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1st Division
Anfield | Saturday 11 September 1926 at 15:15 UK local time
Liverpool
5
-
1
Sheffield United
Half time
2–0
Starting Lineup
1
Arthur Riley
2
Tommy Lucas
(c)
3
Ephraim Longworth
4
Albert Shears
5
Bill Cockburn
6
Tom Bromilow
7
Jimmy Walsh
8
Gordon Hodgson
9
Dick Forshaw
10
Harry Chambers
11
Fred Hopkin
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 29.79)
Jack Alderson
Bernie Harris
Len Birks
Tommy Sampy
Seth King
George Green
Dave Mercer
Thomas Boyle
Harry Johnson
Billy Gillespie
Fred Tunstall
Other details
Manager:
Matt McQueen
Opposition manager:
John Nicholson
Referee:
Mee HN
Attendance:
33,058
Half-time score:
2
-
0
Game number:
1196
League game number:
1065
Played towards Kop:
First half
Liverpool league position:
2nd
Sheffield United league position:
11th
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28 Aug · 4-2 · Manchester United (H) · League
30 Aug · 1-1 · Aston Villa (A) · League
04 Sep · 1-2 · Derby County (A) · League
08 Sep · 2-1 · Aston Villa (H) · League
11 Sep · 5-1 · Sheffield United (H) · League
18 Sep · 0-2 · Arsenal (A) · League
25 Sep · 0-1 · Everton (A) · League
02 Oct · 2-4 · Leeds United (H) · League
09 Oct · 0-1 · Newcastle United (A) · League
16 Oct · 2-3 · The Wednesday (A) · League
23 Oct · 1-0 · Leicester City (H) · League
30 Oct · 1-2 · Blackburn Rovers (A) · League
06 Nov · 2-3 · Huddersfield Town (H) · League
13 Nov · 1-2 · Sunderland (A) · League
20 Nov · 2-1 · West Bromwich Albion (H) · League
27 Nov · 2-0 · Bury (A) · League
04 Dec · 2-1 · Birmingham (H) · League
11 Dec · 2-1 · Tottenham Hotspur (A) · League
18 Dec · 0-0 · West Ham United (H) · League
25 Dec · 0-4 · Burnley (A) · League
27 Dec · 2-2 · Burnley (H) · League
28 Dec · 3-2 · Bolton Wanderers (H) · League
01 Jan · 1-2 · Bolton Wanderers (A) · League
08 Jan · 1-1 · Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (A) · FA
12 Jan · 4-1 · Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (H) · FA
15 Jan · 1-0 · Manchester United (A) · League
22 Jan · 3-2 · Derby County (H) · League
29 Jan · 3-1 · Southport (H) · FA
05 Feb · 3-0 · Arsenal (H) · League
07 Feb · 4-1 · Sheffield United (A) · League
12 Feb · 1-0 · Everton (H) · League
19 Feb · 0-2 · Arsenal (A) · FA
23 Feb · 0-0 · Leeds United (A) · League
26 Feb · 1-2 · Newcastle United (H) · League
05 Mar · 3-0 · The Wednesday (H) · League
12 Mar · 2-3 · Leicester City (A) · League
19 Mar · 2-2 · Blackburn Rovers (H) · League
26 Mar · 0-1 · Huddersfield Town (A) · League
02 Apr · 1-2 · Sunderland (H) · League
09 Apr · 1-0 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · League
15 Apr · 5-0 · Cardiff City (H) · League
16 Apr · 2-2 · Bury (H) · League
18 Apr · 0-2 · Cardiff City (A) · League
23 Apr · 0-3 · Birmingham (A) · League
30 Apr · 1-0 · Tottenham Hotspur (H) · League
07 May · 3-3 · West Ham United (A) · League
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Sheffield United
Gordon Hodgson
(1–0)
21'
Dick Forshaw
(2–0)
37'
HT
2–0
Dick Forshaw
penalty
(3–0)
49'
Gordon Hodgson
(4–0)
55'
Gordon Hodgson
(5–0)
61'
89'
Harry Johnson
(5–1)
Full time
5–1
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Burnley
5
3
2
0
17
11
+6
8
2
Liverpool
5
3
1
1
13
7
+6
7
3
Leicester City
5
2
3
0
17
12
+5
7
4
Birmingham City
4
3
0
1
9
6
+3
6
5
Tottenham Hotspur
5
2
2
1
14
10
+4
6
6
Arsenal
5
2
2
1
8
10
-2
6
7
Bury
4
2
1
1
14
10
+4
5
8
Bolton Wanderers
5
2
1
2
13
11
+2
5
9
Newcastle United
5
2
1
2
13
12
+1
5
10
Huddersfield Town
5
1
3
1
10
9
+1
5
11
Sheffield United
4
2
1
1
10
9
+1
5
12
West Bromwich Albion
5
2
1
2
11
14
-3
5
13
Blackburn Rovers
3
2
0
1
7
4
+3
4
14
Cardiff City
5
1
2
2
9
9
+0
4
15
Sheffield Wednesday
5
2
0
3
13
15
-2
4
16
Aston Villa
5
1
2
2
6
10
-4
4
17
Leeds United
5
1
2
2
6
10
-4
4
18
West Ham United
4
1
1
2
7
9
-2
3
19
Sunderland
4
1
1
2
4
6
-2
3
20
Derby County
3
1
0
2
3
4
-1
2
21
Manchester United
4
0
2
2
8
12
-4
2
22
Everton
5
0
0
5
5
17
-12
0
