1949–50 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
1949–50 season
Manager	George Kay
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	League: Billy Liddell (17); All: Billy Liddell (19)
Highest home attendance	58,757 (v Chelsea, League 27 December)
Lowest home attendance	33,464 (v Blackpool, League, 8 March)
Average home league attendance	45,783
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 season was the 57th season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and ended their season eighth in the table.

They also reached the FA Cup Final but lost two-nil to Arsenal.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Portsmouth	42	22	9	11	74	38	1.947	53
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	13	9	76	49	1.551	53
3	Sunderland	42	21	10	11	83	62	1.339	52
4	Manchester United	42	18	14	10	69	44	1.568	50
5	Newcastle United	42	19	12	11	77	55	1.400	50
6	Arsenal	42	19	11	12	79	55	1.436	49
7	Blackpool	42	17	15	10	46	35	1.314	49
8	Liverpool	42	17	14	11	64	54	1.185	48
9	Middlesbrough	42	20	7	15	59	48	1.229	47
10	Burnley	42	16	13	13	40	40	1.000	45
11	Derby County	42	17	10	15	69	61	1.131	44
12	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	61	61	1.000	42
13	Chelsea	42	12	16	14	58	65	0.892	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	12	16	47	53	0.887	40
15	Huddersfield Town	42	14	9	19	52	73	0.712	37
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	14	18	45	59	0.763	34
17	Fulham	42	10	14	18	41	54	0.759	34
18	Everton	42	10	14	18	42	66	0.636	34
19	Stoke City	42	11	12	19	45	75	0.600	34
20	Charlton Athletic	42	13	6	23	53	65	0.815	32
21	Manchester City	42	8	13	21	36	68	0.529	29
22	Birmingham City	42	7	14	21	31	67	0.463	28

Results

First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
20-Aug-49	Sunderland	H	4–2	Paisley 32' Balmer 42' Baron 63' Stubbins 73'	49,811	Report	Report
22-Aug-49	Stoke City	A	0–0		27,255	Report	Report
27-Aug-49	Everton	A	0–0		70,812	Report	Report
31-Aug-49	Stoke City	H	1–1	Liddell 28'	38,097	Report	Report
03-Sep-49	Arsenal	A	2–1	Stubbins 38', 75'	51,866	Report	Report
07-Sep-49	Manchester United	H	1–1	Stubbins 76'	51,857	Report	Report
10-Sep-49	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	Baron 62'	44,212	Report	Report
17-Sep-49	Birmingham City	A	3–2	Done 2' Liddell 70', 74'	37,859	Report	Report
24-Sep-49	Derby County	H	3–1	Baron 5' Fagan 20' Payne 30'	54,512	Report	Report
01-Oct-49	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	Stubbins 37'	44,219	Report	Report
08-Oct-49	Middlesbrough	H	2–0	Payne 74' Lambert pen 77'	49,569	Report	Report
15-Oct-49	Blackpool	A	0–0		33,675	Report	Report
22-Oct-49	Newcastle United	H	2–2	Liddell 6' Baron 70'	48,987	Report	Report
29-Oct-49	Fulham	A	1–0	Liddell 15'	41,870	Report	Report
05-Nov-49	Manchester City	H	4–0	Liddell ?', pen 11' Brierley 21' Baron	50,536	Report	Report
12-Nov-49	Charlton Athletic	A	3–1	Done 35' Liddell 42', pen 73'	41,166	Report	Report
19-Nov-49	Aston Villa	H	2–1	Liddell 2' Brierley 82'	50,293	Report	Report
26-Nov-49	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	Fagan 27'	52,509	Report	Report
03-Dec-49	Portsmouth	H	2–2	Done 29', 50'	44,851	Report	Report
10-Dec-49	Huddersfield Town	A	2–3	Fagan 4' Brierley 24'	25,767	Report	Report
17-Dec-49	Sunderland	A	2–3	Brierley 8' Done 15'	46,515	Report	Report
24-Dec-49	Everton	H	3–1	Baron 56', ?' Fagan	50,485	Report	Report
26-Dec-49	Chelsea	A	1–1	Fagan 88'	55,920	Report	Report
27-Dec-49	Chelsea	H	2–2	Fagan 51', 59'	58,757	Report	Report
31-Dec-49	Arsenal	H	2–0	Liddell 32' Own Goal 82'	55,020	Report	Report
14-Jan-50	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–3	Liddell 80' Fagan 81'	41,507	Report	Report
21-Jan-50	Birmingham City	H	2–0	Payne 23' Stubbins 69'	37,668	Report	Report
04-Feb-50	Derby County	A	2–2	Stubbins 65' Liddell	36,835	Report	Report
18-Feb-50	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	Stubbins 12' Brierley 87'	46,634	Report	Report
25-Feb-50	Middlesbrough	A	1–4	Stubbins 41'	31,804	Report	Report
08-Mar-50	Blackpool	H	0–1		33,464	Report	Report
11-Mar-50	Aston Villa	A	0–2		40,820	Report	Report
15-Mar-50	Manchester United	A	0–0		45,283	Report	Report
18-Mar-50	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2		41,216	Report	Report
29-Mar-50	Manchester City	A	2–1	Liddell Payne	22,661	Report	Report
01-Apr-50	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	Liddell pen 20'	39,721	Report	Report
07-Apr-50	Burnley	A	2–0	Payne 47' Liddell 51'	33,025	Report	Report
08-Apr-50	Newcastle United	A	1–5	Fagan 29'	48,639	Report	Report
10-Apr-50	Burnley	H	0–1		43,716	Report	Report
15-Apr-50	Fulham	H	1–1	Fagan 50'	36,274	Report	Report
22-Apr-50	Portsmouth	A	1–2	Stubbins 52'	46,927	Report	Report
03-May-50	Huddersfield Town	H	2–3	Fagan 10' Liddell 56'	35,763	Report	Report

FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
07-Jan-50	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–0		52,468	Report	Report
11-Jan-50	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	Payne 32' Fagan 51'	52,221	Report	Report
28-Jan-50	Exeter City	H	3–1	Baron 45' Fagan 82' Payne 88'	45,209	Report	Report
11-Feb-50	Stockport County	A	2–1	Fagan 57' Stubbins 70'	27,833	Report	Report
04-Mar-50	Blackpool	H	2–1	Fagan 19' Liddell 81'	53,973	Report	Report
25-Mar-50	Everton	A	2–0	Paisley 29' Liddell 62'	72,000	Report	Report

Final

29 April 1950
15:00 BST

Arsenal	2–0	Liverpool
Lewis 18' 63'	Report Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Harry Pearce

Arsenal

Liverpool



GK	1	George Swindin
RB	2	Laurie Scott
LB	3	Walley Barnes
HB	4	Alex Forbes
HB	5	Leslie Compton
HB	6	Joe Mercer (c)
OF	7	Freddie Cox
IF	8	Jimmy Logie
CF	9	Peter Goring
IF	10	Reg Lewis
OF	11	Denis Compton
Manager:
Tom Whittaker



GK	1	Cyril Sidlow
RB	2	Ray Lambert
LB	3	Eddie Spicer
RH	4	Phil Taylor (c)
CH	5	Laurie Hughes
LH	6	Bill Jones
OR	7	Jimmy Payne
IR	8	Kevin Baron
CF	9	Albert Stubbins
IL	10	Willie Fagan
OL	11	Billy Liddell
Manager:
George Kay

References

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