Portsmouth 19 Aug 1953 - LFChistory.net

Liverpool	3	-	1	Portsmouth
Half time 1–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 30.16)

1	Charlie Ashcroft
2	Ray Lambert
3	Eddie Spicer
4	Phil Taylor
5	Laurie Hughes
6	Bob Paisley
7	Jimmy Payne
8	Kevin Baron
9	Louis Bimpson
10	Bill Jones (c)
11	Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 29.44)

Norman Uprichard

Jimmy Stephen

Harry Ferrier

Reg Pickett

Len Phillips

Peter Harris

Jack Henderson

Jack Froggatt

Charlie Vaughan

Jimmy Dickinson

Duggie Reid

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Manager: Don Welsh

Opposition manager: Edward Lever

Referee: Smith RE

Attendance: 39,662

Half-time score: 1 - 1

Game number: 2093

League game number: 1901

Liverpool league position: 2nd

Portsmouth league position: 14th

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Portsmouth

Bill Jones (Billy Liddell) (1–0)

26'

30'

Jack Henderson (1–1)

HT 1–1

Bill Jones (2–1)

72'

Billy Liddell (3–1)

84'

Full time 3–1

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	2
2	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	2
3	Huddersfield Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	2
4	Charlton Athletic	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	2
5	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	2
6	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	2
7	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2
8	Chelsea	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	1
9	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	1
10	Cardiff City	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	1
11	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	1
12	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	3	5	-2	0
13	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
14	Portsmouth	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
15	Wolves	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0
16	Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
17	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
18	Blackpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
19	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
20	Manchester City	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
21	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
22	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 30.16)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 29.44)

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