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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 20 April 1912 at 15:30 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 Sheffield United

Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup

Ken Campbell
Ephraim Longworth
Bob Pursell
Ernest Peake
James Scott
Donald McKinlay
Arthur Goddard (c)
Sam Gilligan
Jack Parkinson
Jimmy Stewart
Bill Lacey

Opposition Lineup

Joe Mitchell
Joshua Smith
Bob Benson
Joe Brooks
Bernard Wilkinson
Albert Sturgess
Joe Kitchen
Jim Simmons
Dicky Leafe
Wally Hardinge
Robert Evans

Notes

  • - Arthur Goddard struck the upright from his penalty, but the referee ordered the kick to be retaken and Goddard scored at the second attempt.

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: John Nicholson
Referee: Eccles R
Attendance: 25,000
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 740
League game number: 651
Played towards Kop: First half
Liverpool league position: 19th
Sheffield United league position: 11th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sheffield United
Jimmy Stewart (1–0)
10'
Arthur Goddard penalty (2–0)
44'
HT 2–0
Full time 2–0

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