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1st Division
Anfield | 22 April 1939 at 15:15 UK local time
Liverpool
1
-
1
Sunderland
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.04)
1
Arthur Riley
2
Tom Cooper
(c)
3
Jim Harley
4
Matt Busby
5
Fred Rogers
6
Jimmy McInnes
7
Berry Nieuwenhuys
8
Phil Taylor
9
John Shafto
10
Jack Balmer
11
Bill Kinghorn
Goals
Bill Kinghorn
75′
Opposition Lineup
Johnny Mapson
John Feenan
Alex Hall
Charlie Thomson
Bert Johnston
Arthur Wright
Len Duns
Raich Carter
Arthur Bolton
Jock Smeaton
Fred Bett
Opposition goals
Raich Carter
55
′
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
William Murray
Referee:
Martin W
Attendance:
15,607
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
1769
League game number:
1605
Played towards Kop:
First half
Liverpool league position:
9th
Sunderland league position:
15th
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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
40
26
5
9
85
49
+36
57
2
Wolves
40
21
10
9
86
39
+47
52
3
Middlesbrough
41
20
8
13
92
73
+19
48
4
Charlton Athletic
40
21
6
13
72
57
+15
48
5
Derby County
41
19
8
14
65
53
+12
46
6
Bolton Wanderers
39
15
13
11
66
55
+11
43
7
Arsenal
40
17
9
14
51
40
+11
43
8
Stoke City
40
16
11
13
70
68
+2
43
9
Liverpool
41
14
14
13
62
61
+1
42
10
Preston North End
39
15
11
13
59
55
+4
41
11
Grimsby Town
41
15
11
15
58
69
-11
41
12
Aston Villa
40
16
8
16
70
56
+14
40
13
Leeds United
40
16
8
16
59
63
-4
40
14
Portsmouth
41
12
13
16
46
68
-22
37
15
Sunderland
40
13
10
17
54
67
-13
36
16
Manchester United
40
10
15
15
55
65
-10
35
17
Blackpool
40
11
13
16
53
66
-13
35
18
Brentford
40
14
7
19
52
71
-19
35
19
Huddersfield Town
41
12
10
19
58
64
-6
34
20
Chelsea
39
12
6
21
61
77
-16
30
21
Birmingham City
40
11
7
22
57
83
-26
29
22
Leicester City
41
9
11
21
48
80
-32
29
