When was Liverpool abandoned?

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If one was cancelled before the referee had blown the first whistle, it was classed as ‘postponed’; if the match had kicked off, but was stopped later for whatever reason before the ninety allotted minutes were up, it was ‘abandoned’. See e.g., the Liverpool Echo on 27 Dec 1924 explaining referee Kingscott’s late decision for the game against Aston Villa: The match was therefore postponed, not abandoned.

10/2/1900 v West Bromwich Albion (home) sometimes called ‘abandoned’ e.g. in Athletic News and Liverpool Daily Post, but really postponed, through a heavy snowstorm. 14/1/1901 v West Bromwich Albion (away), thick fog, ground not opened, game postponed.

14/3/1903 v Wolves, (home) heavy rain 30/11/1907 v Bury, (away) fog after 25 minutes’ play 4/1/1908 v Manchester United, postponed a few minutes before kick-off, thick haze. It was their first FA Cup final win (as it had been for Wolves in 1893). * Where ‘redhel’ had seven Liverpool games in his original list, Arsenal, Manchester City, Plymouth and West Bromwich were all into double figures.