Blackpool v Liverpool 8-2 (Lancashire League match: May 25, 1942)


May 25, 1942
Match: Lancashire League match, at Bloomfield Road, kick-off: 18:30.
Blackpool – Liverpool 8-2 (4-0).
Attendance: 4,000.
Referee: Mr. W.H. Evans (Liverpool).
Blackpool (2-3-5): Alex Roxburgh, Pope, Barker, George Farrow, Dykes, Harry Johnston, Stanley Matthews, Stan Mortenson, Finnan, Ronnie Dix, McEwan.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Alf Hobson, Roy Guttridge (Aston Villa), Arthur Owen (Tranmere Rovers), Harry Kaye, Robert Pryde, Fred Finney, Jack Grainger, Jack Balmer, Cyril Done, Stan Palk, Billy Liddell.
The goals: 1-0 Finnan (16), 2-0 Finnan, 3-0 Dix, 4-0 McEwan (25 min.), 5-0 McEwan, 6-0 Dix, 6-1 Liddell (penalty), 6-2 Done, 7-2 Mortenson, 8-2 Mortenson.

Match report from the Liverpool Daily Post, Tuesday, May 26 – 1942:
1942 Blackpool v LFC May 1 1942 Blackpool v LFC May 2 1942 Blackpool v LFC May 3

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