1940–41 Liverpool F.C. season
The 1940–41 season saw Liverpool compete in the wartime North Regional League and the League War Cup. Some matches were also part of the Lancashire Senior Cup.
Liverpool F.C. 1940–41 football season
1940–41 season | |||
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Manager | George Kay | ||
Stadium | Anfield | ||
North Regional League | 16th | ||
League War Cup | 1st Round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Berry Nieuwenhuys All: Berry Nieuwenhuys | ||
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Statistics
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Regional League North | League War Cup | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
DF | ENG | Jack Balmer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
GK | ENG | Sam Bartram | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Bob Batey | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Cliff Britton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Tom Bush | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Billy Cairns | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Len Carney | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | George Carter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | George Collister | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | IRL | Billy Cook | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Dennis Cook | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Stan Cullis | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Cyril Done | 17 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | ENG | Dicky Dorsett | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | George Drury | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Stan Eastham | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | SCO | Willie Fagan | 19 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ENG | Bill Fairhurst | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | George Farrow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | Charles Fazackerley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Tom Grosvenor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Arnold Grundy | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Alf Hanson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Jim Harley | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ENG | Alf Hobson | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | George Hunt | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Lloyd Iceton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | George Jackson | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Harry Kaye | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Bill Kinghorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | WAL | Ray Lambert | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Charlie Lewis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Billy Liddell | 37 | 12 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | |
MF | ENG | Charlie Longdon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Jock Loran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Tommy Lyon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ENG | Eric Mansley | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Alfred Massey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | RSA | Berry Nieuwenhuys | 21 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Frank O'Donnell | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Patrick Owens | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
DF | ENG | Bob Paisley | 27 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Stan Palk | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | George Paterson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Stanley Pickstock | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
DF | ENG | Barney Ramsden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ENG | Jack Robinson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Jack Search | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Seddon | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
FW | ENG | John Shafto | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Eddie Spicer | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Bobby Stuart | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
GK | Bill Teasdale | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | Norman Turner | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | Dennis Westcott | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Jimmy Woodburn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ENG | Albert Yoxon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Competitions
North Region War League and Lancashire Senior Cup
Liverpool v Preston North End
31 August 1940 (1940 -08-31) 1 | Liverpool | 3–3 | Preston North End | Liverpool |
O'Donnell Fagan Nieuwenhuys | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000 |
Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool
7 September 1940 (1940 -09-07) 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 0–3 | Liverpool | Blackburn |
Report | Nieuwenhuys 30' Fagan 80', 89' | Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 2,176 |
Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers
14 September 1940 (1940 -09-14) 3 | Liverpool | 1–1 | Blackburn Rovers | Liverpool |
Nieuwenhuys | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000 |
Preston North End v Liverpool
21 September 1940 (1940 -09-21) 4 | Preston North End | 5–0 | Liverpool | Leyland |
Report | Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,000 |
Chester v Liverpool
28 September 1940 (1940 -09-28) 5 | Chester | 0–2 | Liverpool | Chester |
Westcott | Report | Westcott | Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 2,500 |
Liverpool v Chester
5 October 1940 (1940 -10-05) 6 | Liverpool | 9–1 | Chester | Liverpool |
Nieuwenhuys Paisley Westcott Drury | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000 |
Bury v Liverpool
12 October 1940 (1940 -10-12) 7 | Bury | 0–3 | Liverpool | Bury |
Report | Drury Nieuwenhuys | Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,000 |
Liverpool v Manchester City
19 October 1940 (1940 -10-19) 8 | Liverpool | 0–4 | Manchester City | Liverpool |
Report | Currier | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 8,000 |
Stockport County v Liverpool
26 October 1940 (1940 -10-26) 9 | Stockport County | 2–0 | Liverpool | Stockport |
Report | Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2,000 |
Liverpool v Stockport County
2 November 1940 (1940 -11-02) 10 | Liverpool | 5–0 | Stockport County | Liverpool |
Grundy Hunt Nieuwenhuys Paisley | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 1,000 |
Manchester City v Liverpool
9 November 1940 (1940 -11-09) 11 | Manchester City | 5–1 | Liverpool | Manchester |
Herd Currier Pritchard | Report | Hunt | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 2,000 |
Liverpool v Bury
16 November 1940 (1940 -11-16) 12 | Liverpool | 3–0 | Bury | Liverpool |
Hunt Nieuwenhuys Atkinson (o.g.) | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000 |
Liverpool v Manchester United
23 November 1940 (1940 -11-23) 13 | Liverpool | 2–2 | Manchester United | Liverpool |
Hunt 20' Fagan 23' | Report | Smith Warner | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000 |
Manchester United v Liverpool
30 November 1940 (1940 -11-30) 14 | Manchester United | 2–0 | Liverpool | Manchester |
Butt Smith | Report | Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 700 |
Tranmere Rovers v Liverpool
7 December 1940 (1940 -12-07) 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 3–1 | Liverpool | Birkenhead |
Report | Grundy | Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,500 |
Liverpool v New Brighton
14 December 1940 (1940 -12-14) 16 | Liverpool | 6–4 | New Brighton | Liverpool |
Nieuwenhuys Paisley Liddell (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 1,000 |
Liverpool v Everton
25 December 1940 (1940 -12-25) 17 | Liverpool | 3–1 | Everton | Liverpool |
Carney 70', 85' Nieuwenhuys 71' | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000 |
Liverpool v Tranmere Rovers
28 December 1940 (1940 -12-28) 18 | Liverpool | 2–3 | Tranmere Rovers | Liverpool |
Carney Liddell | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000 |
Liverpool v Everton
4 January 1941 (1941 -01-04) 19 | Liverpool | 1–2 | Everton | Liverpool |
Paisley | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000 | ||
Note: Also counted as Round One 1st Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup. |
Everton v Liverpool
11 January 1941 (1941 -01-11) 20 | Everton | 4–1 | Liverpool | Liverpool |
Report | Shafto 15' | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 5,000 | ||
Note: Also counted as Round One 2nd Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup. |
Oldham Athletic v Liverpool
18 January 1941 (1941 -01-18) 21 | Oldham Athletic | 0–3 | Liverpool | Oldham |
Report | Collister Paisley Search | Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 500 |
Liverpool v Everton
8 February 1941 (1941 -02-08) 22 | Liverpool | 1–3 | Everton | Liverpool |
Done | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000 |
Bury v Liverpool
1 March 1941 (1941 -03-01) 23 | Bury | 2–5 | Liverpool | Bury |
Report | Done Dorsett Liddell | Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,000 |
Liverpool v Wrexham
8 March 1941 (1941 -03-08) 24 | Liverpool | 7–2 | Wrexham | Liverpool |
Done Dorsett Liddell Paisley | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 1,500 |
Blackpool v Liverpool
15 March 1941 (1941 -03-15) 25 | Blackpool | 6–4 | Liverpool | Blackpool |
Report | Done Fagan (pen.) (pen.) Paisley | Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,000 |
Liverpool v Blackpool
22 March 1941 (1941 -03-22) 26 | Liverpool | 2–6 | Blackpool | Liverpool |
Dorsett | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000 |
Bury v Liverpool
29 March 1941 (1941 -03-29) 27 | Bury | 1–5 | Liverpool | Bury |
Report | Done Dorsett Liddell Pickstock | Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,500 |
Liverpool v Bury
5 April 1941 (1941 -04-05) 28 | Liverpool | 2–0 | Bury | Liverpool |
Done Palk | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000 |
Blackpool v Liverpool
12 April 1941 (1941 -04-12) 29 | Blackpool | 0–0 | Liverpool | Blackpool |
Report | Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,000 |
Southport v Liverpool
14 April 1941 (1941 -04-14) 30 | Southport | 2–0 | Liverpool | Southport |
Report | Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1,500 |
Liverpool v Manchester United
26 April 1941 (1941 -04-26) 31 | Liverpool | 2–1 | Manchester United | Liverpool |
Done Liddell | Report | Rowley | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000 |
Manchester United v Liverpool
3 May 1941 (1941 -05-03) 32 | Manchester United | 1–1 | Liverpool | Manchester |
Rowley | Report | Done | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 1,500 |
Wrexham v Liverpool
17 May 1941 (1941 -05-17) 33 | Wrexham | 4–3 | Liverpool | Wrexham |
Report | Liddell Nieuwenhuys Paisley | Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 1,200 |
Chester v Liverpool
24 May 1941 (1941 -05-24) 34 | Chester | 1–6 | Liverpool | Chester |
Report | D. Cook Done Liddell Cole (o.g.) | Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 700 |
Liverpool v Everton
31 May 1941 (1941 -05-31) 35 | Liverpool | 2–2 | Everton | Liverpool |
Liddell 47' Done 69' | Report | Mercer Stevenson | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 6,000 |
Everton v Liverpool
2 June 1941 (1941 -06-02) 36 | Everton | 3–1 | Liverpool | Liverpool |
Boyes 59', 75' Jackson 76' | Report | Jones (o.g.) | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 4,000 |
Preston North End v Liverpool
7 June 1941 (1941 -06-07) 37 | Preston North End | 6–1 | Liverpool | Preston |
Report | Lyon | Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 5,000 |
Football League War Cup
Liverpool v Southport
15 February 1941 (1941 -02-15) 1 | Liverpool | 2–3 | Southport | Liverpool |
Liddell (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000 |
Southport v Liverpool
22 February 1941 (1941 -02-22) 1 | Southport | 2–2 (5–4 agg.) | Liverpool | Southport |
Report | Done Eastham | Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 4,000 |
References
- LFC History.net – 1940–41 season
- 11v11
- Soccer At War 1939-45 by Jack Rollin ISBN 9780755314317
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