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Aston Villa

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Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.38)

1	Cyril Sidlow
2	Jim Harley
3	Ray Lambert
4	Phil Taylor
5	Laurie Hughes
6	Bob Paisley
7	Billy Watkinson
8	Willie Fagan (c)
9	Albert Stubbins
10	Stan Palk
11	Billy Liddell

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Billy Watkinson 9′ (Willie Fagan)
Willie Fagan 30′ (Albert Stubbins)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 29.73)

Opposition goals

Billy Evans 5′

Notes

- Billy Watkinson makes his LFC debut
- Billy Watkinson scores his first LFC goal

Other details

Manager: George Kay

Opposition manager: Alex Massie

Referee: Strainge WT

Attendance: 35,429

Half-time score: 1 - 2

Game number: 1817

League game number: 1643

Liverpool league position: 5th

Aston Villa league position: 8th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wolves	37	24	4	9	90	47	+43	52
2	Man Utd	38	20	11	7	85	50	+35	51
3	Stoke C	38	22	6	10	86	50	+36	50
4	Blackpool	41	22	5	14	71	70	+1	49
5	Liverpool	37	21	6	10	75	48	+27	48
6	Preston NE	38	17	9	12	69	66	+3	43
7	Middlesbrough	39	17	8	14	72	59	+13	42
8	Aston Villa	39	16	9	14	61	49	+12	41
9	Sheff Utd	34	16	7	11	71	58	+13	39
10	Sunderland	38	16	6	16	60	63	-3	38
11	Everton	38	15	8	15	53	61	-8	38
12	Chelsea	39	15	7	17	66	77	-11	37
13	Portsmouth	36	14	8	14	59	51	+8	36
14	Derby Co	37	16	4	17	68	74	-6	36
15	Arsenal	37	13	9	15	66	65	+1	35
16	Grimsby T	39	11	12	16	52	79	-27	34
17	Bolton Wan	41	12	8	21	56	69	-13	32
18	Blackburn R	38	12	7	19	37	48	-11	31
19	Charlton Ath	36	10	9	17	51	64	-13	29
20	Huddersfield	38	11	7	20	49	76	-27	29
21	Brentford	37	9	6	22	43	80	-37	24
22	Leeds U	37	6	6	25	42	78	-36	18