Liverpool F.C. – The Champions of the League The supreme event in the Eastertide football was the decision of the League championship. When Liverpool had the honour of defeating last season’s winners, Burnley, and on the same day Oldham Athletic overcame Tottenham Hotspur at Boundary Park, the premiership […]
Friday, June 15 – 1928 Liverpool F.C. have transferred John McNab, a half back, and Jimmy Walsh, the inside right, to Hull City. (Derby Daily Telegraph, 15-06-1928)
May 7, 1928 Liverpool Goal Scorers 1927-28: League: Hodgson 23, Reid 15, Devlin (W.) 14, Edmed 14, Chambers 3, Hopkin 3, Bromilow 3, Race 2, Walsh 2, McNab 1, Pither 1, Mackinlay 1, Jackson 1, Scott (T.) 1. Reserves: Pither 10, Reid 8, Walsh 7, Done 5, Oxley […]
Tuesday, February 14 – 1928 Character studies of the Liverpool Players. Elisha Scott. – Goal. This famous Irishman has no peer between the sticks to-day, despite the fact that he has been with the club since 1913 and has now played over 300 games in League football alone. […]
January 28, 1928 Match: FA Cup, Fourth Round, at Ninian Park, kick-off: 14:45. Cardiff City – Liverpool 2-1 (1-1). Attendance: 20,000; gate receipts: £1,666. Referee: Mr. W.J. Paisley (Wolverhampton). Cardiff City (2-3-5): Tom Farquharson, Jimmy Nelson, Tom Watson, Harry Wake, Fred Keenor, Billy Hardy, Billy Thirlaway, Sam Irving, […]
Saturday, August 27 – 1927 Match: Football League, First Division, at Bramall Lane, kick-off: 15:00. Sheffield United – Liverpool 1-1 (0-0). Attendance: 21,667. Referee: Mr. N. Shuker (Whitwell). Sheffield United (2-3-5): Jack Alderson, Bert Chandler, Len Birks, Harry Cawthorne, Seth King, George Green, Dave Mercer, Arthur Mercer, Harry […]
March 7, 1927 Confidence tells. Wednesday will have reason to remember their visits to Merseyside during the past week, when they surrendered maximum points to both the Liverpool clubs. At Anfield on Saturday their forwards were clever and combined well, but on the sticky pitch they were a […]
March 5, 1927 Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:15. Liverpool – Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 (2-0). Attendance: 21,363. Referee: Mr. A. Ward (Kirkham). Liverpool (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Tommy Lucas, Donald Mackinlay, John McNab, James Jackson, David McMullan, Dick Edmed, Gordon Hodgson, Tommy Reid, Harry Chambers, George […]
February 5, 1927 Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:00. Liverpool – Arsenal 3-0 (1-0). Attendance: 30,618. Referee: Mr. E.C. Sambrook (Swansea). Liverpool (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Tommy Lucas, Donald Mackinlay, John McNab, David Pratt, Tom Bromilow, Dick Edmed, Tom Reid, Tom Scott, Harry Chambers, Fred Hopkin. […]
December 28, 1926 Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 14:15. Liverpool – Bolton Wanderers 3-2 (2-2). Attendance: 14,802. Referee: Mr. R. Bowie. Liverpool (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Tommy Lucas, Ephraim Longworth, John McNab, Dick Forshaw, Tom Bromilow, Dick Edmed, Gordon Hodgson, Jimmy Walsh, Harry Chambers, Fred Hopkin. […]
December 27, 1926 Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 14:15. Liverpool – Burnley 2-2 (2-0). Attendance: 46,378. Referee: Mr. A.F. Kirby (Lostock Hall); linesmen: Messrs. J.S. Tattersal and A. Wildman. Liverpool (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Tommy Lucas, Ephraim Longworth, John McNab, Dick Forshaw, Tom Bromilow, Dick Edmed, […]
December 25, 1926 Match: Football League, First Division, at Turf Moor, kick-off: 14:15. Burnley – Liverpool 4-0 (1-0). Attendance: 31,823. Referee: Mr. A.F. Kirby (Lostock Hall). Burnley (2-3-5): George Sommerville, Alex Fergus, George Waterfield, John Steel, Jack Hill, Billy Dougall, Jack Bruton, Albert Freeman, George Beel, Joe Devine, […]
December 18, 1926 Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 14:15. Liverpool – West Ham United 0-0 (0-0). Attendance: 24,563. Referee: Mr. G.S. Osell (Tipton). Liverpool (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Tommy Lucas, Ephraim Longworth, John McNab, William Cockburn, Tom Bromilow, Dick Edmed, Gordon Hodgson, Dick Forshaw, Harry Chambers, […]
December 11, 1926 Match: Football League, First Division, at White Hart Lane, kick-off: 14:15. Tottenham Hotspur – Liverpool 1-2 (0-1). Attendance: 26,643. Referee: Mr. F.W. Reeve (Devonport). Tottenham Hotspur (2-3-5): Jimmy Smith, Tommy Clay, Matt Forster, Bert Smith, Jack Elkes, Alex Lindsay, Andy Thompson, John Blair, Frank Osborne, […]
December 4, 1926 Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 14:30. Liverpool – Birmingham 2-1 (1-1). Attendance: 27,884. Referee: Mr. H.H. Kingscott (Long Eaton). Liverpool (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Tommy Lucas, Ephraim Longworth, John McNab, James Jackson, Tom Bromilow, Dick Edmed, Gordon Hodgson, Dick Forshaw, Harry Chambers, Fred […]
Friday, September 3 – 1926 Character studies of the Liverpool Players. Elisha Scott. – Goal. This international Irishman is considered by many people to be the greatest goalkeeper in the game to-day, despite the fact that he has been playing since 1913. He isn’t big, but he’s lithe, […]
August 30, 1926 Forshaw’s hat-trick set the seal on fine forward play. The Liverpool and Manchester United players maintained a remarkable pace considering the trying weather. There could be mistaking the superiority of the home side in their exposition of the finer points of play. Particularly was this […]
August 28, 1926 Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:15. Liverpool – Manchester United 4-2 (3-0). Attendance: 34,795. Referee: Mr. A. Ward; linesmen: Messrs. J.S. Holmes and Angus. Liverpool (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Tommy Lucas, Donald Mackinlay, John McNab, William Cockburn, Tom Bromilow, Dick Edmed, Gordon Hodgson, […]
August 23, 1926 Optimism is the note at Anfield, and this appears to arise mainly from the knowledge that there is not likely to be any decline from the high standard of defence. All are long-service men, but, should occasion require, each position is ably duplicated, though Longworth, […]
August 17, 1926 Liverpool F.C. will begin the campaign with practically the same eleven that carried them into the top half of the League last season. There have been no new signings since May, and the only player of note who has departed is Walter Wadsworth, centre-half. He […]
Monday, May 24 – 1926 Liverpool F.C. have re-engaged thirty players, viz: – Elisha Scott, Arthur Riley, James Trill, Tommy Lucas, Donald Mackinlay, Ephraim Longworth, Childs, Robert Done, John McNab, William Cockburn, Tom Bromilow, David Pratt, James Jackson, Patrick McDade, Albert Shears, Cyril Oxley, Dick Edmed, Gordon Hodgson, […]
Saturday, April 10 – 1926 Match, Football League, 1st Division, at Gigg Lane, kick-off: 17:00. Bury – Liverpool 0-1 (0-0). Attendance: 14,291. Bury (2-3-5): Billy Richardson, Fred Heap, Thomas Adamson, Jimmy Porter, Tom Bradshaw, Frank Ward, David Robbie, Arthur Gale, Norman Bullock, Jack Ball, Wally Amos. Liverpool (2-3-5): […]
March 29, 1926 The spell of adversity which fate has cast on West Bromwich Albion has not yet been lifted. Liverpool came to the Hawthorns and completely dominated the game. Find the Match facts here. Perhaps it was the experience and sagacity of the Liverpool men, nine of […]
March 27, 1926 Match: Football League, First Division, at The Hawthorns, kick-off: 15:00. West Bromwich Albion – Liverpool 0-3 (0-2). Attendance: 11,367. Referee: Mr. J.V. Pennington; linesmen: Messrs. A.S. King and W. Pardoe. West Bromwich Albion (2-3-5): George Ashmore, Bob Finch, Dickie Baugh, Tommy Magee, Fred Reed, Edward […]
March 22, 1926 At Anfield there was a blustering breeze, which gave Liverpool a decided advantage in the first portion of the game with Huddersfield, but the latter, by clever ball control, concerted action, and easy movement, generally dominated the play, and at the eight minute had taken […]
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