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1st Division

City Ground | Saturday 27 November 1897 at 14:30 UK local time

Nottingham Forest 2 - 3 Liverpool

Half time 0–2

Starting Lineup

Harry Storer
Archie Goldie
Billy Dunlop
John McCartney (c)
John Holmes
Tom Cleghorn
Bobby Marshall
Andrew McCowie
Joe Lumsden
Frank Becton
Harry Bradshaw

Opposition Lineup

Dan Allsopp
Archie Ritchie
Adam Scott
Frank Forman
John McPherson
Willie Wragg
Charles Richards
Arthur Capes
Tom McInnes
Len Benbow
Alf Spouncer

Notes

  • - Joe Lumsden makes his LFC debut
  • - Andrew McCowie scores his first LFC goal
  • - Joe Lumsden scores his first LFC goal
  • - The referee nearly abandoned the match in the second half because of 'heavy mist'.

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Harold Haslam(Sr)
Referee: Carpenter JE
Attendance: 8,000
Half-time score: 0 - 2
Game number: 175
League game number: 131
Liverpool league position: 10th
Nottingham Forest league position: 9th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
Andrew McCowie
5'
Joe Lumsden
20'
HT 2–0
Minute unknown
Joe Lumsden
Len Benbow
Charles Richards
Full time 3–2

Match archive

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