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1st Division
Victoria Ground | 17 November 1951 at14:15UK local time
Stoke City
1
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.57)
1
Charlie Ashcroft
2
Bill Jones
3
Ray Lambert
4
John Heydon
5
Laurie Hughes
(c)
6
Bob Paisley
7
Brian Jackson
8
Kevin Baron
9
Jack Smith
10
Jimmy Payne
11
Billy Liddell
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Kevin Baron
39′
(Billy Liddell)
Jimmy Payne
62′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 29.67)
Norman Wilkinson
Billy Mould
John McCue
Alan Martin
Frank Mountford
Jack Kirton
Jack Malkin
Brian Siddall
Les Johnston
Sammy Smyth
Harry Oscroft
Opposition goals
Sammy Smyth
63
′
Other details
Manager:
Don Welsh
Opposition manager:
Robert McGory
Referee:
Fletcher C
Attendance:
23,680
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
2022
League game number:
1834
Liverpool league position:
9th
Stoke City league position:
19th
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18 Aug 1951 - Liverpool 0-2 Portsmouth
21 Aug 1951 - Burnley 0-0 Liverpool
25 Aug 1951 - Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool
29 Aug 1951 - Liverpool 3-1 Burnley
01 Sep 1951 - Liverpool 2-1 Huddersfield Town
05 Sep 1951 - Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool
08 Sep 1951 - Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
12 Sep 1951 - Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal
15 Sep 1951 - Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland
22 Sep 1951 - Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
29 Sep 1951 - Liverpool 2-0 Derby County
06 Oct 1951 - Charlton Athletic 0-2 Liverpool
13 Oct 1951 - Liverpool 4-0 Fulham
20 Oct 1951 - Middlesbrough 3-3 Liverpool
27 Oct 1951 - Liverpool 2-5 West Bromwich Albion
03 Nov 1951 - Newcastle United 1-1 Liverpool
10 Nov 1951 - Liverpool 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
17 Nov 1951 - Stoke City 2-1 Liverpool
24 Nov 1951 - Liverpool 0-0 Manchester United
01 Dec 1951 - Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Liverpool
08 Dec 1951 - Liverpool 2-2 Preston North End
15 Dec 1951 - Portsmouth 3-1 Liverpool
22 Dec 1951 - Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
25 Dec 1951 - Liverpool 1-1 Blackpool
26 Dec 1951 - Blackpool 0-2 Liverpool
29 Dec 1951 - Huddersfield Town 2-1 Liverpool
05 Jan 1952 - Liverpool 1-1 Wolves
12 Jan 1952 - Liverpool 1-0 Workington
19 Jan 1952 - Sunderland 0-3 Liverpool
26 Jan 1952 - Liverpool 1-2 Aston Villa
02 Feb 1952 - Liverpool 2-1 Wolves
09 Feb 1952 - Derby County 1-1 Liverpool
16 Feb 1952 - Liverpool 1-1 Charlton Athletic
23 Feb 1952 - Burnley 0-2 Liverpool
01 Mar 1952 - Fulham 1-1 Liverpool
08 Mar 1952 - Liverpool 1-1 Middlesbrough
15 Mar 1952 - West Bromwich Albion 3-3 Liverpool
22 Mar 1952 - Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle United
29 Mar 1952 - Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Liverpool
05 Apr 1952 - Liverpool 2-1 Stoke City
11 Apr 1952 - Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool
12 Apr 1952 - Manchester United 0-4 Liverpool
14 Apr 1952 - Liverpool 1-2 Manchester City
19 Apr 1952 - Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
26 Apr 1952 - Preston North End 0-4 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Portsmouth
17
12
1
4
33
23
+10
25
2
Arsenal
18
10
4
4
34
20
+14
24
3
Tottenham H
18
10
4
4
36
27
+9
24
4
Bolton Wan
17
10
4
3
28
21
+7
24
5
Preston NE
18
10
2
6
38
23
+15
22
6
Charlton Ath
19
9
4
6
37
33
+4
22
7
Man Utd
18
9
3
6
38
29
+9
21
8
Newcastle U
17
8
3
6
43
28
+15
19
9
Liverpool
18
6
7
5
26
24
+2
19
10
Man City
17
7
4
6
25
26
-1
18
11
Aston Villa
18
8
2
8
30
34
-4
18
12
West Brom
17
5
7
5
34
34
+0
17
13
Derby Co
17
7
3
7
30
30
+0
17
14
Blackpool
18
6
5
7
29
31
-2
17
15
Wolves
16
7
2
7
36
31
+5
16
16
Middlesbrough
17
5
4
8
30
34
-4
14
17
Burnley
18
4
6
8
19
29
-10
14
18
Chelsea
17
6
1
10
25
34
-9
13
19
Stoke C
19
5
2
12
20
44
-24
12
20
Sunderland
16
4
3
9
21
28
-7
11
21
Huddersfield
18
3
4
11
22
38
-16
10
22
Fulham
18
3
3
12
24
37
-13
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