the 3rd goal:
Liverpool Mercury: "Allan, Ross and McVean to career down the field, and though a blinding hailstorm faced the men McVean shot with tremendous force and beat Ogilvie for the third time."
Liverpool Courier: "McVean with a swinging shot got the 3rd goal 23 minutes from time."
Liverpool Daily Post: "Allan took a pass from Ross and banged the leather past Ogilvie who had no chance with the shot."
McVean as the scorer as Courier and Mercury agree vs Daily Post. Note: The weather was clearly very bad and difficult to see probably what really happened.
A report in The Lancashire Advertiser also credits McVean with the third goal.
Other details
- Manager: Tom Watson
- Opposition manager: Joseph Walmsley
- Referee: Sutcliffe CE
- Attendance: 10,000
- Half-time score: 2
- 0 - Game number: 138
- League game number: 99
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Related images & files
Liverpool Mercury report
