1938-39 season

1938-39 season
General information
Manager	George Kay
Captain	Tom Cooper
Performance
Division 1	11th
FA Cup	5th round
Top scorers
League	Fagan (14) Nieuwenhuys (14)
FA Cup	Balmer (4)
Overall	Nieuwenhuys (16)
Attendances
Average	32,160
←1937-38	1939-40→

The 1938-39 season was Liverpool's 47th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Arthur Riley
• GK. Dirk Kemp
• DF. Matt Busby
• DF. Jimmy McInnes
• DF. Tom Cooper
• DF. Jim Harley
• DF. Fred Rogers
• DF. Tom Bush
• DF. Bernard Ramsden
• DF. Ron Jones
• DF. John Browning
• DF. Matthew John Fitzsimmons
• DF. Keith Peters
• DF. John Easdale
• MF. Berry Nieuwenhuys
• MF. Bill Kinghorn
• MF. Harman Van Den Berg
• MF. Harry Eastham
• MF. George L. Paterson
• FW. Jack Balmer
• FW. Phil Taylor
• FW. Willie Fagan
• FW. John Shafto
• FW. Ted Harston

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

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
20 August 1938	Everton	1-2	Balmer

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
24 May 1939	Swedish Combination	4-5	?
26 May 1939	AIK Stockholm	0-2
31 May 1939	Swedish Combination	2-0	?
2 June 1939	Swedish Combination	6-0	?
6 June 1939	Elfsborg	2-5	?

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
27 August 1938	Chelsea	2-1	Taylor (35, 78)
3 September 1938	Preston	0-1
7 September 1938	Man Utd	1-0	Nieuwenhuys (15)
10 September 1938	Charlton	1-0	Busby (70)
14 September 1938	Middlesbrough	3-1	Fagan (55, 75), Nieuwenhuys (90)
17 September 1938	Bolton	1-3	Taylor (77)
24 September 1938	Leeds	3-0	Fagan (51), Balmer (61), Taylor (86)
1 October 1938	Everton	1-2	Fagan (pen 43)
8 October 1938	Leicester	2-2	Nieuwenhuys (73), Van Den Berg (89)
15 October 1938	Aston Villa	3-0	Van Den Berg (6), Balmer (34), Fagan (38)
22 October 1938	Wolves	2-2	Taylor (75), Nieuwenhuys (77)
29 October 1938	Huddersfield	3-3	Van Den Berg (1), Fagan (pen 63), Balmer (85)
5 November 1938	Portsmouth	1-1	Nieuwenhuys (10)
12 November 1938	Arsenal	2-2	Nieuwenhuys (41, 50)
19 November 1938	Brentford	1-2	Nieuwenhuys (40)
26 November 1938	Blackpool	1-0	Kinghorn (10)
3 December 1938	Derby	2-2	Taylor (34), Kinghorn (88)
10 December 1938	Grimsby	2-2	Nieuwenhuys (30), Fagan (33)
17 December 1938	Sunderland	3-2	Kinghorn, Bush, Taylor (78)
24 December 1938	Chelsea	1-4	Balmer (75)
26 December 1938	Stoke	1-3	Fagan (89)
27 December 1938	Stoke	1-0	Fagan (54)
31 December 1938	Preston	4-1	Taylor (33, 88), Fagan (pen 34), Balmer (85)
2 January 1939	Middlesbrough	0-3
14 January 1939	Charlton	3-1	Eastham (25), Balmer (39, 89)
25 January 1939	Bolton	1-2	Fagan (55)
28 January 1939	Leeds	1-1	Balmer (88)
4 February 1939	Everton	0-3
18 February 1939	Aston Villa	0-2
25 February 1939	Wolves	0-2
4 March 1939	Leicester	1-1	Taylor (82)
11 March 1939	Portsmouth	4-4	Fagan (16), Taylor (27, 51), Nieuwenhuys (62)
15 March 1939	Huddersfield	1-1	Nieuwenhuys (85)
18 March 1939	Arsenal	0-2
25 March 1939	Brentford	1-0	Fagan (pen 51)
1 April 1939	Blackpool	1-1	Fagan (20)
7 April 1939	Birmingham	4-0	Nieuwenhuys 2, Balmer 2
8 April 1939	Derby	2-1	Taylor (40, 63)
10 April 1939	Birmingham	0-0
15 April 1939	Grimsby	1-2	Nieuwenhuys (1)
22 April 1939	Sunderland	1-1	Kinghorn (75)
6 May 1939	Man Utd	0-2

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	7 January 1939	Luton	3-0	Balmer (54, 89), Paterson (83)
4	21 January 1939	Stockport	5-1	Nieuwenhuys (6, 41), Eastham (29), Balmer (35, 51)
5	11 February 1939	Wolves	1-4	Fagan (pen 54)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
10	Grimsby	42	16	11	15	61	69	0.88	43
11	Liverpool	42	14	14	14	62	63	0.98	42
12	Aston Villa	42	16	9	17	71	60	1.18	41

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	Jack Balmer	42	10	3	4	45	14
DF	John Browning	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Matt Busby	42	1	3	0	45	1
DF	Tom Bush	23	1	2	0	25	1
DF	Tom Cooper	36	0	0	0	36	0
MF	Harry Eastham	7	2	2	0	9	2
FW	Willie Fagan	39	14	3	1	42	15
DF	Matthew John Fitzsimmons	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Jim Harley	31	0	3	0	34	0
DF	Ron Jones	3	0	0	0	3	0
GK	Dirk Kemp	7	0	3	0	10	0
MF	Bill Kinghorn	19	4	0	0	19	4
DF	Jimmy McInnes	34	0	3	0	37	0
MF	Berry Nieuwenhuys	39	14	3	2	42	16
MF	George L. Paterson	2	0	1	1	3	1
DF	Keith Peters	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Bernard Ramsden	10	0	3	0	13	0
GK	Arthur Riley	35	0	0	0	35	0
DF	Fred Rogers	30	0	1	0	31	0
FW	John Shafto	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Phil Taylor	39	0	3	0	42	0
MF	Harman Van Den Berg	16	3	0	0	16	3

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Billy Liddell	Lochghelly Violet	£200	27 July 1938
Bill Jones	Hayfield St Matthews	Free	September 1938
Bob Paisley	Bishop Auckland	Free	8 May 1939

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
William Hood	Derry City	Unknown	1938
Alexander Smith	Crewe	Unknown	1938
Benjamin Dabbs	Watford	Unknown	June 1938
Fred Howe	Man City	Unknown	21 June 1938
Alf Hanson	Chelsea	Unknown	July 1938
Tom Bradshaw	Third Lanark	Unknown	September 1938
Alf Hobson	Chester	£700	October 1938
John Browning	Cowdenbeath	Unknown	1939
Matthew John Fitzsimmons	Ipswich	Unknown	June 1939