Match details

Chelsea 2 - 1 Liverpool

Game date: Saturday 5 March 1949 at 15:00 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 42,746
Half - time score: 0 - 1 Referee: Overton FL
Manager: George Kay Opposition manager: William Birrell
   

Starting lineup

1 Cyril Sidlow Cyril Sidlow
2 Bill Shepherd Bill Shepherd
3 Ray Lambert Ray Lambert
4 Phil Taylor Phil Taylor
5 Bill Jones Bill Jones
6 Bob Paisley Bob Paisley
7 Jimmy Payne Jimmy Payne
8 Jack Balmer Jack Balmer (c)
9 Cyril Done Cyril Done
10 Bob Priday Bob Priday
11 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell

Goals

Jimmy Payne 34'

Opposition lineup

Harry Medhurst, Danny Winter, Billy Hughes, Jimmy Macauley, John Harris, Frank Mitchell, Bobby Campbell, Jimmy Bowie, Roy Bentley, Ken Armstrong, Benny Jones

Opposition goals

Roy Bentley
Ken Armstrong

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 28.48
- Average age of the Chelsea starting lineup: 28.12
- Liverpool league position after match: 14
- Chelsea league position after match: 17
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
Chelsea goals scored on 55 & 82 mins.

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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 Portsmouth 30 17 8 5 55 27 13 3 0 38 9 4 5 5 17 18 42
2 Newcastle United 30 15 9 6 53 37 9 4 2 27 19 6 5 4 26 18 39
3 Arsenal 31 14 8 9 58 34 10 3 2 42 13 4 5 7 16 21 36
4 Derby County 29 14 8 7 46 40 11 1 1 29 13 3 7 6 17 27 36
5 Manchester United 28 13 9 6 55 30 6 5 2 23 11 7 4 4 32 19 35
6 Manchester City 31 12 11 8 40 40 8 6 2 24 16 4 5 6 16 24 35
7 Charlton Athletic 31 12 10 9 51 47 8 5 3 30 19 4 5 6 21 28 34
8 Stoke City 30 13 7 10 52 46 11 2 3 34 21 2 5 7 18 25 33
9 Wolves 29 12 7 10 59 49 9 3 3 32 15 3 4 7 27 34 31
10 Bolton Wanderers 30 12 6 12 48 50 8 2 4 34 24 4 4 8 14 26 30
11 Birmingham City 31 9 11 11 28 25 7 5 4 13 7 2 6 7 15 18 29
12 Burnley 31 10 9 12 37 40 9 4 3 23 13 1 5 9 14 27 29
13 Blackpool 31 9 11 11 43 52 6 5 4 18 20 3 6 7 25 32 29
14 Liverpool 29 8 12 9 37 30 3 8 3 19 13 5 4 6 18 17 28
15 Sunderland 30 9 10 11 37 48 7 6 2 23 13 2 4 9 14 35 28
16 Everton 31 11 6 14 30 49 10 3 3 28 21 1 3 11 2 28 28
17 Chelsea 30 9 9 12 55 55 8 5 3 36 22 1 4 9 19 33 27
18 Aston Villa 30 10 4 16 43 68 7 3 5 32 32 3 1 11 11 36 24
19 Sheffield United 30 8 7 15 44 59 6 5 4 24 23 2 2 11 20 36 23
20 Preston North End 31 7 8 16 47 61 5 5 6 26 30 2 3 10 21 31 22
21 Middlesbrough 30 7 8 15 33 43 6 5 4 28 18 1 3 11 5 25 22
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 8 14 30 51 2 5 6 10 16 5 3 8 20 35 22
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