March 25, 1899
Liverpool had two important men away, these being Harry Storer, the goalkeeper, and Billy Dunlop, the left back. The first mentioned individual, who is captain of the team, gave a rather sorry exhibition at Burnden Park, and almost the entire blame of the failure on Thursday has been made his burden, in fact he was afterwards the object of contumely, the Liverpool partisans submitting him to a far from pleasant demonstration. There is no doubt that he was seriously at fault in his guardianship of the goal, and a great deal of the criticism he was subject to was not altogether too severe. He has done some brilliant things for his club, but perhaps what he suffered from on Thursday was an insufficiency of work. He has a fault which is not at all uncommon amongst goalkeepers, of being beaten when he has had plenty of leisure. When he has been kept busily employed he has been almost impassable.
Harry Storer, Liverpool (Lloyd’s Weekly News: December 1, 1895):
The man who kept goal for Liverpool on Saturday was Matt McQueen, an old and valued servant of the club. He came across the border when the Liverpool organisation was established seven seasons ago, and in the course of his career he had the distinction of having played in every position on the field. He is by no means a chicken, but careful attention to himself and strict adherence to training rules have kept him in good preservation, and even now he can show a trick or two to younger players. On Thursday some of the spectators were disposed to be facetious at the expense of Liverpool by shouting out “Play up Scotland.” Certainly a great proportion of Liverpool’s talent has the stamp of the thistle upon it, but not to such an extent as in earlier days of the club, when no less than eight of the eleven players had the prefix “Mac” to their surnames.
Mr. Tom Watson, the secretary of the Liverpool club, on Saturday secured the transfer of Bill Perkins, the Luton goalkeeper, but, of course, that player will not be eligible to take part in today’s encounter, though perhaps there are many supporters of the team who would be delighted to see him on duty.
Harking back to the nationality of the players engaged in the semi final it may be mentioned that Sheffield United has far more English blood in it than Liverpool has. Of the players who were out on Thursday for Liverpool only three were English, those being Storer, Rab Howell, the half back, and John Cox, the outside right. Howell was formerly associated with Sheffield United, this being his first season with the Mersey club. Cox is a native of Liverpool, but he has for the greater part of his life been in Blackpool. He was secured from the club in that resort, and though he is rather on the small and light side he has played many brilliant games for Liverpool.
(Manchester Evening News: March 27, 1899)
"Play Up, Liverpool" 