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Starting Lineup (Average age 27.83)

1	Cyril Sidlow
2	Bill Shepherd
3	Ray Lambert
4	Bryan Williams
5	Bill Jones
6	Bob Paisley
7	Jimmy Payne
8	Jack Balmer (c)
9	Cyril Done
10	Billy Liddell
11	Peter Kippax

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Cyril Done 59′ (Bryan Williams)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.13)

Notes

- Bryan Williams makes his LFC debut
- Peter Kippax makes his LFC debut
- Billy Liddell missed a penalty on 50'
- After being fouled by two defenders at 50', Liddell took the penalty kick himself and Merrick saved, pushing the ball out to Done who lashed it high into the Kop.

Other details

Manager: George Kay

Opposition manager: Robert Brocklebank

Referee: Salmon G

Attendance: 43,763

Half-time score: 0 - 0

Game number: 1900

League game number: 1720

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 12th

Birmingham City league position: 13th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	31	18	8	5	59	28	+31	44
2	Newcastle U	31	15	9	7	53	40	+13	39
3	Derby Co	30	15	8	7	49	42	+7	38
4	Man Utd	29	14	9	6	58	30	+28	37
5	Arsenal	32	14	9	9	58	34	+24	37
6	Man City	32	12	11	9	40	41	-1	35
7	Charlton Ath	32	12	10	10	51	49	+2	34
8	Wolves	30	13	7	10	62	49	+13	33
9	Stoke C	31	13	7	11	52	49	+3	33
10	Bolton Wan	31	13	6	12	52	51	+1	32
11	Blackpool	32	10	11	11	45	53	-8	31
12	Liverpool	30	9	12	9	38	30	+8	30
13	Birmingham C	32	9	11	12	28	26	+2	29
14	Burnley	32	10	9	13	37	41	-4	29
15	Sunderland	31	9	10	12	38	52	-14	28
16	Everton	32	11	6	15	32	52	-20	28
17	Chelsea	31	9	9	13	56	57	-1	27
18	Aston Villa	31	11	4	16	44	68	-24	26
19	Sheff Utd	31	9	7	15	46	59	-13	25
20	Huddersfield	30	8	8	14	31	51	-20	24
21	Preston NE	32	7	9	16	47	61	-14	23
22	Middlesbrough	31	7	8	16	34	47	-13	22