Saturday, August 24 – 1968
Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:00.
Liverpool – Sunderland 4-1 (3-0).
Attendance: 46,547.
Referee: Mr. L. Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil); linesmen: Messrs. J.C. Bancroft and D. Richardson.
Liverpool: Tommy Lawrence, Chris Lawler, Peter Wall, Tommy Smith, Ron Yeats, Emlyn Hughes, Ian Callaghan, Roger Hunter, Tony Hateley, Ian St John, Peter Thompson.
Sunderland: Jim Montgomery, Martin Harvey, Len Ashurst, Charlie Hurley, Colin Todd, Ian Porterfield, George Herd, Gordon Harris, Billy Hughes, Colin Suggett, George Mulhall.
Substitution: Bruce Stuckey for Herd.
The goals: 1-0 Smith (1 min.), 2-0 Lawler (16 min.), 3-0 Callaghan (44 min.), 4-0 Hateley (66 min.), 4-1 Suggett.
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