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League Cup 2nd round

Anfield | Wednesday 4 September 1968 at 19:30 UK local time

Liverpool 4 - 0 Sheffield United

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.25)

1
Tommy Lawrence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Peter Wall
4
Tommy Smith
5
Ron Yeats (c)
6
Emlyn Hughes
7
Ian Callaghan
8
Roger Hunt
9
Bobby Graham
10
Ian St John
11
Peter Thompson

Substitutes

12
Geoff Strong

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.06)

Alan Hodgkinson
Len Badger
Bernard Shaw
David Munks
Ken Mallender
Barry Wagstaff
Alan Woodward
Frank Barlow
Colin Addison
Tony Currie
Gil Reece

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Arthur Rowley
Referee: Baldwin P
Attendance: 32,358
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 2826
League Cup game number: 6
Played towards Kop: Second half

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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sheffield United
HT 0–0
Roger Hunt (Ian Callaghan) (1–0)
54'
Chris Lawler (Ian Callaghan) (2–0)
71'
Ian Callaghan (Peter Thompson) (3–0)
75'
Peter Thompson (4–0)
83'
Full time 4–0

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