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1st Division

Anfield | 09 September 1969 at 19:30 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 Sunderland

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.9)

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
Bobby Graham
10
Ian St John
11
Peter Thompson

Substitutes

12
Brian Hall

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.49)

Opposition substitutions

Notes

  • - Smith's goal came after Thompson tapped the ball to him from a free-kick and his strike "threatened to tear right through the net." (Daily Post)

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Alan Brown
Referee: Taylor JK
Attendance: 46,370
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 2879
League game number: 2581
Played towards Kop: First half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Sunderland league position: 22nd
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