Match details

Liverpool 0 - 1 Manchester City

Game date: Saturday 9 April 1949 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 31,389
Half - time score: 0 - 0
Manager: George Kay Opposition manager: Jock Thomson
   

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 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell
11 Ken Brierley Ken Brierley

Goals

Opposition lineup

Alec Thurlow, Bert Sproston, Eric Westwood, Billy Walsh, Joe Fagan, Albert Emptage, Billy Linacre, Jimmy Munro, George Smith, Andy Black, Jackie Oakes

Opposition goals

George Smith

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 28.48
- Average age of the Manchester City starting lineup: 28.77
- Liverpool league position after match: 13
- Manchester City league position after match: 5
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

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 35 21 8 6 68 31 15 3 0 42 11 6 5 6 26 20 50
2 Newcastle United 36 19 9 8 65 50 11 4 3 33 27 8 5 5 32 23 47
3 Charlton Athletic 36 15 11 10 59 53 10 5 3 35 21 5 6 7 24 32 41
4 Derby County 34 16 8 10 53 48 13 1 2 36 19 3 7 8 17 29 40
5 Manchester City 36 14 12 10 43 44 9 7 2 26 17 5 5 8 17 27 40
6 Arsenal 35 14 11 10 62 39 10 5 2 43 14 4 6 8 19 25 39
7 Manchester United 32 14 10 8 60 34 7 6 2 27 12 7 4 6 33 22 38
8 Wolves 33 14 9 10 65 50 11 3 3 38 16 3 6 7 27 34 37
9 Stoke City 35 14 8 13 57 56 12 3 3 38 21 2 5 10 19 35 36
10 Burnley 36 11 12 13 39 42 9 6 3 24 14 2 6 10 15 28 34
11 Blackpool 36 11 12 13 48 58 8 5 5 21 22 3 7 8 27 36 34
12 Chelsea 35 11 11 13 64 59 10 5 3 42 22 1 6 10 22 37 33
13 Liverpool 35 10 13 12 45 36 5 9 4 24 14 5 4 8 21 22 33
14 Bolton Wanderers 35 13 7 15 54 59 9 3 5 40 28 4 4 10 14 31 33
15 Birmingham City 36 10 13 13 30 31 8 6 4 15 8 2 7 9 15 23 33
16 Sunderland 35 10 13 12 42 54 7 8 3 25 18 3 5 9 17 36 33
17 Aston Villa 35 13 6 16 51 71 9 4 5 36 33 4 2 11 15 38 32
18 Everton 36 11 8 17 36 60 10 3 4 29 24 1 5 13 7 36 30
19 Sheffield United 35 10 8 17 52 65 8 6 4 31 24 2 2 13 21 41 28
20 Middlesbrough 34 9 9 16 37 48 8 5 4 30 18 1 4 12 7 30 27
21 Huddersfield Town 35 9 9 17 33 60 4 6 7 13 19 5 3 10 20 41 27
22 Preston North End 35 8 9 18 52 67 6 5 7 31 34 2 4 11 21 33 25
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