October 2, 1897
Match: Football League, First Division, at Deepdale, kick-off: 15:30.
Preston North End – Liverpool 1-1 (1-1).
Attendance: 8,000.
Referee: Mr. John Lewis.
Preston North End (2-3-5): Jimmy Trainer, Bob Holmes, Hugh Dunn, Tom Pratt, Moses Sanders, Henry Matthews, William Eccleston, Robert Hargreaves, Jim Stevenson, David Boyd, Tom Becton.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Harry Storer, Archie Goldie, Tom Wilkie, John McCartney, Thomas Cleghorn, John Holmes, Robert Marshall, William Walker, Daniel Cunliffe, Frank Becton, Harry Bradshaw.
The goals: 1-0 Eccleston (3 min.), 1-1 McCartney (42 min.).
Match reports:
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"Play Up, Liverpool" 