Until more recent times, teams were required to submit a written team sheet detailing the starting XI to the referee prior to the game, with the sheet signed by the manager or an assistant. They also detail the kit colours to be worn.
We have around 150 of these in our collection to date, and this particular pair show the teams from the 26th August 1972 meeting between Liverpool and West Ham.
The game ended 3 – 2 with Toshack & Hughes adding to an own goal by the West Ham goalkeeper in front of 50,491 fans at Anfield.
