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1st Division
Perry Barr | Saturday 13 March 1897 at 15:30 UK local time
Aston Villa
0
-
0
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
John McCartney
(c)
5
Robert Neill
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
David Hannah
8
Fred Geary
9
George Allan
10
Willie Michael
11
Harry Bradshaw
Opposition Lineup
Jimmy Whitehouse
Howard Spencer
Albert Evans
Jack Reynolds
Jimmy Cowan
Jimmy Crabtree
Charlie Athersmith
Jack Devey
John Campbell
Fred Wheldon
John Cowan
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
George Ramsay
Referee:
West J
Attendance:
18,000
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
158
League game number:
115
Liverpool league position:
3rd
Aston Villa league position:
1st
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01 Sep · 2-1 · The Wednesday (A) · League
05 Sep · 0-1 · Blackburn Rovers (A) · League
07 Sep · 0-2 · Bolton Wanderers (H) · League
12 Sep · 2-0 · Derby County (H) · League
19 Sep · 2-1 · Bury (A) · League
26 Sep · 0-0 · West Bromwich Albion (H) · League
03 Oct · 1-2 · Everton (A) · League
10 Oct · 3-0 · Nottingham Forest (H) · League
17 Oct · 3-4 · Sunderland (A) · League
19 Oct · 1-1 · Sheffield United (A) · League
24 Oct · 4-0 · Blackburn Rovers (H) · League
31 Oct · 1-0 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · League
07 Nov · 3-0 · Sunderland (H) · League
14 Nov · 1-1 · Preston North End (A) · League
21 Nov · 0-0 · Everton (H) · League
28 Nov · 0-2 · Nottingham Forest (A) · League
12 Dec · 3-1 · Bury (H) · League
19 Dec · 2-3 · Derby County (A) · League
25 Dec · 3-3 · Aston Villa (H) · League
26 Dec · 1-4 · Burnley (A) · League
01 Jan · 4-1 · Bolton Wanderers (A) · League
02 Jan · 0-0 · Sheffield United (H) · League
09 Jan · 2-1 · Wolves (A) · League
16 Jan · 1-0 · Stoke (H) · League
30 Jan · 4-3 · Burton Swifts (H) · FA
06 Feb · 1-6 · Stoke (A) · League
13 Feb · 2-1 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · FA
27 Feb · 1-1 · Nottingham Forest (H) · FA
03 Mar · 1-0 · Nottingham Forest (A) · FA
04 Mar · 3-0 · Wolves (H) · League
13 Mar · 0-0 · Aston Villa (A) · League
20 Mar · 0-3 · Aston Villa (N) · FA
27 Mar · 1-2 · Burnley (H) · League
03 Apr · 2-2 · The Wednesday (H) · League
10 Apr · 0-0 · Preston North End (H) · League
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Aston Villa
25
16
5
4
56
35
+21
37
2
Derby County
24
14
3
7
61
39
+22
31
3
Liverpool
27
12
7
8
43
34
+9
31
4
Sheffield United
26
10
10
6
38
27
+11
30
5
Preston North End
23
10
8
5
49
34
+15
28
6
Bolton Wanderers
23
11
5
7
34
26
+8
27
7
Sheffield Wednesday
26
8
10
8
34
33
+1
26
8
Everton
25
11
3
11
48
46
+2
25
9
Nottingham Forest
26
9
6
11
43
44
-1
24
10
Bury
23
7
9
7
32
36
-4
23
11
Blackburn Rovers
26
10
3
13
33
54
-21
23
12
West Bromwich Albion
26
9
5
12
27
45
-18
23
13
Wolves
25
7
6
12
34
34
+0
20
14
Sunderland
28
6
8
14
32
46
-14
20
15
Stoke City
24
8
3
13
41
55
-14
19
16
Burnley
25
4
7
14
34
51
-17
15
