Newcastle United 21 Feb 1953

Newcastle United	1	-	2	Liverpool
Half time 1–2

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.54)

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 27.43)

Ronnie Simpson

Bobby Cowell

Ron Batty

Joe Harvey

Frank Brennan

Charlie Crowe

Len White

Billy Foulkes

Jackie Milburn

Tommy Casey

Robert Mitchell

Other details

Manager: Don Welsh

Opposition manager: Stanley Seymour

Referee: Pickles JS

Attendance: 35,000

Half-time score: 1 - 2

Game number: 2079

League game number: 1887

Liverpool league position: 11th

Newcastle United league position: 16th

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Newcastle United

Sammy Smyth (1–0)

15'

Phil Taylor (Jimmy Payne) (2–0)

17'

44'

Robert Mitchell (2–1)

HT 2–1

Full time 2–1

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	29	14	10	5	49	32	+17	38
2	Wolves	31	14	9	8	61	50	+11	37
3	West Bromwich Albion	30	17	3	10	49	44	+5	37
4	Preston North End	28	14	8	6	59	42	+17	36
5	Arsenal	27	14	7	6	66	43	+23	35
6	Sunderland	30	13	8	9	53	53	+0	34
7	Blackpool	29	13	7	9	57	51	+6	33
8	Manchester United	30	13	7	10	46	46	+0	33
9	Charlton Athletic	27	12	8	7	54	45	+9	32
10	Tottenham Hotspur	30	11	8	11	55	45	+10	30
11	Liverpool	29	11	6	12	48	53	-5	28
12	Sheffield Wednesday	31	10	8	13	46	51	-5	28
13	Portsmouth	30	10	7	13	52	57	-5	27
14	Bolton Wanderers	28	10	7	11	45	50	-5	27
15	Aston Villa	28	8	10	10	39	39	+0	26
16	Newcastle United	30	10	6	14	45	53	-8	26
17	Cardiff City	27	7	10	10	33	30	+3	24
18	Middlesbrough	30	8	7	15	45	65	-20	23
19	Stoke City	30	8	7	15	38	51	-13	23
20	Chelsea	29	7	8	14	38	48	-10	22
21	Derby County	30	8	6	16	40	53	-13	22
22	Manchester City	29	8	5	16	46	63	-17	21

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.54)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.43)

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