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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 24 August 1968 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 4 - 1 Sunderland
Half time 3–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.53)

1
Tommy Lawrence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Peter Wall
4
Tommy Smith
5
Ron Yeats (c)
6
Emlyn Hughes
7
Ian Callaghan
8
Roger Hunt
9
Tony Hateley
10
Ian St John
11
Peter Thompson

Substitutes

12
Geoff Strong

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.14)

Jim Montgomery
Martin Harvey
Len Ashurst
Charlie Hurley
Colin Todd
Ian Porterfield
George Herd
Gordon Harris
Billy Hughes
Colin Suggett
George Mulhall

Substitutes used

Bruce Stuckey

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Alan Brown
Referee: Callaghan L
Attendance: 46,547
Half-time score: 3 - 0
Game number: 2823
League game number: 2535
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 4th
Sunderland league position: 9th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sunderland
Tommy Smith (Ian St John) (1–0)
1'
Chris Lawler (Ian St John) (2–0)
16'
Ian Callaghan (Ian St John) (3–0)
44'
HT 3–0
52'
Colin Suggett (3–1)
57'
Bruce Stuckey George Herd
Tony Hateley (Peter Thompson) (4–1)
66'
Full time 4–1

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