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1st Division
Blundell Park | 15 April 1939 at 15:15 UK local time
Grimsby Town
2
-
1
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.12)
1
Arthur Riley
2
Tom Cooper
(c)
3
Bernard Ramsden
4
Matt Busby
5
Fred Rogers
6
Jimmy McInnes
7
Berry Nieuwenhuys
8
Phil Taylor
9
Willie Fagan
10
Jack Balmer
11
Bill Kinghorn
Goals
Berry Nieuwenhuys
1′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 28.24)
George Tweedy
Ned Vincent
Jack Hodgson
Alec Hall
Harry Betmead
Teddy Buck
Jimmy Boyd
Jack Beattie
Fred Howe
Tommy Jones
Fred Crack
Opposition goals
Fred Howe
8
′
Tommy Jones
35
′
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
Charles Spencer
Referee:
Unknown
Attendance:
6,164
Half-time score:
2
-
1
Game number:
1768
League game number:
1604
Liverpool league position:
9th
Grimsby Town league position:
12th
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27 Aug · 2-1 · Chelsea (H)
03 Sep · 1-0 · Preston North End (A)
07 Sep · 1-0 · Manchester United (H)
10 Sep · 1-0 · Charlton Athletic (H)
14 Sep · 3-1 · Middlesbrough (H)
17 Sep · 3-1 · Bolton Wanderers (A)
24 Sep · 3-0 · Leeds United (H)
01 Oct · 2-1 · Everton (A)
08 Oct · 2-2 · Leicester City (A)
15 Oct · 3-0 · Aston Villa (H)
22 Oct · 2-2 · Wolves (A)
29 Oct · 3-3 · Huddersfield Town (H)
05 Nov · 1-1 · Portsmouth (A)
12 Nov · 2-2 · Arsenal (H)
19 Nov · 2-1 · Brentford (A)
26 Nov · 1-0 · Blackpool (H)
03 Dec · 2-2 · Derby County (A)
10 Dec · 2-2 · Grimsby Town (H)
17 Dec · 2-3 · Sunderland (A)
24 Dec · 4-1 · Chelsea (A)
26 Dec · 3-1 · Stoke City (A)
27 Dec · 1-0 · Stoke City (H)
31 Dec · 4-1 · Preston North End (H)
02 Jan · 3-0 · Middlesbrough (A)
07 Jan · 3-0 · Luton Town (H)
14 Jan · 1-3 · Charlton Athletic (A)
21 Jan · 5-1 · Stockport County (H)
25 Jan · 1-2 · Bolton Wanderers (H)
28 Jan · 1-1 · Leeds United (A)
04 Feb · 0-3 · Everton (H)
11 Feb · 4-1 · Wolves (A)
18 Feb · 2-0 · Aston Villa (A)
25 Feb · 0-2 · Wolves (H)
04 Mar · 1-1 · Leicester City (H)
11 Mar · 4-4 · Portsmouth (H)
15 Mar · 1-1 · Huddersfield Town (A)
18 Mar · 2-0 · Arsenal (A)
25 Mar · 1-0 · Brentford (H)
01 Apr · 1-1 · Blackpool (A)
07 Apr · 4-0 · Birmingham (H)
08 Apr · 2-1 · Derby County (H)
10 Apr · 0-0 · Birmingham (A)
15 Apr · 2-1 · Grimsby Town (A)
22 Apr · 1-1 · Sunderland (H)
06 May · 2-0 · Manchester United (A)
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Everton
39
26
5
8
84
47
+37
57
2
Wolves
39
21
9
9
86
39
+47
51
3
Middlesbrough
40
19
8
13
90
73
+17
46
4
Charlton Athletic
39
20
6
13
70
56
+14
46
5
Derby County
40
19
8
13
65
51
+14
46
6
Arsenal
39
17
9
13
51
39
+12
43
7
Bolton Wanderers
38
15
12
11
66
55
+11
42
8
Stoke City
39
15
11
13
69
68
+1
41
9
Liverpool
40
14
13
13
61
60
+1
41
10
Aston Villa
39
16
8
15
70
54
+16
40
11
Preston North End
38
14
11
13
56
55
+1
39
12
Grimsby Town
39
14
11
14
55
67
-12
39
13
Leeds United
38
14
8
16
55
62
-7
36
14
Sunderland
39
13
9
17
53
66
-13
35
15
Blackpool
39
11
13
15
52
64
-12
35
16
Brentford
39
14
7
18
52
68
-16
35
17
Portsmouth
39
11
13
15
44
66
-22
35
18
Huddersfield Town
39
12
10
17
57
59
-2
34
19
Manchester United
39
9
15
15
52
65
-13
33
20
Leicester City
40
9
11
20
48
78
-30
29
21
Chelsea
38
11
6
21
60
77
-17
28
22
Birmingham City
39
10
7
22
55
82
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