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OVERVIEW
Arsenal v Liverpool
This presentation - written on 20th December 2017 - features 10 key facts frommatches played in this English football fixture – one of the great north-southrivalries.
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Arsenal v Liverpool
The first-ever meeting between these two sides took place in the Football LeagueSecond Division on 28th October 1893 at Woolwich Arsenal’s Manor Ground inPlumstead, south London. Liverpool won 5.0 and this result is, to date, still Arsenal’srecord home defeat in the league.
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Arsenal v Liverpool
The first match between the two sides at Anfield, home of Liverpool, occurred onNew Year’s Day 1894. Liverpool won it, 2.0.
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Arsenal v Liverpool
Tim Coleman scored Arsenal’s first goal against Liverpool – but not until their fifthleague match - on 2nd September 1905, in a 3.1 win. This was also Arsenal’s first-everwin over Liverpool.
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Arsenal v Liverpool
The two sides first met in cup competition on 1st February 1913. In a Second RoundFA Cup tie at the Manor Ground Liverpool won 4.1
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Arsenal v Liverpool
On 1st September 1919 Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield for the first time – in a FirstDivision match – 3.2.
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Arsenal v Liverpool
On 1st September 1934 Arsenal beat Liverpool, 8.1, at Highbury. In their biggest winin this fixture, Arsenal’s scorers included hat-tricks from both Ted Drake and RayBowden.
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Arsenal v Liverpool
Arsenal and Liverpool have met three times in FA Cup Finals to date. The first cameon 29th April 1950 at Wembley where two goals from Reg Lewis gave Arsenal a 2.0win.
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Arsenal v Liverpool
Arsenal completed their first League and Cup Double after beating Liverpool, 2.1, inthe FA Cup Final on 8th May 1971 – Charlie George scoring the winner in extra-time.
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Arsenal v Liverpool
In the first FA Cup Final to be held in Wales, Liverpool secured their only Final win todate against Arsenal, 2.1. Freddie Ljungberg had given Arsenal the lead in thesecond-half but two goals in five minutes from Michael Owen gave Liverpool a latevictory.
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Arsenal v Liverpool
The teams have met in one League Cup Final. This took place at Wembley on 5th
April 1987. Liverpool led through Ian Rush before two goals from Charlie Nicholassealed a 2.1 win for Arsenal. This was also George Graham’s first trophy as Arsenalmanager.
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First Football Briefs
Read the full article from which these facts were taken, and others in our FirstFootball Brief series at: http://www.thefootballground.com/articles
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Who we are
The Football Ground
The Football Ground was formed in 2015 to produce two key outputs:
1. A website which acts as a free newsstand and provides links to breakingfootball news and opinion: http://www.thefootballground.com
2. A series of books – ‘First Football Histories’ – which tell the stories of footballclubs, competitions and countries in a visually pleasing and easily accessibleformat. The first two titles are now available from all amazon stores, in Print andKindle formats:
The Arsenal FC storyThe Chelsea FC story
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