Chester v Liverpool 0-5 (Friendly: September 16, 1939)

September 16, 1939
Match: Friendly, at Sealand Road, kick-off: 15:15.
Chester – Liverpool 0-5 (0-1).
Attendance: 5,659; gate recepits: £300.
Chester (2-3-5): Bill Shortt, Vic Brown, Ted Common, Harold Howarth, Trevor Walters, Reg Butcher, Bill Horsman, Joe McGough, Dick Yates, Bill Pendergast, Frank Marsh.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Dirk Kemp, Jim Harley, Bernard Ramsden, Matt Busby, Tom Bush, Jack Easdale, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Jack Balmer, Willie Fagan, Len Carney, Herman Van den Berg.
The goals: 0-1 Fagan (14 min.), 0-2 Fagan (50 min.), 0-3 Nieuwenhuys (70 min.), 0-4 Balmer (80 min.), 0-5 Carney (84 min.).

Match reports:
** Evening Express: “Liverpool F.C. footballers in Khaki.”;
** Liverpool Daily Post: “Easy Liverpool win at Chester.”;