Match details

Liverpool 5 - 0 Grimsby Town

Game date: Wednesday 12 February 1947 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 20,648
Half - time score: 4 - 0 Referee: Duerden R
Manager: George Kay Opposition manager: Charles Spencer
   

Starting lineup

1 Cyril Sidlow Cyril Sidlow
2 Ray Lambert Ray Lambert
3 Bernard Ramsden Bernard Ramsden
4 Phil Taylor Phil Taylor
5 Bill Jones Bill Jones
6 Bob Paisley Bob Paisley
7 Stan Palk Stan Palk
8 Willie Fagan Willie Fagan (c)
9 Albert Stubbins Albert Stubbins
10 Cyril Done Cyril Done
11 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell

Goals

Cyril Done 24'
Willie Fagan 30'
Willie Fagan 32'
Cyril Done 40'
Cyril Done 85'

Opposition lineup

George Tweedy, Frank Mouncer, Fred Fisher, Alec Hall, Dick Taylor, Tommy Blenkinsopp, Jim Johnson, Harry Clifton, Ken Reeve, Fred Keeble, Billy Pearson

Notes

- Stan Palk makes his LFC debut
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.5
- Average age of the Grimsby Town starting lineup: 28.71
- Liverpool league position after match: 2
- Grimsby Town league position after match: 11
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

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 Wolves 26 17 3 6 61 32 10 0 3 38 16 7 3 3 23 16 37
2 Liverpool 28 15 4 9 61 41 8 2 4 31 19 7 2 5 30 22 34
3 Preston North End 27 14 6 7 51 41 8 2 4 29 18 6 4 3 22 23 34
4 Blackpool 29 15 4 10 47 52 11 0 3 27 24 4 4 7 20 28 34
5 Middlesbrough 27 14 5 8 57 41 8 2 4 35 25 6 3 4 22 16 33
6 Manchester United 26 12 8 6 58 40 9 3 1 34 14 3 5 5 24 26 32
7 Stoke City 27 14 4 9 56 39 9 3 2 33 17 5 1 7 23 22 32
8 Aston Villa 28 13 6 9 42 30 5 5 4 23 15 8 1 5 19 15 32
9 Sheffield United 24 13 5 6 56 43 6 4 1 32 18 7 1 5 24 25 31
10 Sunderland 27 11 4 12 43 46 5 1 7 18 21 6 3 5 25 25 26
11 Grimsby Town 28 8 10 10 32 50 5 5 3 18 21 3 5 7 14 29 26
12 Chelsea 27 9 7 11 48 52 5 3 5 23 25 4 4 6 25 27 25
13 Everton 27 10 5 12 35 45 9 2 3 24 17 1 3 9 11 28 25
14 Derby County 25 11 2 12 52 50 7 2 3 30 16 4 0 9 22 34 24
15 Bolton Wanderers 28 8 8 12 41 43 5 5 4 23 16 3 3 8 18 27 24
16 Arsenal 27 9 6 12 44 50 5 5 4 25 22 4 1 8 19 28 24
17 Portsmouth 25 9 4 12 40 41 7 1 4 26 17 2 3 8 14 24 22
18 Blackburn Rovers 26 7 6 13 25 32 3 4 7 16 19 4 2 6 9 13 20
19 Brentford 26 8 4 14 36 57 5 2 6 17 24 3 2 8 19 33 20
20 Charlton Athletic 26 7 5 14 39 51 5 2 7 24 20 2 3 7 15 31 19
21 Huddersfield Town 27 7 4 16 35 59 7 1 5 23 17 0 3 11 12 42 18
22 Leeds United 27 6 4 17 37 61 6 3 5 26 20 0 1 12 11 41 16
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