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2nd Division
Anfield | Sat 6 Oct 1956 at 15:15
| Liverpool | 2 | - | 3 | Blackburn Rovers |
Starting Lineup
| 1 |  |
Tommy Younger |
| 2 |  |
John Molyneux |
| 3 |  |
Ronnie Moran |
| 4 |  |
Roy Saunders |
| 5 |  |
Laurie Hughes |
| 6 |  |
Barry Wilkinson |
| 7 |  |
Billy Liddell (c) |
| 8 |  |
Eric Anderson |
| 9 |  |
Louis Bimpson |
| 10 |  |
Jimmy Melia |
| 11 |  |
Alan A'Court |
Goals
- Eric Anderson 49'
- Billy Liddell 64'
Opposition goals
- Roy Vernon 28'
- Eddie Crossan 43'
- Bryan Douglas 48'
Notes
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.76
- - Average age of the Blackburn Rovers starting lineup: 27.46
- - Liverpool league position after match: 12
- - Blackburn Rovers league position after match: 16
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
Other details
- Manager: Phil Taylor
- Opposition manager: John Carey
- Referee: Oliver GE
- Attendance: 41,538
- Half-time score: 0
- 2 - Game number: 2239
- League game number: 2037
- LFC played towards Kop: Second half
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