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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 10 October 1896 at 15:30 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup

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

Opposition Lineup

Dan Allsopp
Archie Ritchie
Adam Scott
Frank Forman
John McPherson
Alec Stewart
Fred Forman
Charles Richards
Adrian Capes
Arthur Capes
Tom McInnes

Notes

  • - Willie Michael scores his first LFC goal

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Harry Radford
Referee: Brodie JB
Attendance: 10,000
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 135
League game number: 96
Liverpool league position: 3rd
Nottingham Forest league position: 11th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
Willie Michael (1–0)
38'
HT 1–0
Malcolm McVean (2–0)
81'
Harry Bradshaw (3–0)
88'
Full time 3–0

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