Manchester United 27 Aug 1947 - LFChistory.net

Manchester United	2	-	0	Liverpool
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.82)

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	Stan Palk
11	Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.4)

Jack Crompton

John Aston

Johnny Carey

Jimmy Delaney

Jack Warner

Allenby Chilton

Bill McGlen

Jack Rowley

John Morris

Stan Pearson

Charlie Mitten

Other details

Manager: George Kay

Opposition manager: Matt Busby

Referee: Unknown

Attendance: 53,610

Half-time score: 1 - 0

Game number: 1824

League game number: 1650

Liverpool league position: 11th

Manchester United league position: 4th

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Match timeline

Liverpool

Manchester United

26'

John Morris (0–1)

HT 0–1

69'

Stan Pearson (0–2)

Full time 0–2

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