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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 24 October 1953 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 0 Sheffield United
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.96)

1
Russell Crossley
2
Bill Jones (c)
3
Eddie Spicer
4
Roy Saunders
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Bob Paisley
7
Jimmy Payne
8
Kevin Baron
9
Jack Smith
10
Sammy Smyth
11
Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.4)

Ted Burgin
Fred Furniss
Graham Shaw
Joe Shaw
Howard Johnson
Colin Rawson
Alf Ringstead
Harold Brook
Arthur Bottom
Jimmy Hagan
Derek Hawksworth

Other details

Manager: Don Welsh
Opposition manager: Reginald Freeman
Referee: Webb H
Attendance: 37,978
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 2107
League game number: 1915
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 16th
Sheffield United league position: 18th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sheffield United
Jimmy Payne (Billy Liddell) (1–0)
19'
HT 1–0
Sammy Smyth (Kevin Baron) (2–0)
58'
Sammy Smyth (Jimmy Payne) (3–0)
60'
Full time 3–0

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