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1st Division
Anfield | 31 December 1949 at14:30UK local time
Liverpool
2
-
0
Arsenal
Starting Lineup
(Average age 28.56)
1
Cyril Sidlow
2
Ray Lambert
3
Eddie Spicer
4
Phil Taylor
(c)
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Bill Jones
7
Jimmy Payne
8
Kevin Baron
9
Albert Stubbins
10
Willie Fagan
11
Billy Liddell
Goals
Billy Liddell
32′
George Swindin O/G
82′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 31.04)
George Swindin
Laurie Scott
Walley Barnes
Alex Forbes
Leslie Compton
Joe Mercer
Freddie Cox
Jimmy Logie
Peter Goring
Archie Macaulay
Ian McPherson
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
Thomas Whittaker
Referee:
Rand TW
Attendance:
55,020
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
1937
League game number:
1757
Played towards Kop:
First half
Liverpool league position:
1st
Arsenal league position:
8th
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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
25
12
11
2
45
26
+19
35
2
Man Utd
25
12
9
4
42
21
+21
33
3
Blackpool
24
11
9
4
33
20
+13
31
4
Wolves
25
11
9
5
45
33
+12
31
5
Portsmouth
25
11
8
6
44
26
+18
30
6
Burnley
26
11
8
7
27
25
+2
30
7
Derby Co
24
12
5
7
45
31
+14
29
8
Arsenal
26
11
7
8
47
35
+12
29
9
Sunderland
25
11
6
8
45
41
+4
28
10
Chelsea
25
9
9
7
43
37
+6
27
11
Middlesbrough
25
10
5
10
31
30
+1
25
12
Newcastle U
24
9
6
9
44
38
+6
24
13
West Brom
25
9
6
10
37
36
+1
24
14
Fulham
25
8
8
9
30
29
+1
24
15
Aston Villa
25
7
9
9
32
37
-5
23
16
Huddersfield
26
7
7
12
30
54
-24
21
17
Stoke C
26
6
8
12
29
47
-18
20
18
Everton
25
6
8
11
24
45
-21
20
19
Charlton Ath
26
8
3
15
35
44
-9
19
20
Bolton Wan
25
4
10
11
27
33
-6
18
21
Man City
25
5
7
13
23
44
-21
17
22
Birmingham C
25
3
8
14
19
45
-26
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