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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1907–08

Liverpool completed the 1907–08 Division 1 campaign in 8th, taking 38 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 16 wins, 6 draws and 16 defeats, with 68 goals scored and 61 conceded for a goal difference of +7.

CompetitionDivision 1
League finish8th
ManagerTom Watson
Leading scorerJoe Hewitt (22 goals)

League record

38Played
16Won
6Drawn
16Lost
68Goals for
61Goals against
38Points
8thPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 42.1% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 22 of 38. The side averaged 1.79 goals scored and 1.61 conceded per match; the resulting +7 goal difference gives more context to the 8th finish than position alone.

Compared with 1906–07, the recorded league position improved by 7 places, while goal difference moved from -1 to +7.

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. Joe Hewitt led the season scoring record with 22 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.