1916-17 season

The 1916-17 season was an unofficial season during World War I, and was Liverpool's 25th season of football since they were established.

Squad

List of players who played during the season, not necessarily a formal squad list.

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
25 December 1916	Everton	0-1
1 January 1917	Leeds City	4-0	Bennet (16, ?, ?), Lewis (55)

Results

Lancashire Principal Tournament

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2 September 1916	Bolton	3-1	Pagnam (59), Goddard (60), Bamber (90)
9 September 1916	Port Vale	0-0
16 September 1916	Oldham	2-0	Pagnam (35, 48)
23 September 1916	Preston	1-0	Pagnam
30 September 1916	Burnley	0-0
7 October 1916	Man Utd	0-0
14 October 1916	Blackpool	1-0	Lewis
21 October 1916	Stockport	3-1	Metcalf (6), MacKinlay (58), Pagnam
28 October 1916	Bury	4-3	Pagnam 2, Longworth, Metcalf
4 November 1916	Stoke	3-1	Pagnam (2, 88), Goddard (37)
11 November 1916	Southport	3-1	Metcalf 2, Bamber
18 November 1916	Blackburn	3-1	Metcalf (8, 40), Lewis (42)
25 November 1916	Man City	1-1	Metcalf
2 November 1916	Everton	2-1	Metcalf (9), Bennett (36)
9 December 1916	Rochdale	2-3	Bennett 2
23 December 1916	Port Vale	5-1	Bennet (10, 12, 30, 49), MacKinlay (47)
26 December 1916	Southport	0-1
30 December 1916	Oldham	1-0	Bennett
6 January 1917	Preston	3-1	Bennett (55, 63), Bamber (71)
13 January 1917	Burnley	1-0	Lewis (8)
20 January 1917	Man Utd	3-3	Lewis (12, 62), Bennett (64)
27 January 1917	Blackpool	2-2	Lewis (8), Pagnam (75)
3 February 1917	Stockport	0-0
10 February 1917	Bury	4-0	Bradley (35), Bennett (47, 48), Lewis(60)
17 February 1917	Stoke	0-1
24 February 1917	Southport	4-2	OG (15), Lewis (20), Bennett (52), Metcalf (pen 70)
3 March 1917	Blackburn	2-0	Bennett, Metcalfe
10 March 1917	Man City	3-0	Lewis (13), Bamber (48), Wadsworth (80)
17 March 1917	Everton	2-2	Bennett (2), W.Wadsworth (75)
24 March 1917	Rochdale	4-0	Lewis (1), Bennett (46), Metcalf (53), Cunliffe
31 March 1917	Stockport	0-0
7 April 1917	Everton	0-4
9 April 1917	Southport	7-0	Goddard (50), Pagnam (55, 73, 89), MacKinlay 3
14 April 1917	Stockport	6-0	Metcalf (10), MacKinlay (16), Lewis (33, 57), Bennett (53, 75)
21 April 1917	Everton	0-5
28 April 1917	Bolton	0-1

Lancashire Subsidiary Tournament Group B

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
26 December 1916	Southport	0-1
31 March 1917	Stockport	0-0
7 April 1917	Everton	0-4
9 April 1917	Southport	7-0	Goddard (50), Pagnam (55, 73, 89), MacKinlay 3
14 April 1917	Stockport	6-0	Metcalf (10), MacKinlay (16), Lewis (33, 57), Bennett (53, 75)
21 April 1917	Everton	0-5

Tables

Lancashire Principal Tournament

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
1	Liverpool	30	19	8	3	62	26	2.38	46
2	Stockport	30	18	7	5	61	31	1.97	43
3	Stoke	30	16	7	7	64	36	1.78	39
4	Man City	30	14	9	7	49	29	1.69	37
5	Everton	30	15	7	8	62	41	1.51	37
6	Burnley	30	15	4	11	73	56	1.30	34
7	Man Utd	30	13	6	11	48	54	0.89	32
8	Rochdale	30	12	5	13	47	54	0.87	29
9	Southport	30	10	8	12	40	43	0.93	28
10	Bolton	30	9	6	15	59	65	0.91	24
11	Blackburn	30	10	4	16	52	66	0.79	24
12	Preston	30	8	7	15	47	65	0.72	23
13	Bury	30	7	8	15	40	63	0.63	22
14	Oldham	30	8	6	16	36	65	0.55	22
15	Port Vale	30	7	7	16	50	60	0.83	21
16	Blackpool	30	6	7	17	44	80	0.55	19

Lancashire Subsidiary Tournament Group B

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
1	Everton	6	4	1	1	16	5	3.20	9
2	Stockport	6	2	3	1	6	10	0.60	7
3	Liverpool	6	2	1	3	13	10	1.30	5
4	Southport	6	1	1	4	5	15	0.33	3

Player stats

Note: Stats during war years are unofficial.

Donald Mackinlay 29 6 35 Tommy Cunliffe 29 6 35 Ephraim Longworth 28 6 34 John Bamber 26 5 31 Walter Wadsworth 24 6 30 Tommy Lucas 24 5 29 Arthur Metcalf 24 4 28 Harry Lewis 24 4 28 Thomas Bennett 20 4 24 Arthur Goddard 18 4 22 Fred Pagnam 12 2 14 James Edwin Bradley 11 3 14 Ken Campbell 8 1 9 Ted Taylor 8 0 8 Joseph Houghton 2 5 7 Jimmy Ashcroft 5 0 5 Joseph Butler 4 0 4 Ernie Pinkney 4 0 4 William Jenkinson 4 0 4 James Speakman 3 0 3 Joseph Donachie 3 0 3 John William Swann 3 0 3 William Murphy 1 1 2 Frank Curtis 2 0 2 Thomas Page 1 1 2 James Henderson 2 0 2 David Williams 1 0 1 Thomas Capper 1 0 1 Jack Waine 1 0 1 Dave Watson 1 0 1 Harry Lowe 0 1 1 Horace Fairhurst 0 1 1 Stephen Beattie 1 0 1 Frederick Osborne 1 0 1 Clement Rigg 1 0 1 James Stansfield 1 0 1 Charles Spencer Sutcliffe 1 0 1 Arthur Gee 1 0 1 Jack Hannaway 1 0 1 Joseph Lees 0 1 1

Pos.	Name	LPT		LSTGB		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Tommy Lucas	Ecess Borough	Free	1916

Out

None.