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1st Division
Anfield | Friday 25 December 1896 at 14:00 UK local time
Liverpool
3
-
3
Aston Villa
Half time
2–2
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
(c)
5
Robert Neill
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Malcolm McVean
8
Willie Michael
9
George Allan
10
Frank Becton
11
Harry Bradshaw
Opposition Lineup
Jimmy Whitehouse
Howard Spencer
Jimmy Crabtree
Jack Reynolds
Jimmy Cowan
Bob Chatt
Charlie Athersmith
Jack Devey
John Campbell
Fred Wheldon
Steve Smith
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
George Ramsay
Referee:
Unknown
Attendance:
15,000
Half-time score:
2
-
2
Game number:
146
League game number:
107
Liverpool league position:
3rd
Aston Villa league position:
1st
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01 Sep · 2-1 · The Wednesday (A) · League
05 Sep · 0-1 · Blackburn Rovers (A) · League
07 Sep · 0-2 · Bolton Wanderers (H) · League
12 Sep · 2-0 · Derby County (H) · League
19 Sep · 2-1 · Bury (A) · League
26 Sep · 0-0 · West Bromwich Albion (H) · League
03 Oct · 1-2 · Everton (A) · League
10 Oct · 3-0 · Nottingham Forest (H) · League
17 Oct · 3-4 · Sunderland (A) · League
19 Oct · 1-1 · Sheffield United (A) · League
24 Oct · 4-0 · Blackburn Rovers (H) · League
31 Oct · 1-0 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · League
07 Nov · 3-0 · Sunderland (H) · League
14 Nov · 1-1 · Preston North End (A) · League
21 Nov · 0-0 · Everton (H) · League
28 Nov · 0-2 · Nottingham Forest (A) · League
12 Dec · 3-1 · Bury (H) · League
19 Dec · 2-3 · Derby County (A) · League
25 Dec · 3-3 · Aston Villa (H) · League
26 Dec · 1-4 · Burnley (A) · League
01 Jan · 4-1 · Bolton Wanderers (A) · League
02 Jan · 0-0 · Sheffield United (H) · League
09 Jan · 2-1 · Wolves (A) · League
16 Jan · 1-0 · Stoke (H) · League
30 Jan · 4-3 · Burton Swifts (H) · FA
06 Feb · 1-6 · Stoke (A) · League
13 Feb · 2-1 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · FA
27 Feb · 1-1 · Nottingham Forest (H) · FA
03 Mar · 1-0 · Nottingham Forest (A) · FA
04 Mar · 3-0 · Wolves (H) · League
13 Mar · 0-0 · Aston Villa (A) · League
20 Mar · 0-3 · Aston Villa (N) · FA
27 Mar · 1-2 · Burnley (H) · League
03 Apr · 2-2 · The Wednesday (H) · League
10 Apr · 0-0 · Preston North End (H) · League
Match timeline
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Frank Becton
(1–0)
8'
George Allan
(2–0)
30'
33'
Jimmy Cowan
(2–1)
40'
Jack Devey
(2–2)
HT
2–2
Frank Becton
penalty
(3–2)
58'
83'
Charlie Athersmith
(3–3)
Full time
3–3
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Aston Villa
16
10
4
2
37
20
+17
24
2
Bolton Wanderers
15
9
4
2
28
14
+14
22
3
Liverpool
19
8
5
6
31
22
+9
21
4
Derby County
17
8
3
6
46
30
+16
19
5
Preston North End
15
7
5
3
33
22
+11
19
6
West Bromwich Albion
18
6
5
7
17
26
-9
17
7
Sheffield United
13
5
6
2
19
13
+6
16
8
Sheffield Wednesday
16
5
6
5
22
24
-2
16
9
Everton
15
6
3
6
25
22
+3
15
10
Nottingham Forest
17
5
5
7
27
30
-3
15
11
Blackburn Rovers
17
6
3
8
17
31
-14
15
12
Bury
15
4
6
5
20
25
-5
14
13
Wolves
15
4
4
7
19
17
+2
12
14
Stoke City
17
5
2
10
26
43
-17
12
15
Sunderland
17
3
5
9
14
27
-13
11
16
Burnley
14
2
4
8
17
32
-15
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