Manchester United 19 Dec 1953

Manchester United	5	-	1	Liverpool
Half time 4–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.15)

1	Dave Underwood
2	Ray Lambert
3	Eddie Spicer
4	Barry Wilkinson
5	Geoff Twentyman
6	Roy Saunders
7	Brian Jackson
8	Sammy Smyth
9	Louis Bimpson
10	Kevin Baron
11	Billy Liddell (c)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.26)

Ray Wood

Bill Foulkes

Roger Byrne

Jeff Whitefoot

Allenby Chilton

Duncan Edwards

Johnny Berry

Jackie Blanchflower

Tommy Taylor

Dennis Viollet

Jack Rowley

Notes

- Geoff Twentyman makes his LFC debut
- Dave Underwood makes his LFC debut
- Spicer breaks his leg for the 2nd time in his career. He never recovered and quit the game.

Other details

Manager: Don Welsh

Opposition manager: Matt Busby

Referee: Black G

Attendance: 26,074

Half-time score: 4 - 0

Game number: 2115

League game number: 1923

Liverpool league position: 22nd

Manchester United league position: 7th

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Liverpool's player career ended with 19 leg fractures against Man Utd

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Liverpool

Manchester United

14'

Tommy Taylor (0–1)

34'

Jackie Blanchflower (0–2)

36'

Tommy Taylor (0–3)

44'

Dennis Viollet (0–4)

HT 0–4

Louis Bimpson (Sammy Smyth) (1–4)

58'

79'

Tommy Taylor (1–5)

Full time 1–5

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wolves	23	15	5	3	58	32	+26	35
2	West Bromwich Albion	23	15	3	5	61	32	+29	33
3	Huddersfield Town	23	12	6	5	42	25	+17	30
4	Burnley	23	15	0	8	52	39	+13	30
5	Bolton Wanderers	22	9	8	5	39	32	+7	26
6	Cardiff City	23	10	5	8	29	38	-9	25
7	Manchester United	23	7	10	6	40	33	+7	24
8	Arsenal	23	9	6	8	45	43	+2	24
9	Preston North End	23	10	3	10	50	33	+17	23
10	Charlton Athletic	23	11	1	11	46	44	+2	23
11	Tottenham Hotspur	23	11	1	11	39	40	-1	23
12	Blackpool	22	9	4	9	39	43	-4	22
13	Chelsea	23	8	5	10	42	48	-6	21
14	Sheffield Wednesday	24	9	3	12	41	54	-13	21
15	Sheffield United	22	8	4	10	39	43	-4	20
16	Aston Villa	22	9	2	11	36	39	-3	20
17	Newcastle United	23	6	8	9	36	41	-5	20
18	Portsmouth	23	6	6	11	47	57	-10	18
19	Manchester City	23	6	5	12	29	46	-17	17
20	Sunderland	22	6	4	12	43	57	-14	16
21	Middlesbrough	23	6	4	13	32	48	-16	16
22	Liverpool	23	5	5	13	43	61	-18	15

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.15)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.26)

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