They used to play a lot of those games in the old days on heavy muddy pitches. There were two legs to League Cup matches as well. (and you could still get change out a quid for pie/peas and a bovril )
A quid for pie/peas and a Bovril, you were getting ripped off It used to cost me a quid for the full day out, that was bus fare from Lancaster to Liverpool, dinner in John Lewis, bus to Anfield, entrance to the ground and a programme then buses home