Match details

Rotherham United 6 - 1 Liverpool

Game date: Monday 2 May 1955 at 18:30 Stadium: Millmoor
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 17,000
Half - time score: 2 - 0
Manager: Don Welsh Opposition manager: Andrew Smailes
   

Starting lineup

1 Doug Rudham Doug Rudham
2 Ray Lambert Ray Lambert
3 Tom McNulty Tom McNulty
4 Roy Saunders Roy Saunders
5 Don Campbell Don Campbell
6 Geoff Twentyman Geoff Twentyman
7 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell
8 Tony Rowley Tony Rowley
9 John Evans John Evans
10 Eric Anderson Eric Anderson
11 Alan A'Court Alan A'Court

Goals

Billy Liddell 90'

Opposition lineup

Jock Quairney, Jack Selkirk, Dennis Warner, Frank Marshall, Brian Jordan, Danny Williams, Jack Grainger, Dennis Pell, Terry Farmer, Gladstone Guest, Ian Wilson

Opposition goals

Ian Wilson
Ian Wilson
Ian Wilson
Ian Wilson
Jack Grainger
Dennis Pell

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.27
- Average age of the Rotherham United starting lineup: 28.74
- Liverpool league position after match: 11
- Rotherham United league position after match: 2
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Other games during this season

2nd Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Luton Town 42 23 8 11 88 53 18 2 1 55 18 5 6 10 33 35 54
2 Rotherham United 42 25 4 13 94 64 17 1 3 59 22 8 3 10 35 42 54
3 Leeds United 42 23 7 12 70 53 14 4 3 43 19 9 3 9 27 34 53
4 Birmingham City 41 21 10 10 87 46 14 4 3 56 22 7 6 7 31 24 52
5 Stoke City 42 21 10 11 69 46 12 5 4 38 17 9 5 7 31 29 52
6 Blackburn Rovers 42 22 6 14 114 79 14 4 3 73 31 8 2 11 41 48 50
7 Notts County 42 21 6 15 74 71 14 3 4 46 27 7 3 11 28 44 48
8 West Ham United 42 18 10 14 74 70 12 4 5 46 28 6 6 9 28 42 46
9 Bristol Rovers 42 19 7 16 75 70 15 4 2 52 23 4 3 14 23 47 45
10 Swansea City 42 17 9 16 86 83 15 3 3 58 28 2 6 13 28 55 43
11 Liverpool 42 16 10 16 92 96 11 7 3 55 37 5 3 13 37 59 42
12 Middlesbrough 42 18 6 18 73 82 13 1 7 48 31 5 5 11 25 51 42
13 Bury 42 15 11 16 77 72 10 5 6 44 35 5 6 10 33 37 41
14 Fulham 42 14 11 17 76 79 10 5 6 46 29 4 6 11 30 50 39
15 Nottingham Forest 42 16 7 19 58 62 8 4 9 29 29 8 3 10 29 33 39
16 Lincoln City 41 13 10 18 68 78 8 6 6 39 34 5 4 12 29 44 36
17 Doncaster Rovers 41 14 7 20 57 90 10 5 5 34 29 4 2 15 23 61 35
18 Hull City 42 12 10 20 44 69 7 5 9 30 35 5 5 11 14 34 34
19 Port Vale 41 11 11 19 47 71 10 6 5 31 21 1 5 14 16 50 33
20 Plymouth Argyle 42 12 7 23 57 82 10 4 7 29 26 2 3 16 28 56 31
21 Ipswich Town 42 11 6 25 57 92 10 3 8 37 28 1 3 17 20 64 28
22 Derby County 42 7 9 26 53 82 6 6 9 39 34 1 3 17 14 48 23
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