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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 21 April 1906 at 15:30 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 1 Sheffield United

Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup

Sam Hardy
Alf West
Tom Chorlton
Maurice Parry (c)
George Latham
James Bradley
Arthur Goddard
Bobby Robinson
Joe Hewitt
James Gorman
Jack Parkinson

Opposition Lineup

Joe Lievesley
James McCormick
Charles Johnson
Billy Wilkinson
Bernard Wilkinson
Billy Parker
Johnny Lang
Arthur Brown
Alonzo Drake
Edgar Bluff
Bert Lipsham

Notes

  • - James Gorman makes his LFC debut
  • - Heavy rain in the hour before the scheduled kick-off kept the crowd down to a much lower figure than might have been expected to greet the newly-crowned English champions.

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: John Nicholson
Referee: Howcroft JT
Attendance: 10,000
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 497
League game number: 424
Liverpool league position: 1st
Sheffield United league position: 12th
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Jack Parkinson
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HT 2–0
Bobby Robinson
50'
Minute unknown
Jack Parkinson
Alonzo Drake
Full time 3–1

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