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| Joe McQue: Defender |
| Nickname: |
| Date of Birth: Feb
1870 |
| Squad: number: |
| With the Reds: 1892-1898 |
| Height: |
| Weight: |
| Bought from: Celtic |
| Signed for LFC:
ЈN/A 1892 |
| Debut: 3rd September 1892 v Higher
Walton (H) Lancashire league win 8-0, 2 goals (Aged 22) |
| Debut goal: 03.09.1892 |
| 1st team
league games: 103 |
| 1st team
league goals: 10 |
| Total 1st team
games: 146 |
| Total 1st team
goals: 14 |
| Contract expiry: 1898 |
| International caps:
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| International
goals: |
| International debut: |
| Characteristics: |
| Former clubs:
Pollokshields (amateur), Celtic, Third Lanark |
| Birth Place: Glasgow,
Scotland |
| Honours: 2 Division Second
Championships 93/94, 95/96, 1 Lancashire League Championship 92/93 |
| Personal Honours: |
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Total LFC and other club games/goals
|
League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1892-93 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
2 |
24 |
2 |
| 1893-94 |
26 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
30 |
3 |
| 1894-95 |
29 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
1 |
| 1895-96 |
26 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
32 |
5 |
| 1896-97 |
8 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
| 1897-98 |
14 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
3 |
| Total |
103 |
10 |
16 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
27 |
2 |
146 |
14 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
Competition |
| 103 |
League |
| 18 |
Lancashire League |
| 16 |
FA Cup |
| 5 |
Test Match |
| 4 |
Lancashire Cup |
Career Milestones for Joe McQue:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
03.09.1892 |
Higher Walton |
8-0 |
Anfield |
Other |
| 50 |
28.03.1894 |
Northwich Vict. |
3-2 |
The Drill Field |
League |
| 100 |
14.12.1895 |
Darwen |
4-0 |
Barley Bank |
League |
Goals in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
03.09.1892 |
0 |
Higher Walton |
8-0 |
Anfield |
Other |
Update: 01.03.2007 |
PROFILE
 One
of the 13 Scottish players signed by Liverpool's first manager John McKenna, centre half
McQue was recruited from Celtic in 1892 and scored twice in the club's first ever
competitive match an 8-0 drubbing of Higher Walton in the Lancashire League watched by an
attendance of just 200 on September 3 1892.
He was a dominant defender with a taste for attack and also had the distinction of
finding the net on Liverpool's Football League debut, a 2-0 away win over Middlesbrough
Ironopolis in the Second Division on September 2 1893.
McQue was a rock of the side that ended the club's inaugural League season as
champions of their division. He missed only two games and also scored their final goal of
that campaign, against Burslem Port Vale. Liverpool were unbeaten in their 28 games before
winning a test match for promotion against Newton Heath, later to become Manchester
United.
They drew their first two matches in the top flight to set a 31-game unbeaten
League record, which lasted until Leeds broke it in 1969. However, Liverpool suffered
relegation at the end of that campaign, only to storm back as Second Division champions
again a year later with McQue in brilliant form, scoring five times in his 26 outings.
That same season of 1895-96 he was granted a testimonial match and ended his Anfield
career two years later after 122 senior appearances which brought him a dozen goals. |
