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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1909–10

Liverpool completed the 1909–10 Division 1 campaign in 2nd, taking 48 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 21 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats, with 78 goals scored and 57 conceded for a goal difference of +21.

CompetitionDivision 1
League finish2nd
ManagerTom Watson
Leading scorerJack Parkinson (30 ♦ goals)

League record

38Played
21Won
6Drawn
11Lost
78Goals for
57Goals against
48Points
2ndPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 55.3% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 27 of 38. The side averaged 2.05 goals scored and 1.50 conceded per match; the resulting +21 goal difference gives more context to the 2nd finish than position alone.

Compared with 1908–09, the recorded league position improved by 14 places, while goal difference moved from -8 to +21.

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. Jack Parkinson led the season scoring record with 30 ♦ 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.