HonoursLancashire League
1892-93
Liverpool's inaugural season of existence was played in the Lancashire League - and in a sign of things to come, they ended the campaign at the top of the table.
There was an auspicious beginning to 1892-93 as John Houlding's newly formed club won each of their first four league fixtures, scoring 20 goals and conceding just one.
Consistently strong results, notwithstanding home and away defeats to nearest competitors Blackpool, put Liverpool right in the picture for the title.
Six straight wins in the spring enhanced those ambitions and, despite a final-day draw against Southport Central, they would finish the season sitting on the summit. Just.
With Liverpool and Blackpool delivering identical records of 17 wins, two draws and three losses, a superior goal ratio put the former in first place.
As Lancashire League champions, the club was subsequently elected to the Second Division for 1893-94, and the story was under way.