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2nd Division

St Andrews | Saturday 11 December 1954 at 14:15 UK local time

Birmingham City 9 - 1 Liverpool
Half time 4–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.26)

1
Doug Rudham
2
Ray Lambert
3
Frank Lock
4
Barry Wilkinson
5
Laurie Hughes (c)
6
Geoff Twentyman
7
Jimmy Payne
8
Eric Anderson
9
Billy Liddell
10
John Evans
11
Alan A'Court

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.64)

Gil Merrick
Jeff Hall
Ken Green
Len Boyd
Trevor Smith
Royston Warhurst
Gordon Astall
Jackie Lane
Eddie Brown
Peter Murphy
Alexander Govan

Notes

  • - The surface was wet on top and rock-hard underneath, but Alan A' Court says Birmingham also had the same difficulties: "We were slipping and sliding all over the place and went three goals down in the first fifteen minutes. Billy Liddell pulled one back for us and I still say that was the best of the ten! He kept his balance beautifully on that surface, turned like an ice-skater and hit a screamer into the top corner of the net. It was a one-off game. I cannot explain why it happened. The game kept slipping away, literally."

Other details

Manager: Don Welsh
Opposition manager: Arthur Turner
Referee: McCabe G
Attendance: 17,500
Half-time score: 4 - 1
Game number: 2156
League game number: 1963
Liverpool league position: 14th
Birmingham City league position: 13th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Birmingham City
1'
Jackie Lane (0–1)
11'
Eddie Brown (0–2)
16'
Eddie Brown (0–3)
Billy Liddell (1–3)
19'
27'
Gordon Astall (1–4)
HT 1–4
49'
Gordon Astall (1–5)
54'
Peter Murphy (1–6)
77'
Alexander Govan (1–7)
84'
Peter Murphy (1–8)
85'
Eddie Brown (1–9)
Full time 1–9

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