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1st Division
Anfield | Saturday 23 September 1905 at 15:30 UK local time
Liverpool
2
-
0
Birmingham
Half time
1–0
Starting Lineup
(Average age 28.04)
1
Ned Doig
2
Alf West
3
Billy Dunlop
4
Maurice Parry
5
Alex Raisbeck
(c)
6
James Bradley
7
Arthur Goddard
8
Bobby Robinson
9
Joe Hewitt
10
Sam Raybould
11
Jack Cox
Opposition Lineup
Nat Robinson
John Glover
Frank Stokes
Billy Beer
Walter Wigmore
Jim Dougherty
Benny Green
Arthur Mounteney
Bill Jones
Freddie Wilcox
Oakey Field
Notes
- James Bradley makes his LFC debut
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
Alfred Jones
Referee:
Armitt T
Attendance:
20,000
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
459
League game number:
391
Played towards Kop:
First half
Liverpool league position:
14th
Birmingham league position:
9th
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02 Sep · 1-3 · Woolwich Arsenal (A) · League
09 Sep · 1-3 · Blackburn Rovers (H) · League
11 Sep · 0-5 · Aston Villa (A) · League
16 Sep · 2-1 · Sunderland (A) · League
23 Sep · 2-0 · Birmingham (H) · League
30 Sep · 2-4 · Everton (A) · League
07 Oct · 4-1 · Derby County (H) · League
14 Oct · 2-3 · The Wednesday (A) · League
21 Oct · 4-1 · Nottingham Forest (H) · League
28 Oct · 1-0 · Manchester City (A) · League
04 Nov · 3-1 · Bury (H) · League
11 Nov · 5-1 · Middlesbrough (A) · League
18 Nov · 1-1 · Preston North End (H) · League
25 Nov · 3-2 · Newcastle United (A) · League
02 Dec · 3-0 · Aston Villa (H) · League
09 Dec · 4-0 · Wolves (H) · League
16 Dec · 2-1 · Sheffield United (A) · League
23 Dec · 2-0 · Notts County (H) · League
25 Dec · 2-2 · Bolton Wanderers (H) · League
26 Dec · 1-2 · Stoke (A) · League
30 Dec · 3-0 · Woolwich Arsenal (H) · League
01 Jan · 3-1 · Stoke (H) · League
06 Jan · 0-0 · Blackburn Rovers (A) · League
13 Jan · 2-1 · Leicester Fosse (H) · FA
20 Jan · 2-0 · Sunderland (H) · League
27 Jan · 0-1 · Birmingham (A) · League
03 Feb · 1-0 · Barnsley (H) · FA
10 Feb · 3-0 · Derby County (A) · League
17 Feb · 2-1 · The Wednesday (H) · League
24 Feb · 2-0 · Brentford (H) · FA
03 Mar · 0-1 · Manchester City (H) · League
10 Mar · 3-0 · Southampton (H) · FA
14 Mar · 2-1 · Nottingham Forest (A) · League
17 Mar · 6-1 · Middlesbrough (H) · League
21 Mar · 0-3 · Notts County (A) · League
24 Mar · 2-1 · Preston North End (A) · League
31 Mar · 0-2 · Everton (N) · FA
02 Apr · 0-0 · Bury (A) · League
09 Apr · 3-0 · Newcastle United (H) · League
13 Apr · 1-1 · Everton (H) · League
14 Apr · 2-0 · Wolves (A) · League
16 Apr · 2-3 · Bolton Wanderers (A) · League
21 Apr · 3-1 · Sheffield United (H) · League
28 Apr · 5-1 · Corinthians (N) · SLCS
Match timeline
Liverpool
Birmingham
Bobby Robinson
(1–0)
6'
HT
1–0
Joe Hewitt
(2–0)
87'
Full time
2–0
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Sheffield Wednesday
6
4
2
0
10
2
+8
10
2
Stoke City
5
5
0
0
12
3
+9
10
3
Derby County
4
4
0
0
8
1
+7
8
4
Manchester City
5
3
1
1
15
5
+10
7
5
Aston Villa
5
3
1
1
12
4
+8
7
6
Sheffield United
4
3
0
1
10
5
+5
6
7
Blackburn Rovers
5
2
2
1
7
7
+0
6
8
Preston North End
6
1
3
2
7
9
-2
5
9
Birmingham City
4
1
2
1
5
5
+0
4
10
Arsenal
5
1
2
2
8
9
-1
4
11
Newcastle United
6
1
2
3
8
12
-4
4
12
Nottingham Forest
5
2
0
3
7
13
-6
4
13
Wolves
6
1
2
3
6
11
-5
4
14
Liverpool
5
2
0
3
6
12
-6
4
15
Everton
4
1
1
2
6
8
-2
3
16
Notts County
4
0
3
1
5
8
-3
3
17
Bury
5
0
2
3
9
14
-5
2
18
Sunderland
4
1
0
3
6
10
-4
2
19
Middlesbrough
4
1
0
3
3
8
-5
2
20
Bolton Wanderers
4
0
1
3
5
9
-4
1