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1st Division
Ewood Park | Saturday 12 September 1908 at 15:30 UK local time
Blackburn Rovers
1
-
0
Liverpool
Half time
1–0
Starting Lineup
1
Sam Hardy
2
Percy Saul
3
Tom Rogers
4
Tom Chorlton
5
Alex Raisbeck
(c)
6
James Bradley
7
Arthur Goddard
8
Bobby Robinson
9
Joe Hewitt
10
Ronald Orr
11
Jack Cox
Opposition Lineup
Jimmy Ashcroft
Bob Crompton
Tommy Suttie
James Ferguson
George Chapman
Kilty Cameron
Billy Garbutt
Dicky Wombwell
Bill Davies
Archie Kyle
Walter Anthony
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
Robert Middleton
Referee:
Heath F
Attendance:
25,000
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
585
League game number:
503
Liverpool league position:
9th
Blackburn Rovers league position:
8th
View full league table
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01 Sep · 3-2 · Aston Villa (H) · League
05 Sep · 2-1 · Chelsea (H) · League
12 Sep · 0-1 · Blackburn Rovers (A) · League
14 Sep · 2-0 · Sheffield United (A) · League
19 Sep · 4-0 · Bradford City (H) · League
26 Sep · 2-3 · Manchester United (A) · League
01 Oct · 1-5 · Nottingham Forest (A) · League
03 Oct · 0-1 · Everton (H) · League
10 Oct · 2-3 · Leicester Fosse (A) · League
17 Oct · 2-2 · Woolwich Arsenal (H) · League
24 Oct · 2-1 · Notts County (A) · League
31 Oct · 2-1 · Newcastle United (H) · League
07 Nov · 0-1 · Bristol City (A) · League
14 Nov · 2-1 · Preston North End (H) · League
21 Nov · 0-1 · Middlesbrough (A) · League
28 Nov · 1-3 · Manchester City (H) · League
05 Dec · 3-2 · The Wednesday (A) · League
12 Dec · 1-2 · Bury (A) · League
19 Dec · 2-1 · Sheffield United (H) · League
25 Dec · 1-1 · Aston Villa (A) · League
26 Dec · 1-1 · Nottingham Forest (H) · League
01 Jan · 4-1 · Sunderland (A) · League
02 Jan · 0-3 · Chelsea (A) · League
09 Jan · 1-1 · Blackburn Rovers (H) · League
16 Jan · 5-1 · Lincoln City (H) · FA
23 Jan · 2-0 · Bradford City (A) · League
30 Jan · 3-1 · Manchester United (H) · League
06 Feb · 2-3 · Norwich City (H) · FA
13 Feb · 4-1 · Leicester Fosse (H) · League
20 Feb · 0-5 · Woolwich Arsenal (A) · League
27 Feb · 1-1 · Notts County (H) · League
13 Mar · 1-2 · Bristol City (H) · League
20 Mar · 0-2 · Preston North End (A) · League
27 Mar · 1-2 · Middlesbrough (H) · League
03 Apr · 0-4 · Manchester City (A) · League
09 Apr · 0-5 · Everton (A) · League
10 Apr · 1-2 · The Wednesday (H) · League
12 Apr · 3-0 · Sunderland (H) · League
17 Apr · 2-2 · Bury (H) · League
30 Apr · 1-0 · Newcastle United (A) · League
Match timeline
Liverpool
Blackburn Rovers
20'
Bill Davies
(0–1)
HT
0–1
Full time
0–1
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Newcastle United
4
4
0
0
7
2
+5
8
2
Manchester United
3
3
0
0
11
4
+7
6
3
Preston North End
4
2
1
1
7
3
+4
5
4
Sheffield Wednesday
3
1
2
0
4
2
+2
4
5
Everton
4
2
0
2
6
4
+2
4
6
Sunderland
4
2
0
2
8
6
+2
4
7
Manchester City
3
1
2
0
4
3
+1
4
8
Blackburn Rovers
3
1
2
0
5
4
+1
4
9
Liverpool
3
2
0
1
5
4
+1
4
10
Aston Villa
3
1
1
1
5
5
+0
3
11
Chelsea
4
1
1
2
5
9
-4
3
12
Nottingham Forest
2
1
0
1
3
3
+0
2
13
Bury
4
1
0
3
7
10
-3
2
14
Sheffield United
3
1
0
2
4
6
-2
2
15
Notts County
2
1
0
1
2
3
-1
2
16
Arsenal
4
1
0
3
5
8
-3
2
17
Bristol City
4
0
2
2
3
6
-3
2
18
Leicester City
3
0
2
1
2
4
-2
2
19
Middlesbrough
3
1
0
2
4
9
-5
2
20
Bradford City
3
0
1
2
0
2
-2
1
