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1st Division
Perry Barr | 13 March 1897 at15:30UK local time
Aston Villa
0
-
0
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
John McCartney
(c)
5
Robert Neill
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
David Hannah
8
Fred Geary
9
George Allan
10
Willie Michael
11
Harry Bradshaw
Opposition Lineup
Jimmy Whitehouse
Howard Spencer
Albert Evans
Jack Reynolds
Jimmy Cowan
Jimmy Crabtree
Charlie Athersmith
Jack Devey
John Campbell
Fred Wheldon
John Cowan
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
George Ramsay
Referee:
West J
Attendance:
18,000
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
158
League game number:
115
Liverpool league position:
3rd
Aston Villa league position:
1st
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01 Sep 1896 - The Wednesday 2-1 Liverpool
05 Sep 1896 - Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Liverpool
07 Sep 1896 - Liverpool 0-2 Bolton Wanderers
12 Sep 1896 - Liverpool 2-0 Derby County
19 Sep 1896 - Bury 2-1 Liverpool
26 Sep 1896 - Liverpool 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
03 Oct 1896 - Everton 1-2 Liverpool
10 Oct 1896 - Liverpool 3-0 Nottingham Forest
17 Oct 1896 - Sunderland 3-4 Liverpool
19 Oct 1896 - Sheffield United 1-1 Liverpool
24 Oct 1896 - Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn Rovers
31 Oct 1896 - West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Liverpool
07 Nov 1896 - Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland
14 Nov 1896 - Preston North End 1-1 Liverpool
21 Nov 1896 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
28 Nov 1896 - Nottingham Forest 0-2 Liverpool
12 Dec 1896 - Liverpool 3-1 Bury
19 Dec 1896 - Derby County 2-3 Liverpool
25 Dec 1896 - Liverpool 3-3 Aston Villa
26 Dec 1896 - Burnley 1-4 Liverpool
01 Jan 1897 - Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Liverpool
02 Jan 1897 - Liverpool 0-0 Sheffield United
09 Jan 1897 - Wolves 2-1 Liverpool
16 Jan 1897 - Liverpool 1-0 Stoke
30 Jan 1897 - Liverpool 4-3 Burton Swifts
06 Feb 1897 - Stoke 1-6 Liverpool
13 Feb 1897 - West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Liverpool
27 Feb 1897 - Liverpool 1-1 Nottingham Forest
03 Mar 1897 - Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool
04 Mar 1897 - Liverpool 3-0 Wolves
13 Mar 1897 - Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
20 Mar 1897 - Liverpool 0-3 Aston Villa
27 Mar 1897 - Liverpool 1-2 Burnley
03 Apr 1897 - Liverpool 2-2 The Wednesday
10 Apr 1897 - Liverpool 0-0 Preston North End
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Aston Villa
25
16
5
4
56
35
+21
37
2
Derby Co
24
14
3
7
61
39
+22
31
3
Liverpool
27
12
7
8
43
34
+9
31
4
Sheff Utd
26
10
10
6
38
27
+11
30
5
Preston NE
23
10
8
5
49
34
+15
28
6
Bolton Wan
23
11
5
7
34
26
+8
27
7
Sheff Wed
26
8
10
8
34
33
+1
26
8
Everton
25
11
3
11
48
46
+2
25
9
Nottm Forest
26
9
6
11
43
44
-1
24
10
Bury
23
7
9
7
32
36
-4
23
11
Blackburn R
26
10
3
13
33
54
-21
23
12
West Brom
26
9
5
12
27
45
-18
23
13
Wolves
25
7
6
12
34
34
+0
20
14
Sunderland
28
6
8
14
32
46
-14
20
15
Stoke C
24
8
3
13
41
55
-14
19
16
Burnley
25
4
7
14
34
51
-17
15
