1949–50 Liverpool F.C. season

The 1949–50 season was the 57th season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and ended their season eighth in the table. Liverpool had played the first 19 games of the season unbeaten up to the middle of December and despite losing games after this, still remained top of the league on Good Friday.[1] On Easter Sunday, Liverpool lost 5–1 away to Newcastle and went on to lose three of their last four games, ultimately finishing the season in eighth place, five points off ultimate league winners Portsmouth.[2]

Liverpool

1949–50 season
Manager	George Kay
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Runners-up
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
Home colours Away colours

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

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Charlie Ashcroft
• Ray Minshull
• Cyril Sidlow

Defenders

• Joe Cadden
• Frank Christie
• John Heydon
• Laurie Hughes
• Bill Jones
• Ray Lambert
• Bob Paisley
• Bill Shepherd
• Sam Shields
• Eddie Spicer
• Phil Taylor

Midfielders

• Ken Brierley
• Billy Liddell
• Tommy McLeod
• Jimmy Payne
• Bryan Williams

Forwards

• Jack Balmer
• Kevin Baron
• Cyril Done
• Willie Fagan
• Albert Stubbins

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Arsenal	42	19	11	12	79	55	1.436	49	FA Cup winners
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

Source:

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

Citations

1. Murray 2017, p. 127.
2. Murray 2017, p. 128.

Sources

• Murray, Scott (2017). The Title: The Story of the First Division. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-472-93662-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• LFC History.net – 1949–50 season
• Liverweb - 1949–50 Season