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1948–49 Liverpool F.C. Season
The 1948–49 season was the 57th season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and ended with the club finishing twelfth in the table. Goalkeepers * Charlie Ashcroft * Ray Minshull * Cyril Sidlow Defenders * Joe Cadden * Laurie Hughes * Bill Jones * Ray Lambert * Bob Paisley * Bill Shepherd * Sam Shields * Eddie Spicer * Phil Taylor Midfielders * Ken Brierley * Peter Kippax * Billy Liddell * Doug McAvoy * Tommy McLeod * Alex Muir * Jimmy Payne * Billy Watkinson * Bryan Williams Forwards * Jack Balmer * Kevin Baron * Cyril Done Cyril Charles Done (21 October 1920 – 24 February 1993) was an English footballer. A "strong centre-forward", he scored 127 goals in 232 league appearances in the Football League. He began his career at Liverpool just before the outbreak of ... * Willie Fagan * Les Shannon * Albert Stubbins Squad statistics Appearances and goals Tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool F
Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its ESPON metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom, metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient Hundred (county division), hundred of West Derby (hundred), West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in 1207, a City status in the United Kingdom, city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its Port of Liverpool, growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Lambert
Raymond Lambert (18 July 1922 – 22 October 2009) was a Wales national football team, Welsh footballer who played for Liverpool F.C., Liverpool. Life and playing career Born in Bagillt, Flintshire, Wales, Lambert joined the Reds as an amateur schoolboy in 1936 aged 13. In doing so, he set the record for being the youngest ever player to join a league side. He impressed Liverpool manager George Kay (footballer), George Kay so much that he had Lambert sign professional forms on his 17th birthday in 1939. This was just a month before the The Football Association, F.A brought a premature halt to the league season because of the outbreak of the Second World War. Upon the conclusion of the war Lambert, now 23, returned to Merseyside but had to wait to make his debut, which came on 5 January 1946 in the first official competition after World War II—the FA Cup. Liverpool made the journey to Sealand Road to face Chester City F.C., Chester City in the 3rd round 1st leg, a game that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watkinson
William Wainwright "Billy" Watkinson (16 March 1922 – February 2001) was an English footballer who played as a half back in the Football League. Playing for Liverpool, he made several appearances during their title-winning 1946/47 season. He also played for Accrington Stanley and Halifax Town A.F.C. He was born in Prescot, Lancashire (now in Merseyside) in 1922, and started his career at local side Prescot Cables F.C. Beginning at Prescot Cables in 1939, he transferred to Liverpool in February 1946 for free. He made his debut for the club on 11 March against Bolton Wanderers in a 3–1 victory in the Second Round of the Lancashire Cup. In his time at Liverpool, he contributed to the club's win of the English First Division title in the 1946/47 season- the first since the end of the Second World War. In January 1951, he transferred to Accrington Stanley for £3,000- a record fee for the club. He scored 45 goals in 105 League games for Stanley over the course of three years, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Payne
James Bolcherson Payne (10 March 1926 – 22 January 2013) was a professional footballer, and one of a select number of players to have played for both and Everton. Life and playing career Born , |
Alex Muir
Alexander Johnston Muir (10 December 1923 – 4 September 1995) was a Scottish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who played as a defender. References External links LFC History profile 1923 births 1995 deaths Scottish men's footballers Liverpool F.C. players South Liverpool F.C. players Place of birth missing Men's association football defenders Lochgelly Albert F.C. players People from Inverkeithing Footballers from Fife Scottish Junior Football Association players English Football League players {{Scotland-footy-defender-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy McLeod
Tommy McLeod (26 December 1920 – 16 August 1999) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward. References External links *LFC History profile 1920 births 1999 deaths Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Musselburgh Liverpool F.C. players Men's association football inside forwards Chesterfield F.C. players English Football League players Wisbech Town F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug McAvoy (footballer)
Douglas Haig McAvoy (29 November 1918 – 15 April 1988) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward for Kilmarnock, Liverpool and Queen of the South. His career was interrupted by World War II; prior to its outbreak he finished on the losing side (after a replay) in the 1938 Scottish Cup Final, and was selected for a Scottish Football Association The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the Sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in Scot ... tour of North America in the summer of 1939 (the fixtures of which did not include any official internationals). References External links * LFC History profile 1918 births 1988 deaths Footballers from Kilmarnock Scottish men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards Cumnock Juniors F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Liddell
William Beveridge Liddell (10 January 1922 – 3 July 2001) was a Scottish footballer, who played his entire professional career with Liverpool. He signed with the club as a teenager in 1938 and retired in 1961, having scored 228 goals in 534 appearances (placing Liddell fourth and 12th in the respective club rankings as of June 2022). He was Liverpool's leading goalscorer in the league in eight out of nine seasons from 1949–50 to 1957–58,Keith, John (2005), pp. 302–5 and surpassed Elisha Scott's club record for most league appearances in 1957. With Liverpool, Liddell won a league championship in 1947 and featured in the club's 1950 FA Cup Final defeat by Arsenal. He represented Scotland at international level on 29 occasions. While serving as a Royal Air Force navigator during the Second World War, Liddell continued his career by appearing in unofficial games for Liverpool and guesting for various teams in the United Kingdom and Canada. After his retirement from football, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kippax (footballer)
Frederick Peter Kippax (17 July 1922 – 21 September 1987) was an English amateur association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, left winger. Career Club career Kippax played in the Football League for Burnley F.C., Burnley and Liverpool F.C., Liverpool. He later played for Yorkshire Amateur A.F.C., Yorkshire Amateur. During World War Two, Kippax guested for West Ham United, scoring 2 goals in 7 appearances. International career Kippax represented Great Britain men's Olympic football team, Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References External linksPeter Kippax 1922 births 1987 deaths Footballers from Burnley English footballers Association football wingers Yorkshire Amateur A.F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players English Football League players Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Great Britain English Football League representative players FA Cup Final players {{England-footy-midfielder-192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Brierley
Ken Brierley (3 April 1926 – February 2004) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Liverpool in The Football League. Playing career Brierley joined Oldham Athletic from Range Boilers in 1946 and went on to make 58 league appearances before he signed for Liverpool. He signed for Liverpool in February 1948, and made 10 appearances during the remainder of the 1947–48 season.Managers Mossley A.F.C. Brierley was unable to establish him in the starting lineup during his time at the club and moved back to Oldham in March 1953. He left Oldham in 1955, dropping into non-League football with Stalybridge Celtic
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Phil Taylor (footballer, Born 1917)
Philip Henry Taylor (18 September 1917 – 1 December 2012) was an English footballer who played for and managed Liverpool. Player Taylor played for his hometown club Bristol Rovers as an apprentice (in 21 league matches, scoring twice) before he was signed by Liverpool manager George Patterson for £5000 plus Ted Hartill in March 1936, he made his debut on the 28th of the same month in a league game at the Baseball Ground, Liverpool shared the points with Derby County in a 2–2 draw with Taylor scoring a late equaliser, his first goal for the club. Taylor joined Liverpool as a young inside-forward with a lot of potential, but was reverted by George Kay to wing-half in which position he developed into a stylish, composed defender. Taylor was a member of Liverpool's 1946–47 Championship-winning team, making 35 league appearances, scoring once. He represented England three times, making his debut on 18 October 1947 in a British Home Championship match at Ninian Park, Cardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Spicer
Edwin "Eddie" "Ted" Spicer (20 September 1922 – 25 December 2004) was a professional English footballer who played for Liverpool. His parents were George Stephen Spicer (1894-1956) and Ethel Anne Warren (1900-1981). He was married to Norma Anne Roberts (1926-2002). They were married in March 1946 in Wrexham and they had two children. Career Born in Liverpool, England, the 17-year-old Spicer signed professional forms for Liverpool in October 1939 after impressing manager George Kay. Like so many professional players, Spicer's career was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War, due to this Eddie's 'official' debut was seven years after he first signed. Immediately after World War II, in which Eddie served in the Marines, Spicer returned to Liverpool and was finally given his debut on 30 January 1946 in the first post-war competition the FA Cup. It was a 4th round 2nd leg tie at Anfield a game the Reds won 2–0. Unfortunately for both Spicer and Liverpool, opponent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
