@Mr. MUJAC is this our biggest U18 win against Liverpool? What is our biggest win in the last say 20 years?
Yes this is our biggest win against Liverpool in our youth history. We have has some 5's and 6's over the years but nothing comparable.
In the last 20 years or so our biggest wins have been:
2023/24 - v Liverpool 9-1
2021/22 - v Birmingham City 8-2
2020/21 - v Middlesbrough 8-1
2018/19 - v Sunderland 7-0
2015/16 - v Newcastle Utd 7-1
2012/13 - v Newcastle Utd 7-1
2007/08 - v West Bromwich Albion 7-0
2005/06 - v West Bromwich Albion 7-0
2002/03 - v Birmingham City 7-2
1999/00 - v Sheffield Wednesday 7-2
Pre-Academy, our 'A' Team, which is the equivalent of the U/18's, regularly scored double figures against the likes of Marine, UMIST, Rochdale, South Liverpool, Morecambe, Crewe Alex and other Reserve teams. We entered the Lancashire League back in 1955/56 and our youngsters regularly came up against seasoned adult professionals.
Our biggest wins were:
1996/97 - v Crewe Alexandra 10-0
1992/93 - v Marine Reserves 10-0
1986/87 - v South Liverpool Reserves 10-0
1983/84 - v UMIST 13-0
1963/64 - v Tranmere Rovers 10-1
1955/56 - v Blackburn Rovers 13-0
If you go back to our last season in the Manchester League the season before (1954/55) we had a run of results that looked like this:
11-0, 13-0, 13-0, 11-0, 8-0, 10-1, 9-1, 8-0, 9-1, 10-1, 8-0, 15-1, 11-1, 17-1, 9-2, 9-1, 7-0.....the biggest win was over Glossop. Needless to say we won the league that season with a record of:
P34 W30 D4 L0 F202 A22 Pts 64
That 17-1 win back in 1955 was our largest ever win at U/18 level.