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FA Cup 2nd round

Anfield | Saturday 6 February 1909 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 3 Norwich City

Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup

Sam Hardy
Tom Chorlton
Percy Saul
Maurice Parry
Alex Raisbeck (c)
James Bradley
Arthur Goddard
Bobby Robinson
Joe Hewitt
Ronald Orr
Jack Cox

Opposition Lineup

Peter Roney
Charlie French
Charlie Craig
George Newlands
Ted Wagstaffe
Bobby Whiteman
Tommy Long
Pat Flanagan
James Tomlinson
John Smith
Tommy Allsopp

Notes

  • By captain Alex Raisbeck:

    Norwich were considered small fry in these days and were never expected to come to Liverpool and knock the Reds out of the competition. But this is what they did. We were beaten 3-2, but, oh, the goals which the Canaries got! The first was from a penalty, which should not have been given by Percy Saul.

    Strange disappearance of a player

    Percy seemed to lose his head after giving away the penalty. He could do nothing right. He also lost the second and third goals through slackness, and many unkind things were said by the spectators that day. I felt a bit sorry for Percy, but all the same time I was also angry, for we lost a Cup-tie we ought never to have been lost.

    The strange thing about this game was that Percy Saul had just prior to this been made captain and the Norwich match was his last, for he never kicked another ball for Liverpool. His strange disappearance certainly caused a few tongues to wag!

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Unknown
Referee: Lewis HP
Attendance: 25,000
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 610
FA Cup game number: 55
Played towards Kop: Second half

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Match timeline

Liverpool
Norwich City
35'
Tommy Allsopp penalty
HT 0–1
80'
James Tomlinson
Bobby Robinson
85'
89'
John Smith
Minute unknown
Jack Cox
Full time 2–3

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