Aston Villa 21 Aug 1948 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!

Aston Villa

2

-

1

Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.55)

1	Cyril Sidlow
2	Bill Shepherd
3	Ray Lambert
4	Phil Taylor
5	Bill Jones
6	Bob Paisley
7	Billy Watkinson
8	Jack Balmer (c)
9	Les Shannon
10	Willie Fagan
11	Billy Liddell

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Jack Balmer 73′ (Willie Fagan)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.48)

Opposition goals

Trevor Ford 1′
Trevor Ford 44′

Notes

- Bill Shepherd makes his LFC debut
- Cyril Sidlow saved a penalty from Dickie Dorsett
- Late in the game Smith's shot was punched over the bar by Shepherd. The referee awarded a penalty but Dorsett's kick was saved by Sidlow.

Other details

Manager: George Kay

Opposition manager: Alex Massie

Referee: Parker JH

Attendance: 42,193

Half-time score: 2 - 0

Game number: 1867

League game number: 1691

Liverpool league position: 18th

Aston Villa league position: 1st

View full league table

View other results

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	2
2	Derby Co	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	2
3	Sheff Utd	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	2
4	Sunderland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	2
5	Burnley	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2
6	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2
7	Everton	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	1
8	Newcastle U	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	1
9	Birmingham C	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
10	Charlton Ath	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
11	Portsmouth	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
12	Preston NE	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
13	Stoke C	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
14	Wolves	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
15	Arsenal	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	1
16	Huddersfield	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	1
17	Blackpool	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0
18	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
19	Man Utd	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
20	Bolton Wan	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
21	Man City	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
22	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0