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1st Division
Olive Grove | Saturday 18 September 1897 at 15:30 UK local time
The Wednesday
4
-
2
Liverpool
Half time
0–1
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
(c)
5
Joe McQue
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Bobby Marshall
8
William Walker
9
Daniel Cunliffe
10
Frank Becton
11
Harry Bradshaw
Opposition Lineup
Jimmy Massey
Jack Earp
Ambrose Langley
Harry Brandon
Tommy Crawshaw
James Jamieson
Archie Brash
Robert Ferrier
Albert Kaye
Harry Davis
Fred Spiksley
Notes
- The referee was a Mr. Hammond.
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
Arthur Dickinson
Referee:
Hammond D
Attendance:
8,000
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
165
League game number:
121
Liverpool league position:
12th
The Wednesday league position:
13th
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04 Sep · 2-2 · Stoke (A) · League
11 Sep · 0-0 · Preston North End (H) · League
18 Sep · 2-4 · The Wednesday (A) · League
25 Sep · 3-1 · Everton (H) · League
02 Oct · 1-1 · Preston North End (A) · League
09 Oct · 4-0 · Stoke (H) · League
16 Oct · 0-3 · Everton (A) · League
23 Oct · 4-2 · Derby County (H) · League
30 Oct · 1-3 · Aston Villa (A) · League
06 Nov · 1-2 · Nottingham Forest (H) · League
13 Nov · 1-2 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · League
20 Nov · 1-0 · Wolves (H) · League
27 Nov · 3-2 · Nottingham Forest (A) · League
11 Dec · 1-2 · Wolves (A) · League
18 Dec · 0-1 · Blackburn Rovers (H) · League
25 Dec · 2-0 · Bolton Wanderers (A) · League
27 Dec · 0-2 · Sunderland (H) · League
29 Dec · 2-1 · Sheffield United (A) · League
01 Jan · 1-1 · West Bromwich Albion (H) · League
08 Jan · 1-2 · Blackburn Rovers (A) · League
22 Jan · 0-1 · Sunderland (A) · League
29 Jan · 2-0 · Hucknall St Johns (H) · FA
05 Feb · 0-4 · Sheffield United (H) · League
12 Feb · 0-0 · Newton Heath (A) · FA
16 Feb · 2-1 · Newton Heath (H) · FA
26 Feb · 1-1 · Derby County (A) · FA
02 Mar · 1-5 · Derby County (H) · FA
12 Mar · 2-0 · Notts County (H) · League
19 Mar · 1-1 · Bolton Wanderers (H) · League
26 Mar · 2-0 · Bury (A) · League
31 Mar · 2-2 · Bury (H) · League
02 Apr · 2-3 · Notts County (A) · League
11 Apr · 4-0 · The Wednesday (H) · League
12 Apr · 1-3 · Derby County (A) · League
16 Apr · 4-0 · Aston Villa (H) · League
Match timeline
Liverpool
The Wednesday
William Walker
(1–0)
10'
HT
1–0
Frank Becton
(2–0)
47'
64'
Jack Earp
penalty
(2–1)
65'
Albert Kaye
(2–2)
84'
Robert Ferrier
(2–3)
85'
Albert Kaye
(2–4)
Full time
2–4
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Aston Villa
4
4
0
0
15
8
+7
8
2
Sheffield United
4
3
1
0
10
6
+4
7
3
Derby County
4
3
0
1
12
6
+6
6
4
Stoke City
4
2
1
1
9
7
+2
5
5
Bolton Wanderers
3
2
0
1
5
3
+2
4
6
Wolves
4
2
0
2
8
6
+2
4
7
Everton
3
2
0
1
6
6
+0
4
8
Sunderland
3
2
0
1
4
4
+0
4
9
Preston North End
4
1
1
2
3
6
-3
3
10
West Bromwich Albion
3
1
0
2
7
7
+0
2
11
Bury
3
1
0
2
4
6
-2
2
12
Liverpool
3
0
2
1
4
6
-2
2
13
Sheffield Wednesday
4
1
0
3
6
11
-5
2
14
Nottingham Forest
3
0
2
1
2
4
-2
2
15
Notts County
4
0
1
3
3
7
-4
1
16
Blackburn Rovers
3
0
0
3
3
8
-5
0
