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1st Division

Ewood Park | Saturday 8 January 1898 at 14:30 UK local time

Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Liverpool

Half time 2–1

Starting Lineup

1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
John McCartney (c)
5
Joe McQue
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Bobby Colvin
8
Andrew McCowie
9
Daniel Cunliffe
10
Abraham Hartley
11
Harry Bradshaw

Opposition Lineup

James Carter
Tom Brandon
John Glover
William Ball
Tom Booth
Peter Chambers
Tommy Briercliffe
Ben Hulse
John Proudfoot
John Wilkie
John Campbell

Notes

  • - Bobby Colvin makes his LFC debut

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Joseph Walmsley
Referee: Furness LW
Attendance: 6,000
Half-time score: 2 - 1
Game number: 182
League game number: 138
Liverpool league position: 11th
Blackburn Rovers league position: 12th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Blackburn Rovers
10'
Tommy Briercliffe
44'
John Campbell
HT 1–2
Minute unknown
William Ball o.g.
Full time 1–2