Match details

Liverpool 1 - 0 Manchester United

Game date: Saturday 3 May 1947 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 48,800
Half - time score: 1 - 0 Referee: Duerden R
Manager: George Kay Opposition manager: Matt Busby
   

Starting lineup

1 Cyril Sidlow Cyril Sidlow
2 Ray Lambert Ray Lambert
3 Eddie Spicer Eddie Spicer
4 Bill Jones Bill Jones
5 Laurie Hughes Laurie Hughes
6 Bob Paisley Bob Paisley
7 Stan Palk Stan Palk
8 Jack Balmer Jack Balmer (c)
9 Albert Stubbins Albert Stubbins
10 Billy Watkinson Billy Watkinson
11 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell

Goals

Albert Stubbins 12'

Opposition lineup

Jack Crompton, Johnny Carey, John Aston, Jack Warner, Allenby Chilton, Bill McGlen, Jimmy Delaney, Johnny Hanlon, Ronnie Burke, Stan Pearson, Jack Rowley

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.66
- Average age of the Manchester United starting lineup: 28.57
- Liverpool league position after match: 4
- Manchester United league position after match: 3
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

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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 38 24 5 9 91 48 15 0 3 60 23 9 5 6 31 25 53
2 Stoke City 39 23 6 10 88 51 14 4 2 52 21 9 2 8 36 30 52
3 Manchester United 39 20 11 8 85 51 15 3 1 52 17 5 8 7 33 34 51
4 Liverpool 38 22 6 10 76 48 13 3 5 42 24 9 3 5 34 24 50
5 Blackpool 41 22 5 14 71 70 14 0 6 38 32 8 5 8 33 38 49
6 Preston North End 38 17 9 12 69 66 10 5 4 43 25 7 4 8 26 41 43
7 Middlesbrough 40 17 8 15 72 63 11 3 7 46 32 6 5 8 26 31 42
8 Sheffield United 35 17 7 11 75 59 9 4 3 41 23 8 3 8 34 36 41
9 Aston Villa 39 16 9 14 61 49 7 6 5 33 20 9 3 9 28 29 41
10 Sunderland 39 16 7 16 61 64 10 3 7 31 26 6 4 9 30 38 39
11 Derby County 38 17 4 17 69 74 13 2 4 43 25 4 2 13 26 49 38
12 Everton 38 15 8 15 53 61 12 4 3 35 22 3 4 12 18 39 38
13 Portsmouth 37 14 9 14 60 52 11 3 6 41 25 3 6 8 19 27 37
14 Chelsea 40 15 7 18 67 81 8 3 8 31 36 7 4 10 36 45 37
15 Grimsby Town 40 12 12 16 56 79 8 6 5 32 32 4 6 11 24 47 36
16 Arsenal 37 13 9 15 66 65 8 5 6 40 30 5 4 9 26 35 35
17 Blackburn Rovers 39 13 7 19 40 48 5 5 10 22 27 8 2 9 18 21 33
18 Bolton Wanderers 41 12 8 21 56 69 7 5 8 29 28 5 3 13 27 41 32
19 Charlton Athletic 37 10 10 17 52 65 6 6 8 33 29 4 4 9 19 36 30
20 Huddersfield Town 39 11 7 21 49 77 9 4 5 30 22 2 3 16 19 55 29
21 Brentford 38 9 6 23 43 83 5 4 10 18 33 4 2 13 25 50 24
22 Leeds United 38 6 6 26 43 80 6 5 9 30 29 0 1 17 13 51 18
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