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1st Division

Hyde Road | Saturday 27 March 1920 at 15:30 UK local time

Manchester City 2 - 1 Liverpool
Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.83)

1
Elisha Scott
2
Ephraim Longworth (c)
3
Donald McKinlay
4
Bill Lacey
5
Walter Wadsworth
6
Tom Bromilow
7
Jackie Sheldon
8
Harry Chambers
9
Dick Forshaw
10
Harry Lewis
11
Albert Pearson

Opposition Lineup

Jim Goodchild
Sam Cookson
Eli Fletcher
Jack Brennan
Max Woosnam
Herbert Tyler
Joe Dorsett
Richard Crawshaw
Tommy Johnson
Horace Barnes
Billy Murphy

Notes

  • King George V attended this match, the day after attending the Grand National at Aintree Racecourse. It is believed to be the first time that a reigning British monarch attended a football match outside of London.

Other details

Manager: David Ashworth
Opposition manager: Ernest Mangnall
Referee: Leigh F
Attendance: 40,000
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 909
League game number: 801
Liverpool league position: 4th
Manchester City league position: 6th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Manchester City
Harry Chambers penalty (1–0)
20'
HT 1–0
60'
Horace Barnes (1–1)
75'
Horace Barnes (1–2)
Full time 1–2