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1st Division
Anfield | Saturday 4 March 1939 at 15:15 UK local time
Liverpool
1
-
1
Leicester City
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.45)
1
Arthur Riley
2
Tom Cooper
(c)
3
Jim Harley
4
Matt Busby
5
Tom Bush
6
John Browning
7
Berry Nieuwenhuys
8
Phil Taylor
9
Willie Fagan
10
Jack Balmer
11
Bill Kinghorn
Opposition Lineup
Sandy McLaren
Dai Jones
Maurice Reeday
Roger Heywood
Fred Sharman
Percy Grosvenor
Mal Griffiths
Sep Smith
Jack Bowers
Billy Coutts
Danny Liddle
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
Frank Womack
Referee:
Gough EV
Attendance:
25,451
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
1759
League game number:
1595
Played towards Kop:
First half
Liverpool league position:
10th
Leicester City league position:
18th
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27 Aug · 2-1 · Chelsea (H) · League
03 Sep · 0-1 · Preston North End (A) · League
07 Sep · 1-0 · Manchester United (H) · League
10 Sep · 1-0 · Charlton Athletic (H) · League
14 Sep · 3-1 · Middlesbrough (H) · League
17 Sep · 1-3 · Bolton Wanderers (A) · League
24 Sep · 3-0 · Leeds United (H) · League
01 Oct · 1-2 · Everton (A) · League
08 Oct · 2-2 · Leicester City (A) · League
15 Oct · 3-0 · Aston Villa (H) · League
22 Oct · 2-2 · Wolves (A) · League
29 Oct · 3-3 · Huddersfield Town (H) · League
05 Nov · 1-1 · Portsmouth (A) · League
12 Nov · 2-2 · Arsenal (H) · League
19 Nov · 1-2 · Brentford (A) · League
26 Nov · 1-0 · Blackpool (H) · League
03 Dec · 2-2 · Derby County (A) · League
10 Dec · 2-2 · Grimsby Town (H) · League
17 Dec · 3-2 · Sunderland (A) · League
24 Dec · 1-4 · Chelsea (A) · League
26 Dec · 1-3 · Stoke City (A) · League
27 Dec · 1-0 · Stoke City (H) · League
31 Dec · 4-1 · Preston North End (H) · League
02 Jan · 0-3 · Middlesbrough (A) · League
07 Jan · 3-0 · Luton Town (H) · FA
14 Jan · 3-1 · Charlton Athletic (A) · League
21 Jan · 5-1 · Stockport County (H) · FA
25 Jan · 1-2 · Bolton Wanderers (H) · League
28 Jan · 1-1 · Leeds United (A) · League
04 Feb · 0-3 · Everton (H) · League
11 Feb · 1-4 · Wolves (A) · FA
18 Feb · 0-2 · Aston Villa (A) · League
25 Feb · 0-2 · Wolves (H) · League
04 Mar · 1-1 · Leicester City (H) · League
11 Mar · 4-4 · Portsmouth (H) · League
15 Mar · 1-1 · Huddersfield Town (A) · League
18 Mar · 0-2 · Arsenal (A) · League
25 Mar · 1-0 · Brentford (H) · League
01 Apr · 1-1 · Blackpool (A) · League
07 Apr · 4-0 · Birmingham (H) · League
08 Apr · 2-1 · Derby County (H) · League
10 Apr · 0-0 · Birmingham (A) · League
15 Apr · 1-2 · Grimsby Town (A) · League
22 Apr · 1-1 · Sunderland (H) · League
06 May · 0-2 · Manchester United (A) · League
Match timeline
Liverpool
Leicester City
HT
0–0
48'
Sep Smith
(0–1)
Phil Taylor
(1–1)
82'
Full time
1–1
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Everton
30
20
2
8
59
37
+22
42
2
Wolves
30
16
8
6
61
22
+39
40
3
Derby County
31
16
7
8
54
38
+16
39
4
Middlesbrough
31
14
7
10
65
48
+17
35
5
Charlton Athletic
31
15
5
11
55
46
+9
35
6
Aston Villa
31
14
6
11
58
43
+15
34
7
Bolton Wanderers
31
12
9
10
56
46
+10
33
8
Arsenal
31
12
9
10
38
29
+9
33
9
Stoke City
31
12
9
10
53
52
+1
33
10
Liverpool
31
11
9
11
47
49
-2
31
11
Sunderland
30
11
8
11
41
45
-4
30
12
Grimsby Town
30
11
8
11
42
50
-8
30
13
Brentford
31
12
6
13
45
58
-13
30
14
Preston North End
29
10
9
10
41
42
-1
29
15
Manchester United
31
9
11
11
47
52
-5
29
16
Leeds United
29
10
7
12
45
53
-8
27
17
Blackpool
29
7
10
12
37
52
-15
24
18
Leicester City
31
7
10
14
36
58
-22
24
19
Huddersfield Town
30
9
5
16
43
49
-6
23
20
Portsmouth
29
6
11
12
27
49
-22
23
21
Chelsea
28
8
5
15
47
59
-12
21
22
Birmingham City
31
8
5
18
47
67
-20
21
