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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 26 December 1903 at 14:15 UK local time

Liverpool 1 - 2 Blackburn Rovers

Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.52)

1
Peter Platt
2
Alf West
3
Billy Dunlop
4
Maurice Parry
5
Alex Raisbeck (c)
6
John Hughes
7
Arthur Goddard
8
Fred Buck
9
Jack Parkinson
10
George Fleming
11
Jack Cox

Opposition Lineup

Bob Evans
Bob Crompton
Tom Riley
Jimmy Moir
Sammy McClure
Billy Bradshaw
Walter Whittaker
George Smith
Fred Pentland
Lionel Watson
Fred Blackburn

Notes

  • - Fred Buck scores his first LFC goal

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Robert Middleton
Referee: Hammond D
Attendance: 20,000
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 401
League game number: 336
Liverpool league position: 17th
Blackburn Rovers league position: 8th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Blackburn Rovers
45'
Fred Pentland (0–1)
HT 0–1
68'
Fred Pentland (0–2)
Fred Buck (1–2)
75'
Full time 1–2