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1st Division

Bramall Lane | Tuesday 26 December 1972 at 15:00 UK local time

Sheffield United 0 - 3 Liverpool
Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.93)

1
Ray Clemence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Alec Lindsay
4
Phil Thompson
5
Larry Lloyd
6
Emlyn Hughes (c)
7
Kevin Keegan
8
Peter Cormack
9
Steve Heighway
10
Phil Boersma
11
Ian Callaghan

Substitutes

12
Brian Hall

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.02)

Tom McAlister
Len Badger
Alan Ogden
John Flynn
Eddie Colquhoun
Trevor Hockey
Alan Woodward
Geoffrey Salmons
Billy Dearden
Tony Currie
Alan Warboys

Substitutes used

Ian Holmes

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: John Harris
Referee: Partridge P
Attendance: 34,040
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 3076
League game number: 2722
Liverpool league position: 1st
Sheffield United league position: 19th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sheffield United
Phil Boersma (1–0)
27'
HT 1–0
Chris Lawler (Peter Cormack) (2–0)
50'
76'
Ian Holmes John Flynn
Steve Heighway (Phil Boersma) (3–0)
81'
Full time 3–0

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