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1st Division
St James' Park | 30 October 1948 at15:00UK local time
Newcastle United
1
-
0
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 28.15)
1
Cyril Sidlow
2
Bill Shepherd
3
Ray Lambert
4
Phil Taylor
5
Bill Jones
6
Bob Paisley
7
Jimmy Payne
8
Jack Balmer
(c)
9
Albert Stubbins
10
Billy Liddell
11
Ken Brierley
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.13)
Jack Fairbrother
Bobby Cowell
Ron Batty
Joe Harvey
Frank Brennan
Norman Dodgin
Joe Sibley
Colin Gibson
Jackie Milburn
Ernest Taylor
George Hair
Opposition goals
Jackie Milburn
41
′
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
George Martin
Referee:
Mortimer RA
Attendance:
67,362
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
1881
League game number:
1705
Liverpool league position:
13th
Newcastle United league position:
3rd
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21 Aug 1948 - Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool
25 Aug 1948 - Liverpool 3-3 Sheffield United
28 Aug 1948 - Liverpool 4-0 Sunderland
30 Aug 1948 - Sheffield United 2-1 Liverpool
04 Sep 1948 - Wolves 0-0 Liverpool
08 Sep 1948 - Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
11 Sep 1948 - Liverpool 0-1 Bolton Wanderers
15 Sep 1948 - Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal
18 Sep 1948 - Everton 1-1 Liverpool
25 Sep 1948 - Blackpool 0-1 Liverpool
02 Oct 1948 - Liverpool 0-0 Derby County
09 Oct 1948 - Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
16 Oct 1948 - Birmingham City 1-0 Liverpool
23 Oct 1948 - Liverpool 4-0 Middlesbrough
30 Oct 1948 - Newcastle United 0-1 Liverpool
06 Nov 1948 - Liverpool 3-1 Portsmouth
13 Nov 1948 - Manchester City 4-2 Liverpool
20 Nov 1948 - Liverpool 1-1 Charlton Athletic
27 Nov 1948 - Stoke City 0-3 Liverpool
04 Dec 1948 - Liverpool 1-1 Burnley
11 Dec 1948 - Preston North End 2-3 Liverpool
18 Dec 1948 - Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa
25 Dec 1948 - Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool
27 Dec 1948 - Liverpool 0-2 Manchester United
01 Jan 1949 - Sunderland 2-0 Liverpool
08 Jan 1949 - Nottingham Forest 2-2 Liverpool
15 Jan 1949 - Liverpool 4-0 Nottingham Forest
22 Jan 1949 - Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Liverpool
29 Jan 1949 - Liverpool 1-0 Notts County
05 Feb 1949 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
12 Feb 1949 - Wolves 1-3 Liverpool
19 Feb 1949 - Liverpool 1-1 Blackpool
05 Mar 1949 - Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool
12 Mar 1949 - Liverpool 1-0 Birmingham City
19 Mar 1949 - Charlton Athletic 1-2 Liverpool
26 Mar 1949 - Liverpool 4-0 Stoke City
02 Apr 1949 - Portsmouth 2-3 Liverpool
06 Apr 1949 - Liverpool 0-0 Wolves
09 Apr 1949 - Liverpool 0-1 Manchester City
15 Apr 1949 - Liverpool 0-1 Huddersfield Town
16 Apr 1949 - Middlesbrough 1-0 Liverpool
18 Apr 1949 - Huddersfield Town 4-0 Liverpool
23 Apr 1949 - Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle United
30 Apr 1949 - Burnley 2-0 Liverpool
04 May 1949 - Derby County 0-3 Liverpool
07 May 1949 - Liverpool 0-2 Preston North End
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Derby Co
15
9
6
0
24
12
+12
24
2
Portsmouth
15
9
5
1
27
9
+18
23
3
Newcastle U
15
7
6
2
31
21
+10
20
4
Arsenal
15
7
5
3
24
11
+13
19
5
Charlton Ath
15
6
7
2
30
21
+9
19
6
Stoke C
15
7
4
4
26
21
+5
18
7
Man City
15
6
5
4
21
19
+2
17
8
Sunderland
15
6
5
4
24
25
-1
17
9
Man Utd
15
6
4
5
31
20
+11
16
10
Birmingham C
15
5
6
4
19
12
+7
16
11
Blackpool
15
6
4
5
25
25
+0
16
12
Wolves
15
5
5
5
33
26
+7
15
13
Liverpool
15
4
6
5
18
13
+5
14
14
Bolton Wan
15
5
4
6
17
26
-9
14
15
Middlesbrough
15
5
3
7
19
23
-4
13
16
Burnley
15
5
3
7
15
20
-5
13
17
Chelsea
15
3
6
6
27
25
+2
12
18
Preston NE
15
4
2
9
25
33
-8
10
19
Huddersfield
15
3
4
8
16
34
-18
10
20
Aston Villa
15
3
3
9
25
40
-15
9
21
Everton
15
3
2
10
12
38
-26
8
22
Sheff Utd
15
1
5
9
19
34
-15
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