Past playersSam Speakman

It was a disappointing campaign that saw the club finish in 16th place, just above the relegation zone, although the Reds did also reach their first FA Cup final that year.

Despite the outbreak of the First World War, the 1914-15 league season was completed but Speakman was only selected seven times during that year.

He did continue to represent Liverpool in the regional leagues that replaced the national ones for the next four years and was still at Anfield when the Football League resumed at the end of August 1919.

However, although Speakman was selected for the opening four fixtures of that First Division campaign, the away match at Arsenal on September 8, 1919 proved to be his last as a Liverpool player.