Saturday, December 9 – 1939
Match: Regional League, Western Division, at Victoria Grounds, kick-off: 14:30.
Stoke City – Liverpool 3-1 (2-0).
Attendance: 1,338.
Referee: Mr. E.V. Gough (Stoke).
Stoke (2-3-5): David Jones, Harry Brigham, Arthur Griffiths, Eric Hampson, Billy Mould, Frank Soo, Stanley Matthews, Syd Peppitt, Tommy Sale, Bobby Liddle, Alec Ormston.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Arthur Riley, Tommy Cooper (C), Jack Tennant, Matt Busby, Tom Bush, Jimmy McInnes, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Phil Taylor, Willie Fagan, George Paterson, Herman van den Berg.
The goals: 1-0 Liddle (22 min.), 2-0 Matthews (40 min.), 3-0 Sale (75 min.), 3-1 Fagan (78 min.).
Match report from the Staffordshire Sentinel, Saturday, December 9 – 1939.