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1st Division
Bloomfield Road | 01 April 1939 at 15:15 UK local time
Blackpool
1
-
1
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.24)
1
Arthur Riley
2
Tom Cooper
(c)
3
Jim Harley
4
Matt Busby
5
Tom Bush
6
Jimmy McInnes
7
Berry Nieuwenhuys
8
Phil Taylor
9
Willie Fagan
10
Jack Balmer
11
Harman van den Berg
Goals
Willie Fagan
20′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 24.48)
Alex Roxburgh
Douglas Blair
Malcolm Butler
George Farrow
Eric Hayward
Harry Johnston
Alex Munro
Dai Astley
Jock Dodds
George Eastham
Hugh O'Donnell
Opposition goals
Dai Astley
15
′
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
Joseph Smith
Referee:
Unknown
Attendance:
17,137
Half-time score:
1
-
1
Game number:
1764
League game number:
1600
Liverpool league position:
10th
Blackpool league position:
18th
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27 Aug · 2-1 · Chelsea (H)
03 Sep · 1-0 · Preston North End (A)
07 Sep · 1-0 · Manchester United (H)
10 Sep · 1-0 · Charlton Athletic (H)
14 Sep · 3-1 · Middlesbrough (H)
17 Sep · 3-1 · Bolton Wanderers (A)
24 Sep · 3-0 · Leeds United (H)
01 Oct · 2-1 · Everton (A)
08 Oct · 2-2 · Leicester City (A)
15 Oct · 3-0 · Aston Villa (H)
22 Oct · 2-2 · Wolves (A)
29 Oct · 3-3 · Huddersfield Town (H)
05 Nov · 1-1 · Portsmouth (A)
12 Nov · 2-2 · Arsenal (H)
19 Nov · 2-1 · Brentford (A)
26 Nov · 1-0 · Blackpool (H)
03 Dec · 2-2 · Derby County (A)
10 Dec · 2-2 · Grimsby Town (H)
17 Dec · 2-3 · Sunderland (A)
24 Dec · 4-1 · Chelsea (A)
26 Dec · 3-1 · Stoke City (A)
27 Dec · 1-0 · Stoke City (H)
31 Dec · 4-1 · Preston North End (H)
02 Jan · 3-0 · Middlesbrough (A)
07 Jan · 3-0 · Luton Town (H)
14 Jan · 1-3 · Charlton Athletic (A)
21 Jan · 5-1 · Stockport County (H)
25 Jan · 1-2 · Bolton Wanderers (H)
28 Jan · 1-1 · Leeds United (A)
04 Feb · 0-3 · Everton (H)
11 Feb · 4-1 · Wolves (A)
18 Feb · 2-0 · Aston Villa (A)
25 Feb · 0-2 · Wolves (H)
04 Mar · 1-1 · Leicester City (H)
11 Mar · 4-4 · Portsmouth (H)
15 Mar · 1-1 · Huddersfield Town (A)
18 Mar · 2-0 · Arsenal (A)
25 Mar · 1-0 · Brentford (H)
01 Apr · 1-1 · Blackpool (A)
07 Apr · 4-0 · Birmingham (H)
08 Apr · 2-1 · Derby County (H)
10 Apr · 0-0 · Birmingham (A)
15 Apr · 2-1 · Grimsby Town (A)
22 Apr · 1-1 · Sunderland (H)
06 May · 2-0 · Manchester United (A)
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Everton
35
23
4
8
74
44
+30
50
2
Wolves
35
19
8
8
77
31
+46
46
3
Derby County
36
18
7
11
60
46
+14
43
4
Middlesbrough
36
17
8
11
81
61
+20
42
5
Charlton Athletic
35
17
6
12
63
52
+11
40
6
Aston Villa
35
16
7
12
66
46
+20
39
7
Bolton Wanderers
35
13
12
10
60
49
+11
38
8
Stoke City
36
14
10
12
63
63
+0
38
9
Arsenal
35
14
9
12
45
35
+10
37
10
Liverpool
36
12
12
12
54
57
-3
36
11
Preston North End
34
12
10
12
49
50
-1
34
12
Grimsby Town
35
12
10
13
49
61
-12
34
13
Leeds United
34
13
7
14
51
58
-7
33
14
Sunderland
35
12
9
14
47
55
-8
33
15
Brentford
35
13
7
15
48
61
-13
33
16
Manchester United
35
9
13
13
49
59
-10
31
17
Portsmouth
35
9
12
14
39
62
-23
30
18
Blackpool
35
8
13
14
42
59
-17
29
19
Chelsea
34
11
6
17
58
67
-9
28
20
Huddersfield Town
35
10
8
17
47
53
-6
28
21
Leicester City
36
8
10
18
37
67
-30
26
22
Birmingham City
35
9
6
20
53
76
-23
24
