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2nd Division
Barley Bank | 14 December 1895 at14:30UK local time
Darwen
0
-
4
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
1
Matt McQueen
(c)
2
Archie Goldie
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
5
Joe McQue
6
John Holmes
7
Malcolm McVean
8
Fred Geary
9
George Allan
10
Frank Becton
11
Harry Bradshaw
Goals
Frank Becton
Joe McQue
2′
Malcolm McVean
15′
Fred Geary
65′
Opposition Lineup
Henry Briggs
R Shaw
John Leach
Jimmy Forrest
James Haddow
M McAvoy
B Watson
Fergus Hunt
Alan Maxwell
Henry Tyrer
Billy Townley
Notes
- Darwen had to play the second half with only ten men after defender Richard Shaw had to leave the field injured.
- The order of Liverpool's scoring was : McQue, McVean, Geary, Becton.
Other details
Manager:
John McKenna
Opposition manager:
Unknown
Referee:
Tillotson JC
Attendance:
2,000
Half-time score:
0
-
2
Game number:
109
League game number:
76
Liverpool league position:
1st
Darwen league position:
9th
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07 Sep 1895 - Notts County 3-2 Liverpool
14 Sep 1895 - Liverpool 5-1 Newcastle United
21 Sep 1895 - Loughborough 4-2 Liverpool
28 Sep 1895 - Liverpool 5-1 Burslem Port Vale
30 Sep 1895 - Liverpool 4-1 Burton Wanderers
05 Oct 1895 - Newcastle United 0-1 Liverpool
07 Oct 1895 - Liverpool 6-1 Crewe Alexandra
12 Oct 1895 - Liverpool 7-1 Newton Heath
19 Oct 1895 - Grimsby Town 0-1 Liverpool
21 Oct 1895 - Burslem Port Vale 4-5 Liverpool
26 Oct 1895 - Liverpool 3-0 Notts County
02 Nov 1895 - Newton Heath 2-5 Liverpool
09 Nov 1895 - Liverpool 3-1 Leicester Fosse
16 Nov 1895 - Woolwich Arsenal 2-0 Liverpool
23 Nov 1895 - Liverpool 0-0 Darwen
30 Nov 1895 - Leicester Fosse 0-2 Liverpool
07 Dec 1895 - Liverpool 1-0 Loughborough
14 Dec 1895 - Darwen 4-0 Liverpool
21 Dec 1895 - Lincoln City 1-0 Liverpool
01 Jan 1896 - Liverpool 3-1 Manchester City
04 Jan 1896 - Rotherham Town 5-0 Liverpool
11 Jan 1896 - Liverpool 3-0 Woolwich Arsenal
25 Jan 1896 - Liverpool 6-1 Lincoln City
01 Feb 1896 - Liverpool 4-1 Millwall Athletic
15 Feb 1896 - Wolves 0-2 Liverpool
18 Feb 1896 - Liverpool 10-1 Rotherham Town
22 Feb 1896 - Liverpool 3-1 Grimsby Town
29 Feb 1896 - Burton Swifts 7-0 Liverpool
07 Mar 1896 - Burton Wanderers 1-2 Liverpool
21 Mar 1896 - Liverpool 6-1 Burton Swifts
28 Mar 1896 - Crewe Alexandra 7-0 Liverpool
03 Apr 1896 - Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool
18 Apr 1896 - Liverpool 4-0 Birmingham
20 Apr 1896 - Birmingham 0-0 Liverpool
25 Apr 1896 - Liverpool 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
27 Apr 1896 - West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
18
12
1
5
53
24
+29
25
2
Burton Wan
16
11
3
2
36
17
+19
25
3
Man City
15
11
2
2
29
19
+10
24
4
Man Utd
15
8
3
4
42
26
+16
19
5
Arsenal
15
7
2
6
30
23
+7
16
6
Burton Swifts
13
7
0
6
23
25
-2
14
7
Grimsby T
12
6
1
5
31
22
+9
13
8
Newcastle U
10
5
2
3
26
19
+7
12
9
Darwen
15
4
4
7
38
44
-6
12
10
Notts Co
15
5
1
9
30
36
-6
11
11
Leicester C
11
4
2
5
19
18
+1
10
12
Rotherham T
13
3
2
8
15
28
-13
8
13
Port Vale
10
3
1
6
19
38
-19
7
14
Loughborough
11
2
2
7
13
28
-15
6
15
Crewe Alex
12
3
0
9
15
35
-20
6
16
Lincoln C
11
1
2
8
16
33
-17
4
