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1st Division
Anfield | 25 January 1939 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
1
-
2
Bolton Wanderers
Starting Lineup
(Average age 24.2)
1
Dirk Kemp
2
Bernard Ramsden
3
Jim Harley
4
Matt Busby
(c)
5
Fred Rogers
6
Jimmy McInnes
7
Ron Jones
8
Phil Taylor
9
Willie Fagan
10
Jack Balmer
11
Harry Eastham
Goals
Willie Fagan
55′
Opposition Lineup
Stan Hanson
Danny Winter
Harry Hubbick
Harry Goslin
Jack Atkinson
George Taylor
Albert Geldard
Thomas Sinclair
George Hunt
Don Howe
Frank Marsh
Opposition goals
George Hunt
5
′
Thomas Sinclair
30
′
Other details
Manager:
George Kay
Opposition manager:
Charles Foweraker
Referee:
Unknown
Attendance:
17,705
Half-time score:
0
-
2
Game number:
1753
League game number:
1590
Liverpool league position:
5th
Bolton Wanderers league position:
9th
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27 Aug 1938 - Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea
03 Sep 1938 - Preston North End 0-1 Liverpool
07 Sep 1938 - Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United
10 Sep 1938 - Liverpool 1-0 Charlton Athletic
14 Sep 1938 - Liverpool 3-1 Middlesbrough
17 Sep 1938 - Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Liverpool
24 Sep 1938 - Liverpool 3-0 Leeds United
01 Oct 1938 - Everton 1-2 Liverpool
08 Oct 1938 - Leicester City 2-2 Liverpool
15 Oct 1938 - Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
22 Oct 1938 - Wolves 2-2 Liverpool
29 Oct 1938 - Liverpool 3-3 Huddersfield Town
05 Nov 1938 - Portsmouth 1-1 Liverpool
12 Nov 1938 - Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal
19 Nov 1938 - Brentford 1-2 Liverpool
26 Nov 1938 - Liverpool 1-0 Blackpool
03 Dec 1938 - Derby County 2-2 Liverpool
10 Dec 1938 - Liverpool 2-2 Grimsby Town
17 Dec 1938 - Sunderland 3-2 Liverpool
24 Dec 1938 - Chelsea 1-4 Liverpool
26 Dec 1938 - Stoke City 1-3 Liverpool
27 Dec 1938 - Liverpool 1-0 Stoke City
31 Dec 1938 - Liverpool 4-1 Preston North End
02 Jan 1939 - Middlesbrough 0-3 Liverpool
07 Jan 1939 - Liverpool 3-0 Luton Town
14 Jan 1939 - Charlton Athletic 3-1 Liverpool
21 Jan 1939 - Liverpool 5-1 Stockport County
25 Jan 1939 - Liverpool 1-2 Bolton Wanderers
28 Jan 1939 - Leeds United 1-1 Liverpool
04 Feb 1939 - Liverpool 0-3 Everton
11 Feb 1939 - Wolves 1-4 Liverpool
18 Feb 1939 - Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
25 Feb 1939 - Liverpool 0-2 Wolves
04 Mar 1939 - Liverpool 1-1 Leicester City
11 Mar 1939 - Liverpool 4-4 Portsmouth
15 Mar 1939 - Huddersfield Town 1-1 Liverpool
18 Mar 1939 - Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool
25 Mar 1939 - Liverpool 1-0 Brentford
01 Apr 1939 - Blackpool 1-1 Liverpool
07 Apr 1939 - Liverpool 4-0 Birmingham
08 Apr 1939 - Liverpool 2-1 Derby County
10 Apr 1939 - Birmingham 0-0 Liverpool
15 Apr 1939 - Grimsby Town 1-2 Liverpool
22 Apr 1939 - Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland
06 May 1939 - Manchester United 0-2 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Derby Co
25
15
5
5
46
28
+18
35
2
Everton
24
15
2
7
48
26
+22
32
3
Wolves
24
11
7
6
43
20
+23
29
4
Middlesbrough
26
11
7
8
58
43
+15
29
5
Liverpool
26
11
7
8
45
40
+5
29
6
Stoke C
26
10
7
9
42
48
-6
27
7
Leeds U
24
10
6
8
42
43
-1
26
8
Charlton Ath
24
11
4
9
33
33
+0
26
9
Bolton Wan
25
8
9
8
42
38
+4
25
10
Sunderland
25
9
7
9
33
37
-4
25
11
Aston Villa
24
10
4
10
41
36
+5
24
12
Arsenal
24
8
8
8
27
23
+4
24
13
Man Utd
25
7
9
9
36
35
+1
23
14
Grimsby T
24
8
7
9
34
41
-7
23
15
Preston NE
24
8
6
10
32
39
-7
22
16
Blackpool
25
7
8
10
31
42
-11
22
17
Chelsea
24
8
5
11
45
48
-3
21
18
Huddersfield
25
8
5
12
34
37
-3
21
19
Leicester C
25
6
8
11
31
45
-14
20
20
Portsmouth
23
6
8
9
24
40
-16
20
21
Brentford
23
7
5
11
32
49
-17
19
22
Birmingham C
25
7
4
14
41
49
-8
18
