1942–43 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1942–43 season
Manager	George Kay
Stadium	Anfield
North Regional League	2nd & 1st
League War Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Cyril Done; All: Cyril Done
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1941–42 1943–44 →

The 1942–43 season saw Liverpool compete in the wartime North Regional League. Some matches were also part of the League War Cup and the Lancashire Senior Cup.

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regional League North		Lancashire Cup Final
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ENG	Jack Balmer	16	14	14	11	2	3
	DF	ENG	Tom Bush	5	0	5	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jackie Campbell	4	1	4	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Len Carney	3	1	3	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Stan Charlesworth	9	0	9	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Cyril Done	39	37	37	37	2	0
	FW	ENG	Dicky Dorsett	14	14	14	14	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Eastham	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Maurice Edelston	3	1	3	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Fagan	28	20	26	20	2	0
	DF	ENG	Fred Finney	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ron Guttridge	20	0	20	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Hall	4	2	4	2	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Harley	2	1	2	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Freddie Haycock	9	1	9	1	0	0
	GK	ENG	Alf Hobson	40	0	38	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Laurie Hughes	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Mick Hulligan	31	16	29	16	2	0
	DF	ENG	George Jackson	6	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bill Jones	5	0	5	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Harry Kaye	38	2	36	2	2	0
	DF	ENG	Eric Keen	17	0	17	0	0	0
			N.R. Kirby	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Ray Lambert	10	0	9	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Liddell	15	5	15	5	0	0
			George Livingstone	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Norman Low	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Harry Mather	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Jimmy McInnes	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	George Mills	9	9	9	9	0	0
	FW	WAL	George Murphy	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	[[\|South Africa]]	Berry Nieuwenhuys	7	3	6	2	1	1
	FW	ENG	Stan Palk	2	1	2	1	0	0
	DF	SCO	George Paterson	2	2	2	2	0	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Pearson	1	1	1	1	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Pilling	36	1	34	1	2	0
		ENG	Alfie Pope	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Sid Rawlings	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Frank Rist	8	0	6	0	2	0
			Ken Seddon	6	0	6	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	John Shafto	1	1	1	1	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Shepherd	1	1	1	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Eddie Spicer	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Phil Taylor	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Don Welsh	1	2	1	2	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Westby	19	0	17	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Fred Williams	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Robert Williams	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Jack Wood	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Arthur Woodruff	1	0	1	0	0	0

Competitions[edit]

North Region War League, War League Cup and Lancashire Senior Cup[edit]

29 August 1942 (1942 -08-29) 1	Wrexham	3–4	Liverpool	Wrexham
	Graham 1' Frost ?	Report	Nieuwenhuys 10 ' Liddell Mills Palk (pen.)	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2,500

5 September 1942 (1942 -09-05) 2	Liverpool	4–0	Wrexham	Liverpool
	Done Dorsett	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J. Phillips

12 September 1942 (1942 -09-12) 3	Liverpool	1–0	Everton	Liverpool
	Mills 25'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 17,131

19 September 1942 (1942 -09-19) 4	Everton	4–4	Liverpool	Liverpool
		Report	Done 21 ' Dorsett 50', 88 ' Liddell 85 '	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 17,000 Referee: H. Holt

26 September 1942 (1942 -09-26) 5	Bury	1–4	Liverpool	Bury
		Report	Mills Done Liddell	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,310

3 October 1942 (1942 -10-03) 6	Liverpool	5–2	Bury	Liverpool
	Done Hulligan Mills Gemmell (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 8,362

10 October 1942 (1942 -10-10) 7	Manchester United	3–4	Liverpool	Manchester
	Smith Mitten	Report	Done 15', 54 ' Harley 80 ' Hulligan 89 '	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 4,000

17 October 1942 (1942 -10-17) 8	Liverpool	2–1	Manchester United	Liverpool
	Fagan 21' Done	Report	Carey	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 12,788 Referee: H. Holt

24 October 1942 (1942 -10-24) 9	Manchester City	1–4	Liverpool	Manchester
	Currier	Report	Done 28', 81 ' Mills 52 ' Balmer 78 '	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 4,000 Referee: H. Holt

31 October 1942 (1942 -10-31) 10	Liverpool	3–1	Manchester City	Liverpool
	Done 37', 88' Fagan 65'	Report	Stuart	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 12,401

7 November 1942 (1942 -11-07) 11	Liverpool	4–2	Chester	Liverpool
	Fagan Liddell Balmer Done	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 11,047

14 November 1942 (1942 -11-14) 12	Chester	1–5	Liverpool	Chester
		Report	Balmer Carney Fagan	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5,000

21 November 1942 (1942 -11-21) 13	Southport	3–2	Liverpool	Southport
		Report	Done 44 ' Shafto	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 10,000

28 November 1942 (1942 -11-28) 14	Liverpool	6–2	Southport	Liverpool
	Fagan (pen.) Mills Dorsett Fagan	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 22,273

5 December 1942 (1942 -12-05) 15	Burnley	3–1	Liverpool	Burnley
		Report	Dorsett 89 '	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 3,006

12 December 1942 (1942 -12-12) 16	Liverpool	9–2	Burnley	Liverpool
	Dorsett 11', 75' Hulligan 21' Fagan 23', 39' Haycock 44' Done 48', 64', 65'	Report	Bright Jackson	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000 Referee: H. Mortimer

19 December 1942 (1942 -12-19) 17	Liverpool	6–2	Tranmere Rovers	Liverpool
	Dorsett 7', 44', 46', 88' (pen.), 89' Done 33'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 4,023

25 December 1942 (1942 -12-25) 18	Tranmere Rovers	3–2	Liverpool	Birkenhead
	Glidden 25' (pen.) Frost 55', 89'	Report	Fagan Hall	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7,207

26 December 1942 (1942 -12-26) 19	Liverpool	2–2	Wrexham	Liverpool
	Fagan (pen.) Hulligan	Report	McNee Moore	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 12,000 Referee: J.E. Thomason
Note: Also counted as a qualifying Round for the League War Cup Competition.

2 January 1943 (1943 -01-02) 20	Wrexham	0–1	Liverpool	Wrexham
		Report	Dorsett 37 '	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A. Baker
Note: Also counted as a qualifying Round for the League War Cup Competition.

9 January 1943 (1943 -01-09) 21	Everton	1–3	Liverpool	Liverpool
		Report	Hulligan Shepherd	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 18,206
Note: Also counted as a Qualifying Round for the League War Cup Competition.

16 January 1943 (1943 -01-16) 22	Liverpool	2–1	Everton	Liverpool
	Balmer 23' Done 89'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 20,400
Note: Also counted as a Qualifying Round for the League War Cup Competition.

23 January 1943 (1943 -01-23) 23	Liverpool	3–1	Southport	Liverpool
	Dorsett 72' Hulligan 80', 87'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 14,325
Note: Also counted as a Qualifying Round for the League War Cup Competition.

30 January 1943 (1943 -01-30) 24	Southport	2–2	Liverpool	Southport
		Report	Fagan 17 ' Paterson 84 '	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5,000
Note: Also counted as a Qualifying Round for the League War Cup Competition.

6 February 1943 (1943 -02-06) 25	Tranmere Rovers	1–5	Liverpool	Birkenhead
		Report	Done Fagan (pen.)	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,958

13 February 1943 (1943 -02-13) 26	Liverpool	4–1	Tranmere Rovers	Liverpool
	Hulligan 1' Done 20', 30', 87'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 11,365
Note: Also counted as a Qualifying Round for the League War Cup Competition.

20 February 1943 (1943 -02-20) 27	Liverpool	4–2	Manchester City	Liverpool
	Hulligan 20', 90' Done 24' Edelston 67'	Report	King Stuart	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 21,300 Referee: G. Salmon
Note: Also counted as a Qualifying Round for the League War Cup Competition.

27 February 1943 (1943 -02-27) 28	Manchester City	3–1	Liverpool	Manchester
	Herd ? (o.g.)	Report	Hall	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 14,795
Note: Also counted as a Qualifying Round for the League War Cup Competition.

6 March 1943 (1943 -03-06) 29	Liverpool	1–3	Bury	Liverpool
	Hulligan 40'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 17,099 Referee: G. Boardman
Note: Also counted as a Round One 1st Leg for the League War Cup Competition.

13 March 1943 (1943 -03-13) 30	Bury	2–7	Liverpool	Bury
		Report	Pilling 11 ' Hulligan 27', 66 ' Done 34', 65', 70 ' Griffiths 35' (o.g.)	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 10,904
Note: Also counted as a Round One 2nd Leg for the League War Cup Competition.

20 March 1943 (1943 -03-20) 31	Liverpool	3–1	Blackpool	Liverpool
	Balmer 8', 40' Kaye	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Cpl. J.M. Wiltshire
Note: Also counted as a Round Two 1st Leg for the League War Cup Competition.

27 March 1943 (1943 -03-27) 32	Blackpool	5–0	Liverpool	Blackpool
		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 25,000
Note: Also counted as Round Two 2nd Leg for the League War Cup Competition.

3 April 1943 (1943 -04-03) 33	Liverpool	4–1	Chester	Liverpool
	Balmer 22' Fagan 67' Liddell 71' Done 88'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 8,000 Referee: G.H. Fell
Note: Also counted as Round One 1st Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup.

10 April 1943 (1943 -04-10) 34	Chester	2–5	Liverpool	Chester
		Report	Balmer 62 ' Fagan	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4,000
Note: Also counted as Round One 2nd Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup.

17 April 1943 (1943 -04-17) 35	Liverpool	3–0	Southport	Liverpool
	Done 5' Hulligan Paterson	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000
Note: Also counted as Round Two 1st Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup with only the one leg played.

24 April 1943 (1943 -04-24) 36	Bolton Wanderers	3–6	Liverpool	Bolton
		Report	Done Hulligan Kaye Welsh	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 4,000
Note: Also counted as Semi-Final 1st Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup.

26 April 1943 (1943 -04-26) 37	Liverpool	4–1	Everton	Liverpool
	Done 75' Nieuwenhuys 86' Balmer Fagan (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 17,000
Note: Also counted for the Liverpool Senior Cup.

1 May 1943 (1943 -05-01) 38	Liverpool	4–0	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Done 13', 53' Pearson 83' Campbell 86'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000 Referee: B. kitts
Note: Also counted as Semi-Final 2nd Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup.

Lancashire Senior Cup Final[edit]

8 May 1943 (1943 -05-08) 1st Leg	Liverpool	1–3	Manchester United	Liverpool
	Nieuwenhuys 38'	Report	Pearson 9' Bellis 43' Rowley	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 12,117 Referee: J. Williams

15 May 1943 (1943 -05-15) 2nd Leg	Manchester United	3–3 (6–4 agg.)	Liverpool	Manchester
	Rowley 30', 34' Roughton 55' (pen.)	Report	Balmer 38', 56', 73 '	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 9,196 Referee: H. Holt

References[edit]

LFC History.net – 1942–43 season
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Soccer At War 1939-45 by Jack Rollin ISBN 9780755314317