West Bromwich Albion 14 Feb 1953

Liverpool	3	-	0	West Bromwich Albion
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.52)

1	Russell Crossley
2	Ray Lambert
3	Eddie Spicer
4	Roy Saunders
5	Hugh Gerhardi
6	Bob Paisley
7	Phil Taylor (c)
8	Sammy Smyth
9	Billy Liddell
10	Jimmy Payne
11	Alan A'Court

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.02)

Norman Heath

Stan Rickaby

Stuart Williams

Jimmy Dudley

Jimmy Dugdale

Ray Barlow

David Mountford

Elfed Evans

Ronnie Allen

Reg Ryan

George Lee

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Manager: Don Welsh

Opposition manager: Victor Buckingham

Referee: Fletcher C

Attendance: 24,890

Half-time score: 1 - 0

Game number: 2078

League game number: 1886

Liverpool league position: 11th

West Bromwich Albion league position: 2nd

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Billy Liddell (Eddie Spicer) (1–0)

30'

HT 1–0

Jimmy Payne (2–0)

46'

Sammy Smyth (Jimmy Payne) (3–0)

47'

Full time 3–0

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	27	14	7	6	55	38	+17	35
2	West Bromwich Albion	29	16	3	10	46	44	+2	35
3	Burnley	27	12	10	5	43	29	+14	34
4	Wolves	29	13	8	8	56	48	+8	34
5	Arsenal	25	13	7	5	58	38	+20	33
6	Sunderland	28	13	7	8	49	46	+3	33
7	Manchester United	28	13	6	9	44	41	+3	32
8	Blackpool	28	12	7	9	54	49	+5	31
9	Charlton Athletic	26	11	8	7	53	45	+8	30
10	Tottenham Hotspur	28	11	7	10	49	38	+11	29
11	Liverpool	28	10	6	12	46	52	-6	26
12	Sheffield Wednesday	30	9	8	13	45	51	-6	26
13	Newcastle United	29	10	6	13	44	51	-7	26
14	Portsmouth	28	9	7	12	47	49	-2	25
15	Bolton Wanderers	26	9	6	11	40	47	-7	24
16	Aston Villa	26	7	9	10	33	39	-6	23
17	Middlesbrough	28	8	7	13	42	57	-15	23
18	Stoke City	29	8	7	14	38	50	-12	23
19	Derby County	28	8	6	14	37	44	-7	22
20	Cardiff City	26	6	10	10	27	30	-3	22
21	Manchester City	28	8	5	15	46	57	-11	21
22	Chelsea	27	7	7	13	36	45	-9	21

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.52)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.02)

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