Match details
Birmingham City 9 - 1 Liverpool
| Game date: | Saturday 11 December 1954 at 14:15 | Stadium: | St Andrews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competition: | 2nd Division | Attendance: | 17,500 |
| Half - time score: | 4 - 1 | Referee: | McCabe G |
| Manager: | Don Welsh | Opposition manager: | Arthur Turner |
Starting lineup
| 1 |  |
Doug Rudham |
| 2 |  |
Ray Lambert |
| 3 |  |
Frank Lock |
| 4 |  |
Barry Wilkinson |
| 5 |  |
Laurie Hughes (c) |
| 6 |  |
Geoff Twentyman |
| 7 |  |
Jimmy Payne |
| 8 |  |
Eric Anderson |
| 9 |  |
Billy Liddell |
| 10 |  |
John Evans |
| 11 |  |
Alan A'Court |
Goals
| Billy Liddell 19' |
Opposition lineup
| Gil Merrick, Jeff Hall, Ken Green, Len Boyd, Trevor Smith, Royston Warhurst, Gordon Astall, Jackie Lane, Eddie Brown, Peter Murphy, Alexander Govan |
Opposition goals
| Gordon Astall |
| Jackie Lane 1' |
| Eddie Brown 11' |
| Eddie Brown 16' |
| Gordon Astall 49' |
| Peter Murphy 54' |
| Alexander Govan 77' |
| Peter Murphy 84' |
| Eddie Brown 85' |
Notes
| - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.26 |
| - Average age of the Birmingham City starting lineup: 27.64 |
| - Liverpool league position after match: 14 |
| - Birmingham City league position after match: 13 |
| - Click here to view the full league table after the match. |
| - The surface was wet on top and rock-hard underneath, but Alan A' Court says Birmingham also had the same difficulties: "We were slipping and sliding all over the place and went three goals down in the first fifteen minutes. Billy Liddell pulled one back for us and I still say that was the best of the ten! He kept his balance beautifully on that surface, turned like an ice-skater and hit a screamer into the top corner of the net. It was a one-off game. I cannot explain why it happened. The game kept slipping away, literally." |
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Related files
| The game I remember - Alan A'Court |
| Match programme |
