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1st Division
Anfield | 17 January 1953 at14:45UK local time
Liverpool
0
-
1
Manchester City
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.94)
1
Russell Crossley
2
Ray Lambert
3
Ronnie Moran
4
Laurie Hughes
5
Bill Jones
6
John Heydon
7
Steve Parr
8
Kevin Baron
9
Jack Smith
10
Sammy Smyth
11
Billy Liddell
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 25.57)
Bert Trautman
Ken Branagan
Roy Little
Don Revie
Dave Ewing
Roy Paul
Jimmy Gunning
Johnny Hart
John Williamson
Ivor Broadis
Bobby Cunliffe
Opposition goals
Johnny Hart
72
′
Other details
Manager:
Don Welsh
Opposition manager:
Leslie McDowall
Referee:
Gerrard FH
Attendance:
41,191
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
2075
League game number:
1883
Liverpool league position:
15th
Manchester City league position:
22nd
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23 Aug 1952 - Preston North End 1-1 Liverpool
27 Aug 1952 - Liverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
30 Aug 1952 - Liverpool 3-2 Stoke City
03 Sep 1952 - Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Liverpool
06 Sep 1952 - Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool
10 Sep 1952 - Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
13 Sep 1952 - Liverpool 1-1 Portsmouth
15 Sep 1952 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Liverpool
20 Sep 1952 - Liverpool 4-1 Middlesbrough
27 Sep 1952 - West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Liverpool
04 Oct 1952 - Liverpool 5-3 Newcastle United
11 Oct 1952 - Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Liverpool
18 Oct 1952 - Liverpool 0-2 Aston Villa
25 Oct 1952 - Sunderland 1-3 Liverpool
01 Nov 1952 - Liverpool 2-1 Wolves
08 Nov 1952 - Charlton Athletic 2-3 Liverpool
15 Nov 1952 - Liverpool 1-5 Arsenal
22 Nov 1952 - Derby County 2-3 Liverpool
29 Nov 1952 - Liverpool 2-2 Blackpool
13 Dec 1952 - Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United
20 Dec 1952 - Liverpool 2-2 Preston North End
25 Dec 1952 - Burnley 0-2 Liverpool
26 Dec 1952 - Liverpool 1-1 Burnley
03 Jan 1953 - Stoke City 1-3 Liverpool
10 Jan 1953 - Gateshead 0-1 Liverpool
17 Jan 1953 - Liverpool 0-1 Manchester City
24 Jan 1953 - Portsmouth 1-3 Liverpool
07 Feb 1953 - Middlesbrough 3-2 Liverpool
14 Feb 1953 - Liverpool 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
21 Feb 1953 - Newcastle United 2-1 Liverpool
04 Mar 1953 - Liverpool 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
07 Mar 1953 - Aston Villa 0-4 Liverpool
14 Mar 1953 - Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland
21 Mar 1953 - Wolves 0-3 Liverpool
23 Mar 1953 - Chelsea 0-3 Liverpool
28 Mar 1953 - Liverpool 1-2 Charlton Athletic
03 Apr 1953 - Liverpool 2-1 Cardiff City
04 Apr 1953 - Arsenal 3-5 Liverpool
06 Apr 1953 - Cardiff City 0-4 Liverpool
11 Apr 1953 - Liverpool 1-1 Derby County
18 Apr 1953 - Blackpool 1-3 Liverpool
20 Apr 1953 - Manchester United 1-3 Liverpool
25 Apr 1953 - Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
West Brom
26
15
3
8
43
35
+8
33
2
Sunderland
26
13
6
7
46
42
+4
32
3
Burnley
25
11
9
5
39
27
+12
31
4
Arsenal
23
12
6
5
52
36
+16
30
5
Wolves
26
11
8
7
50
44
+6
30
6
Man Utd
26
12
6
8
40
38
+2
30
7
Preston NE
24
11
7
6
50
37
+13
29
8
Charlton Ath
24
11
6
7
50
42
+8
28
9
Blackpool
26
11
6
9
51
48
+3
28
10
Tottenham H
26
10
7
9
47
33
+14
27
11
Sheff Wed
26
9
8
9
41
41
+0
26
12
Newcastle U
26
10
6
10
41
45
-4
26
13
Middlesbrough
26
8
7
11
39
49
-10
23
14
Bolton Wan
24
8
6
10
37
43
-6
22
15
Liverpool
25
8
6
11
39
47
-8
22
16
Aston Villa
24
7
8
9
31
35
-4
22
17
Portsmouth
26
7
7
12
41
47
-6
21
18
Derby Co
26
8
5
13
35
40
-5
21
19
Cardiff C
23
6
8
9
27
28
-1
20
20
Chelsea
25
6
6
13
32
42
-10
18
21
Stoke C
26
6
6
14
31
48
-17
18
22
Man City
25
6
5
14
38
53
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