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1st Division
Anfield | 19 March 1898 at15:30UK local time
Liverpool
1
-
1
Bolton Wanderers
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
Charlie Wilson
5
John Holmes
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Fred Geary
8
Jack Cox
9
Patrick Finnerhan
10
Frank Becton
(c)
11
Harry Bradshaw
Goals
Harry Bradshaw
15′
Opposition Lineup
John Sutcliffe
John Somerville
R Davies
Jack Fitchett
Bob Brown
Archie Freebairn
Billy Thomson
Alexander Gilligan
Jimmy Cassidy
H Chorlton
J Gregory
Opposition goals
Alexander Gilligan
0
′
Notes
- Charlie Wilson makes his LFC debut
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
Frank Brettell
Referee:
Unknown
Attendance:
7,000
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
191
League game number:
142
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
11th
Bolton Wanderers league position:
10th
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04 Sep 1897 - Stoke 2-2 Liverpool
11 Sep 1897 - Liverpool 0-0 Preston North End
18 Sep 1897 - The Wednesday 2-4 Liverpool
25 Sep 1897 - Liverpool 3-1 Everton
02 Oct 1897 - Preston North End 1-1 Liverpool
09 Oct 1897 - Liverpool 4-0 Stoke
16 Oct 1897 - Everton 0-3 Liverpool
23 Oct 1897 - Liverpool 4-2 Derby County
30 Oct 1897 - Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool
06 Nov 1897 - Liverpool 1-2 Nottingham Forest
13 Nov 1897 - West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Liverpool
20 Nov 1897 - Liverpool 1-0 Wolves
27 Nov 1897 - Nottingham Forest 3-2 Liverpool
11 Dec 1897 - Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
18 Dec 1897 - Liverpool 0-1 Blackburn Rovers
25 Dec 1897 - Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Liverpool
27 Dec 1897 - Liverpool 0-2 Sunderland
29 Dec 1897 - Sheffield United 2-1 Liverpool
01 Jan 1898 - Liverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
08 Jan 1898 - Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Liverpool
22 Jan 1898 - Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool
29 Jan 1898 - Liverpool 2-0 Hucknall St Johns
05 Feb 1898 - Liverpool 0-4 Sheffield United
12 Feb 1898 - Newton Heath 0-0 Liverpool
16 Feb 1898 - Liverpool 2-1 Newton Heath
26 Feb 1898 - Derby County 1-1 Liverpool
02 Mar 1898 - Liverpool 1-5 Derby County
12 Mar 1898 - Liverpool 2-0 Notts County
19 Mar 1898 - Liverpool 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
26 Mar 1898 - Bury 2-0 Liverpool
31 Mar 1898 - Liverpool 2-2 Bury
02 Apr 1898 - Notts County 2-3 Liverpool
11 Apr 1898 - Liverpool 4-0 The Wednesday
12 Apr 1898 - Derby County 1-3 Liverpool
16 Apr 1898 - Liverpool 4-0 Aston Villa
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Sheff Utd
26
14
8
4
52
29
+23
36
2
Sunderland
26
15
5
6
39
26
+13
35
3
Sheff Wed
26
14
3
9
47
31
+16
31
4
Aston Villa
25
13
4
8
56
41
+15
30
5
West Brom
24
10
9
5
41
34
+7
29
6
Everton
24
10
8
6
40
35
+5
28
7
Wolves
25
10
6
9
44
37
+7
26
8
Nottm Forest
22
9
7
6
38
31
+7
25
9
Derby Co
25
9
6
10
49
48
+1
24
10
Bolton Wan
25
9
4
12
24
36
-12
22
11
Liverpool
24
8
5
11
33
37
-4
21
12
Blackburn R
25
6
9
10
34
47
-13
21
13
Notts Co
26
5
8
13
28
41
-13
18
14
Preston NE
26
6
6
14
25
40
-15
18
15
Stoke C
26
6
6
14
29
52
-23
18
16
Bury
23
5
6
12
28
42
-14
16
