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.

This article is about the club founded in 1906. For the unrelated club which bore the same name between 1951–1968, see Liverpool Stanley.

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 City1906-0730 League**2 Cup-ties**[2]
Other clubs with the same equal record
Broughton Rangers1940-4110 War Lancashire League1 Cup-tie[2]
Leigh1940-4113 War Lancashire League1 Cup-tie[2]
Bramley1941-4219 War Emergency League4 Cup-ties[2]
Runcorn Highfield1989-9028 Division Two3 Cup-ties[2]
Nottingham City1991-9226 Division Three3 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. "RL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
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