Manchester United 12 Apr 1952

Manchester United	4	-	0	Liverpool
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.71)

1	Charlie Ashcroft
2	Steve Parr
3	Ray Lambert
4	John Heydon
5	Bill Jones
6	Bob Paisley
7	Brian Jackson
8	Kevin Baron
9	Jack Smith
10	Jimmy Payne
11	Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.43)

Robert Allen

Tom McNulty

John Aston

Johnny Carey

Allenby Chilton

Jeff Whitefoot

Johnny Berry

Johnny Downie

Jack Rowley

Stan Pearson

Roger Byrne

Other details

Manager: Don Welsh

Opposition manager: Matt Busby

Referee: Gerrard FH

Attendance: 44,899

Half-time score: 1 - 0

Game number: 2046

League game number: 1855

Liverpool league position: 7th

Manchester United league position: 1st

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Manchester United

26'

Roger Byrne penalty (0–1)

HT 0–1

51'

Johnny Downie (0–2)

53'

Roger Byrne (0–3)

59'

Jack Rowley (0–4)

Full time 0–4

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	20	10	8	78	48	+30	50
2	Arsenal	37	19	10	8	69	49	+20	48
3	Portsmouth	39	20	8	11	67	54	+13	48
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	20	7	11	70	49	+21	47
5	Blackpool	39	18	8	13	61	56	+5	44
6	Bolton Wanderers	39	17	10	12	60	58	+2	44
7	Liverpool	39	12	18	9	55	54	+1	42
8	Preston North End	39	15	11	13	67	52	+15	41
9	Charlton Athletic	38	16	9	13	63	60	+3	41
10	Newcastle United	37	16	8	13	86	64	+22	40
11	Aston Villa	37	16	8	13	66	61	+5	40
12	Sunderland	39	14	10	15	64	57	+7	38
13	Burnley	39	14	10	15	53	53	+0	38
14	Wolves	38	12	13	13	69	61	+8	37
15	Manchester City	39	12	13	14	55	54	+1	37
16	Derby County	38	14	6	18	60	73	-13	34
17	West Bromwich Albion	36	10	12	14	60	70	-10	32
18	Chelsea	35	13	5	17	43	55	-12	31
19	Middlesbrough	37	12	6	19	53	81	-28	30
20	Stoke City	38	10	7	21	42	77	-35	27
21	Huddersfield Town	39	9	7	23	46	79	-33	25
22	Fulham	38	6	10	22	51	73	-22	22

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.71)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.43)

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