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1st Division

Bloomfield Road | Saturday 24 April 1954 at 15:00 UK local time

Blackpool 3 - 0 Liverpool
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.86)

1
Dave Underwood
2
Tom McNulty
3
Frank Lock
4
Roy Saunders
5
Bill Jones (c)
6
Geoff Twentyman
7
Brian Jackson
8
Tony Rowley
9
Louis Bimpson
10
Sammy Smyth
11
Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 29.26)

George Farm
Roy Gratrix
Tommy Garrett
Ewan Fenton
Harry Johnston
Hugh Kelly
Stanley Matthews
Ernest Taylor
Stan Mortensen
Allan Brown
Bill Perry

Notes

  • - Liverpool is relegated to the Second Division for the first time in 50 years! Liverpool were relegated after finishing bottom with just 28 points. Amazingly they somehow managed to score 68 League goals, more than tenth-placed Cardiff managed but leaked an incredible 97 at the other end, the worst tally in all four divisions.

Other details

Manager: Don Welsh
Opposition manager: Joseph Smith
Referee: Howarth H
Attendance: 18,651
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 2135
League game number: 1942
Liverpool league position: 22nd
Blackpool league position: 6th
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Liverpool
Blackpool
34'
Stan Mortensen (0–1)
HT 0–1
50'
Stan Mortensen (0–2)
73'
Allan Brown (0–3)
Full time 0–3

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