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1st Division
Anfield | 27 December 1949 at14:15UK local time
Liverpool
2
-
2
Chelsea
Starting Lineup
(Average age 28.42)
1
Cyril Sidlow
2
Ray Lambert
3
Eddie Spicer
4
Bob Paisley
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Bill Jones
7
Billy Liddell
8
Kevin Baron
9
Albert Stubbins
10
Willie Fagan
(c)
11
Ken Brierley
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Willie Fagan
51′
Willie Fagan
59′
(Kevin Baron)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 28.89)
Harry Medhurst
Danny Winter
Billy Hughes
Ken Armstrong
John Harris
Hugh Billington
Bobby Campbell
Roy Bentley
Jimmy Bowie
Billy Gray
Frank Mitchell
Opposition goals
Roy Bentley
22
′
Hugh Billington
83
′
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
William Birrell
Referee:
Green FC
Attendance:
58,757
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
1936
League game number:
1756
Liverpool league position:
1st
Chelsea league position:
10th
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20 Aug 1949 - Liverpool 4-2 Sunderland
22 Aug 1949 - Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
27 Aug 1949 - Everton 0-0 Liverpool
31 Aug 1949 - Liverpool 1-1 Stoke City
03 Sep 1949 - Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool
07 Sep 1949 - Liverpool 1-1 Manchester United
10 Sep 1949 - Liverpool 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
17 Sep 1949 - Birmingham City 3-2 Liverpool
24 Sep 1949 - Liverpool 3-1 Derby County
01 Oct 1949 - West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Liverpool
08 Oct 1949 - Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough
15 Oct 1949 - Blackpool 0-0 Liverpool
22 Oct 1949 - Liverpool 2-2 Newcastle United
29 Oct 1949 - Fulham 1-0 Liverpool
05 Nov 1949 - Liverpool 4-0 Manchester City
12 Nov 1949 - Charlton Athletic 3-1 Liverpool
19 Nov 1949 - Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa
26 Nov 1949 - Wolves 1-1 Liverpool
03 Dec 1949 - Liverpool 2-2 Portsmouth
10 Dec 1949 - Huddersfield Town 2-3 Liverpool
17 Dec 1949 - Sunderland 2-3 Liverpool
24 Dec 1949 - Liverpool 3-1 Everton
26 Dec 1949 - Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool
27 Dec 1949 - Liverpool 2-2 Chelsea
31 Dec 1949 - Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
07 Jan 1950 - Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Liverpool
11 Jan 1950 - Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
14 Jan 1950 - Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Liverpool
21 Jan 1950 - Liverpool 2-0 Birmingham City
28 Jan 1950 - Liverpool 3-1 Exeter City
04 Feb 1950 - Derby County 2-2 Liverpool
11 Feb 1950 - Stockport County 2-1 Liverpool
18 Feb 1950 - Liverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
25 Feb 1950 - Middlesbrough 1-4 Liverpool
04 Mar 1950 - Liverpool 2-1 Blackpool
08 Mar 1950 - Liverpool 0-1 Blackpool
11 Mar 1950 - Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
15 Mar 1950 - Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool
18 Mar 1950 - Liverpool 0-2 Wolves
25 Mar 1950 - Liverpool 2-0 Everton
29 Mar 1950 - Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool
01 Apr 1950 - Liverpool 1-0 Charlton Athletic
07 Apr 1950 - Burnley 2-0 Liverpool
08 Apr 1950 - Newcastle United 1-5 Liverpool
10 Apr 1950 - Liverpool 0-1 Burnley
15 Apr 1950 - Liverpool 1-1 Fulham
22 Apr 1950 - Portsmouth 1-2 Liverpool
29 Apr 1950 - Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal
03 May 1950 - Liverpool 2-3 Huddersfield Town
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
24
11
11
2
43
26
+17
33
2
Man Utd
24
11
9
4
40
20
+20
31
3
Blackpool
23
11
9
3
33
17
+16
31
4
Portsmouth
24
11
7
6
43
25
+18
29
5
Arsenal
25
11
7
7
47
33
+14
29
6
Wolves
24
10
9
5
42
33
+9
29
7
Burnley
25
11
7
7
26
24
+2
29
8
Derby Co
23
11
5
7
42
30
+12
27
9
Sunderland
24
10
6
8
43
41
+2
26
10
Chelsea
24
8
9
7
41
36
+5
25
11
West Brom
24
9
6
9
36
34
+2
24
12
Fulham
24
8
8
8
29
27
+2
24
13
Middlesbrough
24
10
4
10
30
29
+1
24
14
Aston Villa
24
7
9
8
32
36
-4
23
15
Newcastle U
23
8
6
9
43
38
+5
22
16
Huddersfield
25
7
7
11
29
52
-23
21
17
Stoke C
25
6
8
11
28
44
-16
20
18
Bolton Wan
24
4
10
10
27
31
-4
18
19
Everton
24
5
8
11
22
44
-22
18
20
Charlton Ath
25
7
3
15
33
43
-10
17
21
Man City
24
5
7
12
22
42
-20
17
22
Birmingham C
24
3
7
14
18
44
-26
13
