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1st Division
Bloomfield Road | 30 November 1946 at14:15UK local time
Blackpool
3
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.32)
1
Cyril Sidlow
2
Ray Lambert
3
Bernard Ramsden
4
Phil Taylor
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Bill Jones
7
Harry Eastham
8
Jack Balmer
(c)
9
Albert Stubbins
10
Cyril Done
11
Billy Liddell
Goals
Jack Balmer
35′
Cyril Done
88′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 29.29)
Jock Wallace
Eric Sibley
Gordon Kennedy
George Farrow
Eric Hayward
Harry Johnston
Alex Munro
George Dick
Stan Mortensen
Jimmy Blair
Jimmy McIntosh
Opposition goals
Jimmy McIntosh
13
′
Jimmy Blair
65
′
Stan Mortensen
87
′
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
Joseph Smith
Referee:
Prescot W
Attendance:
23,565
Half-time score:
1
-
1
Game number:
1791
League game number:
1623
Liverpool league position:
1st
Blackpool league position:
3rd
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31 Aug 1946 - Sheffield United 1-0 Liverpool
04 Sep 1946 - Liverpool 0-1 Middlesbrough
07 Sep 1946 - Liverpool 7-4 Chelsea
11 Sep 1946 - Manchester United 0-5 Liverpool
14 Sep 1946 - Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Liverpool
21 Sep 1946 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
28 Sep 1946 - Liverpool 2-0 Leeds United
05 Oct 1946 - Grimsby Town 6-1 Liverpool
09 Oct 1946 - Middlesbrough 2-2 Liverpool
12 Oct 1946 - Liverpool 1-1 Charlton Athletic
19 Oct 1946 - Huddersfield Town 4-1 Liverpool
26 Oct 1946 - Liverpool 1-0 Brentford
02 Nov 1946 - Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Liverpool
09 Nov 1946 - Liverpool 3-0 Portsmouth
16 Nov 1946 - Derby County 4-1 Liverpool
23 Nov 1946 - Liverpool 4-2 Arsenal
30 Nov 1946 - Blackpool 2-3 Liverpool
07 Dec 1946 - Liverpool 1-5 Wolves
14 Dec 1946 - Sunderland 4-1 Liverpool
21 Dec 1946 - Liverpool 4-1 Aston Villa
25 Dec 1946 - Stoke City 1-2 Liverpool
26 Dec 1946 - Liverpool 2-0 Stoke City
28 Dec 1946 - Liverpool 1-2 Sheffield United
04 Jan 1947 - Chelsea 1-3 Liverpool
11 Jan 1947 - Walsall 5-2 Liverpool
18 Jan 1947 - Liverpool 0-3 Bolton Wanderers
25 Jan 1947 - Liverpool 2-0 Grimsby Town
29 Jan 1947 - Everton 0-1 Liverpool
01 Feb 1947 - Leeds United 2-1 Liverpool
08 Feb 1947 - Liverpool 1-0 Derby County
12 Feb 1947 - Liverpool 5-0 Grimsby Town
22 Feb 1947 - Liverpool 1-0 Huddersfield Town
01 Mar 1947 - Liverpool 4-1 Birmingham City
08 Mar 1947 - Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
15 Mar 1947 - Portsmouth 2-1 Liverpool
22 Mar 1947 - Liverpool 1-1 Derby County
29 Mar 1947 - Liverpool 0-0 Burnley
04 Apr 1947 - Preston North End 0-0 Liverpool
05 Apr 1947 - Liverpool 2-3 Blackpool
07 Apr 1947 - Liverpool 3-0 Preston North End
12 Apr 1947 - Liverpool 0-1 Burnley
19 Apr 1947 - Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland
26 Apr 1947 - Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool
03 May 1947 - Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United
10 May 1947 - Charlton Athletic 3-1 Liverpool
17 May 1947 - Brentford 1-1 Liverpool
24 May 1947 - Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool
31 May 1947 - Wolves 2-1 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
17
10
4
3
40
22
+18
24
2
Wolves
18
11
2
5
41
23
+18
24
3
Blackpool
18
11
1
6
36
30
+6
23
4
Man Utd
17
8
5
4
39
25
+14
21
5
Stoke C
17
9
2
6
37
28
+9
20
6
Middlesbrough
16
8
4
4
32
25
+7
20
7
Sheff Utd
16
8
4
4
31
29
+2
20
8
Preston NE
16
8
3
5
30
27
+3
19
9
Aston Villa
17
7
4
6
25
18
+7
18
10
Sunderland
17
8
2
7
30
28
+2
18
11
Grimsby T
16
6
5
5
24
28
-4
17
12
Blackburn R
16
6
3
7
19
16
+3
15
13
Charlton Ath
17
6
3
8
32
35
-3
15
14
Bolton Wan
17
5
5
7
26
27
-1
15
15
Chelsea
17
6
3
8
32
39
-7
15
16
Brentford
16
5
3
8
23
33
-10
13
17
Everton
16
5
3
8
19
30
-11
13
18
Portsmouth
17
5
2
10
28
31
-3
12
19
Derby Co
16
5
2
9
27
36
-9
12
20
Leeds U
17
5
2
10
26
36
-10
12
21
Arsenal
17
4
3
10
27
40
-13
11
22
Huddersfield
17
5
1
11
22
40
-18
11
