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2nd Division

Anfield | Wednesday 23 August 1961 at 19:15 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 0 Sunderland

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.4)

1
Bert Slater
2
Dick White (c)
3
Gerry Byrne
4
Gordon Milne
5
Ron Yeats
6
Tommy Leishman
7
Kevin Lewis
8
Roger Hunt
9
Ian St John
10
Jimmy Melia
11
Alan A'Court

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.84)

Peter Wakeham
Colin Nelson
Len Ashurst
Stan Anderson
Charlie Hurley
Jimmy McNab
Harry Hooper
George Herd
Brian Clough
Willie McPheat
Jack Overfield

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Alan Brown
Referee: Clements W
Attendance: 48,963
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 2454
League game number: 2238
Liverpool league position: 3rd
Sunderland league position: 21st
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sunderland
HT 0–0
Roger Hunt (1–0)
48'
Kevin Lewis (Alan A'Court) (2–0)
78'
Roger Hunt (Jimmy Melia) (3–0)
83'
Full time 3–0

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