| Goalkeeper | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | Birthday | ||
 | Henry Briggs |  | England | 01.04.1871 |
 | Johnny Horne | | England | 17.01.1862 |
 | Arthur Kenyon | | England | 01.12.1867 |
 | Timothy Marsden | | England | 01.04.1865 |
| Defence | ||||
| Name | Country | Birthday | ||
 | John Leach | | England | 12.05.1866 |
 | Duncan McNichol |  | Scotland | 1874 † |
 | James Orr | | Scotland | 24.07.1871 † |
| Midfield | ||||
| Name | Country | Birthday | ||
 | Thomas Aspden | | England | 14.04.1871 |
 | William Crozier | | England | |
 | Jonty Entwistle | | England | 1868 |
 | Robert Fish | | England | 26.05.1871 |
 | Tommy Ghee | | Scotland | 1873 |
 | James Haddow | | Scotland | 1872 |
 | Robert Maxwell | | Scotland | |
 | Michael McAvoy | | Scotland | 18.12.1870 |
 | William McKennie | | Scotland | 1868 |
 | Richard Pearson | | England | 01.10.1870 |
 | Bob Shaw | | Scotland | 1870 |
 | William Wardrope | | England | 10.05.1869 |
| Forward | ||||
| Name | Country | Birthday | ||
 | Roger Bridge | | England | 15.10.1872 |
 | Walter Dunlop | | England | 1862 |
 | John Greenwood | | England | 01.07.1871 |
 | Bobby Marr | | Scotland | 1870 |
 | Alan Maxwell | | Scotland | 1870 † |
 | John McKnight | | Scotland | |
 | David Owen | | England | |
 | David Skea | | Scotland | 05.10.1870 |
 | Robert Smith | | England | |
 | Malcolm Sutherland | | England | 03.07.1867 |
 | John Wade | | England | 07.06.1871 |
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