1898–99 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
1898–99 season
Manager	Tom Watson
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Hugh Morgan & Tommy Robertson (10); All: Hugh Morgan (13)
Average home league attendance	14,684 (League)
	Home colours
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	← 1897–98 1899–1900 →

The 1898-99 season was the seventh season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and was their sixth year in The Football League, in which they competed in the first division. The season covers the period from 1 July 1898 to 30 June 1899.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 1		F.A. Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	SCO	George Allan	36	11	30	8	6	3
	DF	SCO	Tom Cleghorn	6	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Cox	33	6	27	4	6	2
	DF	SCO	Billy Dunlop	38	0	32	0	6	0
	FW	ENG	Fred Geary	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Archie Goldie	31	0	26	0	5	0
	DF	SCO	Billy Goldie	33	2	27	2	6	0
	DF	ENG	Rabbi Howell	36	0	30	0	6	0
	MF	SCO	Bobby Marshall	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andy McCowie	12	5	12	5	0	0
	GK	SCO	Matt McQueen	3	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Hugh Morgan	38	13	32	10	6	3
	GK	ENG	Bill Perkins	5	0	5	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Raisbeck	38	2	32	1	6	1
	MF	SCO	Tommy Robertson	39	11	33	10	6	1
	DF	ENG	General Stevenson	9	0	8	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Harry Storer	32	0	27	0	5	0
	FW	SCO	John Walker	38	9	32	8	6	1
	DF	SCO	Tom Wilkie	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Charlie Wilson	7	0	7	0	0	0

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Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Aston Villa (C)	34	19	7	8	76	40	1.900	45
2	Liverpool	34	19	5	10	49	33	1.485	43
3	Burnley	34	15	9	10	45	47	0.957	39
4	Everton	34	15	8	11	48	41	1.171	38
5	Notts County	34	12	13	9	47	51	0.922	37

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Competitions

League Division 1

3 September 1898 (1898-09-03) 1	Liverpool	4–0	The Wednesday	Liverpool
	Robertson Morgan Goldie	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 20,000

10 September 1898 (1898-09-10) 2	Sunderland	1–0	Liverpool	Sunderland
	Leslie 84'	Report		Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 30,000

17 September 1898 (1898-09-17) 3	Liverpool	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Cox 30'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 20,000

24 September 1898 (1898-09-24) 4	Everton	1–2	Liverpool	Liverpool
	Proudfoot	Report	McCowie (pen.)	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,000

1 October 1898 (1898-10-01) 5	Liverpool	0–0	Notts County	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 15,000

8 October 1898 (1898-10-08) 6	Stoke	2–1	Liverpool	Stoke-on-Trent
	Murphy 20' Turner 21'	Report	Cox 6'	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 10,000

15 October 1898 (1898-10-15) 7	Liverpool	0–3	Aston Villa	Liverpool
		Report	Johnson 10' Devey 15' Wheldon 47'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 20,000

22 October 1898 (1898-10-22) 8	Burnley	2–1	Liverpool	Burnley
	Toman 30' Place 50'	Report	Morgan	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 3,000

29 October 1898 (1898-10-29) 9	Liverpool	2–1	Sheffield United	Liverpool
	McCowie (pen.) Allan	Report	Bennett	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000

5 November 1898 (1898-11-05) 10	Newcastle United	3–0	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Peddie MacFarlane	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 22,000

12 November 1898 (1898-11-12) 11	Liverpool	3–1	Preston North End	Liverpool
	Morgan Allan	Report	Chalmers	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000

19 November 1898 (1898-11-19) 12	Bury	3–0	Liverpool	Bury
	Settle Kelly	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 6,000

26 November 1898 (1898-11-26) 13	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Liverpool	Nottingham
		Report	Morgan McCowie Walker	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 12,000

3 December 1898 (1898-12-03) 14	Liverpool	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool
	McCowie Morgan	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000

10 December 1898 (1898-12-10) 15	Derby County	1–0	Liverpool	Derby
	Bloomer 35'	Report		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 8,000

17 December 1898 (1898-12-17) 16	Liverpool	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	Liverpool
	Morgan Walker	Report	Nock	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 8,000

24 December 1898 (1898-12-24) 17	Blackburn Rovers	1–3	Liverpool	Blackburn
	Jackson	Report	Robertson	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 6,000

26 December 1898 (1898-12-26) 18	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Liverpool	West Bromwich
		Report	Morgan 28'	Stadium: Stoney Lane Attendance: 8,483

27 December 1898 (1898-12-27) 19	Notts County	1–1	Liverpool	Nottingham
	Fletcher 51' (pen.)	Report	Allan 55'	Stadium: Trent Bridge Attendance: 16,000

31 December 1898 (1898-12-31) 20	The Wednesday	0–3	Liverpool	Sheffield
		Report	Massey 11' (o.g.) Walker 50' Allan 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Olive Grove Attendance: 3,000

2 January 1899 (1899-01-02) 21	Sheffield United	0–2	Liverpool	Sheffield
		Report	Walker 68' Cox 70'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 11,500

7 January 1899 (1899-01-07) 22	Liverpool	0–0	Sunderland	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 20,000

14 January 1899 (1899-01-14) 23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Liverpool	Wolverhampton
		Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 6,000

21 January 1899 (1899-01-21) 24	Liverpool	2–0	Everton	Liverpool
	Walker 12' Robertson 90'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 30,000

4 February 1899 (1899-02-04) 25	Liverpool	1–0	Stoke	Liverpool
	Goldie	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 9,000

18 February 1899 (1899-02-18) 26	Liverpool	2–0	Burnley	Liverpool
	Robertson Allan	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000

11 March 1899 (1899-03-11) 27	Preston North End	1–2	Liverpool	Preston
	Pratt	Report	Morgan Allan	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 9,000

25 March 1899 (1899-03-25) 28	Liverpool	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Liverpool
		Report	Benbow 75'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000

1 April 1899 (1899-04-01) 29	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Liverpool	Bolton
	McAteer Morgan	Report	Morgan	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 12,000

3 April 1899 (1899-04-03) 30	Liverpool	3–2	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Walker Cox Allan	Report	Stevenson (pen.) Higgins	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 12,000

8 April 1899 (1899-04-08) 31	Liverpool	4–0	Derby County	Liverpool
	Raisbeck Walker Robertson	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000

20 April 1899 (1899-04-20) 32	Liverpool	1–0	Bury	Liverpool
	Walker 65'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000

22 April 1899 (1899-04-22) 33	Liverpool	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
	Allan 17' Robertson 50'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 15,000

29 April 1899 (1899-04-29) 34	Aston Villa	5–0	Liverpool	Birmingham
	Crabtree Devey Wheldon	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,000

F.A. Cup

28 January 1899 (1899-01-28) 1	Liverpool	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
	Cox 37' Allan 87'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 14,000

11 February 1899 (1899-02-11) 2	Liverpool	3–1	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Morgan 5' Raisbeck 50' Higgins 60' (o.g.)	Report	Peddie 75'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 7,000

25 February 1899 (1899-02-25) QF	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Liverpool	West Bromwich
		Report	Morgan 49' Robertson 70'	Stadium: Stoney Lane Attendance: 17,164

18 March 1899 (1899-03-18) SF	Sheffield United	2–2	Liverpool	Nottingham
	Hedley 10' Needham 70'	Report	Allan 14' Morgan 30'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,000 Referee: A. Kingscott

23 March 1899 (1899-03-23) SF	Liverpool	4–4	Sheffield United	Bolton
	Walker 20' Allan 50' Boyle 70' (o.g.) Cox 72'	Report	Beer 54' Bennett 65' Priest 84', 85'	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: A. Kingscott

27 March 1899 (1899-03-27) SF	Sheffield United	0–1	Liverpool	Manchester
		Report	Allan 6'	Stadium: Fallowfield Stadium Attendance: 30,000
Note: Abandoned due to crowd troubles.

30 March 1899 (1899-03-30) SF	Sheffield United	1–0	Liverpool	Derby
	Beer 85'	Report		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 9,957 Referee: A. Kingscott

Lancashire Senior Cup

19 December 1898 (1898-12-19)	Liverpool	1–1	Bury	Liverpool
	Allan 1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,844

10 January 1899 (1899-01-10)	Bury	2–1	Liverpool	Bury
		Report	Allan	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,172

Testimonials

19 September 1898 (1898-09-19)	Liverpool	3–2	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Morgan Robertson	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: Unknown
Note: Testimonial for: Tom Wilkie

6 March 1899 (1899-03-06)	Liverpool	0–1	Manchester City	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000
Note: Testimonial for: Archie Goldie

Friendlies

5 September 1898 (1898-09-05)	Rangers	0–3	Liverpool	Glasgow
		Report	Walker Robertson	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: W. McLeod

26 September 1898 (1898-09-26)	Stockport County	0–1	Liverpool	Stockport
		Report	Becton 30'	Stadium: Nursery Inn Attendance: 2,000

4 March 1899 (1899-03-04)	Newcastle United	1–3	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
		Report	Allan	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 4,000

15 April 1899 (1899-04-15)	Celtic	2–0	Liverpool	Glasgow
		Report		Stadium: Parkhead Stadium Attendance: 7,000

17 April 1899 (1899-04-17)	Heart of Midlothian	3–2	Liverpool	Edinburgh
		Report	Walker Robertson	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dean

27 April 1899 (1899-04-27)	Buckley Town	1–0	Liverpool	Buckley
		Report		Stadium: Mill Lane Attendance: 1,500

References

^ "ENFA".
^ "Appearances for the 1898-1899 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ "11v11".

External links

[1] "ENFA".

[2] "Appearances for the 1898-1899 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

[3] "11v11".

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