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FA Cup Semi-final

Bramall Lane (neutral venue) | Saturday 20 March 1897 at 16:00 UK local time

Liverpool 0 - 3 Aston Villa

Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup

1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
John McCartney (c)
5
Robert Neill
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Fred Geary
8
Willie Michael
9
George Allan
10
Frank Becton
11
Harry Bradshaw

Opposition Lineup

Jimmy Whitehouse
Howard Spencer
Albert Evans
Jack Reynolds
Jimmy Cowan
Jeremiah Griffiths
Charlie Athersmith
Jack Devey
John Campbell
Fred Wheldon
John Cowan

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: George Ramsay
Referee: Scragg A
Attendance: 30,000
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 159
FA Cup game number: 16

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Match timeline

Liverpool
Aston Villa
40'
Jimmy Cowan (0–1)
HT 0–1
55'
Jimmy Cowan (0–2)
75'
Charlie Athersmith (0–3)
Full time 0–3

Match archive

Liverpool Mercury notes
Liverpool Mercury notes
Liverpool Mercury report
Liverpool Mercury report
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