Chelsea 23 Mar 1953 - LFChistory.net

Chelsea	3	-	0	Liverpool
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.32)

1	Russell Crossley
2	Eddie Spicer
3	Ronnie Moran
4	Roy Saunders
5	Bill Jones
6	Joseph Maloney
7	Kevin Baron
8	Sammy Smyth
9	Billy Liddell
10	Jack Smith
11	Alan A'Court

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.12)

Chick Thomson

John Harris

Stan Willemse

Ken Armstrong

Derek Saunders

Philip McKnight

Eric Parsons

Roy Bentley

Fred Lewis

Bob Edwards

Frank Blunstone

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Manager: Don Welsh

Opposition manager: Ted Drake

Referee: Murdoch A

Attendance: 40,000

Half-time score: 1 - 0

Game number: 2084

League game number: 1892

Liverpool league position: 13th

Chelsea league position: 18th

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33'

Fred Lewis (0–1)

HT 0–1

84'

Bob Edwards (0–2)

86'

Frank Blunstone (0–3)

Full time 0–3

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wolves	35	16	11	8	68	52	+16	43
2	Burnley	33	16	10	7	54	36	+18	42
3	Preston North End	32	16	9	7	68	49	+19	41
4	Charlton Athletic	33	16	9	8	65	49	+16	41
5	West Bromwich Albion	34	18	5	11	55	50	+5	41
6	Arsenal	32	15	10	7	75	50	+25	40
7	Blackpool	33	15	7	11	60	55	+5	37
8	Sunderland	34	13	11	10	58	60	-2	37
9	Manchester United	33	14	7	12	53	53	+0	35
10	Tottenham Hotspur	33	12	8	13	62	52	+10	32
11	Bolton Wanderers	32	12	8	12	48	52	-4	32
12	Newcastle United	34	11	9	14	50	56	-6	31
13	Liverpool	34	12	7	15	50	63	-13	31
14	Cardiff City	31	10	10	11	37	31	+6	30
15	Portsmouth	34	11	8	15	56	65	-9	30
16	Sheffield Wednesday	35	11	8	16	50	58	-8	30
17	Aston Villa	32	9	10	13	45	49	-4	28
18	Chelsea	34	10	8	16	46	54	-8	28
19	Middlesbrough	34	9	9	16	48	69	-21	27
20	Manchester City	33	10	6	17	55	69	-14	26
21	Stoke City	33	9	8	16	43	55	-12	26
22	Derby County	34	9	6	19	44	63	-19	24

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Starting Lineup (Average age 25.32)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.12)

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