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Match details
1st Division
Villa Park | Sat 26 Apr 1947 at 15:00 UK local time
| Aston Villa | 1 | - | 2 | Liverpool |
Starting Lineup
| 1 |  |
Cyril Sidlow |
| 2 |  |
Jim Harley |
| 3 |  |
Ray Lambert |
| 4 |  |
Phil Taylor |
| 5 |  |
Laurie Hughes |
| 6 |  |
Bob Paisley |
| 7 |  |
Billy Watkinson |
| 8 |  |
Willie Fagan (c) |
| 9 |  |
Albert Stubbins |
| 10 |  |
Stan Palk |
| 11 |  |
Billy Liddell |
Goals (Assists in brackets)
- Billy Watkinson 9' (Willie Fagan)
- Willie Fagan 30' (Albert Stubbins)
Opposition goals
- Billy Evans 5'
Notes
- - Billy Watkinson makes his LFC debut
- - Billy Watkinson scores his debut goal for LFC
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.38
- - Average age of the Aston Villa starting lineup: 29.73
- - Liverpool league position after match: 5
- - Aston Villa league position after match: 8
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
Other details
- Manager: George Kay
- Opposition manager: Alex Massie
- Referee: Strainge WT
- Attendance: 35,429
- Half-time score: 1
- 2 - Game number: 1817
- League game number: 1643
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