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1st Division

Ewood Park | Saturday 5 September 1896 at 15:30 UK local time

Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Liverpool

Starting Lineup

1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Tom Wilkie
4
John McCartney
5
Joe McQue
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Malcolm McVean
8
Jimmy Ross (c)
9
George Allan
10
Frank Becton
11
Willie Michael

Opposition Lineup

Adam Ogilvie
Tom Brandon
Geordie Anderson
Tom Booth
Geordie Dewar
Ted Killean
Harry Chippendale
Tommy Tierney
Jim Stuart
John Wilkie
John Campbell

Notes

  • - Willie Michael makes his LFC debut
  • - Michael came in for Bradshaw who was "suffering from an old injury to his ear."

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Joseph Walmsley
Referee: Sutcliffe CE
Attendance: 7,000
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 129
League game number: 90
Liverpool league position: 6th
Blackburn Rovers league position: 5th
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