On September 3, 1892, Higher Walton were the opposition for the club's first competitive match and the occasion was marked by an 8-0 success. It was the start of an excellent season for Liverpool, who easily took the Lancashire League as well as the Liverpool District Cup.
With a Reserve Cup secured as well, Liverpool had claimed a modest treble - highly impressive for a team not even 12 months old. Everton were getting worried.
The following season would see the new boys compete in the Football League for the first time.
02 September 1893
Lengthy grass, high winds and a blinding sun were not ideal conditions for our first ever game in the Football League against hosts Middlesbrough Ironopolis, themselves making their Division Two bow.
What followed, however, was an exciting exhibition of football. The first half might have ended goalless but it was not without a string of Liverpool chances, with the visitors hitting the upright.
The 2,000 spectators gathered at Paradise Field witnessed more goalmouth action in the second half, and it was goals from Joe McQue and Malcolm McVean which eventually took the game Liverpool's way.
The Merseysiders would go on to win the league at the first attempt, finishing eight points ahead of second-placed Small Heath to gain promotion to the First Division.
28 April 1894
Liverpool never looked back in their first season in the Football League following an opening day victory against Middlesbrough Ironopolis.
The likes of Lincoln, Crewe and Newcastle were all dispatched with ease as John McKenna and William Barclay's side created an eight-point gap over Small Heath at the top of the Second Division.
The highlight of the campaign came in October with a 6-0 victory over 'Boro in front of 6,000 supporters at Anfield.
James Scott top scored with 14 in the league, with the likes of David Henderson, Hugh McQueen, Malcolm McVean and Thomas Bradshaw all excelling.
Liverpool went on to suffer relegation in their first season in Division One, though were back in the top flight once more within a year.
