Match details

Derby County 0 - 4 Liverpool

Game date: Wednesday 31 March 1948 at 18:00 Stadium: Baseball Ground
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 16,277
Half - time score: 0 - 3
Manager: George Kay Opposition manager: Stuart McMillan
   

Starting lineup

1 Cyril Sidlow Cyril Sidlow
2 Jim Harley Jim Harley
3 Ray Lambert Ray Lambert
4 Phil Taylor Phil Taylor
5 Bill Jones Bill Jones
6 Bob Paisley Bob Paisley
7 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell
8 Jack Balmer Jack Balmer (c)
9 Albert Stubbins Albert Stubbins
10 Willie Fagan Willie Fagan
11 Ken Brierley Ken Brierley

Goals

Albert Stubbins 3'
Jack Balmer 21'
Jack Balmer 24'
Willie Fagan 87'

Opposition lineup

Jock Wallace, Bert Mozley, Johnny Poppitt, Tim Ward, Jack Howe, Chick Musson, Reg Harrison, Harry Broome, Jackie Stamps, Billy Steel, Angus Morrison

Notes

- Cyril Sidlow saved a penalty from Jackie Stamps
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 28.72
- Average age of the Derby County starting lineup: 28.36
- Liverpool league position after match: 13
- Derby County league position after match: 5
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- Just before the break Harley handled to give Derby a penalty. Stamps hit the post and when it came back to him off Sidlow's body, he lifted his shot over the bar.

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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 Arsenal 36 21 10 5 69 29 13 3 2 45 13 8 7 3 24 16 52
2 Manchester United 36 16 13 7 70 43 8 6 3 39 25 8 7 4 31 18 45
3 Burnley 35 16 12 7 50 37 10 5 2 28 8 6 7 5 22 29 44
4 Preston North End 35 18 6 11 55 50 12 3 2 37 23 6 3 9 18 27 42
5 Derby County 33 15 11 7 65 45 9 6 2 33 17 6 5 5 32 28 41
6 Wolves 36 15 9 12 72 61 10 4 5 40 27 5 5 7 32 34 39
7 Aston Villa 35 15 8 12 54 49 10 4 3 34 17 5 4 9 20 32 38
8 Blackpool 34 14 9 11 46 34 11 3 3 34 12 3 6 8 12 22 37
9 Manchester City 35 14 9 12 48 38 13 2 3 37 17 1 7 9 11 21 37
10 Sheffield United 36 14 9 13 58 59 11 4 3 40 21 3 5 10 18 38 37
11 Portsmouth 34 15 5 14 53 43 10 3 3 32 13 5 2 11 21 30 35
12 Middlesbrough 36 13 8 15 64 58 7 6 5 31 22 6 2 10 33 36 34
13 Liverpool 36 13 8 15 55 56 7 6 4 32 21 6 2 11 23 35 34
14 Chelsea 36 12 9 15 48 58 10 6 3 37 25 2 3 12 11 33 33
15 Everton 34 14 5 15 44 53 9 2 7 26 21 5 3 8 18 32 33
16 Stoke City 37 12 9 16 36 51 7 5 6 24 20 5 4 10 12 31 33
17 Huddersfield Town 36 10 10 16 45 54 7 4 7 23 20 3 6 9 22 34 30
18 Charlton Athletic 36 12 6 18 46 64 6 4 8 30 28 6 2 10 16 36 30
19 Blackburn Rovers 36 10 9 17 45 60 7 5 7 30 28 3 4 10 15 32 29
20 Bolton Wanderers 35 13 3 19 40 53 9 1 7 26 22 4 2 12 14 31 29
21 Sunderland 36 10 8 18 48 64 8 4 6 27 18 2 4 12 21 46 28
22 Grimsby Town 37 7 6 24 42 94 4 5 10 18 32 3 1 14 24 62 20
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