Preston North End 07 Apr 1947

Liverpool	3	-	0	Preston North End
Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.12)

1	Ray Minshull
2	Jim Harley
3	Bernard Ramsden
4	Phil Taylor
5	Tom Bush
6	Eddie Spicer
7	Tommy McLeod
8	Jack Balmer (c)
9	Albert Stubbins
10	Stan Palk
11	Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.57)

Jack Fairbrother

Willie Watson

Bill Scott

Bill Shankly

Willie Brown

Willie Hamilton

Ken Horton

Willie McIntosh

Willie Jessop

Bobby Beattie

Ian Wilson

Notes

- Jack Balmer tipped off Ray Minshull that Bill Shankly would place his penalty-kick to the goalkeeper's left. Balmer was correct and fortunately the goalkeeper took his advice and made the save.

Other details

Manager: George Kay

Opposition manager: Unknown

Referee: Mortimer RA

Attendance: 46,477

Half-time score: 2 - 0

Game number: 1814

League game number: 1641

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 5th

Preston North End league position: 7th

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Preston North End

Albert Stubbins (1–0)

24'

Jack Balmer (Billy Liddell) (2–0)

44'

HT 2–0

Albert Stubbins (3–0)

70'

Minute unknown

Bill Shankly penalty saved (Ray Minshull)

Full time 3–0

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Blackpool	39	21	5	13	69	67	+2	47
2	Wolves	34	21	4	9	74	41	+33	46
3	Stoke City	35	19	6	10	79	49	+30	44
4	Manchester United	34	17	10	7	78	50	+28	44
5	Liverpool	35	19	6	10	72	47	+25	44
6	Middlesbrough	36	17	7	12	71	53	+18	41
7	Preston North End	35	16	8	11	66	62	+4	40
8	Aston Villa	35	15	7	13	52	43	+9	37
9	Sheffield United	31	15	5	11	68	57	+11	35
10	Chelsea	36	14	7	15	61	69	-8	35
11	Portsmouth	33	14	6	13	58	49	+9	34
12	Sunderland	34	14	6	14	56	57	-1	34
13	Everton	35	13	8	14	49	59	-10	34
14	Derby County	33	14	4	15	63	64	-1	32
15	Bolton Wanderers	38	12	8	18	55	62	-7	32
16	Blackburn Rovers	35	12	7	16	36	40	-4	31
17	Grimsby Town	36	10	11	15	44	71	-27	31
18	Arsenal	34	11	8	15	55	60	-5	30
19	Charlton Athletic	34	10	8	16	49	61	-12	28
20	Huddersfield Town	35	10	6	19	47	74	-27	26
21	Brentford	34	9	4	21	42	77	-35	22
22	Leeds United	33	6	5	22	40	72	-32	17

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.12)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.57)

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