Manchester City 09 Apr 1949

Liverpool

Manchester City

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.48)

1	Cyril Sidlow
2	Bill Shepherd
3	Ray Lambert
4	Phil Taylor
5	Bill Jones
6	Bob Paisley
7	Jimmy Payne
8	Jack Balmer (c)
9	Cyril Done
10	Billy Liddell
11	Ken Brierley

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.77)

Alec Thurlow

Bert Sproston

Eric Westwood

Billy Walsh

Joe Fagan

Albert Emptage

Billy Linacre

Jimmy Munro

George Smith

Andy Black

Jackie Oakes

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Manager: George Kay

Opposition manager: Jock Thomson

Referee: Denham AC

Attendance: 31,389

Half-time score: 0 - 0

Game number: 1905

League game number: 1725

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 13th

Manchester City league position: 5th

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HT 0–0

50'

George Smith (0–1)

Full time 0–1

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	35	21	8	6	68	31	+37	50
2	Newcastle United	36	19	9	8	65	50	+15	47
3	Charlton Athletic	36	15	11	10	59	53	+6	41
4	Derby County	34	16	8	10	53	48	+5	40
5	Manchester City	36	14	12	10	43	44	-1	40
6	Arsenal	35	14	11	10	62	39	+23	39
7	Manchester United	32	14	10	8	60	34	+26	38
8	Wolves	33	14	9	10	65	50	+15	37
9	Stoke City	35	14	8	13	57	56	+1	36
10	Burnley	36	11	12	13	39	42	-3	34
11	Blackpool	36	11	12	13	48	58	-10	34
12	Chelsea	35	11	11	13	64	59	+5	33
13	Liverpool	35	10	13	12	45	36	+9	33
14	Bolton Wanderers	35	13	7	15	54	59	-5	33
15	Birmingham City	36	10	13	13	30	31	-1	33
16	Sunderland	35	10	13	12	42	54	-12	33
17	Aston Villa	35	13	6	16	51	71	-20	32
18	Everton	36	11	8	17	36	60	-24	30
19	Sheffield United	35	10	8	17	52	65	-13	28
20	Middlesbrough	34	9	9	16	37	48	-11	27
21	Huddersfield Town	35	9	9	17	33	60	-27	27
22	Preston North End	35	8	9	18	52	67	-15	25

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.48)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.77)

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