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1st Division

Bramall Lane | Wednesday 29 December 1897 at 14:15 UK local time

Sheffield United 1 - 2 Liverpool

Half time 1–1

Starting Lineup

Harry Storer
Archie Goldie
Billy Dunlop
John McCartney (c)
Joe McQue
Tom Cleghorn
Fred Geary
Andrew McCowie
William Walker
Joe Lumsden
Abraham Hartley

Opposition Lineup

Billy Foulke
Harry Thickett
Bob Cain
Raby Howell
Harry Johnson
Ernest Needham
Walter Bennett
Kenny McKay
Jack Almond
John Cunningham
Fred Priest

Notes

  • - Abraham Hartley scores his first LFC goal

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Joseph Wostinholm
Referee: Unknown
Attendance: 8,000
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 180
League game number: 136
Liverpool league position: 8th
Sheffield United league position: 2nd
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sheffield United
28'
Untraced player (0–1)
Andrew McCowie (1–1)
30'
HT 1–1
Abraham Hartley (2–1)
55'
Full time 2–1

Match archive

Liverpool Mercury report
Liverpool Mercury report
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