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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 3 September 1921 at 15:15 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 1 Sunderland

Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.58)

Elisha Scott
Tommy Lucas
Donald McKinlay (c)
John Bamber
Walter Wadsworth
Tom Bromilow
Bill Lacey
Dick Forshaw
Billy Matthews
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

Other details

Manager: David Ashworth
Opposition manager: Robert Kyle
Referee: Scholey A
Attendance: 40,000
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 964
League game number: 853
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 10th
Sunderland league position: 7th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sunderland
Billy Matthews (1–0)
30'
HT 1–0
Dick Forshaw (2–0)
77'
85'
Charlie Buchan (2–1)
Full time 2–1

Match archive

Liverpool Courier sketch - courtesy of Billy Smith
Liverpool Courier sketch - courtesy of Billy Smith
Sketch from Liverpool Echo
Sketch from Liverpool Echo
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