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1st Division
Anfield | Monday 27 December 1897 at 14:15 UK local time
Liverpool
0
-
2
Sunderland
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
John McCartney
(c)
5
Joe McQue
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Fred Geary
8
Joe Lumsden
9
Daniel Cunliffe
10
Andrew McCowie
11
Abraham Hartley
Opposition Lineup
Ned Doig
Phil Bach
Peter Boyle
Matthew Ferguson
Sandy McAllister
Billy Dunlop
Hugh Morgan
Jim Leslie
Jock Brown
Hugh Wilson
Jimmy Chalmers
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
Robert Campbell
Referee:
Strawson JH
Attendance:
30,000
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
179
League game number:
135
Liverpool league position:
10th
Sunderland league position:
9th
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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
Sunderland
HT
0–0
75'
Jock Brown
(0–1)
85'
Tom Cleghorn
o.g.
(0–2)
Full time
0–2
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Aston Villa
19
10
4
5
44
33
+11
24
2
Sheffield United
16
8
7
1
34
20
+14
23
3
Sheffield Wednesday
18
9
3
6
33
20
+13
21
4
Wolves
18
8
5
5
32
23
+9
21
5
West Bromwich Albion
17
8
5
4
29
24
+5
21
6
Everton
16
8
4
4
28
24
+4
20
7
Derby County
18
6
5
7
34
32
+2
17
8
Bolton Wanderers
17
8
1
8
18
21
-3
17
9
Sunderland
16
6
4
6
22
21
+1
16
10
Liverpool
17
6
3
8
26
27
-1
15
11
Nottingham Forest
16
5
5
6
23
24
-1
15
12
Preston North End
19
5
5
9
21
27
-6
15
13
Blackburn Rovers
17
5
5
7
25
35
-10
15
14
Stoke City
19
5
3
11
20
40
-20
13
15
Bury
14
4
3
7
17
26
-9
11
16
Notts County
17
2
6
9
19
28
-9
10
