Sunderland 03 Apr 1954 - LFChistory.net

Liverpool	4	-	3	Sunderland
Half time 1–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.95)

1	Dave Underwood
2	Tom McNulty
3	Frank Lock
4	Barry Wilkinson
5	Laurie Hughes
6	Geoff Twentyman
7	Brian Jackson
8	Eric Anderson
9	Sammy Smyth
10	John Evans
11	Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.02)

Jimmy Cowan

Jack Stelling

Jack Hedley

Stan Anderson

Ray Daniel

Arthur Wright

Tommy Wright

Len Shackleton

Ted Purdon

Ken Chisholm

Billy Elliott

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Manager: Don Welsh

Opposition manager: William Murray

Referee: Wilkinson A

Attendance: 30,417

Half-time score: 1 - 1

Game number: 2129

League game number: 1936

Liverpool league position: 22nd

Sunderland league position: 19th

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Sunderland

21'

Len Shackleton (0–1)

Brian Jackson (Billy Liddell) (1–1)

45'

HT 1–1

John Evans (Eric Anderson) (2–1)

48'

53'

Ken Chisholm (2–2)

Billy Liddell penalty (3–2)

67'

Eric Anderson (Billy Liddell) (4–2)

71'

89'

Ted Purdon (4–3)

Full time 4–3

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion	37	21	8	8	83	51	+32	50
2	Wolves	37	22	6	9	84	54	+30	50
3	Huddersfield Town	37	18	11	8	71	48	+23	47
4	Bolton Wanderers	37	17	10	10	70	53	+17	44
5	Burnley	37	20	2	15	73	58	+15	42
6	Manchester United	37	15	12	10	66	54	+12	42
7	Charlton Athletic	37	18	5	14	73	66	+7	41
8	Chelsea	37	15	11	11	70	63	+7	41
9	Blackpool	37	15	10	12	68	65	+3	40
10	Cardiff City	37	16	7	14	45	64	-19	39
11	Preston North End	36	16	3	17	75	51	+24	35
12	Arsenal	36	12	11	13	62	65	-3	35
13	Tottenham Hotspur	37	14	5	18	55	63	-8	33
14	Portsmouth	36	11	10	15	73	82	-9	32
15	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	62	72	-10	32
16	Aston Villa	35	13	6	16	54	61	-7	32
17	Sheffield Wednesday	37	14	4	19	63	82	-19	32
18	Manchester City	36	11	8	17	52	71	-19	30
19	Sunderland	36	12	5	19	70	79	-9	29
20	Sheffield United	36	10	9	17	61	78	-17	29
21	Middlesbrough	37	10	9	18	56	78	-22	29
22	Liverpool	36	6	10	20	61	89	-28	22

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.95)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.02)

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