Match details

Chelsea 1 - 0 Liverpool

Game date: Saturday 21 April 1951 at 15:00 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 30,134
Half - time score: 0 - 0 Referee: Tolley AH
Manager: Don Welsh Opposition manager: William Birrell
   

Starting lineup

1 Charlie Ashcroft Charlie Ashcroft
2 Bryan Williams Bryan Williams
3 Eddie Spicer Eddie Spicer
4 Bill Jones Bill Jones
5 Laurie Hughes Laurie Hughes
6 Bob Paisley Bob Paisley
7 Jimmy Payne Jimmy Payne
8 Phil Taylor Phil Taylor (c)
9 Albert Stubbins Albert Stubbins
10 Jack Balmer Jack Balmer
11 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell

Goals

Opposition lineup

William Robertson, Syd Bathgate, Sid Tickridge, Reg Williams, Derek Saunders, Bill Dickson, Bobby Campbell, Roy Bentley, Bobby Smith, Ken Armstrong, Billy Gray

Opposition goals

Bobby Smith 83'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 29.2
- Average age of the Chelsea starting lineup: 26.09
- Liverpool league position after match: 10
- Chelsea league position after match: 22
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

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Match programme

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Tottenham Hotspur 40 23 10 7 78 43 15 2 2 50 20 8 8 5 28 23 56
2 Manchester United 40 23 7 10 67 39 13 4 3 36 16 10 3 7 31 23 53
3 Blackpool 40 20 9 11 78 51 12 5 2 42 17 8 4 9 36 34 49
4 Middlesbrough 40 18 11 11 76 61 12 7 2 51 25 6 4 9 25 36 47
5 Arsenal 41 18 9 14 72 56 11 5 5 47 28 7 4 9 25 28 45
6 Newcastle United 40 16 13 11 60 53 9 6 5 35 22 7 7 6 25 31 45
7 Bolton Wanderers 40 18 7 15 62 56 10 2 8 29 19 8 5 7 33 37 43
8 Portsmouth 40 14 15 11 65 66 7 10 3 37 29 7 5 8 28 37 43
9 Burnley 41 14 14 13 47 41 9 7 5 27 16 5 7 8 20 25 42
10 Liverpool 40 16 10 14 52 56 11 4 5 28 25 5 6 9 24 31 42
11 Stoke City 41 13 14 14 48 53 10 5 6 28 19 3 9 8 20 34 40
12 Derby County 40 15 8 17 79 73 10 5 5 53 32 5 3 12 26 41 38
13 Sunderland 40 12 14 14 62 72 8 7 4 29 20 4 7 10 33 52 38
14 Wolves 38 15 7 16 72 56 9 3 8 44 29 6 4 8 28 27 37
15 Fulham 40 13 11 16 50 62 8 5 6 33 31 5 6 10 17 31 37
16 West Bromwich Albion 41 13 10 18 52 60 7 4 10 30 27 6 6 8 22 33 36
17 Huddersfield Town 41 15 6 20 64 86 8 4 9 40 40 7 2 11 24 46 36
18 Charlton Athletic 40 13 9 18 59 78 8 4 7 31 29 5 5 11 28 49 35
19 Aston Villa 40 11 12 17 60 66 8 6 6 33 27 3 6 11 27 39 34
20 Sheffield Wednesday 40 11 8 21 58 82 8 6 6 37 32 3 2 15 21 50 30
21 Everton 40 11 8 21 47 80 7 5 9 26 35 4 3 12 21 45 30
22 Chelsea 39 9 8 22 45 63 7 4 8 25 24 2 4 14 20 39 26
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