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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1900–01

Liverpool completed the 1900–01 Division 1 campaign in 1st, taking 45 points from 34 matches. The record comprised 19 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats, with 59 goals scored and 35 conceded for a goal difference of +24.

CompetitionDivision 1
League finish1st
ManagerTom Watson
Leading scorerSam Raybould (18 goals)

League record

34Played
19Won
7Drawn
8Lost
59Goals for
35Goals against
45Points
1stPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 55.9% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 26 of 34. The side averaged 1.74 goals scored and 1.03 conceded per match; the resulting +24 goal difference gives more context to the 1st finish than position alone.

Compared with 1899–1900, the recorded league position improved by 9 places, while goal difference moved from +4 to +24.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

This was part of Liverpool’s first sustained period in the Football League, before the First World War interrupted the national competition programme.

Cup and scoring picture

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Sam Raybould led the season scoring record with 18 goals in all competitions.

How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.