Preston North End 23 Aug 1947

Liverpool	3	-	1	Preston North End
Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.85)

1	Cyril Sidlow
2	Jim Harley
3	Ray Lambert
4	Phil Taylor
5	Laurie Hughes
6	Bob Paisley
7	Billy Watkinson
8	Jack Balmer (c)
9	Albert Stubbins
10	Bill Jones
11	Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.54)

Jimmy Gooch

Davie Gray

Bill Scott

Bill Shankly

Eric Williams

Ken Horton

Tom Finney

Andy McLaren

Willie McIntosh

Bobby Beattie

Alf Calverley

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Manager: George Kay

Opposition manager: Unknown

Referee: Salmon G

Attendance: 49,353

Half-time score: 0 - 1

Game number: 1823

League game number: 1649

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 2nd

Preston North End league position: 16th

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Liverpool

Preston North End

10'

Willie McIntosh (0–1)

HT 0–1

Billy Liddell (Ray Lambert) (1–1)

57'

Albert Stubbins (Billy Watkinson) (2–1)

64'

Albert Stubbins (Billy Watkinson) (3–1)

68'

Full time 3–1

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	2
2	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	2
3	Everton	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	2
4	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	2
5	Charlton Athletic	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	2
6	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	2
7	Grimsby Town	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	2
8	Burnley	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2
9	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2
10	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
11	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
12	Derby County	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	1
13	Huddersfield Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	1
14	Wolves	1	0	0	1	3	4	-1	0
15	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0
16	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
17	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
18	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0
19	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
20	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0
21	Portsmouth	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
22	Sheffield United	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.85)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.54)

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