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1st Division
Villa Park | Saturday 30 October 1897 at 15:00 UK local time
Aston Villa
3
-
1
Liverpool
Half time
2–0
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Matt McQueen
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
(c)
5
John Holmes
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Bobby Marshall
8
William Walker
9
Daniel Cunliffe
10
Andrew McCowie
11
Harry Bradshaw
Opposition Lineup
Billy George
Bert Sharp
Albert Evans
Frank Burton
Jimmy Cowan
Jimmy Crabtree
Charlie Athersmith
Jack Devey
Jack Sharp
Fred Wheldon
John Cowan
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
George Ramsay
Referee:
Cowley J
Attendance:
25,000
Half-time score:
2
-
0
Game number:
171
League game number:
127
Liverpool league position:
9th
Aston Villa league position:
2nd
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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
Aston Villa
25'
Fred Wheldon
44'
Charlie Athersmith
HT
0–2
Harry Bradshaw
75'
Minute unknown
Jack Devey
Full time
1–3
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Sheffield United
11
8
3
0
29
14
+15
19
2
Aston Villa
11
7
2
2
29
21
+8
16
3
Wolves
10
4
3
3
18
13
+5
11
4
Bolton Wanderers
9
5
1
3
11
9
+2
11
5
Everton
9
5
1
3
16
16
+0
11
6
Derby County
10
4
2
4
23
20
+3
10
7
Sunderland
9
4
2
3
8
9
-1
10
8
West Bromwich Albion
9
3
3
3
16
13
+3
9
9
Liverpool
9
3
3
3
17
16
+1
9
10
Sheffield Wednesday
10
4
1
5
16
15
+1
9
11
Nottingham Forest
9
2
4
3
12
13
-1
8
12
Blackburn Rovers
10
3
2
5
17
22
-5
8
13
Stoke City
10
3
2
5
11
20
-9
8
14
Bury
8
2
2
4
12
17
-5
6
15
Preston North End
11
1
4
6
7
16
-9
6
16
Notts County
11
1
3
7
14
22
-8
5