Liverpool City (1906)

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Liverpool City was a semi-professional rugby league club. The club was based in the Stanley area of Liverpool, a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

The club played in the Rugby League for only one season, in 1906–07.

History[]

The club played in the Rugby League for the single season 1906-07 finishing in bottom place out of the 26 clubs (Pontefract had folded after only 8 games and their records were expunged, but even they had won 3 of these 8 matches). The team lost all 30 league matches played. They did draw one game, against Bramley, but as the return fixture was cancelled, the first (drawn) fixture was expunged from the records.

Another club, also called Liverpool City was formed in 1951 when Liverpool Stanley changed their name and location. There is no connection between the two clubs.

Ground[]

The club played at the Stanley Athletics Ground off Fairfield Street, Stanley.[1]

Records[]

The club do hold, jointly, the record of playing a whole season without a win.

Lost all league matches in a season
Club season League Cup Notes Ref
Liverpool City 1906-07 30 League** 2 Cup-ties ** [2]
Other clubs with the same equal record
Broughton Rangers 1940-41 10 War Lancashire League 1 Cup-tie [2]
Leigh 1940-41 13 War Lancashire League 1 Cup-tie [2]
Bramley 1941-42 19 War Emergency League 4 Cup-ties [2]
Runcorn Highfield 1989-90 28 Division Two 3 Cup-ties [2]
Nottingham City 1991-92 26 Division Three 3 Cup-ties [2]
** Also lost to Pontefract, but this match was expunged from League records after Pontefract disbanded [2]
** Also drew against Bramley but this was expunged from the records as the return match was cancelled [2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Delaney, Trevor (1991). The Grounds of Rugby League. Thornton and Pearson. p. 198. ISBN 978 095099822 0.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "RL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.

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