Wednesday, August 30 – 1939
Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 18:30.
Liverpool – Middlesbrough 4-1 (0-1).
Attendance: 16,762.
Referee: Mr. H. Berry (Huddersfield).
Liverpool (2-3-5): Dirk Kemp, Jim Harley, Bernard Ramsden, Matt Busby, Tom Bush, James McInnes, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Phil Taylor, Willie Fagan, Jack Balmer, Herman Van den Berg.
Middlesbrough (2-3-5): Dave Cumming, George Laking, Bobby Stuart, Duncan McKenzie, Bob Baxter, William Forrest, Jackie Milne, Wilf Mannion, Micky Fenton, George Camsell, Cliff Chadwick.
The goals: 0-1 Fenton (5 min.), 1-1 Taylor, 2-1 Taylor (65 min.), 3-1 Van den Berg, 4-1 Balmer.
Match report from the Liverpool Daily Post, Thursday, August 31 – 1939.
"Play Up, Liverpool" 