November 12, 1892
Match: Lancashire League, at The Copse, kick-off: 15:00.
Fleetwood Rangers – Liverpool 1-4 (1-3).
Attendance: 2,000.
Fleetwood Rangers (2-3-5): Chapman, S. Colley, John Bibby, J.W. Robinson, Alf Dempsey, Henry Yates, James Brogan, Billy Hogan, Wilson, John Leadbetter, Bob Robinson.
Secretary: W.H. Blackhurst.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Sydney Ross; Andrew Hannah (C), Duncan McLean; John McCartney, Matt McQueen, James McBride; Thomas Wyllie, Jock Smith, John Miller, Malcolm McVean, Hugh McQueen.
Secretary: William Barclay.
The goals: 0-1 Miller (3 min.), 1-1 Brogan (5 min.), 1-2 McVean, 1-3 McVean, 1-4 Smith.
Match reports:
* Liverpool Mercury: “Fleetwood Rangers no match for Liverpool”;
* Liverpool Mercury: “Weekly review”;
* Lancashire Evening Post: “Fleetwood Rangers v Liverpool”;
* Football Field: “Fleetwood Rangers lose their first League match”;
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James Brogan, Fleetwood Rangers (Lloyd’s Weekly News: November 15, 1891):
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"Play Up, Liverpool" 