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1st Division
Anfield | Saturday 27 February 1915 at 15:30 UK local time
Liverpool
3
-
0
Burnley
Half time
2–0
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.22)
1
Elisha Scott
2
Ephraim Longworth
3
Bob Pursell
4
Bill Lacey
5
Harry Lowe
(c)
6
Donald McKinlay
7
Jackie Sheldon
8
Billy Banks
9
Fred Pagnam
10
Tom Miller
11
Jimmy Nicholl
Opposition Lineup
Jerry Dawson
Tom Bamford
David Taylor
Levy Thorpe
Tommy Boyle
Billy Watson
Billy Nesbitt
James Lindsay
Bob Kelly
Teddy Hodgson
Bertie Freeman
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
John Haworth
Referee:
Talks J
Attendance:
22,000
Half-time score:
2
-
0
Game number:
857
League game number:
754
Liverpool league position:
14th
Burnley league position:
13th
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02 Sep · 4-3 · Bolton Wanderers (H) · League
05 Sep · 1-1 · Notts County (H) · League
12 Sep · 2-2 · Sunderland (A) · League
19 Sep · 2-1 · The Wednesday (H) · League
21 Sep · 2-4 · Blackburn Rovers (A) · League
26 Sep · 0-4 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · League
03 Oct · 0-5 · Everton (H) · League
10 Oct · 1-3 · Chelsea (A) · League
17 Oct · 2-1 · Bradford City (H) · League
24 Oct · 0-3 · Burnley (A) · League
31 Oct · 7-2 · Tottenham Hotspur (H) · League
07 Nov · 0-0 · Newcastle United (A) · League
14 Nov · 1-1 · Middlesbrough (H) · League
21 Nov · 1-2 · Sheffield United (A) · League
28 Nov · 3-6 · Aston Villa (H) · League
05 Dec · 1-1 · Manchester City (A) · League
12 Dec · 0-1 · Bradford Park Avenue (A) · League
19 Dec · 1-2 · Oldham Athletic (H) · League
25 Dec · 1-0 · Bolton Wanderers (A) · League
26 Dec · 1-1 · Manchester United (H) · League
02 Jan · 1-3 · Notts County (A) · League
09 Jan · 3-0 · Stockport County (H) · FA
16 Jan · 2-1 · Sunderland (H) · League
23 Jan · 1-2 · The Wednesday (A) · League
30 Jan · 0-1 · Sheffield United (A) · FA
06 Feb · 3-1 · Everton (A) · League
13 Feb · 3-3 · Chelsea (H) · League
27 Feb · 3-0 · Burnley (H) · League
06 Mar · 1-1 · Tottenham Hotspur (A) · League
10 Mar · 2-3 · Bradford City (A) · League
13 Mar · 3-2 · Manchester City (H) · League
20 Mar · 0-3 · Middlesbrough (A) · League
24 Mar · 3-1 · West Bromwich Albion (H) · League
29 Mar · 2-2 · Newcastle United (H) · League
02 Apr · 0-2 · Manchester United (A) · League
03 Apr · 2-6 · Aston Villa (A) · League
05 Apr · 3-0 · Blackburn Rovers (H) · League
12 Apr · 2-1 · Sheffield United (H) · League
17 Apr · 2-1 · Bradford Park Avenue (H) · League
24 Apr · 2-0 · Oldham Athletic (A) · League
Match timeline
Liverpool
Burnley
Jackie Sheldon
penalty
(1–0)
16'
Jimmy Nicholl
(2–0)
29'
HT
2–0
Jimmy Nicholl
(3–0)
68'
Full time
3–0
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Oldham Athletic
26
13
8
5
58
42
+16
34
2
Everton
27
13
7
7
53
31
+22
33
3
Sheffield Wednesday
27
12
9
6
47
40
+7
33
4
Manchester City
27
12
9
6
33
26
+7
33
5
Blackburn Rovers
28
13
6
9
64
47
+17
32
6
West Bromwich Albion
26
12
6
8
35
24
+11
30
7
Sunderland
27
14
2
11
63
56
+7
30
8
Sheffield United
26
11
8
7
32
25
+7
30
9
Bradford City
26
8
12
6
41
32
+9
28
10
Middlesbrough
27
9
9
9
45
52
-7
27
11
Bradford Park Avenue
24
11
4
9
40
47
-7
26
12
Aston Villa
28
9
8
11
42
58
-16
26
13
Burnley
27
10
5
12
42
39
+3
25
14
Liverpool
26
8
7
11
43
53
-10
23
15
Chelsea
25
5
11
9
34
42
-8
21
16
Bolton Wanderers
26
8
4
14
51
58
-7
20
17
Newcastle United
25
7
6
12
32
36
-4
20
18
Manchester United
27
5
10
12
35
44
-9
20
19
Notts County
28
6
8
14
32
47
-15
20
20
Tottenham Hotspur
27
6
7
14
43
66
-23
19
