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1st Division
Anfield | 18 December 1937 at14:15UK local time
Liverpool
2
-
0
Arsenal
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.42)
1
Arthur Riley
2
Tom Cooper
(c)
3
Jim Harley
4
Matt Busby
5
Fred Rogers
6
Tom Bush
7
Berry Nieuwenhuys
8
Phil Taylor
9
John Shafto
10
Willie Fagan
11
Alf Hanson
Goals
John Shafto
19′
Berry Nieuwenhuys
44′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 27.07)
Frank Boulton
George Male
Eddie Hapgood
Sidney Cartwright
Bernard Joy
Wilf Copping
Joe Hulme
George Hunt
Ted Drake
Les Jones
Cliff Bastin
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
George Allison
Referee:
Mortimer RA
Attendance:
32,093
Half-time score:
2
-
0
Game number:
1698
League game number:
1542
Liverpool league position:
19th
Arsenal league position:
4th
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28 Aug 1937 - Chelsea 1-6 Liverpool
01 Sep 1937 - Liverpool 3-2 Portsmouth
04 Sep 1937 - Liverpool 1-2 Charlton Athletic
08 Sep 1937 - Portsmouth 1-1 Liverpool
11 Sep 1937 - Preston North End 1-4 Liverpool
15 Sep 1937 - Liverpool 3-0 Stoke City
18 Sep 1937 - Liverpool 2-1 Grimsby Town
25 Sep 1937 - Leeds United 0-2 Liverpool
02 Oct 1937 - Liverpool 1-2 Everton
09 Oct 1937 - Liverpool 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
16 Oct 1937 - Wolves 0-2 Liverpool
23 Oct 1937 - Liverpool 1-1 Leicester City
30 Oct 1937 - Sunderland 3-2 Liverpool
06 Nov 1937 - Liverpool 3-4 Brentford
13 Nov 1937 - Manchester City 3-1 Liverpool
20 Nov 1937 - Liverpool 0-1 Huddersfield Town
27 Nov 1937 - Blackpool 1-0 Liverpool
04 Dec 1937 - Liverpool 3-4 Derby County
11 Dec 1937 - Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Liverpool
18 Dec 1937 - Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
27 Dec 1937 - Birmingham 2-2 Liverpool
01 Jan 1938 - Liverpool 2-2 Chelsea
08 Jan 1938 - Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool
12 Jan 1938 - Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace
15 Jan 1938 - Charlton Athletic 0-3 Liverpool
22 Jan 1938 - Sheffield United 1-1 Liverpool
26 Jan 1938 - Liverpool 1-0 Sheffield United
29 Jan 1938 - Grimsby Town 0-0 Liverpool
02 Feb 1938 - Liverpool 2-2 Preston North End
05 Feb 1938 - Liverpool 1-1 Leeds United
12 Feb 1938 - Liverpool 0-1 Huddersfield Town
16 Feb 1938 - Everton 3-1 Liverpool
19 Feb 1938 - West Bromwich Albion 1-5 Liverpool
26 Feb 1938 - Liverpool 0-1 Wolves
05 Mar 1938 - Leicester City 2-2 Liverpool
12 Mar 1938 - Liverpool 4-0 Sunderland
19 Mar 1938 - Brentford 3-1 Liverpool
26 Mar 1938 - Liverpool 2-0 Manchester City
02 Apr 1938 - Huddersfield Town 2-1 Liverpool
06 Apr 1938 - Liverpool 3-2 Birmingham
09 Apr 1938 - Liverpool 4-2 Blackpool
15 Apr 1938 - Middlesbrough 1-1 Liverpool
16 Apr 1938 - Derby County 1-4 Liverpool
18 Apr 1938 - Liverpool 1-1 Middlesbrough
23 Apr 1938 - Liverpool 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
30 Apr 1938 - Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool
07 May 1938 - Stoke City 0-2 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Brentford
21
10
5
6
35
30
+5
25
2
Bolton Wan
20
8
8
4
35
26
+9
24
3
Leeds U
20
8
8
4
32
28
+4
24
4
Arsenal
20
9
5
6
38
23
+15
23
5
Preston NE
20
8
7
5
33
22
+11
23
6
Wolves
19
9
5
5
30
21
+9
23
7
Huddersfield
20
10
3
7
29
25
+4
23
8
Chelsea
20
9
4
7
39
37
+2
22
9
Charlton Ath
19
7
8
4
27
23
+4
22
10
Sunderland
20
7
6
7
30
35
-5
20
11
Derby Co
20
6
8
6
32
41
-9
20
12
Stoke C
20
7
5
8
29
22
+7
19
13
Birmingham C
20
5
9
6
27
24
+3
19
14
Man City
18
7
4
7
33
32
+1
18
15
Middlesbrough
19
7
4
8
33
34
-1
18
16
West Brom
19
8
2
9
34
39
-5
18
17
Leicester C
20
7
4
9
28
34
-6
18
18
Grimsby T
20
5
8
7
23
30
-7
18
19
Liverpool
20
7
3
10
29
36
-7
17
20
Everton
20
7
2
11
32
36
-4
16
21
Blackpool
21
4
6
11
23
37
-14
14
22
Portsmouth
20
3
6
11
27
43
-16
12
