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Match details
1st Division
Anfield | Mon 11 Apr 1898 at 16:00 UK local time
| Liverpool | 4 | - | 0 | The Wednesday |
Starting Lineup
| 1 |  |
Harry Storer |
| 2 |  |
Archie Goldie |
| 3 |  |
Billy Dunlop |
| 4 |  |
John McCartney (c) |
| 5 |  |
Tom Cleghorn |
| 6 |  |
Bill Goldie |
| 7 |  |
Johnny Walker |
| 8 |  |
Andrew McCowie |
| 9 |  |
Hugh Morgan |
| 10 |  |
Frank Becton |
| 11 |  |
Tommy Robertson |
Goals
Notes
- - Tommy Robertson makes his LFC debut
- - Johnny Walker makes his LFC debut
- - Tommy Robertson scores his debut goal for LFC
- - Liverpool league position after match: 9
- - The Wednesday league position after match: 4
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- Liverpool's first goal is in various LFC sources attributed to Morgan but is clearly an own goal by Langley. Liverpool Daily Post: "Morgan having lashed out at the leather and centred in front of Massey, when Langley in trying to clear kicked the ball into the net." Liverpool Mercury: "From a centre by Robertson, Morgan drove in and Langley, running across to clear sent the ball into the net, scoring the first goal for the Anfielders."
Other details
- Manager: Tom Watson
- Opposition manager: Arthur Dickinson
- Referee: Barker AJ
- Attendance: 7,000
- Half-time score: 2
- 0 - Game number: 195
- League game number: 146
