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1st Division

Burnden Park | Friday 1 January 1897 at 14:15 UK local time

Bolton Wanderers 1 - 4 Liverpool

Half time 0–2

Starting Lineup

1
Willie Donnelly
2
Archie Goldie
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
5
Robert Neill
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Malcolm McVean
8
Jimmy Ross (c)
9
George Allan
10
Frank Becton
11
Fred Geary

Opposition Lineup

DW Smith
John Somerville
Di Jones
Alex Paton
Jimmy McGeachan
Archie Freebairn
Billy Thomson
TA Miller
David Nicoll
Jocky Wright
Bob Jack

Notes

  • - The order of Liverpool's scoring was McCartney, Allan, Geary, Allan.

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Frank Brettell
Referee: Dale GH
Attendance: 20,000
Half-time score: 0 - 2
Game number: 148
League game number: 109
Liverpool league position: 2nd
Bolton Wanderers league position: 3rd
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Bolton Wanderers
John McCartney
37'
George Allan
40'
HT 2–0
90'
Bob Jack
Minute unknown
George Allan
Fred Geary
Full time 4–1

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