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1st Division
Anfield | Saturday 17 April 1926 at 15:15 UK local time
Liverpool
2
-
2
Blackburn Rovers
Half time
1–0
Starting Lineup
1
Elisha Scott
2
Tommy Lucas
3
Donald McKinlay
(c)
4
Jock McNab
5
Bill Cockburn
6
David Pratt
7
Cyril Oxley
8
Harry Chambers
9
Gordon Hodgson
10
Dick Forshaw
11
Fred Hopkin
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 28.88)
Ronnie Sewell
David Rollo
Herbert Jones
Jack Roscamp
Harry Healless
Sandy Campbell
Jack Crisp
Johnny McIntyre
Peter Holland
Arthur Rigby
Tommy Mitchell
Other details
Manager:
Matt McQueen
Opposition manager:
Jack Carr
Referee:
Timmins A
Attendance:
14,699
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
1189
League game number:
1058
Liverpool league position:
6th
Blackburn Rovers league position:
10th
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29 Aug · 1-3 · Leicester City (A) · League
02 Sep · 2-0 · Notts County (H) · League
05 Sep · 0-0 · West Ham United (H) · League
12 Sep · 1-1 · Arsenal (A) · League
19 Sep · 5-0 · Manchester United (H) · League
26 Sep · 5-1 · Everton (H) · League
01 Oct · 2-1 · Notts County (A) · League
03 Oct · 1-2 · Burnley (A) · League
10 Oct · 1-1 · Leeds United (H) · League
17 Oct · 2-1 · Manchester City (H) · League
24 Oct · 1-3 · Tottenham Hotspur (A) · League
31 Oct · 2-2 · Sunderland (H) · League
14 Nov · 2-0 · West Bromwich Albion (H) · League
21 Nov · 0-2 · Birmingham (A) · League
25 Nov · 0-0 · Huddersfield Town (A) · League
28 Nov · 0-1 · Bury (H) · League
05 Dec · 1-1 · Blackburn Rovers (A) · League
12 Dec · 0-2 · Cardiff City (H) · League
19 Dec · 1-3 · Sheffield United (A) · League
25 Dec · 6-3 · Newcastle United (H) · League
26 Dec · 0-3 · Newcastle United (A) · League
01 Jan · 3-1 · Aston Villa (H) · League
02 Jan · 0-3 · Leicester City (H) · League
09 Jan · 0-0 · Southampton (A) · FA
13 Jan · 1-0 · Southampton (H) · FA
16 Jan · 2-1 · West Ham United (A) · League
23 Jan · 3-0 · Arsenal (H) · League
30 Jan · 1-3 · Fulham (A) · FA
06 Feb · 3-3 · Everton (A) · League
13 Feb · 3-2 · Burnley (H) · League
20 Feb · 1-1 · Leeds United (A) · League
27 Feb · 1-1 · Manchester City (A) · League
06 Mar · 0-0 · Tottenham Hotspur (H) · League
10 Mar · 3-3 · Manchester United (A) · League
13 Mar · 2-3 · Sunderland (A) · League
20 Mar · 1-2 · Huddersfield Town (H) · League
27 Mar · 3-0 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · League
02 Apr · 1-0 · Bolton Wanderers (A) · League
03 Apr · 2-2 · Birmingham (H) · League
05 Apr · 2-2 · Bolton Wanderers (H) · League
06 Apr · 0-3 · Aston Villa (A) · League
10 Apr · 1-0 · Bury (A) · League
17 Apr · 2-2 · Blackburn Rovers (H) · League
24 Apr · 2-2 · Cardiff City (A) · League
01 May · 2-2 · Sheffield United (H) · League
Match timeline
Liverpool
Blackburn Rovers
Harry Chambers
(1–0)
20'
HT
1–0
57'
Peter Holland
(1–1)
60'
Peter Holland
(1–2)
Dick Forshaw
(2–2)
88'
Full time
2–2
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Huddersfield Town
41
23
11
7
90
56
+34
57
2
Arsenal
39
21
7
11
82
60
+22
49
3
Sunderland
40
20
6
14
92
74
+18
46
4
Bury
40
18
7
15
79
77
+2
43
5
Aston Villa
40
16
11
13
74
71
+3
43
6
Liverpool
40
14
14
12
66
59
+7
42
7
Bolton Wanderers
39
17
8
14
72
71
+1
42
8
Sheffield United
39
17
7
15
92
79
+13
41
9
Newcastle United
40
15
10
15
81
70
+11
40
10
Blackburn Rovers
41
14
11
16
88
79
+9
39
11
Tottenham Hotspur
40
15
9
16
65
73
-8
39
12
West Bromwich Albion
40
15
8
17
75
74
+1
38
13
Everton
40
10
18
12
67
70
-3
38
14
Leicester City
41
14
10
17
70
76
-6
38
15
Cardiff City
39
16
6
17
58
69
-11
38
16
Manchester United
37
16
6
15
56
66
-10
38
17
West Ham United
40
15
7
18
63
73
-10
37
18
Birmingham City
39
14
8
17
63
77
-14
36
19
Leeds United
40
13
8
19
59
73
-14
34
20
Manchester City
40
11
11
18
85
96
-11
33
21
Burnley
39
11
10
18
78
92
-14
32
22
Notts County
40
12
7
21
49
69
-20
31