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1st Division
Anfield | 05 September 1928 at18:00UK local time
Liverpool
1
-
2
Sheffield United
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.89)
1
Elisha Scott
2
James Jackson
3
Jimmy Gray
4
Tom Morrison
5
David Davidson
6
Tom Bromilow
(c)
7
Dick Edmed
8
Billy Millar
9
Albert Whitehurst
10
Jimmy McDougall
11
Fred Hopkin
Goals
Dick Edmed
80′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 30.88)
Jack Alderson
Bert Chandler
Len Birks
Tommy Sampy
Vince Matthews
George Green
Albert Partridge
Tom Phillipson
Harry Johnson
Thomas Boyle
Fred Tunstall
Opposition goals
Fred Tunstall
0
′
Thomas Boyle
35
′
Notes
- Jimmy Gray makes his LFC debut
Other details
Manager:
George Patterson (2nd term)
Opposition manager:
John Nicholson
Referee:
Osell GS
Attendance:
25,405
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
1284
League game number:
1147
Liverpool league position:
16th
Sheffield United league position:
10th
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25 Aug 1928 - Liverpool 3-0 Bury
01 Sep 1928 - Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool
05 Sep 1928 - Liverpool 1-2 Sheffield United
08 Sep 1928 - Liverpool 6-3 Leicester City
10 Sep 1928 - Sheffield United 3-1 Liverpool
15 Sep 1928 - Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool
22 Sep 1928 - Liverpool 1-1 Leeds United
29 Sep 1928 - Everton 0-1 Liverpool
06 Oct 1928 - West Ham United 1-1 Liverpool
13 Oct 1928 - Liverpool 2-1 Newcastle United
20 Oct 1928 - Liverpool 2-3 Huddersfield Town
27 Oct 1928 - Arsenal 4-4 Liverpool
03 Nov 1928 - Liverpool 1-2 Birmingham
10 Nov 1928 - Portsmouth 1-0 Liverpool
17 Nov 1928 - Liverpool 3-0 Bolton Wanderers
24 Nov 1928 - The Wednesday 2-3 Liverpool
01 Dec 1928 - Liverpool 3-0 Derby County
08 Dec 1928 - Sunderland 1-2 Liverpool
15 Dec 1928 - Liverpool 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
22 Dec 1928 - Manchester City 3-2 Liverpool
25 Dec 1928 - Burnley 2-3 Liverpool
26 Dec 1928 - Liverpool 8-0 Burnley
29 Dec 1928 - Bury 2-2 Liverpool
05 Jan 1929 - Liverpool 4-0 Aston Villa
12 Jan 1929 - Bristol City 2-0 Liverpool
19 Jan 1929 - Leicester City 0-2 Liverpool
26 Jan 1929 - Liverpool 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
30 Jan 1929 - Bolton Wanderers 2-5 Liverpool
02 Feb 1929 - Leeds United 2-2 Liverpool
09 Feb 1929 - Liverpool 1-2 Everton
13 Feb 1929 - Liverpool 2-3 Manchester United
23 Feb 1929 - Newcastle United 2-2 Liverpool
09 Mar 1929 - Liverpool 2-4 Arsenal
13 Mar 1929 - Liverpool 2-1 West Ham United
16 Mar 1929 - Birmingham 0-0 Liverpool
29 Mar 1929 - Liverpool 2-0 Cardiff City
30 Mar 1929 - Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Liverpool
01 Apr 1929 - Cardiff City 2-1 Liverpool
06 Apr 1929 - Liverpool 3-2 The Wednesday
10 Apr 1929 - Huddersfield Town 3-1 Liverpool
13 Apr 1929 - Derby County 5-2 Liverpool
17 Apr 1929 - Liverpool 0-0 Portsmouth
20 Apr 1929 - Liverpool 5-2 Sunderland
27 Apr 1929 - Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Liverpool
04 May 1929 - Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
West Ham U
3
2
1
0
10
3
+7
5
2
Everton
4
2
1
1
7
3
+4
5
3
Leeds U
3
2
1
0
11
6
+5
5
4
Burnley
4
2
1
1
13
13
+0
5
5
Sheff Wed
4
2
1
1
5
6
-1
5
6
Sunderland
3
2
0
1
8
4
+4
4
7
Huddersfield
4
1
2
1
5
3
+2
4
8
Derby Co
3
2
0
1
8
6
+2
4
9
Leicester C
3
1
2
0
10
8
+2
4
10
Sheff Utd
3
2
0
1
5
6
-1
4
11
Portsmouth
3
2
0
1
2
4
-2
4
12
Cardiff C
2
1
1
0
8
1
+7
3
13
Birmingham C
3
1
1
1
7
6
+1
3
14
Man Utd
3
0
3
0
3
3
+0
3
15
Aston Villa
3
1
1
1
4
5
-1
3
16
Liverpool
3
1
0
2
5
5
+0
2
17
Arsenal
3
1
0
2
5
6
-1
2
18
Blackburn R
3
1
0
2
6
9
-3
2
19
Man City
3
0
1
2
3
7
-4
1
20
Bolton Wan
4
0
1
3
4
10
-6
1
21
Newcastle U
3
0
1
2
4
11
-7
1
22
Bury
3
0
0
3
1
9
-8
0
