The club's first match in the Football League was against Middlesbrough Ironopolis on 2 September 1893.

Liverpool won 2–0, Malcolm McVean scoring their first goal in league football.

Liverpool finished the season unbeaten in 28 matches, 22 of which they won.

Victory over Newton Heath in the test match secured promotion to the First Division.

One of the players, James Henderson from Scotland, was born in 1870 and played one match as a striker for Liverpool, after he was signed from a Scottish club named Annbank.