March 20, 1959
Match: Football League, Second Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 19:15.
Liverpool – Stoke City 3-4 (3-2).
Attendance: 35,507.
Referee: Mr. H. Webb; linesmen: Messrs. J. Sellars and G. Ollerton.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Tommy Younger, John Molyneux, Ronnie Moran, Johnny Wheeler, Dick White, Geoff Twentyman, Fred Morris, Jimmy Melia, Louis Bimpson, Jimmy Harrower, Alan A’Court.
Stoke City (2-3-5): Bill Robertson, John McCue, Tony Allen, Bill Asprey, Kenny Thomson, Bobby Cairns, Bobby Howitt, John Anderson, Dennis Wilshaw, Johnny King, Jimmy Wallace.
The goals: 1-0 Melia (4 min.), 1-1 Asprey (22 min.), 2-1 Bimpson (25 min.), 2-2 Wilshaw (26 min.), 3-2 Melia (31 min., assist: Moran), 3-3 Own goal (White, 57 min.), 3-4 Wilshaw (70 min.).
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My dad played in this game, number 11 for Stoke Jimmy Wallace….he was a scouser, friends wouldnt speak to him afterwards….he assisted 2 of the goals.