1897-98 season

1897-98 season
General information
Manager	Tom Watson
Captain	John McCartney
Performance
Division 1	9th
FA Cup	3rd round
Top scorers
League	Frank Becton (11)
FA Cup	Frank Becton (2)
Overall	Frank Becton (13)
Attendances
Average	13,055
←1896-97	1898-99→

The 1897-98 season was Liverpool's 6th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Harry Storer
• DF. Bernard Battles
• DF. Billy Dunlop
• DF. John McCartney
• DF. Joe McQue
• DF. Charlie Wilson
• DF. William Goldie
• DF. Raby Howell
• DF. Archie Goldie
• DF. Thomas Cleghorn
• DF. Matt McQueen
• DF. Tom Wilkie
• DF. John Holmes
• MF. Thomas Bradshaw
• MF. Jack Cox
• MF. Bobby Marshall
• MF. Joe Lumsden
• MF. Robert Colvin
• MF. Tom Robertson
• FW. Frank Becton
• FW. John Walker
• FW. Hugh Morgan
• FW. Andrew McCowie
• FW. Fred Geary
• FW. Daniel Cunliffe
• FW. Abraham Hartley
• FW. Patrick Finnerhan
• FW. William Walker

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 September 1897	Everton	1-1	Meecham (og)

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
6 September 1897	New Brighton Tower	4-1	Finnerhan, Becton 2, Lumsden
20 September 1897	Bolton	3-1	McCartney, Cunliffe 2
11 October 1897	Bolton	2-4	Bradshaw, ?
3 January 1898	Hearts	1-3	Colvin
4 January 1898	St Mirren	1-3	McCowie
12 January 1898	Wigan County	1-4	Cunliffe
15 January 1898	Corinthians	2-5	McCowie 2
19 February 1898	Everton	0-2
5 March 1898	Corinthians	0-3
8 April 1898	Grimsby	3-1	McCowie, Robertson, Cunliffe
20 April 1898	Chester City	3-1	Finnerhan, Bradshaw, OG
23 April 1898	Hearts	0-2
30 April 1898	Sheffield United	1-0	Cunliffe

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
4 September 1897	Stoke	2-2	Becton (55), Walker
11 September 1897	Preston	0-0
18 September 1897	Sheffield Wednesday	2-4	Walker, Becton (47)
25 September 1897	Everton	3-1	Cunliffe (30), McQue (33), Becton
2 October 1897	Preston	1-1	Bradshaw (42)
9 October 1897	Stoke	4-0	Cunliffe 2, Bradshaw, Becton
16 October 1897	Everton	0-3
23 October 1897	Derby	4-2	McQue (40), Cunliffe (45), Marshall 2
30 October 1897	Aston Villa	1-3	Bradshaw
6 November 1897	Nottingham Forest	1-2	Cunliffe
13 November 1897	West Brom	1-2	Becton (35)
20 November 1897	Wolves	1-0	Finnerhan (89)
27 November 1897	Nottingham Forest	3-2	McCowie (5), Lumsden 2
11 December 1897	Wolves	1-2	Bradshaw
18 December 1897	Blackburn	0-1
25 December 1897	Bolton	2-0	Cunliffe, McCowie
27 December 1897	Sunderland	0-2
29 December 1897	Sheffield United	2-1	McCowie, Hartley
1 January 1898	West Brom	1-1	McCartney (30)
8 January 1898	Blackburn	1-2	Ball (og)
22 January 1898	Sunderland	0-1
5 February 1898	Sheffield United	0-4
12 March 1898	Notts County	2-0	Becton (10), Cox
19 March 1898	Bolton	1-1	Bradshaw (15)
26 March 1898	Bury	2-0	McCowie (70), Becton
31 March 1898	Bury	2-2	Geary (23), McCowie (47)
2 April 1898	Notts County	2-3	McCowie (45), Becton
11 April 1898	Sheffield Wednesday	4-0	Langley (og 30), Becton 2, Robertson
12 April 1898	Derby	1-3	Walker (35)
16 April 1898	Aston Villa	4-0	Robertson (15), Walker, Morgan (44), Becton

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1	29 January 1898	Hucknall St Johns	2-0	Becton, McQue
2	12 February 1898	Man Utd	0-0
2 (R)	16 February 1898	Man Utd	2-1	Wilkie, Cunliffe (85)
3	26 February 1898	Derby	1-1	Bradshaw
3 (R)	2 March 1898	Derby	1-5	Becton (pen 44)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
8	Nottingham Forest	30	11	9	10	47	49	0.96	31
9	Liverpool	30	11	6	13	48	45	1.07	28
10	Derby	30	11	6	13	57	61	0.93	28

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Bernard Battles	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Frank Becton	21	11	5	2	26	13
MF	Thomas Bradshaw	23	4	3	1	26	5
DF	Thomas Cleghorn	30	0	5	0	35	0
MF	Robert Colvin	3	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Jack Cox	2	1	0	0	2	1
FW	Daniel Cunliffe	14	5	4	1	18	6
DF	Billy Dunlop	20	0	5	1	25	1
FW	Patrick Finnerhan	5	1	3	0	8	1
FW	Fred Geary	11	1	0	0	11	1
DF	Archie Goldie	28	0	4	0	32	0
DF	William Goldie	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Abraham Hartley	7	1	5	0	12	1
DF	John Holmes	12	0	0	0	12	0
DF	Raby Howell	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Joe Lumsden	6	2	2	0	8	2
MF	Bobby Marshall	17	2	1	0	18	2
DF	John McCartney	27	2	5	0	32	2
FW	Andrew McCowie	19	6	2	0	21	6
DF	Joe McQue	14	2	5	1	19	3
DF	Matt McQueen	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Hugh Morgan	4	1	0	0	4	1
MF	Tom Robertson	3	2	0	0	3	2
GK	Harry Storer	30	0	5	0	35	0
FW	John Walker	3	2	0	0	3	2
FW	William Walker	12	3	0	0	12	3
DF	Tom Wilkie	10	0	1	0	11	0
DF	Charlie Wilson	1	0	0	0	1	0

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Bobby Marshall	Leith Athletic	Unknown	1897
Joe Lumsden	Burton Wanderers	Unknown	1897
Daniel Cunliffe	Oldham County	Unknown	1897
William Walker	Leith Athletic	Unknown	2 May 1897
Robert Colvin	Oldham County	Unknown	6 November 1897
William Goldie	Clyde	Unknown	25 November 1897
Charlie Wilson	Stockport County	Unknown	5 December 1897
Abraham Hartley	Everton	£175	18 December 1897
Jack Cox	Blackpool	£150	24 December 1897
Hugh Morgan	St Mirren	Unknown	March 1898
Bernard Battles	Dundee	Unknown	March 1898
Tom Robertson	Hearts	£175	30 March 1898
John Walker	Hearts	£175	30 March 1898
Raby Howell	Sheffield United	£200	April 1898
George Allan	Celtic	£50	20 April 1898

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Bill Michael	Hearts	Unknown	1897
David Hannah	Dundee	Free	1897
George Allan	Celtic	£50	1 May 1897
John McLean	Grimsby	Unknown	June 1897