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2nd Division
Anfield | 29 August 1956 at18:30UK local time
Liverpool
3
-
3
Notts County
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.17)
1
Tommy Younger
2
John Molyneux
3
Ronnie Moran
4
Roy Saunders
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Geoff Twentyman
7
Brian Jackson
8
Tony Rowley
9
Billy Liddell
(c)
10
John Evans
11
Louis Bimpson
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Geoff Twentyman
Geoff Twentyman
(Brian Jackson)
Louis Bimpson
79′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 24.84)
Gordon Bradley
Frank Cruickshank
Pat Groome
Bert Loxley
Peter Russell
Ray Chatham
Don Roby
Ron Wylie
Jackie Lane
Jimmy Jackson
Gordon Wills
Opposition goals
Jackie Lane
35
′
Ron Wylie
59
′
Jimmy Jackson
76
′
Other details
Manager:
Phil Taylor
Opposition manager:
George Poyser
Referee:
Tirebuck LJ
Attendance:
41,095
Half-time score:
1
-
1
Game number:
2232
League game number:
2030
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
11th
Notts County league position:
14th
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18 Aug 1956 - Liverpool 2-3 Huddersfield Town
23 Aug 1956 - Notts County 1-1 Liverpool
25 Aug 1956 - Bury 2-0 Liverpool
29 Aug 1956 - Liverpool 3-3 Notts County
01 Sep 1956 - Liverpool 3-2 Grimsby Town
03 Sep 1956 - West Ham United 1-1 Liverpool
08 Sep 1956 - Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Liverpool
15 Sep 1956 - Liverpool 0-2 Stoke City
22 Sep 1956 - Middlesbrough 1-1 Liverpool
29 Sep 1956 - Liverpool 2-0 Leicester City
06 Oct 1956 - Liverpool 2-3 Blackburn Rovers
13 Oct 1956 - Bristol City 1-2 Liverpool
20 Oct 1956 - Liverpool 4-3 Fulham
27 Oct 1956 - Barnsley 1-4 Liverpool
03 Nov 1956 - Liverpool 4-1 Port Vale
10 Nov 1956 - Rotherham United 2-2 Liverpool
17 Nov 1956 - Liverpool 4-0 Lincoln City
24 Nov 1956 - Swansea Town 1-1 Liverpool
01 Dec 1956 - Liverpool 5-1 Sheffield United
08 Dec 1956 - Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool
15 Dec 1956 - Huddersfield Town 3-0 Liverpool
22 Dec 1956 - Liverpool 2-0 Bury
25 Dec 1956 - Liverpool 1-0 Leyton Orient
26 Dec 1956 - Leyton Orient 4-0 Liverpool
29 Dec 1956 - Grimsby Town 0-0 Liverpool
05 Jan 1957 - Southend United 1-2 Liverpool
12 Jan 1957 - Liverpool 2-1 Doncaster Rovers
19 Jan 1957 - Stoke City 0-1 Liverpool
02 Feb 1957 - Liverpool 1-2 Middlesbrough
09 Feb 1957 - Leicester City 2-3 Liverpool
16 Feb 1957 - Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Liverpool
02 Mar 1957 - Fulham 2-1 Liverpool
09 Mar 1957 - Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley
16 Mar 1957 - Port Vale 2-1 Liverpool
23 Mar 1957 - Liverpool 4-1 Rotherham United
30 Mar 1957 - Lincoln City 3-3 Liverpool
06 Apr 1957 - Liverpool 2-0 Swansea Town
13 Apr 1957 - Sheffield United 0-3 Liverpool
19 Apr 1957 - Liverpool 4-1 Bristol Rovers
20 Apr 1957 - Liverpool 3-1 Nottingham Forest
22 Apr 1957 - Bristol Rovers 0-0 Liverpool
27 Apr 1957 - Liverpool 1-0 West Ham United
01 May 1957 - Liverpool 2-1 Bristol City
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Sheffield U
4
4
0
0
15
5
+10
8
2
Bristol R
4
3
1
0
9
5
+4
7
3
Nottm Forest
3
3
0
0
12
3
+9
6
4
Swansea C
3
3
0
0
10
4
+6
6
5
Lincoln C
4
2
2
0
10
5
+5
6
6
Huddersfield
4
2
1
1
9
6
+3
5
7
Leicester C
4
2
1
1
8
7
+1
5
8
Stoke C
4
2
1
1
6
6
+0
5
9
Grimsby T
4
2
0
2
6
4
+2
4
10
West Ham U
4
2
0
2
8
6
+2
4
11
Liverpool
4
1
2
1
8
7
+1
4
12
Middlesbrough
4
1
2
1
8
7
+1
4
13
Bury
4
1
2
1
7
8
-1
4
14
Notts Co
4
0
3
1
7
8
-1
3
15
Doncaster R
4
1
1
2
5
8
-3
3
16
Bristol C
3
1
1
1
4
7
-3
3
17
Blackburn R
4
1
0
3
7
12
-5
2
18
Port Vale
4
0
2
2
3
9
-6
2
19
Barnsley
3
0
1
2
3
6
-3
1
20
Leyton O
4
0
1
3
4
11
-7
1
21
Rotherham U
4
0
1
3
2
8
-6
1
22
Fulham
4
0
0
4
5
14
-9
0
