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Wolves

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Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.6)

1	Cyril Sidlow
2	Jim Harley
3	Ray Lambert
4	Bill Jones
5	Laurie Hughes
6	Eddie Spicer
7	Billy Watkinson
8	Jack Balmer (c)
9	Albert Stubbins
10	Billy Liddell
11	Bob Priday

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Jack Balmer 21′ (Billy Watkinson)
Albert Stubbins 38′ (Bob Priday)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.08)

Opposition goals

Jimmy Dunn 65′

Notes

- An important win that eventually clinched Liverpool's first League title since 1923.
- Jimmy Dunn, a Liverpool fan who scored Wolves' goal said: "I remember Cyril [Sidlow] playing a blinder. We hammered them after we scored but we couldn't find a way past him for the second time."

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Manager: George Kay

Opposition manager: Ted Vizard

Referee: Briggs J

Attendance: 50,765

Half-time score: 0 - 2

Game number: 1822

League game number: 1648

Liverpool league position: 1st

Wolves league position: 2nd

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	25	7	10	84	52	+32	57
2	Wolves	42	25	6	11	98	56	+42	56
3	Man Utd	42	22	12	8	95	54	+41	56
4	Stoke C	41	24	7	10	89	51	+38	55
5	Blackpool	42	22	6	14	71	70	+1	50
6	Preston NE	42	18	11	13	76	74	+2	47
7	Sheff Utd	40	19	7	14	85	73	+12	45
8	Aston Villa	42	18	9	15	67	53	+14	45
9	Sunderland	42	18	8	16	65	66	-1	44
10	Everton	42	17	9	16	62	67	-5	43
11	Middlesbrough	42	17	8	17	73	68	+5	42
12	Portsmouth	42	16	9	17	66	60	+6	41
13	Arsenal	41	16	9	16	71	68	+3	41
14	Derby Co	42	18	5	19	73	79	-6	41
15	Chelsea	42	16	7	19	69	84	-15	39
16	Grimsby T	42	13	12	17	61	82	-21	38
17	Blackburn R	42	14	8	20	45	53	-8	36
18	Bolton Wan	42	13	8	21	57	69	-12	34
19	Charlton Ath	42	11	12	19	57	71	-14	34
20	Huddersfield	42	13	7	22	53	79	-26	33
21	Brentford	42	9	7	26	45	88	-43	25
22	Leeds U	42	6	6	30	45	90	-45	18