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1st Division
Anfield | Saturday 1 May 1937 at 15:15 UK local time
Liverpool
1
-
1
Chelsea
Half time
1–0
Starting Lineup
(Average age 23.77)
1
Dirk Kemp
2
Jim Harley
3
Ben Dabbs
4
Matt Busby
(c)
5
Tom Bush
6
John Browning
7
Berry Nieuwenhuys
8
Harry Eastham
9
Fred Howe
10
Jack Balmer
11
Alf Hanson
Opposition Lineup
Vic Woodley
Wilf Chitty
George Barber
Billy Mitchell
Allan Craig
Sam Weaver
Dickie Spence
Jimmy Argue
George Mills
George Gibson
Douglas Smale
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
Leslie Knighton
Referee:
Pinckston E
Attendance:
8,278
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
1678
League game number:
1522
Liverpool league position:
18th
Chelsea league position:
13th
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29 Aug · 2-1 · Stoke City (H) · League
02 Sep · 2-6 · Portsmouth (A) · League
05 Sep · 1-1 · Charlton Athletic (A) · League
09 Sep · 0-0 · Portsmouth (H) · League
12 Sep · 7-1 · Grimsby Town (H) · League
16 Sep · 0-2 · Chelsea (A) · League
19 Sep · 0-2 · Everton (A) · League
26 Sep · 0-2 · Leeds United (A) · League
03 Oct · 2-0 · Birmingham (H) · League
10 Oct · 3-3 · Middlesbrough (A) · League
17 Oct · 0-0 · Bolton Wanderers (H) · League
24 Oct · 2-5 · Brentford (A) · League
31 Oct · 2-1 · Arsenal (H) · League
07 Nov · 1-3 · Preston North End (A) · League
14 Nov · 2-2 · Sheffield Wednesday (H) · League
21 Nov · 5-2 · Manchester United (A) · League
28 Nov · 3-3 · Derby County (H) · League
05 Dec · 0-2 · Wolves (A) · League
12 Dec · 4-0 · Sunderland (H) · League
19 Dec · 0-4 · Huddersfield Town (A) · League
25 Dec · 1-3 · West Bromwich Albion (A) · League
26 Dec · 1-1 · Stoke City (A) · League
28 Dec · 1-2 · West Bromwich Albion (H) · League
02 Jan · 1-2 · Charlton Athletic (H) · League
09 Jan · 1-2 · Grimsby Town (A) · League
16 Jan · 0-3 · Norwich City (A) · FA
23 Jan · 3-2 · Everton (H) · League
30 Jan · 3-0 · Leeds United (H) · League
06 Feb · 0-5 · Birmingham (A) · League
13 Feb · 0-2 · Middlesbrough (H) · League
24 Feb · 1-0 · Bolton Wanderers (A) · League
27 Feb · 2-2 · Brentford (H) · League
10 Mar · 0-1 · Arsenal (A) · League
13 Mar · 1-1 · Preston North End (H) · League
20 Mar · 2-1 · Sheffield Wednesday (A) · League
26 Mar · 0-5 · Manchester City (H) · League
27 Mar · 2-0 · Manchester United (H) · League
29 Mar · 1-5 · Manchester City (A) · League
03 Apr · 1-4 · Derby County (A) · League
10 Apr · 1-0 · Wolves (H) · League
17 Apr · 2-4 · Sunderland (A) · League
24 Apr · 1-1 · Huddersfield Town (H) · League
01 May · 1-1 · Chelsea (H) · League
Match timeline
Liverpool
Chelsea
Jack Balmer
(1–0)
34'
HT
1–0
55'
Dickie Spence
(1–1)
Full time
1–1
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Manchester City
42
22
13
7
107
61
+46
57
2
Charlton Athletic
42
21
12
9
58
49
+9
54
3
Arsenal
42
18
16
8
80
49
+31
52
4
Derby County
42
21
7
14
96
90
+6
49
5
Wolves
42
21
5
16
84
67
+17
47
6
Brentford
42
18
10
14
82
78
+4
46
7
Middlesbrough
42
19
8
15
74
71
+3
46
8
Sunderland
42
19
6
17
89
87
+2
44
9
Portsmouth
42
17
10
15
62
66
-4
44
10
Stoke City
42
15
12
15
72
57
+15
42
11
Grimsby Town
42
17
7
18
86
81
+5
41
12
Birmingham City
42
13
15
14
64
60
+4
41
13
Chelsea
42
14
13
15
52
55
-3
41
14
Preston North End
42
14
13
15
56
67
-11
41
15
Huddersfield Town
42
12
15
15
62
64
-2
39
16
West Bromwich Albion
42
16
6
20
77
98
-21
38
17
Everton
42
14
9
19
81
78
+3
37
18
Liverpool
42
12
11
19
62
84
-22
35
19
Leeds United
42
15
4
23
60
80
-20
34
20
Bolton Wanderers
42
10
14
18
43
66
-23
34
21
Manchester United
42
10
12
20
55
78
-23
32
22
Sheffield Wednesday
42
9
12
21
53
69
-16
30