December 25, 1941
Match: Football League, Northern Section, at Victoria Grounds.
Stoke City – Liverpool 4-3.
Attendance: 11,000; gate receipts: £460.
Stoke City (2-3-5):
Liverpool (2-3-5): Alf Hobson, Roy Guttridge (Aston Villa), Albert Young (Arsenal), Ray Lambert, Dennis Cooke, Eddie Spicer, Billy Liddell, Stan Palk, Berry Nieuwenhuys, George Paterson, Michael Hulligan.
The goals: 1-3 ?, 2-3 ?, 3-3 ?, 4-3 ? (penalty, 88 min.).
Goals: Sale 2, Liddle, Basnett / Nieuwenhuys, Palk, Liddell.
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