Liverpool 8 - 2 Portsmouth

Half time 6–0

Starting Lineup

1	Elisha Scott
2	Tommy Lucas
3	Donald McKinlay (c)
4	David McMullan
5	James Jackson
6	Tom Bromilow
7	Dick Edmed
8	Gordon Hodgson
9	Willie Devlin
10	Tom Reid
11	George Pither

Opposition Lineup

John Jarvie

George Clifford

John McColgan

Reg Davies

Harry Foxall

Billy Moffatt

Fred Forward

Alex Mackie

Willie Haines

David Watson

Fred Cook

Notes

- George Pither scores his first LFC goal
- Portsmouth pulled two goals back to make the score 6-2 in the second half before Liverpool added two more

Other details

Manager: Matt McQueen

Opposition manager: Jack Tinn

Referee: Pinckston E

Attendance: 25,525

Half-time score: 6 - 0

Game number: 1245

League game number: 1110

Liverpool league position: 9th

Portsmouth league position: 13th

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Match timeline

Liverpool

Portsmouth

Willie Devlin (1–0)

Willie Devlin (2–0)

George Pither (3–0)

22'

Gordon Hodgson (4–0)

31'

Gordon Hodgson (5–0)

37'

Willie Devlin (6–0)

44'

HT 6–0

55'

Alex Mackie (6–1)

57'

Fred Cook (6–2)

Gordon Hodgson (7–2)

67'

Willie Devlin (8–2)

76'

Full time 8–2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bury	8	6	0	2	21	14	+7	12
2	West Ham United	7	5	1	1	21	15	+6	11
3	Blackburn Rovers	9	4	3	2	15	12	+3	11
4	Newcastle United	8	4	2	2	22	13	+9	10
5	Everton	8	3	4	1	21	14	+7	10
6	Arsenal	8	4	2	2	19	17	+2	10
7	Cardiff City	8	3	4	1	15	16	-1	10
8	Middlesbrough	8	3	3	2	15	14	+1	9
9	Liverpool	8	3	2	3	23	16	+7	8
10	Aston Villa	8	3	2	3	16	14	+2	8
11	Sunderland	8	3	2	3	22	21	+1	8
12	Leicester City	9	3	2	4	15	14	+1	8
13	Portsmouth	8	3	2	3	19	25	-6	8
14	Manchester United	9	3	2	4	12	16	-4	8
15	Tottenham Hotspur	9	3	1	5	12	21	-9	7
16	Huddersfield Town	7	2	2	3	20	18	+2	6
17	Derby County	8	2	2	4	18	20	-2	6
18	Burnley	8	3	0	5	18	22	-4	6
19	Sheffield Wednesday	8	1	4	3	12	17	-5	6
20	Bolton Wanderers	8	1	4	3	8	11	-3	6
21	Birmingham City	8	1	3	4	13	19	-6	5
22	Sheffield United	8	1	3	4	10	18	-8	5

Match details

1st Division