Sunderland 14 Mar 1953 - LFChistory.net

Liverpool	2	-	0	Sunderland
Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.87)

1	Russell Crossley
2	Ray Lambert
3	Eddie Spicer
4	Roy Saunders
5	Bill Jones
6	Phil Taylor (c)
7	Jimmy Payne
8	Sammy Smyth
9	Billy Liddell
10	Jack Smith
11	Alan A'Court

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.97)

Harry Threadgold

Jack Stelling

Arthur Hudgell

George Aitken

Billy Walsh

Arthur Wright

Tommy Wright

Harry Kirtley

Trevor Ford

Len Shackleton

Tommy Reynolds

Notes

- Alan A'Court scores his first LFC goal

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Manager: Don Welsh

Opposition manager: William Murray

Referee: Power PF

Attendance: 40,409

Half-time score: 2 - 0

Game number: 2082

League game number: 1890

Liverpool league position: 12th

Sunderland league position: 8th

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Sammy Smyth (Phil Taylor) (1–0)

13'

Alan A'Court (Phil Taylor) (2–0)

39'

HT 2–0

Full time 2–0

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	32	16	10	6	53	34	+19	42
2	Wolves	34	15	11	8	65	52	+13	41
3	Preston North End	31	16	8	7	67	48	+19	40
4	West Bromwich Albion	33	18	4	11	53	48	+5	40
5	Arsenal	30	15	8	7	72	47	+25	38
6	Charlton Athletic	31	14	9	8	58	48	+10	37
7	Blackpool	33	15	7	11	60	55	+5	37
8	Sunderland	33	13	10	10	55	57	-2	36
9	Manchester United	33	14	7	12	53	53	+0	35
10	Tottenham Hotspur	33	12	8	13	62	52	+10	32
11	Bolton Wanderers	32	12	8	12	48	52	-4	32
12	Liverpool	32	12	7	13	50	57	-7	31
13	Cardiff City	31	10	10	11	37	31	+6	30
14	Sheffield Wednesday	34	11	8	15	50	57	-7	30
15	Newcastle United	33	10	9	14	48	56	-8	29
16	Aston Villa	31	9	10	12	44	44	+0	28
17	Portsmouth	33	10	8	15	54	64	-10	28
18	Middlesbrough	33	9	9	15	48	67	-19	27
19	Stoke City	33	9	8	16	43	55	-12	26
20	Manchester City	32	10	5	17	52	66	-14	25
21	Chelsea	32	8	8	16	42	54	-12	24
22	Derby County	33	9	6	18	44	61	-17	24

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.87)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.97)

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