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1st Division
Anfield | Sat 28 Dec 1946 at 14:15 UK local time
| Liverpool | 1 | - | 2 | Sheffield United |
Starting Lineup
| 1 |  |
Ray Minshull |
| 2 |  |
Bill Jones |
| 3 |  |
Ray Lambert |
| 4 |  |
Bob Paisley |
| 5 |  |
Tom Bush |
| 6 |  |
Eddie Spicer |
| 7 |  |
Berry Nieuwenhuys |
| 8 |  |
Jack Balmer (c) |
| 9 |  |
Albert Stubbins |
| 10 |  |
Harry Eastham |
| 11 |  |
Billy Liddell |
Goals (Assists in brackets)
- Albert Stubbins 40' (Jack Balmer)
Opposition goals
- Alex Forbes 36' penalty
- Albert Nightingale 49'
Notes
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 28.14
- - Average age of the Sheffield United starting lineup: 27.63
- - Liverpool league position after match: 2
- - Sheffield United league position after match: 8
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- - Sidlow out with flu so Minshull was in goal.
Other details
- Manager: George Kay
- Opposition manager: Edward Davison
- Referee: Wright HT
- Attendance: 50,961
- Half-time score: 1
- 1 - Game number: 1797
- League game number: 1629
- LFC played towards Kop: First half
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