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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 7 November 1896 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 0 Sunderland

Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup

1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
5
Robert Neill
6
John Holmes
7
Malcolm McVean
8
Jimmy Ross (c)
9
George Allan
10
Willie Michael
11
David Hannah

Opposition Lineup

Ned Doig
Robert McNeill
Donald Gow
Matthew Ferguson
William Longair
Billy Dunlop
James Gillespie
John Harvey
John Campbell
Jimmy Hannah
Andrew Hamilton

Notes

  • - Heavy rain affected the early stages of this match but the rain turned to fog and with about fifteen minutes left to play Sunderland attempted to get the game abandoned. Referee Mister West, however, decided to continue the match to its conclusion after speaking to his two linesmen.

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Robert Campbell
Referee: West J
Attendance: 10,000
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 140
League game number: 101
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Sunderland league position: 14th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sunderland
David Hannah (1–0)
36'
HT 1–0
David Hannah (2–0)
48'
Malcolm McVean (3–0)
55'
Full time 3–0

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