Aston Villa v Liverpool 1-3 (League match: April 5, 1913)


April 5, 1913
Match: Football League, First Division, at Villa Park, kick-off: 15:30.
Aston Villa – Liverpool 1-3 (0-2).
Attendance: 23,000.
Referee: Mr. A. Adams (Nottingham); linesmen: Messrs. J.P. Aylott and E.P. Spiers.
Aston Villa (2-3-5): Brendel Anstey, Bert Lyons, Tommy Weston, Tommy Barber, Jim Harrop, Samson Whittaker, John McLachlan, Harold Halse, Stuart Doncaster, Clem Stephenson, Joe Bache (C).
Liverpool (2-3-5): Kenneth Campbell, Ephraim Longworth (C), Robert Pursell, Jack Tosswill, Ernest Peake, Bob Ferguson, Arthur Goddard, Arthur Metcalf, Jack Parkinson, Tom Gracie, William Lacey.
The goals: 0-1 Goddard (3 min.), 0-2 Parkinson (17 min.), 0-3 Metcalf (87 min.), 1-3 Doncaster (89 min.).

Match reports:
* Athletic News: “Liverpool’s latest sensation”;

Mr. J. Grierson, the Aston Villa F.C. trainer.

ASton Villa trainer Grierson 1913

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