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1st Division
Anfield | 03 April 1953 at14:30UK local time
Liverpool
2
-
1
Cardiff City
Starting Lineup
(Average age 28.64)
1
Russell Crossley
2
Ray Lambert
3
Eddie Spicer
4
Roy Saunders
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Bob Paisley
7
Jimmy Payne
8
Sammy Smyth
9
Louis Bimpson
10
Bill Jones
11
Billy Liddell
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Bill Jones
4′
(Sammy Smyth)
Louis Bimpson
19′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 27.35)
Ron Howells
Alf Sherwood
Ron Stitfall
Stan Montgomery
Alan Harrington
Wilf Grant
Mike Tiddy
Tommy Northcott
Derek Sullivan
Glyn Williams
Douglas Blair
Opposition goals
Tommy Northcott
15
′
Notes
- Louis Bimpson scores his first LFC goal
Other details
Manager:
Don Welsh
Opposition manager:
Cyril Spiers
Referee:
Ratcliffe W
Attendance:
52,079
Half-time score:
2
-
1
Game number:
2086
League game number:
1894
Liverpool league position:
14th
Cardiff City league position:
12th
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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
35
17
10
8
74
54
+20
44
2
Charlton Ath
35
17
10
8
69
52
+17
44
3
Wolves
37
16
12
9
71
57
+14
44
4
Burnley
35
16
11
8
56
39
+17
43
5
West Brom
35
18
6
11
57
52
+5
42
6
Arsenal
34
15
11
8
76
53
+23
41
7
Blackpool
36
17
7
12
63
57
+6
41
8
Man Utd
36
15
9
12
58
57
+1
39
9
Sunderland
36
13
11
12
58
68
-10
37
10
Bolton Wan
35
14
8
13
54
55
-1
36
11
Tottenham H
36
13
9
14
68
58
+10
35
12
Cardiff C
34
11
11
12
42
36
+6
33
13
Newcastle U
36
12
9
15
51
57
-6
33
14
Liverpool
36
13
7
16
53
66
-13
33
15
Portsmouth
36
11
10
15
61
70
-9
32
16
Aston Villa
34
10
11
13
49
51
-2
31
17
Sheff Wed
37
11
9
17
51
61
-10
31
18
Man City
35
12
6
17
61
71
-10
30
19
Chelsea
36
10
10
16
50
58
-8
30
20
Stoke C
36
10
9
17
47
57
-10
29
21
Middlesbrough
36
10
9
17
50
70
-20
29
22
Derby Co
36
9
7
20
47
67
-20
25
