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1st Division

Roker Park | Saturday 15 March 1969 at 15:00 UK local time

Sunderland 0 - 2 Liverpool
Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.97)

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

Substitutes

12
Bobby Graham

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.84)

Jim Montgomery
Cec Irwin
Len Ashurst
Brian Heslop
Richie Pitt
Colin Todd
Gordon Harris
Calvin Palmer
Bobby Kerr
Colin Suggett
George Mulhall

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Alan Brown
Referee: Kew GC
Attendance: 17,855
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 2859
League game number: 2562
Liverpool league position: 2nd
Sunderland league position: 16th
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Liverpool
Sunderland
Ian St John (Ron Yeats) (1–0)
39'
HT 1–0
Alun Evans (2–0)
62'
Full time 2–0

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