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Match details
1st Division
Anfield | Mon 27 Dec 1897 at 14:15
Liverpool
0
-
2
Sunderland
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
John McCartney
(c)
5
Joe McQue
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Fred Geary
8
Joe Lumsden
9
Daniel Cunliffe
10
Andrew McCowie
11
Abraham Hartley
Opposition Lineup
Ned Doig
Phil Bach
Peter Boyle
Matthew Ferguson
Sandy McAllister
Billy Dunlop
Hugh Morgan
Jim Leslie
Jock Brown
Hugh Wilson
Jimmy Chalmers
Opposition goals
Jock Brown
75'
Tom Cleghorn O/G
85'
Notes
- Liverpool league position after match: 10
- Sunderland league position after match: 9
-
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Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
Robert Campbell
Referee:
Strawson JH
Attendance:
30,000
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
179
League game number:
135
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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
Aston Villa
19
10
4
5
44
33
9
0
0
34
15
1
4
5
10
18
24
2
Sheffield United
16
8
7
1
34
20
4
3
0
16
10
4
4
1
18
10
23
3
Sheffield Wednesday
18
9
3
6
33
20
8
0
2
26
7
1
3
4
7
13
21
4
Wolves
18
8
5
5
32
23
6
3
1
21
9
2
2
4
11
14
21
5
West Bromwich Albion
17
8
5
4
29
24
6
4
0
18
8
2
1
4
11
16
21
6
Everton
16
8
4
4
28
24
6
1
1
19
8
2
3
3
9
16
20
7
Derby County
18
6
5
7
34
32
5
3
1
22
12
1
2
6
12
20
17
8
Bolton Wanderers
17
8
1
8
18
21
6
0
2
9
6
2
1
6
9
15
17
9
Sunderland
16
6
4
6
22
21
4
2
1
10
5
2
2
5
12
16
16
10
Liverpool
17
6
3
8
26
27
4
1
3
13
8
2
2
5
13
19
15
11
Nottingham Forest
16
5
5
6
23
24
2
3
3
15
13
3
2
3
8
11
15
12
Preston North End
19
5
5
9
21
27
4
3
3
15
12
1
2
6
6
15
15
13
Blackburn Rovers
17
5
5
7
25
35
3
3
1
11
10
2
2
6
14
25
15
14
Stoke City
19
5
3
11
20
40
5
3
3
15
12
0
0
8
5
28
13
15
Bury
14
4
3
7
17
26
4
1
2
12
10
0
2
5
5
16
11
16
Notts County
17
2
6
9
19
28
1
4
3
12
12
1
2
6
7
16
10
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