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2nd Division
Athletic Ground | Monday 21 October 1895 at 15:00 UK local time
Burslem Port Vale
5
-
4
Liverpool
Half time
1–1
Starting Lineup
1
Matt McQueen
2
John Curran
3
Billy Dunlop
4
John McLean
5
Joe McQue
6
John Holmes
7
Malcolm McVean
8
Jimmy Ross
(c)
9
Fred Geary
10
Frank Becton
11
Harry Bradshaw
Opposition Lineup
Tom Baddeley
George Eccles
George Youds
James Holdcroft
Ralph Barlow
Ted McDonald
James Downie
Ernest Beckett
David Black
Jim Mason
Richard Evans
Notes
The scoring was as follows (Liverpool score first) : 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4. 4-5.
Other details
Manager:
John McKenna
Opposition manager:
Unknown
Referee:
Ormerod S
Attendance:
1,000
Half-time score:
1
-
1
Game number:
101
League game number:
68
Liverpool league position:
1st
Burslem Port Vale league position:
12th
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07 Sep · 3-2 · Notts County (A) · League
14 Sep · 5-1 · Newcastle United (H) · League
21 Sep · 4-2 · Loughborough (A) · League
28 Sep · 5-1 · Burslem Port Vale (H) · League
30 Sep · 4-1 · Burton Wanderers (H) · League
05 Oct · 0-1 · Newcastle United (A) · League
07 Oct · 6-1 · Crewe Alexandra (H) · League
12 Oct · 7-1 · Newton Heath (H) · League
19 Oct · 0-1 · Grimsby Town (A) · League
21 Oct · 4-5 · Burslem Port Vale (A) · League
26 Oct · 3-0 · Notts County (H) · League
02 Nov · 2-5 · Newton Heath (A) · League
09 Nov · 3-1 · Leicester Fosse (H) · League
16 Nov · 2-0 · Woolwich Arsenal (A) · League
23 Nov · 0-0 · Darwen (H) · League
30 Nov · 0-2 · Leicester Fosse (A) · League
07 Dec · 1-0 · Loughborough (H) · League
14 Dec · 4-0 · Darwen (A) · League
21 Dec · 1-0 · Lincoln City (A) · League
01 Jan · 3-1 · Manchester City (H) · League
04 Jan · 5-0 · Rotherham Town (A) · League
11 Jan · 3-0 · Woolwich Arsenal (H) · League
25 Jan · 6-1 · Lincoln City (H) · League
01 Feb · 4-1 · Millwall Athletic (H) · FA
15 Feb · 0-2 · Wolves (A) · FA
18 Feb · 10-1 · Rotherham Town (H) · League
22 Feb · 3-1 · Grimsby Town (H) · League
29 Feb · 7-0 · Burton Swifts (A) · League
07 Mar · 1-2 · Burton Wanderers (A) · League
21 Mar · 6-1 · Burton Swifts (H) · League
28 Mar · 7-0 · Crewe Alexandra (A) · League
03 Apr · 1-1 · Manchester City (A) · League
18 Apr · 4-0 · Birmingham (H) · TM
20 Apr · 0-0 · Birmingham (A) · TM
25 Apr · 2-0 · West Bromwich Albion (H) · TM
27 Apr · 0-2 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · TM
Match timeline
Liverpool
Burslem Port Vale
Frank Becton
15'
HT
1–1
46'
Jim Mason
Minute unknown
Frank Becton
Frank Becton
Fred Geary
Richard Evans
Ernest Beckett
James Downie
David Black
Full time
4–5
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
10
7
0
3
38
16
+22
14
2
Manchester City
8
6
1
1
13
7
+6
13
3
Arsenal
8
5
1
2
21
4
+17
11
4
Burton Wanderers
8
5
1
2
12
10
+2
11
5
Manchester United
7
4
2
1
19
12
+7
10
6
Grimsby Town
8
4
1
3
23
17
+6
9
7
Notts County
7
4
0
3
19
17
+2
8
8
Burton Swifts
8
4
0
4
14
16
-2
8
9
Newcastle United
6
3
1
2
12
9
+3
7
10
Darwen
7
2
2
3
20
20
+0
6
11
Leicester City
6
2
1
3
9
10
-1
5
12
Port Vale
7
2
1
4
14
26
-12
5
13
Loughborough
5
1
1
3
7
16
-9
3
14
Rotherham United
7
1
1
5
6
16
-10
3
15
Crewe Alexandra
7
1
0
6
6
21
-15
2
16
Lincoln City
7
0
1
6
6
22
-16
1
