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Triborough Stadium | Sunday 16 May 1948

New York Metropolitan All Stars 1 - 5 Liverpool

Goals

Notes

  • Info: N.Y. Stars was a N.Y.Americans, Brookhattan, Brooklyn Wanderers & Brooklyn Hispano select.
    Joe Cadden at centre half for N.Y.
  • Tour: Tour of America And Canada (1948)
  • Sidlow, Harley, Lambert, Taylor, Jones, Paisley, Liddell, Balmer, Stubbins, Fagan, Brierley.

    -See here rare footage from the match! - http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675038586_soccer-match_Liverpool-team_Metropolitan-All-Stars_Triboro-stadium.

    And another clip from British Pathe: https://cutt.ly/6ePSkO40

    New York All-Stars' only goal was an own goal by Liverpool's number 11; Ken Brierley.

Other details

Attendance: 8,000

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Bags of goals!
Bags of goals!
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