Report

Liverpool 4 - 2 Sunderland

Game date: 20.08.1949 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 49,811
Half-time score 2 - 1
Manager George Kay League pos. after match 9

Starting lineup

1 Cyril Sidlow Cyril Sidlow
2 Bill Shepherd Bill Shepherd
3 Ray Lambert Ray Lambert
4 Phil Taylor Phil Taylor
5 Bill Jones Bill Jones
6 Bob Paisley Bob Paisley
7 Jimmy Payne Jimmy Payne
8 Kevin Baron Kevin Baron
9 Albert Stubbins Albert Stubbins
10 Jack Balmer Jack Balmer
11 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell

Goals

Bob Paisley 32'
Jack Balmer 42'
Kevin Baron 63'
Albert Stubbins 73'

Opposition lineup

Bobby Robinson, Jack Stelling, Arthur Hudgell, Reg Scotson, Fred Hall, Arthur Wright, Tommy Wright, Ivor Broadis, Dickie Davis, Len Shackleton, Tommy Reynolds

Opposition goals

Ivor Broadis
Dickie Davis

Notes

- Billy Liddell missed a penalty

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