Liverpool City (1906)
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 one season only 1906-07.
History
Very little information is available about the club other than that it 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)
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. There are no indications on modern maps as to the exact location of this.
Club Colours
Very little has been written about the club's colours, but it is thought that the club played in blue and yellow.
Records
Club Scoring Record
There do not appear to be any actual details of the club records, probably because it never really had an opportunity to build any sort of fan base, but looking at the playing results (given later) there were many large defeats.
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 | ** | [1] | |
| Other clubs with the same equal record | ||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 1940-41 | 10 War Lancashire League | 1 Cup-tie | [1] | ||
| Leigh | 1940-41 | 13 War Lancashire League | 1 Cup-tie | [1] | ||
| Bramley | 1941-42 | 19 War Emergency League | 4 Cup-ties | [1] | ||
| Runcorn Highfield | 1989-90 | 28 Division Two | 3 Cup-ties | [1] | ||
| Nottingham City | 1991-92 | 26 Division Three | 3 Cup-ties | [1] | ||
| ** | Also lost to Pontefract, but this match was expunged from League records after Pontefract disbanded | [1] | ||||
| ** | Also drew against Bramley but this was expunged from the records as the return match was cancelled | [1] | ||||
Club League Record
| Season | Competition | Pos | Team Name | Pl | W | D | L | PW | PA | Diff | Pts | % | No of teams in league | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906-07 | RL | 26 | Liverpool City | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 76 | 1398 | -1322 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Heading Abbreviations
Pl = Games Played: W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; PF = Points For; PA = Points Against; Diff = Points Difference (+ or -); Pts = League Points
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Several fixtures & results
The following are a selection of Liverpool City’s fixtures in their one solitary season in which they played semi-professional rugby league :- [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
| Season | Date | Competition | Opponent | Venue | H/A | Result | Score | Att | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906-07 | 10-12-1906 | RL | Warrington | Stanley Athletic Ground | H | Lost | 7-47 | [6] | ||
| 1906-07 | Mon 03-09-1906 | RL | Wigan | Stanley Athletic Ground | H | Lost | 8-41 | [6] | ||
| 1906-07 | 20-10-1906 | RL | Widnes | Lowerhouse Lane | A | Lost | 4-37 | 3 | [3] | |
| 1906-07 | Tue 25-12-1906 | RL | St. Helens | Knowsley Rd | A | Lost | 0-42 | [4] | ||
| 1906-07 | Wed 02-01-1907 | RL | Wigan | Central Park | A | Lost | 3-37 | [5] | ||
| 1906-07 | 18-02-1907 | RL | Warrington | Wilderspool | H | Lost | 0-52 | [6] | ||
| 1906-07 | Sat 16-03-1907 | CC R1 | Hull | Boulevard | A | Lost | 2-63 | [3] | ||
| 1906-07 | 23-03-1907 | RL | Widnes | Stanley Athletic Ground | H | Lost | 2-49 | [6] | ||
| 1906-07 | Sat 30-03-1907 | RL | St. Helens | Knowsley Rd | A | Lost | 0-68 | [4] | ||
| and two other results which were expunged | ||||||||||
| 1906-07 | unknown | RL | Pontefract | unknown | ? | Lost | ? | 1 | [6] | |
| 1906-07 | unknown | RL | Bramley | unknown | ? | Draw | ? | 2 | [3] | |
Heading Abbreviations
CC Rx = Challenge Cup Round x; LC Rx = Lancashire Cup Competition; JPT Rx = John Player Trophy; REGAL Rx = Regal Trophy.
- Notes and Comments
1 Pontefract disbanded after only 8 games and all their records, including this one were expunged.[1]
2 The rules at the time stated that, although clubs arranged all their own fixtures, within certain parameters, one of these was that they had to play teams which they do play both home and away. The match against Bramley was expunged from the records as the return match was cancelled. Unfortunately for Liverpool City, the first match was a draw, which meant that had the return match have been played, they would have avoided the record of losing all matches.[1]
3 - Lowerhouse Lane is the original site of the current ground used by Widnes. It was renamed Naughton Park in 1932 in honour of club secretary, Tom Naughton - and later renamed Halton Stadium after being completely rebuilt in 1997.
See also
- Liverpool City RLFC
- British rugby league system
- 1906–07 Northern Rugby Football Union season
- Rugby league county leagues
- List of defunct rugby league clubs
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "RL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ 324 "Cherry and White".
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ a b c d "Widnes History".
- ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society".
- ^ a b aspx "Hull&Proud".
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help)[permanent dead link] - ^ a b c d e f "Warrington History". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.