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1st Division
Anfield | 14 February 1953 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
3
-
0
West Bromwich Albion
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.52)
1
Russell Crossley
2
Ray Lambert
3
Eddie Spicer
4
Roy Saunders
5
Hugh Gerhardi
6
Bob Paisley
7
Phil Taylor
(c)
8
Sammy Smyth
9
Billy Liddell
10
Jimmy Payne
11
Alan A'Court
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Billy Liddell
30′
(Eddie Spicer)
Jimmy Payne
46′
Sammy Smyth
47′
(Jimmy Payne)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.02)
Norman Heath
Stan Rickaby
Stuart Williams
Jimmy Dudley
Jimmy Dugdale
Ray Barlow
David Mountford
Elfed Evans
Ronnie Allen
Reg Ryan
George Lee
Other details
Manager:
Don Welsh
Opposition manager:
Victor Buckingham
Referee:
Fletcher C
Attendance:
24,890
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
2078
League game number:
1886
Liverpool league position:
11th
West Bromwich Albion league position:
2nd
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23 Aug 1952 - Preston North End 1-1 Liverpool
27 Aug 1952 - Liverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
30 Aug 1952 - Liverpool 3-2 Stoke City
03 Sep 1952 - Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Liverpool
06 Sep 1952 - Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool
10 Sep 1952 - Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
13 Sep 1952 - Liverpool 1-1 Portsmouth
15 Sep 1952 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Liverpool
20 Sep 1952 - Liverpool 4-1 Middlesbrough
27 Sep 1952 - West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Liverpool
04 Oct 1952 - Liverpool 5-3 Newcastle United
11 Oct 1952 - Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Liverpool
18 Oct 1952 - Liverpool 0-2 Aston Villa
25 Oct 1952 - Sunderland 1-3 Liverpool
01 Nov 1952 - Liverpool 2-1 Wolves
08 Nov 1952 - Charlton Athletic 2-3 Liverpool
15 Nov 1952 - Liverpool 1-5 Arsenal
22 Nov 1952 - Derby County 2-3 Liverpool
29 Nov 1952 - Liverpool 2-2 Blackpool
13 Dec 1952 - Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United
20 Dec 1952 - Liverpool 2-2 Preston North End
25 Dec 1952 - Burnley 0-2 Liverpool
26 Dec 1952 - Liverpool 1-1 Burnley
03 Jan 1953 - Stoke City 1-3 Liverpool
10 Jan 1953 - Gateshead 0-1 Liverpool
17 Jan 1953 - Liverpool 0-1 Manchester City
24 Jan 1953 - Portsmouth 1-3 Liverpool
07 Feb 1953 - Middlesbrough 3-2 Liverpool
14 Feb 1953 - Liverpool 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
21 Feb 1953 - Newcastle United 2-1 Liverpool
04 Mar 1953 - Liverpool 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
07 Mar 1953 - Aston Villa 0-4 Liverpool
14 Mar 1953 - Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland
21 Mar 1953 - Wolves 0-3 Liverpool
23 Mar 1953 - Chelsea 0-3 Liverpool
28 Mar 1953 - Liverpool 1-2 Charlton Athletic
03 Apr 1953 - Liverpool 2-1 Cardiff City
04 Apr 1953 - Arsenal 3-5 Liverpool
06 Apr 1953 - Cardiff City 0-4 Liverpool
11 Apr 1953 - Liverpool 1-1 Derby County
18 Apr 1953 - Blackpool 1-3 Liverpool
20 Apr 1953 - Manchester United 1-3 Liverpool
25 Apr 1953 - Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Preston NE
27
14
7
6
55
38
+17
35
2
West Brom
29
16
3
10
46
44
+2
35
3
Burnley
27
12
10
5
43
29
+14
34
4
Wolves
29
13
8
8
56
48
+8
34
5
Arsenal
25
13
7
5
58
38
+20
33
6
Sunderland
28
13
7
8
49
46
+3
33
7
Man Utd
28
13
6
9
44
41
+3
32
8
Blackpool
28
12
7
9
54
49
+5
31
9
Charlton Ath
26
11
8
7
53
45
+8
30
10
Tottenham H
28
11
7
10
49
38
+11
29
11
Liverpool
28
10
6
12
46
52
-6
26
12
Sheff Wed
30
9
8
13
45
51
-6
26
13
Newcastle U
29
10
6
13
44
51
-7
26
14
Portsmouth
28
9
7
12
47
49
-2
25
15
Bolton Wan
26
9
6
11
40
47
-7
24
16
Aston Villa
26
7
9
10
33
39
-6
23
17
Middlesbrough
28
8
7
13
42
57
-15
23
18
Stoke C
29
8
7
14
38
50
-12
23
19
Derby Co
28
8
6
14
37
44
-7
22
20
Cardiff C
26
6
10
10
27
30
-3
22
21
Man City
28
8
5
15
46
57
-11
21
22
Chelsea
27
7
7
13
36
45
-9
21
