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2nd Division
Gigg Lane | 22 October 1955 at14:45UK local time
Bury
1
-
4
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.44)
1
Doug Rudham
2
John Molyneux
3
Ronnie Moran
4
Roy Saunders
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Geoff Twentyman
7
Jimmy Payne
8
John Evans
9
Billy Liddell
(c)
10
Alan Arnell
11
Alan A'Court
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Alan Arnell
3′
(Alan A'Court)
Billy Liddell
22′
Billy Liddell
82′
Alan Arnell
85′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.28)
Chris Conway
Don Wilson
Bill Redman
Don May
Norman Neilson
Harry Gordon
Johnny Robinson
Walter Kelly
Doug Fletcher
Stan Pearson
Cecil Law
Opposition goals
Don May
80
′
Other details
Manager:
Don Welsh
Opposition manager:
David Russell
Referee:
Black G
Attendance:
12,296
Half-time score:
0
-
2
Game number:
2194
League game number:
1997
Liverpool league position:
9th
Bury league position:
20th
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20 Aug 1955 - Nottingham Forest 3-1 Liverpool
24 Aug 1955 - Liverpool 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday
27 Aug 1955 - Liverpool 3-0 Hull City
31 Aug 1955 - Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Liverpool
03 Sep 1955 - Blackburn Rovers 3-3 Liverpool
07 Sep 1955 - Liverpool 0-2 Bristol Rovers
10 Sep 1955 - Liverpool 2-1 Lincoln City
17 Sep 1955 - Leicester City 1-3 Liverpool
24 Sep 1955 - Liverpool 1-1 Middlesbrough
01 Oct 1955 - Liverpool 4-1 Plymouth Argyle
08 Oct 1955 - Bristol City 1-2 Liverpool
15 Oct 1955 - Liverpool 3-1 West Ham United
22 Oct 1955 - Bury 4-1 Liverpool
29 Oct 1955 - Liverpool 2-0 Rotherham United
05 Nov 1955 - Swansea Town 1-2 Liverpool
12 Nov 1955 - Liverpool 2-1 Notts County
19 Nov 1955 - Leeds United 2-4 Liverpool
26 Nov 1955 - Liverpool 7-0 Fulham
03 Dec 1955 - Port Vale 1-1 Liverpool
10 Dec 1955 - Liverpool 1-1 Barnsley
17 Dec 1955 - Liverpool 5-2 Nottingham Forest
24 Dec 1955 - Hull City 2-1 Liverpool
26 Dec 1955 - Liverpool 2-2 Stoke City
27 Dec 1955 - Stoke City 2-3 Liverpool
31 Dec 1955 - Liverpool 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
07 Jan 1956 - Liverpool 2-0 Accrington Stanley
21 Jan 1956 - Liverpool 3-1 Leicester City
28 Jan 1956 - Liverpool 3-3 Scunthorpe United
04 Feb 1956 - Middlesbrough 2-1 Liverpool
06 Feb 1956 - Scunthorpe United 2-1 Liverpool
11 Feb 1956 - Plymouth Argyle 0-4 Liverpool
18 Feb 1956 - Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool
22 Feb 1956 - Liverpool 1-2 Manchester City
25 Feb 1956 - West Ham United 0-2 Liverpool
29 Feb 1956 - Liverpool 1-0 Leeds United
03 Mar 1956 - Liverpool 4-2 Bury
10 Mar 1956 - Barnsley 5-0 Liverpool
17 Mar 1956 - Liverpool 4-1 Swansea Town
24 Mar 1956 - Notts County 1-2 Liverpool
30 Mar 1956 - Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Liverpool
31 Mar 1956 - Liverpool 2-1 Bristol City
02 Apr 1956 - Liverpool 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
07 Apr 1956 - Fulham 1-3 Liverpool
14 Apr 1956 - Liverpool 4-1 Port Vale
21 Apr 1956 - Rotherham United 1-0 Liverpool
28 Apr 1956 - Bristol Rovers 2-1 Liverpool
02 May 1956 - Lincoln City 0-2 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Swansea C
14
9
2
3
37
24
+13
20
2
Fulham
14
8
2
4
35
19
+16
18
3
Stoke C
14
9
0
5
29
20
+9
18
4
Sheffield Wed
14
5
7
2
29
19
+10
17
5
Bristol C
13
7
3
3
25
17
+8
17
6
Port Vale
12
6
4
2
17
7
+10
16
7
Bristol R
13
7
2
4
24
18
+6
16
8
Leeds U
13
7
2
4
18
14
+4
16
9
Liverpool
13
6
3
4
26
20
+6
15
10
Blackburn R
12
6
2
4
21
13
+8
14
11
Barnsley
14
4
6
4
18
26
-8
14
12
West Ham U
13
5
3
5
32
22
+10
13
13
Lincoln C
13
6
1
6
23
16
+7
13
14
Leicester C
14
5
3
6
27
33
-6
13
15
Middlesbrough
12
4
4
4
19
18
+1
12
16
Doncaster R
13
3
5
5
24
31
-7
11
17
Nottm Forest
12
5
0
7
19
24
-5
10
18
Notts Co
14
2
6
6
18
31
-13
10
19
Rotherham U
14
3
4
7
16
27
-11
10
20
Bury
14
2
4
8
20
38
-18
8
21
Plymouth Arg
14
3
2
9
13
29
-16
8
22
Hull C
13
1
1
11
11
35
-24
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