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2nd Division
Anfield | Tuesday 18 February 1896 at 15:30 UK local time
Liverpool
10
-
1
Rotherham Town
Half time
6–0
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
Opposition Lineup
William Wilkinson
Dave Porteous
W Broadhead
Billy Longden
J Daughtrey
Fred Widdowson
William Bryant
John Webster
A Cutts
E Wheatcroft
William Mathieson
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 · 3-2 · Notts County (A) · League
14 Sep · 5-1 · Newcastle United (H) · League
21 Sep · 4-2 · Loughborough (A) · League
28 Sep · 5-1 · Burslem Port Vale (H) · League
30 Sep · 4-1 · Burton Wanderers (H) · League
05 Oct · 0-1 · Newcastle United (A) · League
07 Oct · 6-1 · Crewe Alexandra (H) · League
12 Oct · 7-1 · Newton Heath (H) · League
19 Oct · 0-1 · Grimsby Town (A) · League
21 Oct · 4-5 · Burslem Port Vale (A) · League
26 Oct · 3-0 · Notts County (H) · League
02 Nov · 2-5 · Newton Heath (A) · League
09 Nov · 3-1 · Leicester Fosse (H) · League
16 Nov · 2-0 · Woolwich Arsenal (A) · League
23 Nov · 0-0 · Darwen (H) · League
30 Nov · 0-2 · Leicester Fosse (A) · League
07 Dec · 1-0 · Loughborough (H) · League
14 Dec · 4-0 · Darwen (A) · League
21 Dec · 1-0 · Lincoln City (A) · League
01 Jan · 3-1 · Manchester City (H) · League
04 Jan · 5-0 · Rotherham Town (A) · League
11 Jan · 3-0 · Woolwich Arsenal (H) · League
25 Jan · 6-1 · Lincoln City (H) · League
01 Feb · 4-1 · Millwall Athletic (H) · FA
15 Feb · 0-2 · Wolves (A) · FA
18 Feb · 10-1 · Rotherham Town (H) · League
22 Feb · 3-1 · Grimsby Town (H) · League
29 Feb · 7-0 · Burton Swifts (A) · League
07 Mar · 1-2 · Burton Wanderers (A) · League
21 Mar · 6-1 · Burton Swifts (H) · League
28 Mar · 7-0 · Crewe Alexandra (A) · League
03 Apr · 1-1 · Manchester City (A) · League
18 Apr · 4-0 · Birmingham (H) · TM
20 Apr · 0-0 · Birmingham (A) · TM
25 Apr · 2-0 · West Bromwich Albion (H) · TM
27 Apr · 0-2 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · TM
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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
