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2nd Division
Clifton Lane | 04 January 1896 at14:30UK local time
Rotherham Town
0
-
5
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
5
Joe McQue
6
John Holmes
7
Malcolm McVean
8
Fred Geary
9
George Allan
10
Jimmy Ross
(c)
11
Harry Bradshaw
Goals
Harry Bradshaw
George Allan
18′
George Allan
44′
Jimmy Ross
63′
George Allan
64′
Opposition Lineup
William Wilkinson
Thomas Porteous
J McArdle
Billy Longden
Dave Porteous
W Broadhead
John Webster
William Bryant
E Wheatcroft
Johnny McCormick
A McCabe
Notes
- Mr. Townsend (the referee) was based in Walsall.
The time of Harry Bradshaw's goal is unknown but it was the final goal of the afternoon.
Other details
Manager:
John McKenna
Opposition manager:
Unknown
Referee:
Townsend F
Attendance:
2,000
Half-time score:
0
-
2
Game number:
112
League game number:
79
Liverpool league position:
1st
Rotherham Town league position:
12th
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07 Sep 1895 - Notts County 3-2 Liverpool
14 Sep 1895 - Liverpool 5-1 Newcastle United
21 Sep 1895 - Loughborough 4-2 Liverpool
28 Sep 1895 - Liverpool 5-1 Burslem Port Vale
30 Sep 1895 - Liverpool 4-1 Burton Wanderers
05 Oct 1895 - Newcastle United 0-1 Liverpool
07 Oct 1895 - Liverpool 6-1 Crewe Alexandra
12 Oct 1895 - Liverpool 7-1 Newton Heath
19 Oct 1895 - Grimsby Town 0-1 Liverpool
21 Oct 1895 - Burslem Port Vale 4-5 Liverpool
26 Oct 1895 - Liverpool 3-0 Notts County
02 Nov 1895 - Newton Heath 2-5 Liverpool
09 Nov 1895 - Liverpool 3-1 Leicester Fosse
16 Nov 1895 - Woolwich Arsenal 2-0 Liverpool
23 Nov 1895 - Liverpool 0-0 Darwen
30 Nov 1895 - Leicester Fosse 0-2 Liverpool
07 Dec 1895 - Liverpool 1-0 Loughborough
14 Dec 1895 - Darwen 4-0 Liverpool
21 Dec 1895 - Lincoln City 1-0 Liverpool
01 Jan 1896 - Liverpool 3-1 Manchester City
04 Jan 1896 - Rotherham Town 5-0 Liverpool
11 Jan 1896 - Liverpool 3-0 Woolwich Arsenal
25 Jan 1896 - Liverpool 6-1 Lincoln City
01 Feb 1896 - Liverpool 4-1 Millwall Athletic
15 Feb 1896 - Wolves 0-2 Liverpool
18 Feb 1896 - Liverpool 10-1 Rotherham Town
22 Feb 1896 - Liverpool 3-1 Grimsby Town
29 Feb 1896 - Burton Swifts 7-0 Liverpool
07 Mar 1896 - Burton Wanderers 1-2 Liverpool
21 Mar 1896 - Liverpool 6-1 Burton Swifts
28 Mar 1896 - Crewe Alexandra 7-0 Liverpool
03 Apr 1896 - Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool
18 Apr 1896 - Liverpool 4-0 Birmingham
20 Apr 1896 - Birmingham 0-0 Liverpool
25 Apr 1896 - Liverpool 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
27 Apr 1896 - West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
21
15
1
5
62
25
+37
31
2
Burton Wan
18
12
3
3
40
20
+20
27
3
Man City
17
12
2
3
35
24
+11
26
4
Arsenal
19
10
2
7
40
27
+13
22
5
Grimsby T
17
10
1
6
45
27
+18
21
6
Man Utd
18
9
3
6
45
34
+11
21
7
Newcastle U
17
9
2
6
47
31
+16
20
8
Darwen
19
7
4
8
46
47
-1
18
9
Burton Swifts
17
8
2
7
29
33
-4
18
10
Notts Co
18
7
1
10
35
39
-4
15
11
Leicester C
14
6
2
6
26
20
+6
14
12
Rotherham T
16
4
2
10
19
39
-20
10
13
Lincoln C
15
3
2
10
26
41
-15
8
14
Port Vale
12
3
1
8
21
46
-25
7
15
Loughborough
16
2
3
11
16
41
-25
7
16
Crewe Alex
18
3
1
14
19
57
-38
7
