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1st Division
Olive Grove | Saturday 31 December 1898 at 14:15 UK local time
The Wednesday
0
-
3
Liverpool
Half time
0–1
Starting Lineup
(Average age 24.21)
1
Harry Storer
(c)
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
Rab Howell
5
Alex Raisbeck
6
Bill Goldie
7
Jack Cox
8
Johnny Walker
9
George Allan
10
Hugh Morgan
11
Tommy Robertson
Opposition Lineup
Jimmy Massey
Willie Layton
Ambrose Langley
Robert Ferrier
Tommy Crawshaw
Herrod Ruddlesdin
Albert Kaye
Harry Davis
Bill Hemmingfield
Jocky Wright
Fred Spiksley
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
Arthur Dickinson
Referee:
Helme T
Attendance:
4,000
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
217
League game number:
168
Liverpool league position:
5th
The Wednesday league position:
17th
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03 Sep · 4-0 · The Wednesday (H) · League
10 Sep · 0-1 · Sunderland (A) · League
17 Sep · 1-0 · Wolves (H) · League
24 Sep · 2-1 · Everton (A) · League
01 Oct · 0-0 · Notts County (H) · League
08 Oct · 1-2 · Stoke (A) · League
15 Oct · 0-3 · Aston Villa (H) · League
22 Oct · 1-2 · Burnley (A) · League
29 Oct · 2-1 · Sheffield United (H) · League
05 Nov · 0-3 · Newcastle United (A) · League
12 Nov · 3-1 · Preston North End (H) · League
19 Nov · 0-3 · Bury (A) · League
26 Nov · 3-0 · Nottingham Forest (A) · League
03 Dec · 2-0 · Bolton Wanderers (H) · League
10 Dec · 0-1 · Derby County (A) · League
17 Dec · 2-2 · West Bromwich Albion (H) · League
24 Dec · 3-1 · Blackburn Rovers (A) · League
26 Dec · 1-0 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · League
27 Dec · 1-1 · Notts County (A) · League
31 Dec · 3-0 · The Wednesday (A) · League
02 Jan · 2-0 · Sheffield United (A) · League
07 Jan · 0-0 · Sunderland (H) · League
14 Jan · 0-0 · Wolves (A) · League
21 Jan · 2-0 · Everton (H) · League
28 Jan · 2-0 · Blackburn Rovers (H) · FA
04 Feb · 1-0 · Stoke (H) · League
11 Feb · 3-1 · Newcastle United (H) · FA
18 Feb · 2-0 · Burnley (H) · League
25 Feb · 2-0 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · FA
11 Mar · 2-1 · Preston North End (A) · League
18 Mar · 2-2 · Sheffield United (N) · FA
23 Mar · 4-4 · Sheffield United (N) · FA
25 Mar · 0-1 · Nottingham Forest (H) · League
30 Mar · 0-1 · Sheffield United (N) · FA
01 Apr · 1-2 · Bolton Wanderers (A) · League
03 Apr · 3-2 · Newcastle United (H) · League
08 Apr · 4-0 · Derby County (H) · League
20 Apr · 1-0 · Bury (H) · League
22 Apr · 2-0 · Blackburn Rovers (H) · League
29 Apr · 0-5 · Aston Villa (A) · League
Match timeline
Liverpool
The Wednesday
Jimmy Massey
o.g.
(1–0)
11'
HT
1–0
Johnny Walker
(2–0)
50'
George Allan
penalty
(3–0)
87'
Full time
3–0
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Aston Villa
18
12
3
3
40
17
+23
27
2
Everton
20
11
4
5
30
20
+10
26
3
Burnley
20
10
6
4
35
26
+9
26
4
Notts County
19
7
9
3
31
23
+8
23
5
Liverpool
20
10
3
7
29
22
+7
23
6
Bury
19
9
4
6
28
26
+2
22
7
Sheffield United
21
6
10
5
27
30
-3
22
8
Wolves
20
8
4
8
32
28
+4
20
9
West Bromwich Albion
21
8
4
9
28
28
+0
20
10
Blackburn Rovers
20
7
5
8
35
35
+0
19
11
Stoke City
21
7
5
9
30
37
-7
19
12
Sunderland
18
8
2
8
25
26
-1
18
13
Derby County
19
4
10
5
30
36
-6
18
14
Preston North End
22
5
7
10
28
35
-7
17
15
Nottingham Forest
20
4
7
9
23
31
-8
15
16
Newcastle United
20
4
6
10
27
33
-6
14
17
Sheffield Wednesday
18
5
4
9
19
32
-13
14
18
Bolton Wanderers
18
3
5
10
17
29
-12
11
