Manchester City 17 Apr 1948

Liverpool	1	-	1	Manchester City
Half time 1–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.71)

1	Cyril Sidlow
2	Jim Harley
3	Ray Lambert
4	Bob Paisley
5	Bill Jones
6	Eddie Spicer
7	Billy Liddell
8	Jack Balmer (c)
9	Les Shannon
10	Willie Fagan
11	Ken Brierley

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.15)

Alec Thurlow

Bert Sproston

Eric Westwood

Billy Murray

Joe Fagan

Billy Walsh

Billy Linacre

Andy Black

Eddie McMorran

George Smith

Richard Clarke

Notes

- Les Shannon makes his LFC debut
- Stubbins and Taylor were both out after they got injured in the Inter-League game midweek.

Other details

Manager: George Kay

Opposition manager: Jock Thomson

Referee: Duerden R

Attendance: 39,348

Half-time score: 1 - 1

Game number: 1863

League game number: 1687

Liverpool league position: 12th

Manchester City league position: 8th

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Willie Fagan (Billy Liddell) (1–0)

10'

42'

Andy Black (1–1)

HT 1–1

Full time 1–1

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	39	22	11	6	73	32	+41	55
2	Manchester United	40	18	14	8	77	46	+31	50
3	Burnley	39	18	12	9	52	40	+12	48
4	Wolves	40	18	9	13	81	68	+13	45
5	Preston North End	39	19	7	13	63	59	+4	45
6	Derby County	38	16	12	10	70	54	+16	44
7	Aston Villa	40	17	9	14	60	55	+5	43
8	Manchester City	39	15	11	13	51	42	+9	41
9	Portsmouth	38	17	6	15	63	47	+16	40
10	Blackpool	40	15	10	15	49	41	+8	40
11	Sheffield United	40	15	10	15	63	65	-2	40
12	Liverpool	39	14	10	15	58	58	+0	38
13	Middlesbrough	40	14	9	17	70	67	+3	37
14	Everton	38	16	5	17	49	59	-10	37
15	Chelsea	40	14	9	17	52	67	-15	37
16	Bolton Wanderers	39	16	4	19	46	54	-8	36
17	Huddersfield Town	39	12	11	16	49	55	-6	35
18	Stoke City	40	13	9	18	40	55	-15	35
19	Sunderland	40	12	10	18	53	66	-13	34
20	Charlton Athletic	39	14	6	19	51	65	-14	34
21	Blackburn Rovers	40	10	10	20	49	68	-19	30
22	Grimsby Town	40	8	6	26	44	100	-56	22

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1st Division

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.71)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.15)

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