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1st Division
Highbury | 10 April 1954 at15:00UK local time
Arsenal
3
-
0
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.22)
1
Dave Underwood
2
Tom McNulty
3
Frank Lock
4
Barry Wilkinson
5
Bill Jones
(c)
6
Geoff Twentyman
7
Brian Jackson
8
Eric Anderson
9
Sammy Smyth
10
John Evans
11
Billy Liddell
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 29.48)
Jack Kelsey
Len Wills
Joe Wade
David Bowen
Bill Dickson
Joe Mercer
Arthur Milton
Derek Tapscott
Tommy Lawton
Doug Lishman
Don Roper
Opposition goals
Derek Tapscott
20
′
Don Roper
44
′
Derek Tapscott
71
′
Other details
Manager:
Don Welsh
Opposition manager:
Thomas Whittaker
Referee:
Pullin GW
Attendance:
33,178
Half-time score:
2
-
0
Game number:
2131
League game number:
1938
Liverpool league position:
22nd
Arsenal league position:
11th
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19 Aug 1953 - Liverpool 3-1 Portsmouth
22 Aug 1953 - Liverpool 4-4 Manchester United
26 Aug 1953 - Liverpool 2-2 Newcastle United
29 Aug 1953 - Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Liverpool
02 Sep 1953 - Newcastle United 0-4 Liverpool
05 Sep 1953 - Liverpool 1-5 Preston North End
07 Sep 1953 - Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
12 Sep 1953 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool
16 Sep 1953 - Liverpool 1-1 Wolves
19 Sep 1953 - Liverpool 4-0 Burnley
26 Sep 1953 - Charlton Athletic 0-6 Liverpool
03 Oct 1953 - Liverpool 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday
10 Oct 1953 - Liverpool 6-1 Aston Villa
17 Oct 1953 - Huddersfield Town 0-2 Liverpool
24 Oct 1953 - Liverpool 3-0 Sheffield United
31 Oct 1953 - Chelsea 2-5 Liverpool
07 Nov 1953 - Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City
14 Nov 1953 - Sunderland 2-3 Liverpool
21 Nov 1953 - Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal
28 Nov 1953 - Cardiff City 1-3 Liverpool
05 Dec 1953 - Liverpool 5-2 Blackpool
12 Dec 1953 - Portsmouth 1-5 Liverpool
19 Dec 1953 - Manchester United 1-5 Liverpool
25 Dec 1953 - West Bromwich Albion 2-5 Liverpool
26 Dec 1953 - Liverpool 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
02 Jan 1954 - Liverpool 1-2 Bolton Wanderers
09 Jan 1954 - Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Liverpool
16 Jan 1954 - Preston North End 1-2 Liverpool
23 Jan 1954 - Liverpool 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
06 Feb 1954 - Burnley 1-1 Liverpool
13 Feb 1954 - Liverpool 2-3 Charlton Athletic
24 Feb 1954 - Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Liverpool
27 Feb 1954 - Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool
06 Mar 1954 - Liverpool 1-3 Huddersfield Town
13 Mar 1954 - Sheffield United 1-3 Liverpool
20 Mar 1954 - Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
03 Apr 1954 - Liverpool 4-3 Sunderland
07 Apr 1954 - Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool
10 Apr 1954 - Arsenal 0-3 Liverpool
16 Apr 1954 - Middlesbrough 1-0 Liverpool
17 Apr 1954 - Liverpool 0-1 Cardiff City
19 Apr 1954 - Liverpool 4-1 Middlesbrough
24 Apr 1954 - Blackpool 0-3 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Wolves
38
23
6
9
89
54
+35
52
2
West Brom
38
21
8
9
83
53
+30
50
3
Huddersfield
38
18
11
9
73
53
+20
47
4
Bolton Wan
38
17
10
11
70
55
+15
44
5
Chelsea
38
16
11
11
72
63
+9
43
6
Burnley
38
20
2
16
74
63
+11
42
7
Man Utd
38
15
12
11
66
56
+10
42
8
Blackpool
38
16
10
12
70
65
+5
42
9
Charlton Ath
38
18
5
15
73
71
+2
41
10
Cardiff C
38
17
7
14
47
64
-17
41
11
Arsenal
38
13
12
13
66
66
+0
38
12
Preston NE
38
16
5
17
78
54
+24
37
13
Portsmouth
38
13
10
15
77
83
-6
36
14
Aston Villa
37
14
7
16
60
63
-3
35
15
Tottenham H
38
15
5
18
60
65
-5
35
16
Sheff Wed
39
15
4
20
68
86
-18
34
17
Newcastle U
39
11
10
18
62
74
-12
32
18
Man City
38
12
8
18
57
75
-18
32
19
Sunderland
38
12
6
20
74
85
-11
30
20
Sheff Utd
37
10
10
17
62
79
-17
30
21
Middlesbrough
38
10
9
19
58
83
-25
29
22
Liverpool
38
7
10
21
63
92
-29
24
