1940-41 season

1940-41 season
General information
Performance
North Regional Championship	16th
War League Cup	1st round
Top scorers
North Regional Championship	Nieuwenhuys (15)
War League Cup	Liddell (2)
Overall	Nieuwenhuys (15)
Attendances
←1939-40	1941-42→

The 1940-41 season was an unofficial season during World War II, and was Liverpool's 49th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Sam Bartram
• GK. William Gerard Fairhurst
• GK. Alf Hobson
• GK. Eric Holmes Mansley
• GK. John James Robinson
• GK. William Teasdale
• GK. Albert Yoxon
• DF. Billy Cook
• DF. Stan Cullis
• DF. Charles Fazackerley
• DF. Jim Harley
• DF. George Jackson
• DF. Ray Lambert
• DF. Bernard Ramsden
• DF. Eddie Spicer
• DF. Robert William Stuart
• DF. Norman Turner
• MF. Robert Batey
• MF. Cliff S Britton
• MF. Tom Bush
• MF. Stanley Eastham
• MF. George Henry Farrow
• MF. Arthur Thomas Grosvenor
• MF. Arnold John Grundy
• MF. Harry Kaye
• MF. Charles Lewis
• MF. Billy Liddell
• MF. Charles William Longdon
• MF. Alfred Massey
• MF. Berry Nieuwenhuys
• MF. Bob Paisley
• MF. Stan Palk
• MF. James Woodburn
• FW. Jack Balmer
• FW. William Hart Cairns
• FW. Len Carney
• FW. George Carter
• FW. George Collister
• FW. Cyril Done
• FW. Richard Dorsett
• FW. George Benjamin Drury
• FW. Willie Fagan
• FW. Alf Hanson
• FW. George Samuel Hunt
• FW. Osborn Lloyd Iceton
• FW. Bill Kinghorn
• FW. Jock Loran
• FW. Thomas Lyon
• FW. Francis O'Donnell
• FW. George Paterson
• FW. John Search
• FW. John Shafto
• FW. Dennis Westcott
• ?. Douglas F Cooke
• ?. Patrick Owens
• ?. Stanley Pickstock
• ?. Kenneth Seddon

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

Friendlies

None.

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
31 August 1940	Preston	3-3	Nieuwenhuys, O'Donnell, Fagan
7 September 1940	Blackburn	3-0	Nieuwenhuys (30), Fagan (80, 89)
14 September 1940	Blackburn	1-1	Nieuwenhuys
21 September 1940	Preston	0-5
28 September 1940	Chester	2-0	Westcott 2
5 October 1940	Chester	9-1	Westcott 4, Nieuwenhuys 3, Paisley, Drury
12 October 1940	Bury	3-0	Drury 2, Nieuwenhuys
19 October 1940	Man City	0-4
26 October 1940	Stockport	0-2
2 November 1940	Stockport	5-0	Hunt 2, Paisley, Grundy, Nieuwenhuys
9 November 1940	Man City	1-5	Hunt
16 November 1940	Bury	3-0	Hunt, Nieuwenhuys, Atkinson (og)
23 November 1940	Man Utd	2-2	Hunt (20), Fagan (23)
30 November 1940	Man Utd	0-2
7 December 1940	Tranmere	1-3	Grundy
14 December 1940	New Brighton	6-4	Nieuwenhuys 4, Liddell (pen), Paisley
25 December 1940	Everton	3-1	Carney (70, 85), Nieuwenhuys (71)
28 December 1940	Tranmere	2-3	Carney, Liddell
4 January 1941	Everton	1-2	Paisley
11 January 1941	Everton	1-4	Shafto (15)
18 January 1941	Oldham	3-0	Paisley, Search, Collister
8 February 1941	Everton	1-3	Done
1 March 1941	Bury	5-2	Liddell 2, Dorsett 2, Done
8 March 1941	Wrexham	7-2	Paisley 3, Dorsett 2, Done, Liddell
15 March 1941	Blackpool	4-6	Fagan (2 pens), Paisley, Done
22 March 1941	Blackpool	2-6	Dorsett 2
29 March 1941	Bury	5-1	Dorsett 2, Pickstock, Done, Liddell
5 April 1941	Bury	2-0	Palk, Done
12 April 1941	Blackpool	0-0
14 April 1941	Southport	0-2
26 April 1941	Man Utd	2-1	Done, Liddell
3 May 1941	Man Utd	1-1	Done
17 May 1941	Wrexham	3-4	Paisley, Nieuwenhuys, Liddell
24 May 1941	Chester	6-1	Done 3, Cole (og), Cooke, Liddell
31 May 1941	Everton	2-2	Liddell (47), Done (69)
2 June 1941	Everton	1-3	Jones (og)
7 June 1941	Preston	1-6	Lyon

War League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	15 February 1941	Southport	2-3	Liddell 2 (1 pen)
1 (2nd leg)	22 February 1941	Southport	2-2	Done, Eastham

Tables

League

Note: Ranking according to goal average.

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg
1	Preston	29	18	7	4	81	37	2.19
2	Chesterfield	35	20	6	9	76	40	1.90
3	Man City	35	18	10	7	104	55	1.89
4	Barnsley	30	18	4	8	86	49	1.76
5	Everton	34	19	7	8	85	51	1.67
6	Blackpool	20	13	3	4	56	34	1.65
7	Halifax	30	10	13	7	64	51	1.26
8	Man Utd	35	14	8	13	80	65	1.23
9	Lincoln	27	13	7	7	65	53	1.23
10	Newcastle	23	12	0	11	49	41	1.20
11	Huddersfield	33	11	6	16	69	58	1.19
12	Middlesbrough	27	16	1	10	84	71	1.18
13	New Brighton	26	15	1	10	97	82	1.18
14	Burnley	35	17	7	11	62	53	1.17
15	Leeds	30	13	8	9	62	54	1.15
16	Liverpool	37	15	6	16	91	82	1.11
17	Wrexham	29	15	5	9	78	71	1.10
18	Chester	35	14	6	15	94	89	1.06
19	Doncaster	32	15	7	10	77	74	1.04
20	Oldham	37	17	4	16	78	77	1.01
21	Grimsby	27	12	2	13	60	63	0.95
22	Bradford Park Avenue	31	9	7	15	64	74	0.87
23	Rotherham	29	12	5	12	48	57	0.84
24	Blackburn	32	9	10	13	49	60	0.82
25	Bury	38	10	9	19	80	100	0.80
26	Bolton	16	6	2	8	31	40	0.78
27	Tranmere	25	9	5	11	67	90	0.74
28	Sheffield United	25	6	6	13	44	60	0.73
29	Bradford City	29	8	3	18	72	99	0.73
30	Rochdale	32	12	5	15	64	92	0.70
31	Southport	28	7	2	19	61	88	0.69
32	York	25	7	4	14	49	71	0.69
33	Hull	23	8	3	12	44	67	0.66
34	Sheffield Wednesday	30	9	6	15	50	78	0.64
35	Stockport	29	9	5	15	54	93	0.58
36	Crewe	24	2	3	19	32	84	0.38

Player stats

Pos.	Name	NRC		WLC		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	Jack Balmer	1	0	1	0	2	0
GK	Sam Bartram	16	0	0	0	16	0
MF	Robert Batey	12	0	0	0	12	0
MF	Cliff S Britton	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Tom Bush	1	0	1	0	2	0
FW	William Hart Cairns	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Len Carney	2	3	0	0	2	3
FW	George Carter	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	George Collister	3	1	0	0	3	1
DF	Billy Cook	1	0	0	0	1	0
?	Douglas F Cooke	12	1	1	0	13	1
DF	Stan Cullis	8	0	0	0	8	0
FW	Cyril Done	16	12	1	1	17	13
FW	Richard Dorsett	5	8	1	0	6	8
FW	George Benjamin Drury	4	3	0	0	4	3
MF	Stanley Eastham	7	0	1	1	8	0
GK	William Gerard Fairhurst	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Willie Fagan	19	6	0	0	19	6
MF	George Henry Farrow	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Charles Fazackerley	2	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Arthur Thomas Grosvenor	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	Arnold John Grundy	5	2	0	0	5	2
FW	Alf Hanson	3	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Jim Harley	6	0	0	0	6	0
GK	Alf Hobson	10	0	0	0	10	0
FW	George Samuel Hunt	7	5	0	0	7	5
FW	Osborn Lloyd Iceton	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	George Jackson	13	0	0	0	13	0
MF	Harry Kaye	15	0	0	0	15	0
FW	Bill Kinghorn	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF	Ray Lambert	37	0	2	0	39	0
MF	Charles Lewis	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Billy Liddell	35	10	2	2	37	12
MF	Charles William Longdon	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Jock Loran	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Thomas Lyon	1	1	0	0	1	1
GK	Eric Holmes Mansley	4	0	2	0	6	0
MF	Alfred Massey	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Berry Nieuwenhuys	21	15	0	0	21	15
FW	Francis O'Donnell	2	1	0	0	2	1
?	Patrick Owens	4	0	0	0	4	0
MF	Bob Paisley	25	10	2	0	27	10
MF	Stan Palk	21	1	0	0	21	1
FW	George Paterson	1	0	0	0	1	0
?	Stanley Pickstock	3	1	0	0	3	1
DF	Bernard Ramsden	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	John James Robinson	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	John Search	1	1	0	0	1	0
?	Kenneth Seddon	8	0	0	0	8	0
FW	John Shafto	2	1	0	0	2	1
DF	Eddie Spicer	29	0	2	0	31	0
DF	Robert William Stuart	14	0	1	0	15	0
GK	William Teasdale	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Norman Turner	10	0	2	0	12	0
FW	Dennis Westcott	2	6	1	0	3	6
MF	James Woodburn	3	0	0	0	3	0
GK	Albert Yoxon	1	0	0	0	1	0

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Stan Palk	South Liverpool	Free	1940

Out

None.