1938–39_Liverpool_F.C._season

1938–39 Liverpool F.C. season

1938–39 Liverpool F.C. season

47th season in existence of Liverpool F.C.

The 1938–39 season was the 47th season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and the club ended the season in 11th place. Liverpool reached the fifth round of the FA Cup but were knocked out by Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

these were the results of Liverpool's matches in the 1938-39 season.

First division

Main article: 1938–39 Football League
27 August 1938 1 Liverpool 2–1 Chelsea Liverpool
15:15 Taylor 35' 78' Report Allum Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 33,868
3 September 1938 2 Preston North End 1–0 Liverpool Preston
15:15 Beattie Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 22,340
7 September 1938 3 Liverpool 1–0 Manchester United Liverpool
18:15 Nieuwenhuys 15' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 25,050
10 September 1938 4 Liverpool 1–0 Charlton Athletic Liverpool
15:15 Busby 70' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 32,701
14 September 1938 5 Liverpool 3–1 Middlesbrough Liverpool
18:00 Fagan 55' 75'
Nieuwenhuys 90'		 Report Fenton Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 25,535
17 September 1938 6 Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Liverpool Bolton
15:15 Roberts
Hunt 		Report Taylor 77' Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 22,409
24 September 1938 7 Liverpool 3–0 Leeds United Liverpool
15:15 Fagan 51'
Balmer 61'
Taylor 86'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 32,197
1 October 1938 8 Everton 2–1 Liverpool Liverpool
15:15 Bentham 14'
Boyes 39'		 Report Fagan 43' (pen) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 64,997
8 October 1938 9 Leicester City 2–2 Liverpool Leicester
15:00 Dewis
Griffiths 		Report Nieuwenhuys 73'
van den Berg 89'		 Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 13,559
15 October 1938 10 Liverpool 3–0 Aston Villa Liverpool
15:15 van den Berg 6'
Balmer 34'
Fagan 38'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,224
22 October 1938 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Liverpool Wolverhampton
15:00 Mcintosh
Westcott 		Report Taylor 75'
Nieuwenhuys 77'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,668
29 October 1938 12 Liverpool 3–3 Huddersfield Town Liverpool
15:00 van den Berg 1'
Fagan 63' (pen)
Balmer 85'		 Report Beasley
Baird
Price 		Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 33,734
5 November 1938 13 Portsmouth 1–1 Liverpool Portsmouth
14:45 Anderson Report Nieuwenhuys 10' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 22,663
12 November 1938 14 Liverpool 2–2 Arsenal Liverpool
14:45 Nieuwenhuys 41' 50' Report Drake
Kirchen 		Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,540
19 November 1938 15 Brentford 2–1 Liverpool Brentford
14:30 Holliday Report Nieuwenhuys 40' Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 20,977
26 November 1938 16 Liverpool 1–0 Blackpool Liverpool
14:30 Kinghorn 10' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 26,752
3 December 1938 17 Derby County 2–2 Liverpool Derby
14:15 Crooks
McCulloch 		Report Taylor 34'
Kinghorn 88'		 Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 24,723
10 December 1938 18 Liverpool 2–2 Grimsby Town Liverpool
14:15 Nieuwenhuys 30'
Fagan 33'		 Report Boyd
Betmead 		Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 26,343
17 December 1938 19 Sunderland 2–3 Liverpool Sunderland
14:00 Bolton 3'
Duns 73'		 Report Kinghorn 37'
Bush 50'
Taylor 78'		 Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 15,309
Referee: Martin W
24 December 1938 20 Chelsea 4–1 Liverpool London
14:20 Payne
Spence
Burgess 		Report Balmer 75' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 6,801
26 December 1938 21 Stoke City 3–1 Liverpool Stoke-on-Trent
14:20 Baker
Sale 		Report Fagan 89' Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 18,182
27 December 1938 22 Liverpool 1–0 Stoke City Liverpool
14:15 Fagan 54' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 45,724
31 December 1938 23 Liverpool 4–1 Preston North End Liverpool
14:30 Taylor 33' 88'
Fagan 34' (pen)
Balmer 85'		 Report Mutch Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 30,453
2 January 1939 24 Middlesbrough 3–0 Liverpool Middlesbrough
14:15 Fenton
Milne 		Report Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 25,309
14 January 1939 25 Charlton Athletic 1–3 Liverpool London
14:45 Tadman Report Eastham 25'
Balmer 39' 89'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 19,836
25 January 1939 26 Liverpool 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Liverpool
15:00 Fagan 55' Report Hunt
Sinclair 		Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 17,705
28 January 1939 27 Leeds United 1–1 Liverpool Leeds
15:00 Hodgson 84' Report Balmer 88' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 13,679
Referee: Clark SL
4 February 1939 28 Liverpool 0–3 Everton Liverpool
15:15 Report Bentham 14'
Lawton 73' 82'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 55,994
18 February 1939 29 Aston Villa 2–0 Liverpool Birmingham
15:00 Broome 30' 38' Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,705
Referee: Rudd RG
25 February 1939 30 Liverpool 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Liverpool
15:15 Report Westcott
Dorsett 		Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 54,796
4 March 1939 31 Liverpool 1–1 Leicester City Liverpool
15:15 Taylor 82' Report Smith Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 25,451
11 March 1939 32 Liverpool 4–4 Portsmouth Liverpool
15:15 Fagan 16'
Taylor 27' 51'
Nieuwenhuys 62'		 Report Parker 44'
Anderson 66'
Barlow 67'
McAlinden 72'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 18,380
15 March 1939 33 Huddersfield Town 1–1 Liverpool Huddersfield
15:15 Price Report Nieuwenhuys 85' Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 7,704
18 March 1939 34 Arsenal 2–0 Liverpool London
15:30 Kirchen
Drake 		Report Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 31,495
25 March 1939 35 Liverpool 1–0 Brentford Liverpool
15:15 Fagan 51' (pen) Red card 88' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 18,113
1 April 1939 36 Blackpool 1–1 Liverpool Blackpool
15:15 Astley Report Fagan 20' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 17,137
7 April 1939 37 Liverpool 4–0 Birmingham Liverpool
15:15 Balmer
Nieuwenhuys 		Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 31,741
8 April 1939 38 Liverpool 2–1 Derby County Liverpool
15:15 Taylor 40' 63' Report McCulloch Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 25,927
10 April 1939 39 Birmingham 0–0 Liverpool Birmingham
15:00 Report Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 15,067
15 April 1939 40 Grimsby Town 2–1 Liverpool Grimsby
15:15 Howe
Jones 		Report Nieuwenhuys 1' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 6,164
22 April 1939 41 Liverpool 1–1 Sunderland Liverpool
15:15 Kinghorn 75' Report Carter 55' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 15,607
Referee: Martin W
6 May 1939 42 Manchester United 2–0 Liverpool Manchester
15:00 Hanlon Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 12,073

FA Cup

Main article: 1938–39 FA Cup
7 January 1939 3rd Round Liverpool 3–0 Luton Town Liverpool
14:30 Balmer 54' 89'
Paterson 83'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,431
Referee: Tucker JA
21 January 1939 4th Round Liverpool 5–1 Stockport County Liverpool
14:45 Nieuwenhuys 6' 41'
Eastham 29'
Balmer 35' 51'
Fagan soccer ball with red X		 Report Reid 26' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,407
Referee: Mortimer RA
11 February 1939 5th Round Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 Liverpool Wolverhampton
15:00 Burton 8'
Westcott 23'
McIntosh 82'
Dorsett 80'		 Report Fagan 54' (pen) Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 61, 315
Referee: Blake RW

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