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2nd Division
Anfield | 18 February 1896 at 15:30 UK local time
Liverpool
10
-
1
Rotherham Town
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
5
Joe McQue
6
John Holmes
7
Malcolm McVean
8
Jimmy Ross
(c)
9
George Allan
10
Frank Becton
11
Harry Bradshaw
Goals
Malcolm McVean
8′
Malcolm McVean
9′
George Allan
10′
Jimmy Ross
15′
Malcolm McVean
18′
George Allan
George Allan
George Allan
Frank Becton
Jimmy Ross
Opposition Lineup
William Wilkinson
Dave Porteous
W Broadhead
Billy Longden
J Daughtrey
Fred Widdowson
William Bryant
John Webster
A Cutts
E Wheatcroft
William Mathieson
Opposition goals
A Cutts
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Liverpool run riot at Anfield
Other details
Manager:
John McKenna
Opposition manager:
Unknown
Referee:
Unknown
Attendance:
2,000
Half-time score:
6
-
0
Game number:
117
League game number:
82
Played towards Kop:
First half
Liverpool league position:
1st
Rotherham Town league position:
12th
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07 Sep · 2-3 · Notts County (A)
14 Sep · 5-1 · Newcastle United (H)
21 Sep · 2-4 · Loughborough (A)
28 Sep · 5-1 · Burslem Port Vale (H)
30 Sep · 4-1 · Burton Wanderers (H)
05 Oct · 1-0 · Newcastle United (A)
07 Oct · 6-1 · Crewe Alexandra (H)
12 Oct · 7-1 · Newton Heath (H)
19 Oct · 1-0 · Grimsby Town (A)
21 Oct · 5-4 · Burslem Port Vale (A)
26 Oct · 3-0 · Notts County (H)
02 Nov · 5-2 · Newton Heath (A)
09 Nov · 3-1 · Leicester Fosse (H)
16 Nov · 0-2 · Woolwich Arsenal (A)
23 Nov · 0-0 · Darwen (H)
30 Nov · 2-0 · Leicester Fosse (A)
07 Dec · 1-0 · Loughborough (H)
14 Dec · 0-4 · Darwen (A)
21 Dec · 0-1 · Lincoln City (A)
01 Jan · 3-1 · Manchester City (H)
04 Jan · 0-5 · Rotherham Town (A)
11 Jan · 3-0 · Woolwich Arsenal (H)
25 Jan · 6-1 · Lincoln City (H)
01 Feb · 4-1 · Millwall Athletic (H)
15 Feb · 2-0 · Wolves (A)
18 Feb · 10-1 · Rotherham Town (H)
22 Feb · 3-1 · Grimsby Town (H)
29 Feb · 0-7 · Burton Swifts (A)
07 Mar · 2-1 · Burton Wanderers (A)
21 Mar · 6-1 · Burton Swifts (H)
28 Mar · 0-7 · Crewe Alexandra (A)
03 Apr · 1-1 · Manchester City (A)
18 Apr · 4-0 · Birmingham (H)
20 Apr · 0-0 · Birmingham (A)
25 Apr · 2-0 · West Bromwich Albion (H)
27 Apr · 2-0 · West Bromwich Albion (A)
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
24
18
1
5
81
27
+54
37
2
Manchester City
22
17
2
3
47
27
+20
36
3
Burton Wanderers
22
14
4
4
48
27
+21
32
4
Grimsby Town
20
12
1
7
55
29
+26
25
5
Manchester United
21
11
3
7
51
38
+13
25
6
Newcastle United
21
11
2
8
55
40
+15
24
7
Arsenal
23
11
2
10
43
34
+9
24
8
Darwen
22
9
4
9
59
54
+5
22
9
Leicester City
20
10
2
8
34
28
+6
22
10
Burton Swifts
22
9
3
10
34
40
-6
21
11
Notts County
21
7
2
12
37
43
-6
16
12
Rotherham Town
23
6
2
15
25
71
-46
14
13
Port Vale
18
5
2
11
28
52
-24
12
14
Lincoln City
20
4
3
13
37
54
-17
11
15
Crewe Alexandra
21
4
2
15
24
63
-39
10
16
Loughborough
18
2
3
13
18
49
-31
7
