1948–49 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
1948–49 season
Manager	George Kay
First Division	12th
FA Cup	5th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Balmer (14); All: Jack Balmer (16)
Highest home attendance	61,003 (v Notts County, FA Cup, 29 January)
Lowest home attendance	23,866 (v Aston Villa, League, 18 December)
Average home league attendance	45,125
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1948–49 season was the 57th season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and ended their season twelfth in the table.

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Portsmouth	42	25	8	9	84	42	2.000	58
2	Manchester United	42	21	11	10	77	44	1.750	53
3	Derby County	42	22	9	11	74	55	1.345	53
4	Newcastle United	42	20	12	10	70	56	1.250	52
5	Arsenal	42	18	13	11	74	44	1.682	49
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	17	12	13	79	66	1.197	46
7	Manchester City	42	15	15	12	47	51	0.922	45
8	Sunderland	42	13	17	12	49	58	0.845	43
9	Charlton Athletic	42	15	12	15	63	67	0.940	42
10	Aston Villa	42	16	10	16	60	76	0.789	42
11	Stoke City	42	16	9	17	66	68	0.971	41
12	Liverpool	42	13	14	15	53	43	1.233	40
13	Chelsea	42	12	14	16	69	68	1.015	38
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	10	18	59	68	0.868	38
15	Burnley	42	12	14	16	43	50	0.860	38
16	Blackpool	42	11	16	15	54	67	0.806	38
17	Birmingham City	42	11	15	16	36	38	0.947	37
18	Everton	42	13	11	18	41	63	0.651	37
19	Middlesbrough	42	11	12	19	46	57	0.807	34
20	Huddersfield Town	42	12	10	20	40	69	0.580	34
21	Preston North End	42	11	11	20	62	75	0.827	33
22	Sheffield United	42	11	11	20	57	78	0.731	33

Results

First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
21-Aug-48	Aston Villa	A	1–2	Balmer 73'	42,193	Report	Report
25-Aug-48	Sheffield United	H	3–3	Balmer Liddell	37,393	Report	Report
28-Aug-48	Sunderland	H	4–0	Liddell 44' Fagan 47' Watkinson Balmer 80'	52,253	Report	Report
30-Aug-48	Sheffield United	A	2–1	Shannon 22' Liddell 48'	27,681	Report	Report
04-Sep-48	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0		41,684	Report	Report
08-Sep-48	Arsenal	A	1–1	Liddell 50'	41,571	Report	Report
11-Sep-48	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1		56,561	Report	Report
15-Sep-48	Arsenal	H	0–1		46,714	Report	Report
18-Sep-48	Everton	A	1–1	Fagan 80'	78,299	Report	Report
25-Sep-48	Blackpool	A	0–1		28,870	Report	Report
02-Oct-48	Derby County	H	0–0		53,776	Report	Report
09-Oct-48	Chelsea	H	1–1	Payne 87'	42,709	Report	Report
16-Oct-48	Birmingham City	A	1–0	Done 37'	42,331	Report	Report
23-Oct-48	Middlesbrough	H	4–0	Balmer 25' Stubbins 75' Liddell pen 77' Own Goal 89'	57,561	Report	Report
30-Oct-48	Newcastle United	A	0–1		67,362	Report	Report
06-Nov-48	Portsmouth	H	3–1	Liddell 9' Balmer 18' Done 77'	43,665	Report	Report
13-Nov-48	Manchester City	A	4–2	Payne 10' Done 12', 20' Taylor 30'	22,775	Report	Report
20-Nov-48	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	Done 21'	49,377	Report	Report
27-Nov-48	Stoke City	A	0–3		29,780	Report	Report
04-Dec-48	Burnley	H	1–1	Done 79'	41,001	Report	Report
11-Dec-48	Preston North End	A	2–3	Done 24', 54'	29,257	Report	Report
18-Dec-48	Aston Villa	H	1–1	Done 10'	23,866	Report	Report
25-Dec-48	Manchester United	A	0–0		50,649	Report	Report
27-Dec-48	Manchester United	H	0–2		53,273	Report	Report
01-Jan-49	Sunderland	A	2–0	Own Goal 11' Liddell pen 86'	43,109	Report	Report
22-Jan-49	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–0	Balmer 14' Stubbins 70' Own Goal 75'	35,668	Report	Report
05-Feb-49	Everton	H	0–0		50,132	Report	Report
19-Feb-49	Blackpool	H	1–1	Balmer 25'	52,294	Report	Report
05-Mar-49	Chelsea	A	1–2	Payne 34'	42,746	Report	Report
12-Mar-49	Birmingham City	H	1–0	Done 59'	43,753	Report	Report
19-Mar-49	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	Balmer 35'	29,101	Report	Report
26-Mar-49	Stoke City	H	4–0	Stubbins Done 67' Balmer 88'	30,797	Report	Report
02-Apr-49	Portsmouth	A	2–3	Stubbins 52' Paisley 54'	35,013	Report	Report
06-Apr-49	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0		35,399	Report	Report
09-Apr-49	Manchester City	H	0–1		31,389	Report	Report
15-Apr-49	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1		47,319	Report	Report
16-Apr-49	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	Balmer 6'	32,308	Report	Report
18-Apr-49	Huddersfield Town	A	4–0	Balmer 18', 84' Baron 24' Liddell 40'	22,158	Report	Report
23-Apr-49	Newcastle United	H	1–1	Baron 55'	43,488	Report	Report
30-Apr-49	Burnley	A	2–0	Balmer 85' Stubbins 88'	17,693	Report	Report
04-May-49	Derby County	A	0–3		22,888	Report	Report
07-May-49	Preston North End	H	0–2		31,937	Report	Report

FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
08-Jan-49	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	Fagan 78' Done 90'	35,000	Report	Report
15-Jan-49	Nottingham Forest	H	4–0	Payne 28' Balmer 68', 89' Stubbins 76'	52,218	Report	Report
29-Jan-49	Notts County	H	1–0	Liddell 58'	61,003	Report	Report
12-Feb-49	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3	Done 62'	54,983	Report	Report

References

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