Match details

Liverpool 2 - 2 Birmingham City

Game date: Saturday 30 April 1955 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 38,392
Half - time score: 1 - 0 Referee: McCabe G
Manager: Don Welsh Opposition manager: Arthur Turner
   

Starting lineup

1 Doug Rudham Doug Rudham
2 Ray Lambert Ray Lambert
3 Tom McNulty Tom McNulty
4 Roy Saunders Roy Saunders
5 Don Campbell Don Campbell
6 Geoff Twentyman Geoff Twentyman
7 Jimmy Payne Jimmy Payne
8 Tony Rowley Tony Rowley
9 John Evans John Evans
10 Eric Anderson Eric Anderson
11 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell

Goals

Billy Liddell 12' pen
Billy Liddell 75'

Opposition lineup

John Schofield, Jeff Hall, Jack Badham, Len Boyd, Trevor Smith, Royston Warhurst, Gordon Astall, Noel Kinsey, Eddie Brown, Peter Murphy, Alexander Govan

Opposition goals

Gordon Astall
Eddie Brown 76'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.04
- Average age of the Birmingham City starting lineup: 28.14
- Liverpool league position after match: 11
- Birmingham City league position after match: 3
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- Astall's goal was early in the 2nd half and made the score 1-1.

Other games during this season

2nd Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Luton Town 42 23 8 11 88 53 18 2 1 55 18 5 6 10 33 35 54
2 Leeds United 42 23 7 12 70 53 14 4 3 43 19 9 3 9 27 34 53
3 Birmingham City 41 21 10 10 87 46 14 4 3 56 22 7 6 7 31 24 52
4 Rotherham United 41 24 4 13 88 63 16 1 3 53 21 8 3 10 35 42 52
5 Stoke City 42 21 10 11 69 46 12 5 4 38 17 9 5 7 31 29 52
6 Blackburn Rovers 42 22 6 14 114 79 14 4 3 73 31 8 2 11 41 48 50
7 Notts County 42 21 6 15 74 71 14 3 4 46 27 7 3 11 28 44 48
8 Bristol Rovers 42 19 7 16 75 70 15 4 2 52 23 4 3 14 23 47 45
9 West Ham United 41 18 9 14 73 69 12 4 5 46 28 6 5 9 27 41 45
10 Swansea City 42 17 9 16 86 83 15 3 3 58 28 2 6 13 28 55 43
11 Liverpool 41 16 10 15 91 90 11 7 3 55 37 5 3 12 36 53 42
12 Middlesbrough 42 18 6 18 73 82 13 1 7 48 31 5 5 11 25 51 42
13 Bury 42 15 11 16 77 72 10 5 6 44 35 5 6 10 33 37 41
14 Fulham 42 14 11 17 76 79 10 5 6 46 29 4 6 11 30 50 39
15 Nottingham Forest 41 16 6 19 57 61 8 3 9 28 28 8 3 10 29 33 38
16 Lincoln City 41 13 10 18 68 78 8 6 6 39 34 5 4 12 29 44 36
17 Doncaster Rovers 41 14 7 20 57 90 10 5 5 34 29 4 2 15 23 61 35
18 Hull City 42 12 10 20 44 69 7 5 9 30 35 5 5 11 14 34 34
19 Port Vale 41 11 11 19 47 71 10 6 5 31 21 1 5 14 16 50 33
20 Plymouth Argyle 42 12 7 23 57 82 10 4 7 29 26 2 3 16 28 56 31
21 Ipswich Town 42 11 6 25 57 92 10 3 8 37 28 1 3 17 20 64 28
22 Derby County 42 7 9 26 53 82 6 6 9 39 34 1 3 17 14 48 23
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