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1st Division
Roker Park | 17 December 1949 at14:00UK local time
Sunderland
3
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 28.58)
1
Cyril Sidlow
2
Bill Shepherd
3
Ray Lambert
4
Phil Taylor
(c)
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Bill Jones
7
Billy Liddell
8
Kevin Baron
9
Cyril Done
10
Willie Fagan
11
Ken Brierley
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Ken Brierley
8′
(Billy Liddell)
Cyril Done
15′
(Kevin Baron)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 27.04)
Johnny Mapson
Jack Stelling
Arthur Hudgell
Willie Watson
Billy Walsh
Arthur Wright
Tommy Wright
Harry Kirtley
Dickie Davis
Len Shackleton
Tommy Reynolds
Opposition goals
Tommy Reynolds
19
′
Len Shackleton
25
′
Harry Kirtley
82
′
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Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
William Murray
Referee:
Ellis AE
Attendance:
46,515
Half-time score:
2
-
2
Game number:
1933
League game number:
1753
Liverpool league position:
1st
Sunderland league position:
8th
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20 Aug 1949 - Liverpool 4-2 Sunderland
22 Aug 1949 - Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
27 Aug 1949 - Everton 0-0 Liverpool
31 Aug 1949 - Liverpool 1-1 Stoke City
03 Sep 1949 - Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool
07 Sep 1949 - Liverpool 1-1 Manchester United
10 Sep 1949 - Liverpool 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
17 Sep 1949 - Birmingham City 3-2 Liverpool
24 Sep 1949 - Liverpool 3-1 Derby County
01 Oct 1949 - West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Liverpool
08 Oct 1949 - Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough
15 Oct 1949 - Blackpool 0-0 Liverpool
22 Oct 1949 - Liverpool 2-2 Newcastle United
29 Oct 1949 - Fulham 1-0 Liverpool
05 Nov 1949 - Liverpool 4-0 Manchester City
12 Nov 1949 - Charlton Athletic 3-1 Liverpool
19 Nov 1949 - Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa
26 Nov 1949 - Wolves 1-1 Liverpool
03 Dec 1949 - Liverpool 2-2 Portsmouth
10 Dec 1949 - Huddersfield Town 2-3 Liverpool
17 Dec 1949 - Sunderland 2-3 Liverpool
24 Dec 1949 - Liverpool 3-1 Everton
26 Dec 1949 - Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool
27 Dec 1949 - Liverpool 2-2 Chelsea
31 Dec 1949 - Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
07 Jan 1950 - Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Liverpool
11 Jan 1950 - Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
14 Jan 1950 - Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Liverpool
21 Jan 1950 - Liverpool 2-0 Birmingham City
28 Jan 1950 - Liverpool 3-1 Exeter City
04 Feb 1950 - Derby County 2-2 Liverpool
11 Feb 1950 - Stockport County 2-1 Liverpool
18 Feb 1950 - Liverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
25 Feb 1950 - Middlesbrough 1-4 Liverpool
04 Mar 1950 - Liverpool 2-1 Blackpool
08 Mar 1950 - Liverpool 0-1 Blackpool
11 Mar 1950 - Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
15 Mar 1950 - Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool
18 Mar 1950 - Liverpool 0-2 Wolves
25 Mar 1950 - Liverpool 2-0 Everton
29 Mar 1950 - Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool
01 Apr 1950 - Liverpool 1-0 Charlton Athletic
07 Apr 1950 - Burnley 2-0 Liverpool
08 Apr 1950 - Newcastle United 1-5 Liverpool
10 Apr 1950 - Liverpool 0-1 Burnley
15 Apr 1950 - Liverpool 1-1 Fulham
22 Apr 1950 - Portsmouth 1-2 Liverpool
29 Apr 1950 - Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal
03 May 1950 - Liverpool 2-3 Huddersfield Town
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
21
10
9
2
37
22
+15
29
2
Wolves
21
9
9
3
36
27
+9
27
3
Man Utd
21
9
8
4
36
19
+17
26
4
Blackpool
20
9
8
3
29
16
+13
26
5
Arsenal
22
10
6
6
42
31
+11
26
6
Burnley
22
10
6
6
25
22
+3
26
7
Portsmouth
21
9
7
5
39
22
+17
25
8
Sunderland
21
9
6
6
39
34
+5
24
9
Derby Co
20
10
3
7
34
25
+9
23
10
Chelsea
21
8
6
7
36
31
+5
22
11
West Brom
21
8
6
7
33
28
+5
22
12
Aston Villa
21
6
9
6
28
27
+1
21
13
Newcastle U
20
7
6
7
41
36
+5
20
14
Fulham
21
7
6
8
25
26
-1
20
15
Middlesbrough
21
7
4
10
25
29
-4
18
16
Stoke C
22
5
8
9
26
39
-13
18
17
Charlton Ath
22
7
3
12
32
38
-6
17
18
Huddersfield
22
5
7
10
26
48
-22
17
19
Bolton Wan
21
3
10
8
23
28
-5
16
20
Everton
21
5
6
10
20
40
-20
16
21
Man City
21
4
7
10
19
39
-20
15
22
Birmingham C
21
2
6
13
14
38
-24
10
