January 7, 1939
“A” match: West Lancashire League, at Lancaster County Mental Hospital Ground.
Lancaster – Liverpool ‘A’ 4-3.
Mentioned Lancaster players: Shuttlesworth, Howell, Stephenson.
Liverpool ‘A’ (2-3-5): Cecil Ambler, Richard Thornber, Matt Fitzsimmons, Ray Lambert, Hugh Robertson, Cliff Lloyd, Billy Liddell, Bill Jones, Jack Haines, Tommy Astbury, William Pinnington.
The goals: Shuttlesworth 2 (1 pen), Howell, Stephenson for Lancaster; Pinnington, Liddell, Haines for Liverpool ‘A’.
Match report from the Liverpool Daily Post, Monday, January 9 – 1939.
Team: Cecil Ambler, Richard Thornber, Matt Fitzsimmons, Ray Lambert, Hugh Robertson, Cliff Lloyd, Billy Liddell, Bill Jones, Jack Haines, Tommy Astbury, William Pinnington. Goals: Liddell, Haines & Pinnington. (LFC Official Archives)