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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 16 April 1898 at 16:00 UK local time

Liverpool 4 - 0 Aston Villa
Half time 3–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.65)

1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
Rab Howell
5
Tom Cleghorn
6
Bill Goldie
7
Johnny Walker
8
Andrew McCowie
9
Hugh Morgan
10
Frank Becton (c)
11
Tommy Robertson

Opposition Lineup

Jimmy Whitehouse
Tommy Bowman
Albert Evans
Bert Sharp
Bob Chatt
Edmund Strange
John Cowan
Howard Harvey
Jack Sharp
John Fisher
Billy Garraty

Notes

  • - Rab Howell makes his LFC debut
  • - Hugh Morgan scores his first LFC goal

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: George Ramsay
Referee: Wyld A
Attendance: 20,000
Half-time score: 3 - 0
Game number: 197
League game number: 148
Liverpool league position: 9th
Aston Villa league position: 7th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Aston Villa
Tommy Robertson (1–0)
7'
Johnny Walker (2–0)
40'
Hugh Morgan (3–0)
44'
HT 3–0
Frank Becton (4–0)
85'
Full time 4–0