1934-35 season

1934-35 season
General information
Manager	George Patterson
Captain	Ernie Blenkinsop/Tom Cooper
Performance
Division 1	7th
FA Cup	4th round
Top scorers
League	Hodgson (27)
FA Cup	Hodgson (2) Roberts (2)
Overall	Hodgson (29)
Attendances
Average	25,198
←1933-34	1935-36→

The 1934-35 season was Liverpool's 43rd season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Arthur Riley
• GK. Stanley Kane
• DF. Ernie Blenkinsop
• DF. Tom Bradshaw
• DF. John Browning
• DF. Tom Cooper
• DF. Fred Rogers
• DF. Jimmy McDougall
• DF. Benjamin Dabbs
• DF. Ted Savage
• DF. Norman Low
• DF. Jack Tennant
• DF. Willie Steel
• DF. Tom Morrison
• DF. Robert Done
• DF. Jim Harley
• MF. Berry Nieuwenhuys
• MF. Alf Hanson
• MF. Harold Taylor
• FW. Vic Wright
• FW. Fred Howe
• FW. Syd Roberts
• FW. Lance Carr
• FW. Gordon Hodgson
• FW. Tosh Johnson
• FW. Sam English
• FW. Archie McPherson

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
28 November 1934	Austria	0-2
29 April 1935	Torquay	2-7	Nieuwenhuys, Hanson
1 May 1935	Exeter	3-1	English 3
May 1935	Victoria	2-2	?, ?
May 1935	Marina FC	?
May 1935	Marina FC	?
May 1935	Tenerife	4-2	?, ?, ?, ?

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
25 August 1934	Blackburn	2-0	Wright (20, 44)
29 August 1934	Man City	1-3	Hodgson (2)
1 September 1934	Arsenal	1-8	Hanson
5 September 1934	Man City	2-1	English, Hodgson (24)
8 September 1934	Portsmouth	0-1
15 September 1934	Everton	0-1
22 September 1934	Leeds	3-0	Hodgson (11), Hanson (30, 54)
29 September 1934	West Brom	3-2	Hanson, English (16), Hodgson
6 October 1934	Sheffield Wednesday	1-4	Hodgson
13 October 1934	Birmingham	5-4	Wright (5), McDougall (8), English (30), Hodgson (42, pen 54)
20 October 1934	Grimsby	1-1	Wright (35)
27 October 1934	Preston	2-2	Hodgson (22), Wright (28)
3 November 1934	Wolves	2-1	Wright (11), Hodgson (30)
10 November 1934	Huddersfield	0-8
17 November 1934	Leicester	5-1	Hodgson (27, 28, 59), Wright (82), Taylor (88)
24 November 1934	Derby	2-1	Wright (21, 55)
1 December 1934	Aston Villa	3-1	Hodgson (55, 76), Johnson (63)
8 December 1934	Chelsea	1-4	Wright
15 December 1934	Tottenham	4-1	Hodgson (30), Nieuwenhuys (65), Hodgson (67), Wright (88)
22 December 1934	Sunderland	3-2	Wright (44, 75), Hanson (77)
26 December 1934	Middlesbrough	2-2	Nieuwenhuys (3), Roberts
29 December 1934	Blackburn	2-0	Nieuwenhuys (23), English (35)
1 January 1935	Middlesbrough	0-2
5 January 1935	Arsenal	0-2
19 January 1935	Portsmouth	2-1	Hodgson (53), Wright (85)
2 February 1935	Leeds	4-2	Hodgson (17, 84, 87), Hanson (82)
9 February 1935	West Brom	1-1	Shaw (og 7)
20 February 1935	Sheffield Wednesday	1-2	Hanson (33)
23 February 1935	Birmingham	3-1	English (13), Hodgson (49, 75)
2 March 1935	Grimsby	2-3	English (8), Hodgson (68)
9 March 1935	Preston	0-0
16 March 1935	Wolves	3-5	Hodgson (pen 30), Hanson (49), Wright (87)
20 March 1935	Everton	2-1	Hodgson (pen 5, 45)
23 March 1935	Huddersfield	3-2	Johnson (23, 73), Hodgson (pen 50)
30 March 1935	Leicester	1-3	Johnson (88)
6 April 1935	Derby	1-3	Nieuwenhuys (75)
13 April 1935	Aston Villa	2-4	Howe (6), Nieuwenhuys
19 April 1935	Stoke	5-0	Wright 2, Carr, Nieuwenhuys, Howe
20 April 1935	Chelsea	6-0	Wright (34, 54), Nieuwenhuys (35, 49), Howe (67), Carr (86)
22 April 1935	Stoke	1-1	Nieuwenhuys (14)
27 April 1935	Tottenham	1-5	Nieuwenhuys (50)
4 May 1935	Sunderland	2-2	Johnson (32), Hanson (50)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	12 January 1935	Yeovil	6-2	Nieuwenhuys (26), Wright (46), Hodgson (56, 65), Roberts (57, 90)
4	26 January 1935	Blackburn	0-1

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
6	Derby	42	18	9	15	81	66	1.23	45
7	Liverpool	42	19	7	16	85	88	0.97	45
8	Everton	42	16	12	14	89	88	1.01	44

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Ernie Blenkinsop	16	0	0	0	16	0
DF	Tom Bradshaw	31	0	2	0	33	0
DF	John Browning	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Lance Carr	8	2	0	0	8	2
DF	Tom Cooper	23	0	2	0	25	0
DF	Benjamin Dabbs	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Robert Done	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Sam English	19	6	0	0	19	6
MF	Alf Hanson	35	9	2	0	37	9
FW	Gordon Hodgson	34	27	2	2	36	29
FW	Fred Howe	6	3	0	0	6	3
FW	Tosh Johnson	19	5	0	0	19	5
GK	Stanley Kane	3	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Norman Low	11	0	0	0	11	0
DF	Jimmy McDougall	38	1	2	0	40	1
FW	Archie McPherson	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Tom Morrison	8	0	0	0	8	0
MF	Berry Nieuwenhuys	29	10	2	1	31	11
GK	Arthur Riley	39	0	2	0	41	0
FW	Syd Roberts	11	1	2	2	13	3
DF	Fred Rogers	5	0	0	0	5	0
DF	Ted Savage	27	0	2	0	29	0
DF	Willie Steel	16	0	0	0	16	0
MF	Harold Taylor	14	1	0	0	14	1
DF	Jack Tennant	26	0	2	0	28	0
FW	Vic Wright	36	19	2	1	38	20

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Tom Cooper	Derby	£7,500	December 1934
Stanley Kane	Birmingham	Unknown	1935
Bernard Ramsden	Sheffield Victoria	Free	March 1935
Fred Howe	Hyde United	Free	19 March 1935

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Gordon Gunson	Swindon	Unknown	June 1934
Harold Barton	Sheffield United	Unknown	June 1934
John Roberts	Wigan	Free	June 1934
Elisha Scott	Belfast Celtic	Unknown	25 June 1934
Dave Wright	Hull City	Unknown	July 1934
Archie McPherson	Sheff Utd	Unknown	December 1934
Willie Steel	Birmingham	Unknown	March 1935