Match details

Liverpool 4 - 1 Middlesbrough

Game date: Monday 19 April 1954 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 22,000
Half - time score: 2 - 0
Manager: Don Welsh
   

Starting lineup

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

Goals

Tony Rowley 29'
Sammy Smyth 37'
Sammy Smyth 63'
Billy Liddell 68'

Opposition lineup

Rolando Ugolini, Derek Stonehouse, Ronnie Dicks, Harry Bell, Dicky Robinson, Bill Harris, Sam Lawrie, Wilf Mannion, Ken McPherson, Lindy Delapenha, William Watkin

Opposition goals

William Watkin

Notes

- Tony Rowley makes his LFC debut
- Tony Rowley scores his debut goal for LFC
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.84
- Average age of the Middlesbrough starting lineup: 26.77
- Liverpool league position after match: 22
- Middlesbrough league position after match: 21
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

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1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Wolves 40 24 7 9 93 54 15 1 4 59 25 9 6 5 34 29 55
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 22 9 9 85 54 13 5 3 51 24 9 4 6 34 30 53
3 Bolton Wanderers 41 18 12 11 74 58 14 6 1 45 20 4 6 10 29 38 48
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 11 11 74 59 11 6 2 41 22 7 5 9 33 37 47
5 Burnley 41 21 4 16 77 65 16 2 3 51 23 5 2 13 26 42 46
6 Manchester United 41 17 12 12 70 57 11 6 4 41 27 6 6 8 29 30 46
7 Blackpool 41 18 10 13 77 69 12 6 2 40 19 6 4 11 37 50 46
8 Chelsea 41 16 12 13 73 66 12 3 5 44 24 4 9 8 29 42 44
9 Charlton Athletic 41 19 6 16 75 74 14 4 3 51 26 5 2 13 24 48 44
10 Preston North End 41 19 5 17 87 57 12 2 7 43 24 7 3 10 44 33 43
11 Cardiff City 41 18 7 16 49 69 12 3 5 30 25 6 4 11 19 44 43
12 Arsenal 41 14 13 14 72 72 7 8 5 39 36 7 5 9 33 36 41
13 Portsmouth 41 13 11 17 78 89 12 5 3 50 31 1 6 14 28 58 37
14 Aston Villa 39 14 9 16 62 65 10 5 4 43 27 4 4 12 19 38 37
15 Tottenham Hotspur 41 16 5 20 65 74 11 3 7 38 33 5 2 13 27 41 37
16 Newcastle United 41 13 10 18 70 76 9 2 10 43 40 4 8 8 27 36 36
17 Sheffield Wednesday 41 15 5 21 68 89 12 4 5 43 30 3 1 16 25 59 35
18 Manchester City 41 13 9 19 59 77 9 4 7 32 31 4 5 12 27 46 35
19 Sunderland 41 13 8 20 79 88 10 4 6 48 36 3 4 14 31 52 34
20 Sheffield United 40 10 11 19 66 86 8 5 6 40 34 2 6 13 26 52 31
21 Middlesbrough 41 10 10 21 59 88 6 6 9 29 35 4 4 12 30 53 30
22 Liverpool 41 9 10 22 68 94 7 8 6 49 38 2 2 16 19 56 28
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