Past playersArthur Metcalf

    • Years: 1912-1915

    • Appearances: 63

    • Goals: 28

    Arthur Metcalf had a good goals-per-game ratio and was Liverpool's highest scorer in the 1912-13 season, when he netted 18 times from 32 matches.

    The forward also scored a hat-trick in the FA Cup that year in a 4-1 second-round victory away to Arsenal.

    In the following season, Metcalf was badly injured against Sunderland on September 13 and didn't feature for five months, but managed to play a big part in Liverpool's run that got them all the way to their first ever FA Cup final on April 25, 1914. Unfortunately, they lost it 1-0.

    Despite the outbreak of war, the 1914-15 league season was completed and Metcalf added another seven goals to his career total in 16 games.

    Although he never played competitive league football for Liverpool again, he was a prolific scorer for the club in the local Lancashire leagues that were arranged to replace the four national divisions.