1949-50 season

1949-50 season
General information
Manager	George Kay
Captain	Jack Balmer
Performance
Division 1	8th
FA Cup	Runners-up
Top scorers
League	Liddell (17)
FA Cup	Fagan (4)
Overall	Liddell (19)
Attendances
Average	46,493
←1948-49	1950-51→

The 1949-50 season was Liverpool's 58th 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. Bill Shepherd
• DF. Frank Christie
• DF. Sam Shields
• DF. Joe Cadden
• DF. John Heydon
• DF. Steve Parr
• DF. George Whitworth
• MF. Billy Liddell
• MF. Ken Brierley
• MF. Jimmy Payne
• MF. William Watkinson
• MF. Tommy McLeod
• FW. Jack Balmer
• FW. Kevin Baron
• FW. Albert Stubbins
• FW. Cyril Done
• FW. Willie Fagan
• FW. Jack Haigh

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
5 December 1949	AIK Stockholm	4-2	Liddell (pen 46), Done (47, 89), Brierley (81)
28 May 1950	Anderlecht	1-1	Liddell (49)
31 May 1950	Saarbrucken	1-4	?
15 May 1950	Ulster Select	5-1	?

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
20 August 1949	Sunderland	4-2	Paisley (32), Balmer (42), Baron (63), Stubbins (73)
22 August 1949	Stoke	0-0
27 August 1949	Everton	0-0
31 August 1949	Stoke	1-1	Liddell (28)
3 September 1949	Arsenal	2-1	Stubbins (38, 75)
7 September 1949	Man Utd	1-1	Stubbins (76)
10 September 1949	Bolton	1-1	Baron (62)
17 September 1949	Birmingham	3-2	Done (2), Liddell (70, 74)
24 September 1949	Derby	3-1	Baron (5), Fagan (20), Payne (30)
1 October 1949	West Brom	1-0	Stubbins (37)
8 October 1949	Middlesbrough	2-0	Payne (74), Lambert (pen 77)
15 October 1949	Blackpool	0-0
22 October 1949	Newcastle	2-2	Liddell (6), Baron (70)
29 October 1949	Fulham	1-0	Liddell (15)
5 November 1949	Man City	4-0	Liddell (?, pen 11), Brierley (21), Baron
12 November 1949	Charlton	3-1	Done (35), Liddell (42, pen 73)
19 November 1949	Aston Villa	2-1	Liddell (2), Brierley (82)
26 November 1949	Wolves	1-1	Fagan (27)
3 December 1949	Portsmouth	2-2	Done (29, 50)
10 December 1949	Huddersfield	2-3	Fagan (4), Brierley (24)
17 December 1949	Sunderland	2-3	Brierley (8), Done (15)
24 December 1949	Everton	3-1	Baron (56, ?), Fagan
26 December 1949	Chelsea	1-1	Fagan (88)
27 December 1949	Chelsea	2-2	Fagan (51, 59)
31 December 1949	Arsenal	2-0	Liddell (32), Swindin (og 82)
14 January 1950	Bolton	2-3	Liddell (80), Fagan (81)
21 January 1950	Birmingham	2-0	Payne (23), Stubbins (69)
4 February 1950	Derby	2-2	Stubbins (65), Liddell
18 February 1950	West Brom	2-1	Stubbins (12), Brierley (87)
25 February 1950	Middlesbrough	1-4	Stubbins (41)
8 March 1950	Blackpool	0-1
11 March 1950	Aston Villa	0-2
15 March 1950	Man Utd	0-0
18 March 1950	Wolves	0-2
29 March 1950	Man City	2-1	Liddell, Payne
1 April 1950	Charlton	1-0	Liddell (pen 20)
7 April 1950	Burnley	2-0	Payne (47), Liddell (51)
8 April 1950	Newcastle	1-5	Fagan (29)
10 April 1950	Burnley	0-1
15 April 1950	Fulham	1-1	Fagan (50)
22 April 1950	Portsmouth	1-2	Stubbins (52)
3 May 1950	Huddersfield	2-3	Fagan (10), Liddell (56)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	7 January 1950	Blackburn	0-0
3 (R)	11 January 1950	Blackburn	2-1	Payne (32), Fagan (51)
4	28 January 1950	Exeter	3-1	Baron (45), Fagan (82), Payne (88)
5	11 February 1950	Stockport	2-1	Fagan (57), Stubbins (70)
6	4 March 1950	Blackpool	2-1	Fagan (19), Liddell (81)
Semi-final	25 March 1950	Everton	2-0	Paisley (29), Liddell (62)
Final	29 April 1950	Arsenal	0-2

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
7	Blackpool	42	17	15	10	46	35	1.31	49
8	Liverpool	42	17	14	11	64	54	1.19	48
9	Middlesbrough	42	20	7	15	59	48	1.23	47

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	Jack Balmer	9	1	0	0	9	1
FW	Kevin Baron	38	7	7	1	45	8
MF	Ken Brierley	11	5	0	0	11	5
DF	Frank Christie	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Cyril Done	16	5	0	0	16	5
FW	Willie Fagan	35	11	7	4	42	15
DF	Laurie Hughes	35	0	6	0	41	0
DF	Bill Jones	26	0	3	0	29	0
DF	Ray Lambert	41	0	7	0	48	0
MF	Billy Liddell	41	17	7	2	48	19
GK	Ray Minshull	5	0	0	0	5	0
DF	Bob Paisley	23	1	5	1	28	2
MF	Jimmy Payne	31	5	7	2	38	7
DF	Bill Shepherd	6	0	0	0	6	0
DF	Sam Shields	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	Cyril Sidlow	37	0	7	0	44	0
DF	Eddie Spicer	37	0	7	0	44	0
FW	Albert Stubbins	28	10	7	1	35	11
DF	Phil Taylor	37	0	7	0	44	0
MF	William Watkinson	1	0	0	0	1	0

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Sam Shields	Cowdenbeath	Free	May 1949
Jack Haigh	Gainsborough	Free	October 1949

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Doug McAvoy	Queen of the South	Unknown	September 1949
Les Shannon	Burnley	Unknown	November 1949
Peter Kippax	Preston	Free	1950