Manchester United 28 Aug 1926

Liverpool	4	-	2	Manchester United
Half time 3–0

Starting Lineup

1	Elisha Scott
2	Tommy Lucas
3	Donald McKinlay (c)
4	Jock McNab
5	Bill Cockburn
6	Tom Bromilow
7	Dick Edmed
8	Gordon Hodgson
9	Dick Forshaw
10	Harry Chambers
11	Fred Hopkin

Opposition Lineup

Alf Steward

Bill Inglis

John Silcock

Clarrie Hilditch

Frank Barson

Frank Mann

Joseph Spence

Tom Smith

Frank McPherson

Ronald Haworth

Harry Thomas

Notes

- Dick Edmed makes his LFC debut
- Lucas conceded a penalty by handling the ball.

Other details

Manager: Matt McQueen

Opposition manager: John Chapman

Referee: Bryan TG

Attendance: 34,795

Half-time score: 3 - 0

Game number: 1192

League game number: 1061

Liverpool league position: 3rd

Manchester United league position: 16th

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Match timeline

Liverpool

Manchester United

Gordon Hodgson (1–0)

24'

Dick Forshaw (2–0)

26'

Dick Forshaw (3–0)

32'

HT 3–0

47'

Frank McPherson (3–1)

71'

Frank McPherson penalty (3–2)

Dick Forshaw (4–2)

75'

Full time 4–2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	2
2	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	2
3	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	2
4	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	2
5	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	2
6	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	2
7	Burnley	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	2
8	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	2
9	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	2
10	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	1
11	West Ham United	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	1
12	Bury	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
13	Huddersfield Town	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
14	Cardiff City	1	0	0	1	3	4	-1	0
15	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0
16	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0
17	Derby County	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
18	Everton	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
19	Leeds United	1	0	0	1	2	5	-3	0
20	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
21	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0
22	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0