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1st Division
Molineux | Sat 11 Dec 1897 at 14:15 UK local time
Wolves
2
-
1
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
John McCartney
(c)
5
Joe McQue
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Bobby Marshall
8
Andrew McCowie
9
Joe Lumsden
10
Daniel Cunliffe
11
Harry Bradshaw
Goals
Harry Bradshaw
40'
Opposition Lineup
Tom Baddeley
George Eccles
Joe Blackett
Billy Malpass
Billy Owen
George Fleming
John Chadburn
George Harper
William Beats
Billy Smith
Jack Miller
Opposition goals
George Harper
William Beats
Notes
- Liverpool league position after match: 10
- Wolves league position after match: 3
-
Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- The Wolverhampton goals were scored within two minutes of each other but the exact times are not known.
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
Jack Addenbrooke
Referee:
Jones WG
Attendance:
8,000
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
176
League game number:
132
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04.09.1897 | 2 - 2 | Stoke City
11.09.1897 | 0 - 0 | Preston North End
18.09.1897 | 2 - 4 | Sheffield Wednesday
25.09.1897 | 3 - 1 | Everton
02.10.1897 | 1 - 1 | Preston North End
09.10.1897 | 4 - 0 | Stoke City
16.10.1897 | 0 - 3 | Everton
23.10.1897 | 4 - 2 | Derby County
30.10.1897 | 1 - 3 | Aston Villa
06.11.1897 | 1 - 2 | Nottingham Forest
13.11.1897 | 1 - 2 | West Bromwich Albion
20.11.1897 | 1 - 0 | Wolves
27.11.1897 | 3 - 2 | Nottingham Forest
11.12.1897 | 1 - 2 | Wolves
18.12.1897 | 0 - 1 | Blackburn Rovers
25.12.1897 | 2 - 0 | Bolton Wanderers
27.12.1897 | 0 - 2 | Sunderland
29.12.1897 | 2 - 1 | Sheffield United
01.01.1898 | 1 - 1 | West Bromwich Albion
08.01.1898 | 1 - 2 | Blackburn Rovers
22.01.1898 | 0 - 1 | Sunderland
29.01.1898 | 2 - 0 | Hucknall St Johns
05.02.1898 | 0 - 4 | Sheffield United
12.02.1898 | 0 - 0 | Manchester United
16.02.1898 | 2 - 1 | Manchester United
26.02.1898 | 1 - 1 | Derby County
02.03.1898 | 1 - 5 | Derby County
12.03.1898 | 2 - 0 | Notts County
19.03.1898 | 1 - 1 | Bolton Wanderers
26.03.1898 | 2 - 0 | Bury
31.03.1898 | 2 - 2 | Bury
02.04.1898 | 2 - 3 | Notts County
11.04.1898 | 4 - 0 | Sheffield Wednesday
12.04.1898 | 1 - 3 | Derby County
16.04.1898 | 4 - 0 | Aston Villa
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1st 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
Sheffield United
15
8
6
1
33
19
4
2
0
15
9
4
4
1
18
10
22
2
Aston Villa
16
10
2
4
42
30
9
0
0
34
15
1
2
4
8
15
22
3
Wolves
16
8
3
5
29
20
6
2
1
20
8
2
1
4
9
12
19
4
Sheffield Wednesday
15
8
2
5
28
17
7
0
2
22
7
1
2
3
6
10
18
5
West Bromwich Albion
15
7
4
4
27
23
5
3
0
16
7
2
1
4
11
16
18
6
Everton
14
7
3
4
26
23
5
1
1
17
7
2
2
3
9
16
17
7
Bolton Wanderers
15
8
1
6
18
18
6
0
1
9
4
2
1
5
9
14
17
8
Derby County
16
5
5
6
32
30
4
3
0
20
10
1
2
6
12
20
15
9
Nottingham Forest
15
5
5
5
23
21
2
3
3
15
13
3
2
2
8
8
15
10
Liverpool
14
5
3
6
24
24
4
1
1
13
5
1
2
5
11
19
13
11
Sunderland
13
5
3
5
19
19
4
1
1
10
5
1
2
4
9
14
13
12
Bury
12
4
3
5
16
22
4
1
2
12
10
0
2
3
4
12
11
13
Preston North End
17
3
5
9
16
27
2
3
3
10
12
1
2
6
6
15
11
14
Blackburn Rovers
14
3
4
7
21
33
2
3
1
9
9
1
1
6
12
24
10
15
Stoke City
16
4
2
10
17
35
4
2
3
12
11
0
0
7
5
24
10
16
Notts County
15
1
5
9
15
25
1
3
3
10
10
0
2
6
5
15
7
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