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1st Division

Anfield | Wednesday 25 August 1948 at 18:15 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 3 Sheffield United
Half time 1–3

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.56)

1
Cyril Sidlow
2
Bill Shepherd
3
Ray Lambert
4
Phil Taylor
5
Bill Jones
6
Bob Paisley
7
Billy Watkinson
8
Jack Balmer (c)
9
Les Shannon
10
Willie Fagan
11
Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 29.21)

Fred White
Fred Furniss
Albert Cox
Ernest Jackson
Jimmy Hagan
Harry Latham
Dick Young
Dennis Thompson
George Jones
Colin Collindridge
Cliff Whitelum

Notes

  • - Liverpool were 2-0 down after 18 minutes. Balmer's brilliant left-foot shot from 25 yards lightened the gloom. Collingridge made it 3-1 right before half-time. Liverpool staged a comeback in the second half. Liddell reduced the arrears with a right-foot shot which would have knocked White into the middle of next week had he got in the way of it. A neat sideways kick by Balmer as he was tripped made the scores level.

Other details

Manager: George Kay
Opposition manager: Edward Davison
Referee: Holt H
Attendance: 37,393
Half-time score: 1 - 3
Game number: 1868
League game number: 1692
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 15th
Sheffield United league position: 7th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sheffield United
18'
George Jones
HT 1–3
Minute unknown
Billy Liddell
Jack Balmer
Jimmy Hagan
Colin Collindridge
Jack Balmer
Full time 3–3

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