1940–41 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1940–41 season
Manager	George Kay
Stadium	Anfield
North Regional League	16th
League War Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Berry Nieuwenhuys; All: Berry Nieuwenhuys
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1939–40 1941–42 →

The 1940–41 season saw Liverpool compete in the wartime North Regional League and the League War Cup. Some matches were also part of the Lancashire Senior Cup.

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regional League North		League War Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ENG	Jack Balmer	2	0	1	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Sam Bartram	16	0	16	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bob Batey	12	0	12	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Cliff Britton	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Bush	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Cairns	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Len Carney	2	3	2	3	0	0
	MF	ENG	George Carter	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	George Collister	3	1	3	1	0	0
	DF	IRL	Billy Cook	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Dennis Cook	13	1	12	1	1	0
	DF	ENG	Stan Cullis	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Cyril Done	17	13	16	12	1	1
	FW	ENG	Dicky Dorsett	6	8	5	8	1	0
	FW	ENG	George Drury	4	3	4	3	0	0
	MF	ENG	Stan Eastham	8	1	7	0	1	1
	FW	SCO	Willie Fagan	19	6	19	6	0	0
	GK	ENG	Bill Fairhurst	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Farrow	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Charles Fazackerley	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Tom Grosvenor	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Arnold Grundy	5	2	5	2	0	0
	MF	ENG	Alf Hanson	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Harley	6	0	6	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Alf Hobson	10	0	10	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	George Hunt	7	5	7	5	0	0
	MF	ENG	Lloyd Iceton	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Jackson	13	0	13	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Harry Kaye	15	0	15	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Bill Kinghorn	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	WAL	Ray Lambert	39	0	37	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Charlie Lewis	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Liddell	37	12	35	10	2	2
	MF	ENG	Charlie Longdon	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jock Loran	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tommy Lyon	1	1	1	1	0	0
	GK	ENG	Eric Mansley	6	0	4	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Alfred Massey	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	[[\|South Africa]]	Berry Nieuwenhuys	21	15	21	15	0	0
	FW	SCO	Frank O'Donnell	2	1	2	1	0	0
			Patrick Owens	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bob Paisley	27	10	25	10	2	0
	FW	ENG	Stan Palk	21	1	21	1	0	0
	DF	SCO	George Paterson	1	0	1	0	0	0
			Stanley Pickstock	3	1	3	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Barney Ramsden	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Robinson	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Search	1	1	1	1	0	0
			Ken Seddon	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	John Shafto	2	1	2	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Eddie Spicer	31	0	29	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Bobby Stuart	15	0	14	0	1	0
	GK		Bill Teasdale	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Norman Turner	12	0	10	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Dennis Westcott	3	6	2	6	1	0
	DF	SCO	Jimmy Woodburn	3	0	3	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Albert Yoxon	1	0	1	0	0	0

Competitions[edit]

North Region War League and Lancashire Senior Cup[edit]

31 August 1940 (1940 -08-31) 1	Liverpool	3–3	Preston North End	Liverpool
	O'Donnell Fagan Nieuwenhuys	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

7 September 1940 (1940 -09-07) 2	Blackburn Rovers	0–3	Liverpool	Blackburn
		Report	Nieuwenhuys 30' Fagan 80', 89'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 2,176

14 September 1940 (1940 -09-14) 3	Liverpool	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
	Nieuwenhuys	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

21 September 1940 (1940 -09-21) 4	Preston North End	5–0	Liverpool	Leyland
		Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,000

28 September 1940 (1940 -09-28) 5	Chester	0–2	Liverpool	Chester
	Westcott	Report	Westcott	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 2,500

5 October 1940 (1940 -10-05) 6	Liverpool	9–1	Chester	Liverpool
	Nieuwenhuys Paisley Westcott Drury	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

12 October 1940 (1940 -10-12) 7	Bury	0–3	Liverpool	Bury
		Report	Drury Nieuwenhuys	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,000

19 October 1940 (1940 -10-19) 8	Liverpool	0–4	Manchester City	Liverpool
		Report	Currier	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 8,000

26 October 1940 (1940 -10-26) 9	Stockport County	2–0	Liverpool	Stockport
		Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2,000

2 November 1940 (1940 -11-02) 10	Liverpool	5–0	Stockport County	Liverpool
	Grundy Hunt Nieuwenhuys Paisley	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 1,000

9 November 1940 (1940 -11-09) 11	Manchester City	5–1	Liverpool	Manchester
	Herd Currier Pritchard	Report	Hunt	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 2,000

16 November 1940 (1940 -11-16) 12	Liverpool	3–0	Bury	Liverpool
	Hunt Nieuwenhuys Atkinson (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

23 November 1940 (1940 -11-23) 13	Liverpool	2–2	Manchester United	Liverpool
	Hunt 20' Fagan 23'	Report	Smith Warner	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

30 November 1940 (1940 -11-30) 14	Manchester United	2–0	Liverpool	Manchester
	Butt Smith	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 700

7 December 1940 (1940 -12-07) 15	Tranmere Rovers	3–1	Liverpool	Birkenhead
		Report	Grundy	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,500

14 December 1940 (1940 -12-14) 16	Liverpool	6–4	New Brighton	Liverpool
	Nieuwenhuys Paisley Liddell (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 1,000

25 December 1940 (1940 -12-25) 17	Liverpool	3–1	Everton	Liverpool
	Carney 70', 85' Nieuwenhuys 71'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

28 December 1940 (1940 -12-28) 18	Liverpool	2–3	Tranmere Rovers	Liverpool
	Carney Liddell	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

4 January 1941 (1941 -01-04) 19	Liverpool	1–2	Everton	Liverpool
	Paisley	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000
Note: Also counted as Round One 1st Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup.

11 January 1941 (1941 -01-11) 20	Everton	4–1	Liverpool	Liverpool
		Report	Shafto 15'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 5,000
Note: Also counted as Round One 2nd Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup.

18 January 1941 (1941 -01-18) 21	Oldham Athletic	0–3	Liverpool	Oldham
		Report	Collister Paisley Search	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 500

8 February 1941 (1941 -02-08) 22	Liverpool	1–3	Everton	Liverpool
	Done	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

1 March 1941 (1941 -03-01) 23	Bury	2–5	Liverpool	Bury
		Report	Done Dorsett Liddell	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,000

8 March 1941 (1941 -03-08) 24	Liverpool	7–2	Wrexham	Liverpool
	Done Dorsett Liddell Paisley	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 1,500

15 March 1941 (1941 -03-15) 25	Blackpool	6–4	Liverpool	Blackpool
		Report	Done Fagan (pen.) (pen.) Paisley	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,000

22 March 1941 (1941 -03-22) 26	Liverpool	2–6	Blackpool	Liverpool
	Dorsett	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

29 March 1941 (1941 -03-29) 27	Bury	1–5	Liverpool	Bury
		Report	Done Dorsett Liddell Pickstock	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,500

5 April 1941 (1941 -04-05) 28	Liverpool	2–0	Bury	Liverpool
	Done Palk	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000

12 April 1941 (1941 -04-12) 29	Blackpool	0–0	Liverpool	Blackpool
		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,000

14 April 1941 (1941 -04-14) 30	Southport	2–0	Liverpool	Southport
		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1,500

26 April 1941 (1941 -04-26) 31	Liverpool	2–1	Manchester United	Liverpool
	Done Liddell	Report	Rowley	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000

3 May 1941 (1941 -05-03) 32	Manchester United	1–1	Liverpool	Manchester
	Rowley	Report	Done	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 1,500

17 May 1941 (1941 -05-17) 33	Wrexham	4–3	Liverpool	Wrexham
		Report	Liddell Nieuwenhuys Paisley	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 1,200

24 May 1941 (1941 -05-24) 34	Chester	1–6	Liverpool	Chester
		Report	D. Cook Done Liddell Cole (o.g.)	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 700

31 May 1941 (1941 -05-31) 35	Liverpool	2–2	Everton	Liverpool
	Liddell 47' Done 69'	Report	Mercer Stevenson	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 6,000

2 June 1941 (1941 -06-02) 36	Everton	3–1	Liverpool	Liverpool
	Boyes 59', 75' Jackson 76'	Report	Jones (o.g.)	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 4,000

7 June 1941 (1941 -06-07) 37	Preston North End	6–1	Liverpool	Preston
		Report	Lyon	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 5,000

Football League War Cup[edit]

15 February 1941 (1941 -02-15) 1	Liverpool	2–3	Southport	Liverpool
	Liddell (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

22 February 1941 (1941 -02-22) 1	Southport	2–2 (5–4 agg.)	Liverpool	Southport
		Report	Done Eastham	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 4,000

References[edit]

LFC History.net – 1940–41 season
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Soccer At War 1939-45 by Jack Rollin ISBN 9780755314317