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1st Division

Roker Park | Saturday 27 August 1921 at 15:00 UK local time

Sunderland 3 - 0 Liverpool

Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.1)

Elisha Scott
Ephraim Longworth (c)
Donald McKinlay
John Bamber
Walter Wadsworth
Tom Bromilow
Bill Lacey
Dick Forshaw
Danny Shone
Harry Chambers
Fred Hopkin

Opposition Lineup

James Dempster
Bert Hobson
Ernie England
Charlie Parker
Joe Kasher
Jack Poole
Jimmy Stephenson
Charlie Buchan
Paul Stannard
Bobby Marshall
Harry Martin

Notes

  • - Danny Shone makes his LFC debut
  • - Fred Hopkin makes his LFC debut
  • - A Liverpool player missed a penalty in the last minute of this match but so far no reports of the time that have been looked at give any clue as to which player was involved.

Other details

Manager: David Ashworth
Opposition manager: Robert Kyle
Referee: Scholey A
Attendance: 40,000
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 962
League game number: 851
Liverpool league position: 21st
Sunderland league position: 6th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sunderland
15'
Charlie Buchan (0–1)
33'
Charlie Buchan (0–2)
HT 0–2
61'
Harry Martin (0–3)
Full time 0–3

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Liverpool Echo report
Liverpool Echo report
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