Preston North End 31 Dec 1938

Liverpool	4	-	1	Preston North End
Half time 2–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.51)

1	Dirk Kemp
2	Bernard Ramsden
3	Jim Harley
4	Matt Busby (c)
5	Tom Bush
6	Jimmy McInnes
7	Berry Nieuwenhuys
8	Phil Taylor
9	Willie Fagan
10	Jack Balmer
11	Bill Kinghorn

Opposition Lineup

Harry Holdcroft

Frank Gallimore

Andy Beattie

Bill Shankly

Alex Millar

Jackie Cox

Jimmy Dougal

George Mutch

Terry McGibbons

Bobby Beattie

Jimmy McIntosh

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Manager: George Kay

Opposition manager: Unknown

Referee: Snape P

Attendance: 30,453

Half-time score: 2 - 1

Game number: 1748

League game number: 1587

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 4th

Preston North End league position: 20th

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Liverpool

Preston North End

32'

George Mutch (0–1)

Phil Taylor (1–1)

33'

Willie Fagan penalty (2–1)

34'

HT 2–1

Jack Balmer (3–1)

85'

Phil Taylor (4–1)

88'

Full time 4–1

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Derby County	24	15	5	4	46	27	+19	35
2	Everton	23	14	2	7	46	26	+20	30
3	Wolves	23	10	7	6	38	18	+20	27
4	Liverpool	23	10	7	6	41	34	+7	27
5	Middlesbrough	23	10	6	7	51	37	+14	26
6	Charlton Athletic	22	11	4	7	32	28	+4	26
7	Leeds United	23	10	5	8	40	41	-1	25
8	Grimsby Town	23	8	7	8	33	38	-5	23
9	Bolton Wanderers	22	7	8	7	37	32	+5	22
10	Aston Villa	23	9	4	10	38	35	+3	22
11	Arsenal	22	7	8	7	25	21	+4	22
12	Sunderland	23	8	6	9	31	36	-5	22
13	Manchester United	23	6	9	8	33	33	+0	21
14	Blackpool	23	7	7	9	29	38	-9	21
15	Stoke City	23	7	7	9	32	44	-12	21
16	Leicester City	24	6	8	10	30	43	-13	20
17	Portsmouth	22	6	8	8	24	37	-13	20
18	Chelsea	23	7	5	11	41	46	-5	19
19	Huddersfield Town	24	7	5	12	31	37	-6	19
20	Preston North End	22	7	5	10	28	36	-8	19
21	Brentford	22	7	5	10	30	44	-14	19
22	Birmingham City	24	7	4	13	38	43	-5	18

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