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1st Division
Villa Park | 13 December 1902 at14:15UK local time
Aston Villa
1
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.95)
1
Peter Platt
2
John Glover
3
Billy Dunlop
4
Maurice Parry
5
Alex Raisbeck
(c)
6
Bill Goldie
7
Arthur Goddard
8
George Livingstone
9
Sam Raybould
10
Edgar Chadwick
11
Jack Cox
Goals
Arthur Goddard
40′
Sam Raybould
85′
Opposition Lineup
Billy George
Howard Spencer
Albert Evans
Albert Wilkes
Alf Wood
Alex Leake
Billy Brawn
Billy Garraty
Tommy Niblo
Joe Bache
Bobby Templeton
Opposition goals
Joe Bache
10
′
Other details
Manager:
Tom Watson
Opposition manager:
George Ramsay
Referee:
Lewis J
Attendance:
20,000
Half-time score:
1
-
1
Game number:
363
League game number:
299
Liverpool league position:
6th
Aston Villa league position:
15th
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06 Sep 1902 - Liverpool 5-2 Blackburn Rovers
13 Sep 1902 - Sunderland 1-2 Liverpool
20 Sep 1902 - Liverpool 1-1 Stoke
27 Sep 1902 - Everton 1-3 Liverpool
04 Oct 1902 - Liverpool 4-2 The Wednesday
11 Oct 1902 - West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Liverpool
18 Oct 1902 - Liverpool 0-2 Notts County
25 Oct 1902 - Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Liverpool
01 Nov 1902 - Liverpool 5-0 Middlesbrough
08 Nov 1902 - Newcastle United 2-1 Liverpool
15 Nov 1902 - Liverpool 4-1 Wolves
22 Nov 1902 - Derby County 1-2 Liverpool
29 Nov 1902 - Sheffield United 0-2 Liverpool
06 Dec 1902 - Liverpool 9-2 Grimsby Town
13 Dec 1902 - Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool
20 Dec 1902 - Liverpool 2-1 Nottingham Forest
25 Dec 1902 - Liverpool 5-1 Bolton Wanderers
27 Dec 1902 - Bury 1-3 Liverpool
01 Jan 1903 - Liverpool 0-2 West Bromwich Albion
03 Jan 1903 - Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Liverpool
17 Jan 1903 - Stoke 0-1 Liverpool
31 Jan 1903 - The Wednesday 1-3 Liverpool
07 Feb 1903 - Manchester United 1-2 Liverpool
14 Feb 1903 - Notts County 2-1 Liverpool
28 Feb 1903 - Middlesbrough 2-0 Liverpool
07 Mar 1903 - Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle United
23 Mar 1903 - Liverpool 3-1 Derby County
28 Mar 1903 - Liverpool 2-4 Sheffield United
30 Mar 1903 - Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland
04 Apr 1903 - Grimsby Town 1-3 Liverpool
10 Apr 1903 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
11 Apr 1903 - Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa
18 Apr 1903 - Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool
25 Apr 1903 - Liverpool 2-0 Bury
27 Apr 1903 - Wolves 2-0 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
West Brom
16
11
2
3
33
19
+14
24
2
Derby Co
16
10
2
4
32
19
+13
22
3
Sheff Utd
16
10
1
5
21
14
+7
21
4
Notts Co
16
8
5
3
19
18
+1
21
5
Sheff Wed
16
9
1
6
26
20
+6
19
6
Liverpool
15
8
2
5
38
23
+15
18
7
Stoke C
15
7
4
4
21
16
+5
18
8
Nottm Forest
17
7
4
6
20
21
-1
18
9
Bury
14
7
2
5
20
13
+7
16
10
Everton
17
6
3
8
27
26
+1
15
11
Sunderland
15
5
5
5
22
21
+1
15
12
Wolves
16
5
4
7
22
27
-5
14
13
Newcastle U
15
6
1
8
21
25
-4
13
14
Middlesbrough
15
5
3
7
16
24
-8
13
15
Aston Villa
14
5
2
7
22
19
+3
12
16
Blackburn R
15
4
2
9
21
35
-14
10
17
Grimsby T
15
1
4
10
18
35
-17
6
18
Bolton Wan
15
0
3
12
13
37
-24
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