1946-47 season

1946-47 season
General information
Manager	George Kay
Captain	Willie Fagan
Performance
Division 1	Winners
FA Cup	Semi-final
Top scorers
League	Balmer (24) Stubbins (24)
FA Cup	Balmer (4) Stubbins (4)
Overall	Balmer (28) Stubbins (28)
Attendances
Average	45,917
←1945-46	1947-48→

The 1946-47 season was Liverpool's 55th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Charlie Ashcroft
• GK. Cyril Sidlow
• GK. Ray Minshull
• DF. Laurie Hughes
• DF. Ray Lambert
• DF. Bill Jones
• DF. Eddie Spicer
• DF. Bob Paisley
• DF. Phil Taylor
• DF. Jim Harley
• DF. Bernard Ramsden
• DF. Tom Bush
• DF. John Easdale
• DF. George Kaye
• DF. Stan Palk
• MF. Billy Liddell
• MF. Tommy McLeod
• MF. Robert Priday
• MF. Harry Eastham
• MF. Berry Nieuwenhuys
• MF. William Watkinson
• MF. Jimmy Payne
• FW. Jack Balmer
• FW. Kevin Baron
• FW. Albert Stubbins
• FW. Cyril Done
• FW. Willie Fagan
• FW. Len Carney

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

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
24 August 1946	Whites	3-5	Balmer, Done, Priday

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
31 August 1946	A v Sheffield United	1-0	Carney (90)
4 September 1946	H v Middlesbrough	0-1
7 September 1946	H v Chelsea	7-4	Liddell (2, 50), Jones (24, 30), Fagan (44, 87), Balmer (47)
11 September 1946	A v Man United	0-5
14 September 1946	A v Bolton	3-1	Nieuwenhuys (40), Stubbins (82), Balmer (90)
21 September 1946	H v Everton	0-0
28 September 1946	H v Leeds	2-0	Balmer (15), Nieuwenhuys (73)
5 October 1946	A v Grimsby	6-1	Stubbins (22, 53), Liddell (24, 70), Balmer (57), Fagan (pen 65)
9 October 1946	A v Middlesbrough	2-2	Liddell (24, 36)
12 October 1946	H v Charlton	1-1	Done (9)
19 October 1946	A v Huddersfield	4-1	Done (29, 43, 76), Balmer (90)
26 October 1946	H v Brentford	1-0	Stubbins (49)
2 November 1946	A v Blackburn	0-0
9 November 1946	H v Portsmouth	3-0	Balmer (pen 30, 70, 79)
16 November 1946	A v Derby	4-1	Balmer (43, 46, 49, 60)
23 November 1946	H v Arsenal	4-2	Balmer (pen 15, 61, 68), Stubbins (78)
30 November 1946	A v Blackpool	2-3	Balmer (39), Done (88)
7 December 1946	H v Wolves	1-5	Balmer (pen 77)
14 December 1946	A v Sunderland	4-1	Balmer (20), Liddell (40), Nieuwenhuys (65), Stubbins (77)
21 December 1946	H v Aston Villa	4-1	Stubbins (18), Nieuwenhuys (40), Balmer (72, 78)
25 December 1946	A v Stoke	1-2	Stubbins (82)
26 December 1946	H v Stoke	2-0	Nieuwenhuys (68), Stubbins (85)
28 December 1946	H v Sheffield United	1-2	Stubbins (43)
4 January 1947	A v Chelsea	1-3	Balmer (36)
18 January 1947	H v Bolton	0-3
29 January 1947	A v Everton	0-1
1 February 1947	A v Leeds	2-1	Stubbins (15, 88)
12 February 1947	H v Grimsby	5-0	Done (24, 40, 85), Fagan (30, 32)
22 February 1947	H v Huddersfield	1-0	Stubbins (37)
8 March 1947	H v Blackburn	2-1	Stubbins (37), Done (77)
15 March 1947	A v Portsmouth	2-1	Stubbins (51, 57)
22 March 1947	H v Derby	1-1	Taylor (79)
4 April 1947	A v Preston	0-0
5 April 1947	H v Blackpool	2-3	Fagan (15), Done (52)
7 April 1947	H v Preston	3-0	Stubbins (24, 70), Balmer (44)
19 April 1947	H v Sunderland	1-0	Stubbins (27)
26 April 1947	A v Aston Villa	2-1	Watkinson (9), Fagan (30)
3 May 1947	H v Man United	1-0	Stubbins (12)
10 May 1947	A v Charlton	3-1	Stubbins (24, ?, ?)
17 May 1947	A v Brentford	1-1	Priday (72)
24 May 1947	A v Arsenal	2-1	Balmer (76), Priday (79)
31 May 1947	A v Wolves	2-1	Balmer (21), Stubbins (38)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	11 January 1947	Walsall	5-2	Foulkes (og 6), Done (31), Liddell (32), Balmer (48, 63)
4	25 January 1947	Grimsby	2-0	Stubbins (22), Done (53)
5	8 February 1947	Derby	1-0	Balmer (75)
6	1 March 1947	Birmingham	4-1	Stubbins (33, 57, 74), Balmer (64)
Semi-final	29 March 1947	Burnley	0-0
Semi-final (R)	12 April 1947	Burnley	0-1

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	25	7	10	84	52	1.62	57
2	Man Utd	42	22	12	8	95	54	1.76	56
3	Wolves	42	25	6	11	98	56	1.75	56

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Charlie Ashcroft	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Jack Balmer	39	24	6	4	45	28
DF	Tom Bush	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Len Carney	2	1	0	0	2	1
FW	Cyril Done	17	10	6	2	23	12
DF	John Easdale	2	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Harry Eastham	19	0	2	0	21	0
FW	Willie Fagan	18	7	4	0	22	7
DF	Jim Harley	17	0	4	0	21	0
DF	Laurie Hughes	30	0	1	0	31	0
DF	Bill Jones	26	2	6	0	32	2
DF	George Kaye	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Ray Lambert	36	0	6	0	42	0
MF	Billy Liddell	34	7	6	1	40	8
MF	Tommy McLeod	3	0	0	0	3	0
GK	Ray Minshull	6	0	0	0	6	0
MF	Berry Nieuwenhuys	15	5	0	0	15	5
DF	Bob Paisley	33	0	6	0	39	0
DF	Stan Palk	6	0	0	0	6	0
MF	Robert Priday	9	2	0	0	9	2
DF	Bernard Ramsden	23	0	1	0	24	0
GK	Cyril Sidlow	34	0	6	0	40	0
DF	Eddie Spicer	10	0	0	0	10	0
FW	Albert Stubbins	36	24	6	4	42	28
DF	Phil Taylor	35	1	6	0	41	1
MF	William Watkinson	6	1	0	0	6	1

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Albert Stubbins	Newcastle	£12,500	12 September 1946
Doug McAvoy	Kilmarnock	£7,000	December 1947

Out

None.