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1st Division
Anfield | 31 August 1921 at18:00UK local time
Liverpool
3
-
2
Manchester City
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.57)
1
Elisha Scott
2
Tommy Lucas
3
Donald McKinlay
(c)
4
John Bamber
5
Walter Wadsworth
6
Tom Bromilow
7
Bill Lacey
8
Dick Forshaw
9
Billy Matthews
10
Harry Chambers
11
Fred Hopkin
Goals
Billy Matthews
Dick Forshaw
6′
Billy Matthews
Opposition Lineup
Jim Goodchild
Sam Cookson
Eli Fletcher
Fred Fayers
John Leyland
Mickey Hamill
Billy Meredith
Jack Warner
Tommy Browell
Horace Barnes
Billy Murphy
Opposition goals
Horace Barnes
0
′
Billy Murphy
0
′
Notes
- Billy Matthews scores his first LFC goal
Other details
Manager:
David Ashworth
Opposition manager:
Ernest Mangnall
Referee:
Ward A
Attendance:
27,000
Half-time score:
2
-
2
Game number:
963
League game number:
852
Liverpool league position:
17th
Manchester City league position:
10th
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27 Aug 1921 - Sunderland 0-3 Liverpool
31 Aug 1921 - Liverpool 3-2 Manchester City
03 Sep 1921 - Liverpool 2-1 Sunderland
07 Sep 1921 - Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool
10 Sep 1921 - Sheffield United 1-0 Liverpool
17 Sep 1921 - Liverpool 1-1 Sheffield United
24 Sep 1921 - Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
01 Oct 1921 - Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
08 Oct 1921 - Preston North End 1-1 Liverpool
15 Oct 1921 - Liverpool 4-0 Preston North End
22 Oct 1921 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Liverpool
29 Oct 1921 - Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
05 Nov 1921 - Everton 1-1 Liverpool
12 Nov 1921 - Liverpool 1-1 Everton
19 Nov 1921 - Liverpool 4-0 Middlesbrough
26 Nov 1921 - Middlesbrough 1-3 Liverpool
03 Dec 1921 - Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool
10 Dec 1921 - Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa
17 Dec 1921 - Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
24 Dec 1921 - Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool
26 Dec 1921 - Liverpool 1-0 Newcastle United
27 Dec 1921 - Liverpool 2-0 Huddersfield Town
31 Dec 1921 - Bradford City 0-0 Liverpool
02 Jan 1922 - Newcastle United 1-1 Liverpool
07 Jan 1922 - Sunderland 1-1 Liverpool
11 Jan 1922 - Liverpool 5-0 Sunderland
14 Jan 1922 - Liverpool 2-1 Bradford City
21 Jan 1922 - Huddersfield Town 1-0 Liverpool
28 Jan 1922 - Liverpool 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
04 Feb 1922 - Birmingham 2-0 Liverpool
11 Feb 1922 - Liverpool 1-0 Birmingham
25 Feb 1922 - Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal
04 Mar 1922 - Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Liverpool
11 Mar 1922 - Liverpool 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
18 Mar 1922 - Liverpool 0-2 Bolton Wanderers
22 Mar 1922 - Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool
25 Mar 1922 - Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Liverpool
01 Apr 1922 - Liverpool 2-0 Oldham Athletic
08 Apr 1922 - Oldham Athletic 0-4 Liverpool
14 Apr 1922 - Burnley 1-1 Liverpool
15 Apr 1922 - Liverpool 5-1 Cardiff City
17 Apr 1922 - Liverpool 2-1 Burnley
22 Apr 1922 - Cardiff City 0-2 Liverpool
29 Apr 1922 - Liverpool 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
06 May 1922 - West Bromwich Albion 4-1 Liverpool
10 May 1922 - Liverpool 0-1 Huddersfield Town
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Newcastle U
2
2
0
0
5
1
+4
4
2
Sunderland
2
2
0
0
6
2
+4
4
3
Sheff Utd
2
1
1
0
3
2
+1
3
4
West Brom
2
1
1
0
3
2
+1
3
5
Bolton Wan
2
1
1
0
4
3
+1
3
6
Preston NE
2
1
1
0
5
4
+1
3
7
Everton
2
1
0
1
5
3
+2
2
8
Burnley
2
1
0
1
5
5
+0
2
9
Birmingham C
2
1
0
1
4
4
+0
2
10
Man City
2
1
0
1
4
4
+0
2
11
Aston Villa
2
1
0
1
3
3
+0
2
12
Blackburn R
2
0
2
0
2
2
+0
2
13
Tottenham H
2
1
0
1
2
2
+0
2
14
Bradford C
2
0
2
0
1
1
+0
2
15
Middlesbrough
2
0
2
0
1
1
+0
2
16
Oldham Ath
2
0
2
0
1
1
+0
2
17
Liverpool
2
1
0
1
3
5
-2
2
18
Chelsea
2
0
1
1
2
3
-1
1
19
Huddersfield
2
0
1
1
2
3
-1
1
20
Arsenal
2
0
0
2
3
5
-2
0
21
Cardiff C
2
0
0
2
1
3
-2
0
22
Man Utd
2
0
0
2
2
8
-6
0
