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1st Division
Turf Moor | Tue 21 Aug 1951 at 18:30 UK local time
Burnley
0
-
0
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
1
Charlie Ashcroft
2
Bill Jones
3
Steve Parr
4
Phil Taylor
(c)
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Bob Paisley
7
Billy Liddell
8
Kevin Baron
9
Cyril Done
10
Willie Fagan
11
Ken Brierley
Opposition Lineup
Jimmy Strong
Arthur Woodruff
Harry Mather
James Adamson
Tommy Cummings
George Bray
Roy Stephenson
Billy Morris
Bill Holden
James McIlroy
Les Shannon
Notes
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 29.04
- Average age of the Burnley starting lineup: 27.56
- Liverpool league position after match: 16
- Burnley league position after match: 15
-
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Other details
Manager:
Don Welsh
Opposition manager:
Frank Hill
Referee:
Black G
Attendance:
25,162
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
2006
League game number:
1818
View other results
18.08.1951 | 0 - 2 | Portsmouth
21.08.1951 | 0 - 0 | Burnley
25.08.1951 | 3 - 1 | Chelsea
29.08.1951 | 3 - 1 | Burnley
01.09.1951 | 2 - 1 | Huddersfield Town
05.09.1951 | 0 - 0 | Arsenal
08.09.1951 | 1 - 2 | Wolves
12.09.1951 | 0 - 0 | Arsenal
15.09.1951 | 2 - 2 | Sunderland
22.09.1951 | 0 - 2 | Aston Villa
29.09.1951 | 2 - 0 | Derby County
06.10.1951 | 0 - 2 | Charlton Athletic
13.10.1951 | 4 - 0 | Fulham
20.10.1951 | 3 - 3 | Middlesbrough
27.10.1951 | 2 - 5 | West Bromwich Albion
03.11.1951 | 1 - 1 | Newcastle United
10.11.1951 | 1 - 1 | Bolton Wanderers
17.11.1951 | 2 - 1 | Stoke City
24.11.1951 | 0 - 0 | Manchester United
01.12.1951 | 3 - 2 | Tottenham Hotspur
08.12.1951 | 2 - 2 | Preston North End
15.12.1951 | 3 - 1 | Portsmouth
22.12.1951 | 1 - 1 | Chelsea
25.12.1951 | 1 - 1 | Blackpool
26.12.1951 | 0 - 2 | Blackpool
29.12.1951 | 2 - 1 | Huddersfield Town
05.01.1952 | 1 - 1 | Wolves
12.01.1952 | 1 - 0 | Workington
19.01.1952 | 0 - 3 | Sunderland
26.01.1952 | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa
02.02.1952 | 2 - 1 | Wolves
09.02.1952 | 1 - 1 | Derby County
16.02.1952 | 1 - 1 | Charlton Athletic
23.02.1952 | 0 - 2 | Burnley
01.03.1952 | 1 - 1 | Fulham
08.03.1952 | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough
15.03.1952 | 3 - 3 | West Bromwich Albion
22.03.1952 | 3 - 0 | Newcastle United
29.03.1952 | 1 - 1 | Bolton Wanderers
05.04.1952 | 2 - 1 | Stoke City
11.04.1952 | 2 - 1 | Manchester City
12.04.1952 | 0 - 4 | Manchester United
14.04.1952 | 1 - 2 | Manchester City
19.04.1952 | 1 - 1 | Tottenham Hotspur
26.04.1952 | 0 - 4 | Preston North End
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Match programme
Liverpool Echo Report
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Burnley Express report
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Match programme (BackCover)
Match programme lineups
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1st Division table after the match
Overall
Home
Away
#
P
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
Bolton Wanderers
1
1
0
0
5
2
1
0
0
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Chelsea
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
2
3
Middlesbrough
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
Preston North End
1
1
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
2
2
5
Sunderland
1
1
0
0
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
3
2
6
West Bromwich Albion
2
0
2
0
4
4
0
1
0
3
3
0
1
0
1
1
2
7
Tottenham Hotspur
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
8
Newcastle United
1
1
0
0
6
0
1
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
9
Portsmouth
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
10
Charlton Athletic
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
11
Manchester United
1
0
1
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
3
1
12
Arsenal
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
13
Huddersfield Town
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
14
Stoke City
2
0
1
1
1
7
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
6
1
15
Burnley
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
16
Liverpool
2
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
17
Manchester City
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
18
Wolves
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
19
Derby County
1
0
0
1
3
4
0
0
1
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
Fulham
2
0
0
2
2
4
0
0
1
2
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
21
Blackpool
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
Aston Villa
1
0
0
1
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
5
0
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