Saturday, April 30 – 1898
Two more important catches for the Anfield club have been effected, and few will say that George Allan of the Celts and Alex Raisbeck, of Stoke-com-Edinburgh Hibs, are not good goods. Of course the former was Liverpool’s centre-forward last season and he more than once proved his abilities as a scorer by some lightning shots.
Liverpool would have been in a better position on the table had they had him this season. Raisbeck had a name in Scotland as the best centre-half in the country, and for Stoke, where he has shown what he can do. And it has happened as I told our readers a week or two ago, Mr Editor, in commenting on Liverpool’s strength and weakness. Now with these last additions, they should go on smilingly, and I think for the first time in their history they will find themselves stronger favourites than their neighbours for the big trophies of next season. (The Athletic News, 30-04-1898)
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