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2nd Division

Anfield | Saturday 25 January 1896 at 14:45 UK local time

Liverpool 6 - 1 Lincoln City
Half time 3–0

Starting Lineup

1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
5
Joe McQue
6
Matt McQueen
7
Ben Bull
8
Fred Geary
9
George Allan
10
Jimmy Ross (c)
11
Frank Becton

Opposition Lineup

Leon Boullimier
Archibald McFarlane
Thomas Eyre
Ned Mettam
Geordie Neave
John Burke
Fred Shearman
Alec Smith
Billy Gillespie
Matt Gillespie
Jimmy Frettingham

Notes

  • - Ben Bull makes his LFC debut
  • - Ben Bull scores his first LFC goal
  • - The order of Liverpool's goals was Ross, Bull, Geary, Becton, Allan, Ross. Billy Gillespie's reply for Lincoln made the scoreline 4-1.

Other details

Manager: John McKenna
Opposition manager: John Henry Strawson
Referee: Unknown
Attendance: 4,000
Half-time score: 3 - 0
Game number: 114
League game number: 81
Played towards Kop: First half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Lincoln City league position: 15th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Lincoln City
Jimmy Ross
11'
HT 3–0
Frank Becton
47'
Jimmy Ross
80'
Minute unknown
George Allan
Ben Bull
Fred Geary
Billy Gillespie
Full time 6–1