Match details

Liverpool 1 - 1 Manchester City

Game date: Saturday 17 April 1948 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 39,348
Half - time score: 1 - 1
Manager: George Kay Opposition manager: Jock Thomson
   

Starting lineup

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

Goals

Willie Fagan 10'

Opposition lineup

Alec Thurlow, Bert Sproston, Eric Westwood, Billy Murray, Joe Fagan, Billy Walsh, Billy Linacre, Andy Black, Eddie McMorran, George Smith, Richard Clarke

Opposition goals

Andy Black

Notes

- Les Shannon makes his LFC debut
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.71
- Average age of the Manchester City starting lineup: 27.15
- Liverpool league position after match: 12
- Manchester City league position after match: 8
- 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 Arsenal 39 22 11 6 73 32 14 3 3 48 15 8 8 3 25 17 55
2 Manchester United 40 18 14 8 77 46 10 7 3 46 26 8 7 5 31 20 50
3 Burnley 39 18 12 9 52 40 11 5 3 29 9 7 7 6 23 31 48
4 Wolves 40 18 9 13 81 68 11 4 5 44 29 7 5 8 37 39 45
5 Preston North End 39 19 7 13 63 59 13 4 3 43 28 6 3 10 20 31 45
6 Derby County 38 16 12 10 70 54 9 6 4 34 22 7 6 6 36 32 44
7 Aston Villa 40 17 9 14 60 55 12 5 3 40 21 5 4 11 20 34 43
8 Manchester City 39 15 11 13 51 42 13 2 4 37 19 2 9 9 14 23 41
9 Portsmouth 38 17 6 15 63 47 12 4 3 42 16 5 2 12 21 31 40
10 Blackpool 40 15 10 15 49 41 12 4 4 36 14 3 6 11 13 27 40
11 Sheffield United 40 15 10 15 63 65 12 4 4 42 23 3 6 11 21 42 40
12 Liverpool 39 14 10 15 58 58 7 8 4 33 22 7 2 11 25 36 38
13 Middlesbrough 40 14 9 17 70 67 8 7 5 36 24 6 2 12 34 43 37
14 Everton 38 16 5 17 49 59 10 2 8 30 24 6 3 9 19 35 37
15 Chelsea 40 14 9 17 52 67 11 6 3 38 25 3 3 14 14 42 37
16 Bolton Wanderers 39 16 4 19 46 54 11 1 7 29 22 5 3 12 17 32 36
17 Huddersfield Town 39 12 11 16 49 55 7 5 7 24 21 5 6 9 25 34 35
18 Stoke City 40 13 9 18 40 55 8 5 7 28 23 5 4 11 12 32 35
19 Sunderland 40 12 10 18 53 66 10 4 6 30 18 2 6 12 23 48 34
20 Charlton Athletic 39 14 6 19 51 65 7 4 9 32 29 7 2 10 19 36 34
21 Blackburn Rovers 40 10 10 20 49 68 7 5 8 31 30 3 5 12 18 38 30
22 Grimsby Town 40 8 6 26 44 100 5 5 10 19 32 3 1 16 25 68 22
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