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1st Division

Burnden Park | Saturday 25 December 1897 at 14:00 UK local time

Bolton Wanderers 0 - 2 Liverpool

Starting Lineup

1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
John McCartney (c)
5
Joe McQue
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Bobby Marshall
8
Daniel Cunliffe
9
Abraham Hartley
10
Andrew McCowie
11
Joe Lumsden

Opposition Lineup

John Sutcliffe
John Somerville
Di Jones
Alex Paton
Bob Brown
Archie Freebairn
Billy Thomson
Alexander Gilligan
TA Miller
John Miller
Bob Jack

Notes

  • - Abraham Hartley makes his LFC debut

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Frank Brettell
Referee: Dale GH
Attendance: 8,000
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 178
League game number: 134
Liverpool league position: 9th
Bolton Wanderers league position: 7th
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Liverpool
Bolton Wanderers
HT 0–0
Daniel Cunliffe (1–0)
65'
Andrew McCowie (2–0)
66'
Full time 2–0

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