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Liverpool

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Starting Lineup (Average age 25.43)

1	Russell Crossley
2	Ray Lambert
3	Eddie Spicer
4	Barry Wilkinson
5	Bill Jones (c)
6	Roy Saunders
7	Brian Jackson
8	Sammy Smyth
9	Alan Arnell
10	Jimmy Payne
11	Alan A'Court

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Jimmy Payne 45′ (Sammy Smyth)
Alan A'Court 53′
Alan A'Court 57′
Alan Arnell 79′
Sammy Smyth 88′ (Brian Jackson)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 29.45)

Opposition goals

Ernest Taylor 15′
Ernest Taylor 86′

Notes

- Barry Wilkinson makes his LFC debut
- Alan Arnell makes his LFC debut
- Alan Arnell scores his first LFC goal

Other details

Manager: Don Welsh

Opposition manager: Joseph Smith

Referee: Haworth H

Attendance: 47,320

Half-time score: 1 - 1

Game number: 2113

League game number: 1921

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 20th

Blackpool league position: 9th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wolves	21	14	5	2	54	29	+25	33
2	West Brom	21	15	2	4	58	28	+30	32
3	Huddersfield	21	12	4	5	38	21	+17	28
4	Burnley	21	13	0	8	48	38	+10	26
5	Bolton Wan	20	8	8	4	37	28	+9	24
6	Charlton Ath	21	11	1	9	45	40	+5	23
7	Man Utd	21	6	10	5	34	29	+5	22
8	Arsenal	21	9	4	8	41	39	+2	22
9	Blackpool	20	9	4	7	37	35	+2	22
10	Sheff Wed	22	9	3	10	38	48	-10	21
11	Cardiff C	21	8	5	8	26	37	-11	21
12	Preston NE	21	9	2	10	47	31	+16	20
13	Aston Villa	20	9	2	9	34	35	-1	20
14	Tottenham H	21	9	1	11	34	38	-4	19
15	Newcastle U	21	5	7	9	32	39	-7	17
16	Chelsea	21	6	5	10	34	46	-12	17
17	Portsmouth	21	5	6	10	41	53	-12	16
18	Sheff Utd	20	6	4	10	33	42	-9	16
19	Middlesbrough	21	6	4	11	32	46	-14	16
20	Liverpool	21	5	5	11	41	51	-10	15
21	Man City	21	5	5	11	25	41	-16	15
22	Sunderland	20	5	3	12	40	55	-15	13