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2nd Division

Anfield | Saturday 29 September 1956 at 15:15 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 Leicester City

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.74)

1
Tommy Younger
2
John Molyneux
3
Ronnie Moran
4
Barry Wilkinson
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Roy Saunders
7
Louis Bimpson
8
Jimmy Melia
9
Billy Liddell (c)
10
Eric Anderson
11
Alan A'Court

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.7)

Johnny Anderson
Stan Milburn
John Ogilvie
John Morris
Jack Froggatt
Pat Ward
Tommy McDonald
Ian McNeill
Willie Gardiner
George Rowley
Derek Hogg

Other details

Manager: Phil Taylor
Opposition manager: David Halliday
Referee: McCabe G
Attendance: 41,126
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 2238
League game number: 2036
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 10th
Leicester City league position: 2nd
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Liverpool
Leicester City
HT 0–0
Jimmy Melia (1–0)
68'
Billy Liddell (2–0)
71'
Full time 2–0

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