Match details

Liverpool 4 - 3 Sunderland

Game date: Saturday 3 April 1954 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 30,417
Half - time score: 1 - 1 Referee: Wilkinson A
Manager: Don Welsh Opposition manager: William Murray
   

Starting lineup

1 Dave Underwood Dave Underwood
2 Frank Lock Frank Lock
3 Tom McNulty Tom McNulty
4 Barry Wilkinson Barry Wilkinson
5 Laurie Hughes Laurie Hughes
6 Geoff Twentyman Geoff Twentyman
7 Brian Jackson Brian Jackson
8 John Evans John Evans
9 Sammy Smyth Sammy Smyth
10 Eric Anderson Eric Anderson
11 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell

Goals

Brian Jackson 45'
John Evans 48'
Billy Liddell 67' pen
Eric Anderson 71'

Opposition lineup

Jimmy Cowan, Jack Stelling, Jack Hedley, Stan Anderson, Ray Daniel, Arthur Wright, Tommy Wright, Len Shackleton, Ted Purdon, Ken Chisholm, Billy Elliott

Opposition goals

Len Shackleton 21'
Ken Chisholm 53'
Ted Purdon 89'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.95
- Average age of the Sunderland starting lineup: 28.02
- Liverpool league position after match: 22
- Sunderland league position after match: 19
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 West Bromwich Albion 37 21 8 8 83 51 12 4 3 49 23 9 4 5 34 28 50
2 Wolves 37 22 6 9 84 54 13 1 4 50 25 9 5 5 34 29 50
3 Huddersfield Town 37 18 11 8 71 48 11 6 1 39 17 7 5 7 32 31 47
4 Bolton Wanderers 37 17 10 10 70 53 13 5 1 42 18 4 5 9 28 35 44
5 Burnley 37 20 2 15 73 58 15 1 3 48 21 5 1 12 25 37 42
6 Manchester United 37 15 12 10 66 54 9 6 4 37 27 6 6 6 29 27 42
7 Charlton Athletic 37 18 5 14 73 66 13 3 3 49 25 5 2 11 24 41 41
8 Chelsea 37 15 11 11 70 63 11 3 4 42 23 4 8 7 28 40 41
9 Blackpool 37 15 10 12 68 65 10 6 2 34 18 5 4 10 34 47 40
10 Cardiff City 37 16 7 14 45 64 11 3 4 28 24 5 4 10 17 40 39
11 Preston North End 36 16 3 17 75 51 10 2 7 40 23 6 1 10 35 28 35
12 Arsenal 36 12 11 13 62 65 5 7 5 32 35 7 4 8 30 30 35
13 Tottenham Hotspur 37 14 5 18 55 63 10 3 6 34 26 4 2 12 21 37 33
14 Portsmouth 36 11 10 15 73 82 10 4 3 45 29 1 6 12 28 53 32
15 Newcastle United 38 11 10 17 62 72 7 2 10 35 38 4 8 7 27 34 32
16 Aston Villa 35 13 6 16 54 61 9 5 4 38 26 4 1 12 16 35 32
17 Sheffield Wednesday 37 14 4 19 63 82 12 3 5 43 30 2 1 14 20 52 32
18 Manchester City 36 11 8 17 52 71 8 3 6 26 26 3 5 11 26 45 30
19 Sunderland 36 12 5 19 70 79 10 2 5 42 28 2 3 14 28 51 29
20 Sheffield United 36 10 9 17 61 78 8 4 5 38 30 2 5 12 23 48 29
21 Middlesbrough 37 10 9 18 56 78 6 5 8 29 34 4 4 10 27 44 29
22 Liverpool 36 6 10 20 61 89 6 8 5 45 36 0 2 15 16 53 22
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