1933-34 season

1933-34 season
General information
Manager	George Patterson
Captain	Tom Bradshaw
Performance
Division 1	18th
FA Cup	5th round
Top scorers
League	Hodgson (24)
FA Cup	English (2)
Overall	Hodgson (25)
Attendances
Average	32,482
←1932-33	1934-35→

The 1933-34 season was Liverpool's 42nd season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Arthur Riley
• GK. Elisha Scott
• DF. Ernie Blenkinsop
• DF. Tom Bradshaw
• DF. Tom Bush
• DF. Jimmy McDougall
• DF. Benjamin Dabbs
• DF. Ted Savage
• DF. Jack Tennant
• DF. Willie Steel
• DF. Tom Morrison
• DF. Robert Done
• MF. Harold Barton
• MF. Berry Nieuwenhuys
• MF. Alf Hanson
• MF. Harold Taylor
• FW. Dave Wright
• FW. Vic Wright
• FW. Syd Roberts
• FW. Lance Carr
• FW. Gordon Hodgson
• FW. Tosh Johnson
• FW. Sam English
• FW. Archie McPherson
• FW. John Roberts

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

No pre-season friendlies were played this season.

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
13 December 1933	Austria	4-2	English 3, Nieuwenhuys
28 April 1934	Corinthians	6-2	Hanson (20, 30, ?), English (?), Wright (48, ?)
3 May 1934	New Brighton	?-?	?

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
26 August 1933	Wolves	2-3	Wright (35), Hodgson (pen 61)
30 August 1933	Stoke	1-1	English (66)
2 September 1933	Sheffield United	3-2	English (20), Hodgson (22, 23)
4 September 1933	Stoke	1-1	Taylor (33)
9 September 1933	Aston Villa	2-4	Hodgson (2), English
16 September 1933	Leicester	1-3	Hanson (83)
23 September 1933	Tottenham	3-0	English 2, Hanson
30 September 1933	Everton	3-2	Nieuwenhuys (32), Hanson (60), English (80)
7 October 1933	Chelsea	3-0	Wright (45), Hodgson (56), English (61)
14 October 1933	Sunderland	1-4	English (60)
21 October 1933	Middlesbrough	1-4	English
28 October 1933	Blackburn	4-0	Hanson (11), Nieuwenhuys (33), Hodgson (pen 65), Roberts (85)
4 November 1933	Birmingham	2-1	English (27), Hodgson (90)
11 November 1933	Leeds	4-3	Done (33), English (60, 77), Hanson (62)
18 November 1933	Derby	1-3	English (17)
25 November 1933	West Brom	1-1	English (34)
2 December 1933	Arsenal	1-2	English
9 December 1933	Sheffield Wednesday	1-3	Hanson (56)
16 December 1933	Man City	1-2	Nieuwenhuys (5)
23 December 1933	Newcastle	1-2	Nieuwenhuys
25 December 1933	Portsmouth	2-2	Hanson, English
26 December 1933	Portsmouth	0-1
30 December 1933	Wolves	1-1	Hanson (31)
1 January 1934	Newcastle	2-9	Taylor (25), Betton (og 36)
6 January 1934	Sheffield United	2-2	Roberts (83), Hanson (84)
10 January 1934	Everton	0-0
20 January 1934	Aston Villa	2-3	Roberts (21), Done
24 January 1934	Sunderland	1-1	Morrison (80)
1 February 1934	Leicester	0-1
3 February 1934	Tottenham	3-1	Hodgson (pen 55), Nieuwenhuys (65, 67)
21 February 1934	Chelsea	0-2
3 March 1934	Middlesbrough	6-2	Hodgson (15, 17, 49), English (46, 56), Taylor (50)
10 March 1934	Blackburn	1-3	Hodgson (47)
17 March 1934	Birmingham	4-1	Hodgson (10, 47, 67, 73)
24 March 1934	Leeds	1-5	Hodgson
30 March 1934	Huddersfield	2-2	Johnson (44), Hanson (46)
31 March 1934	Derby	4-2	Nieuwenhuys (14, 16), Johnson (19), Hodgson (89)
3 April 1934	Huddersfield	2-0	Hodgson (18), Nieuwenhuys (21)
7 April 1934	West Brom	2-2	Wright (69), Hodgson (70)
14 April 1934	Arsenal	2-3	Wright (52), Hodgson (85)
21 April 1934	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Hodgson (pen), Hanson (90)
2 May 1934	Man City	3-2	Hanson (30), Hodgson 2

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	13 January 1934	Fulham	1-1	Hodgson (22)
3 (R)	17 January 1934	Fulham	3-2	Hanson (60), Bradshaw (88), Roberts (116)
4	27 January 1934	Tranmere	3-1	English (17, 85), Nieuwenhuys (33)
5	17 February 1934	Bolton	0-3

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
17	Leicester	42	14	11	17	59	74	0.80	39
18	Liverpool	42	14	10	18	79	87	0.91	38
19	Chelsea	42	14	8	20	67	69	0.97	36

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Harold Barton	6	0	1	0	7	0
DF	Ernie Blenkinsop	9	0	0	0	9	0
DF	Tom Bradshaw	39	0	4	1	43	1
DF	Tom Bush	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Lance Carr	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Benjamin Dabbs	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Robert Done	21	2	4	0	25	2
FW	Sam English	28	18	3	2	31	20
MF	Alf Hanson	36	12	3	1	39	13
FW	Gordon Hodgson	37	24	3	1	40	25
FW	Tosh Johnson	11	2	0	0	11	2
DF	Jimmy McDougall	32	0	4	0	36	0
FW	Archie McPherson	9	0	0	0	9	0
DF	Tom Morrison	33	1	4	0	37	1
MF	Berry Nieuwenhuys	34	9	4	1	38	10
GK	Arthur Riley	32	0	0	0	32	0
FW	John Roberts	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Syd Roberts	13	3	2	1	15	4
DF	Ted Savage	15	0	0	0	15	0
GK	Elisha Scott	10	0	4	0	14	0
DF	Willie Steel	40	0	3	0	43	0
MF	Harold Taylor	19	3	2	0	21	3
DF	Jack Tennant	13	0	1	0	14	0
FW	Dave Wright	12	2	2	0	14	2
FW	Vic Wright	7	2	0	0	7	2

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Rob Glassey	Horden Colliery Welfare	Free	1933
Fred Rogers	Helsby Athletic	Unknown	1933
Jack Tennant	Torquay	Unknown	May 1933
John Roberts	Southport	Unknown	May 1933
Sam English	Rangers	£8,000	August 1933
Berry Nieuwenhuys	Germiston Callies	Free	11 September 1933
Lance Carr	Boksburg FC	Free	11 September 1933
Norman Low	Newcastle	Free	30 October 1933
Ernie Blenkinsop	Sheffield Wednesday	£5,000	March 1934
John Browning	Dunoon Athletic	Unknown	March 1934
Vic Wright	Rotherham United	Unknown	March 1934
Tosh Johnson	Everton	Unknown	3 March 1934
Jim Harley	Hearts O'Beath	Unknown	4 April 1934

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Norman James	Bradford City	Unknown	May 1933
Tommy Lucas	Clapton Orient	Free	July 1933
Alastair Henderson	Clapton Orient	Unknown	July 1933
Edmund Crawford	Clapton Orient	Unknown	July 1933
Les Bruton	Leamington Town	Free	August 1933
Danny McRorie	Rochdale	Unknown	October 1933