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1st Division
Anfield | Sat 12 Mar 1949 at 15:00 UK local time
| Liverpool | 1 | - | 0 | Birmingham City |
Starting Lineup
| 1 |  |
Cyril Sidlow |
| 2 |  |
Bill Shepherd |
| 3 |  |
Ray Lambert |
| 4 |  |
Bryan Williams |
| 5 |  |
Bill Jones |
| 6 |  |
Bob Paisley |
| 7 |  |
Jimmy Payne |
| 8 |  |
Jack Balmer (c) |
| 9 |  |
Cyril Done |
| 10 |  |
Billy Liddell |
| 11 |  |
Peter Kippax |
Goals (Assists in brackets)
- Cyril Done 59' (Bryan Williams)
Notes
- - Peter Kippax makes his LFC debut
- - Bryan Williams makes his LFC debut
- - Billy Liddell missed a penalty on 50'
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.83
- - Average age of the Birmingham City starting lineup: 28.13
- - Liverpool league position after match: 12
- - Birmingham City league position after match: 13
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- - After being fouled by two defenders at 50', Liddell took the penalty kick himself and Merrick saved, pushing the ball out to Done who lashed it high into the Kop.
Other details
- Manager: George Kay
- Opposition manager: Robert Brocklebank
- Referee: Salmon G
- Attendance: 43,763
- Half-time score: 0
- 0 - Game number: 1900
- League game number: 1720
- LFC played towards Kop: Second half
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