1938–39 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season April 2022 Liverpool F.C. 1938–39 George Kay Anfield First Division 11th Fifth round FA Cup Willie Fagan and Berry Nieuwenhuys Berry Nieuwenhuys 32,160 _collar _hoops_red ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 _redborder _collarred _redborder _hoops_red 000000 1937–38 1939–40 The 1938–39 season was the 47th season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and the club ended the season in 11th place. Liverpool reached the fifth round of the FA Cup but were knocked out by Wolverhampton Wanderers. Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 1 FA Cup ENG FW Jack Balmer 42 10 3 4 ENG DF John Browning 2 0 0 0 SCO DF Matt Busby 42 1 3 0 ENG DF Tom Bush 23 1 2 0 ENG DF Tommy Cooper 36 0 0 0 ENG FW Harry Eastham 7 1 2 1 SCO FW Willie Fagan 39 14 3 1 ENG DF Matt FitzSimmons 1 0 0 0 SCO DF Jim Harley 31 0 3 0 WAL DF Ronnie Jones 3 0 0 0 South Africa 1928 GK Dirk Kemp 7 0 3 0 SCO MF Bill Kinghorn 19 4 0 0 SCO DF Jimmy McInnes 34 0 3 0 South Africa 1928 MF Berry Nieuwenhuys 39 14 3 2 SCO FW George Paterson 2 0 1 1 ENG DF Keith Peters 1 0 0 0 ENG DF Barney Ramsden 10 0 3 3 South Africa 1928 GK Arthur Riley 35 0 0 0 ENG DF Fred Rogers 30 0 1 1 ENG FW John Shafto 4 0 0 0 ENG DF Phil Taylor 39 14 3 3 South Africa 1928 MF Harman van den Berg 16 3 0 0 |} Table First Division y LIV Results these were the results of Liverpool's matches in the 1938-39 season. First division 1938–39 Football League 1 27 August 1938 15:15 Liverpool 2–1 Report Chelsea Taylor 35 78 Allum Liverpool Anfield 33,868 W 2 3 September 1938 15:15 Preston North End 1–0 Report Liverpool Beattie Preston Deepdale 22,340 L 3 7 September 1938 18:15 Liverpool 1–0 Report Manchester United Nieuwenhuys 15 Liverpool Anfield 25,050 W 4 10 September 1938 15:15 Liverpool 1–0 Report Charlton Athletic Busby 70 Liverpool Anfield 32,701 W 5 14 September 1938 18:00 Liverpool 3–1 Report Middlesbrough Fagan 55 75Nieuwenhuys 90 Fenton Liverpool Anfield 25,535 W 6 17 September 1938 15:15 Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Report Liverpool Roberts Hunt Taylor 77 Bolton Burnden Park 22,409 L 7 24 September 1938 15:15 Liverpool 3–0 Report Leeds United Fagan 51Balmer 61Taylor 86 Liverpool Anfield 32,197 W 8 1 October 1938 15:15 Everton 2–1 Report Liverpool Bentham 14Boyes 39 Fagan 43 pen Liverpool Goodison Park 64,997 L 9 8 October 1938 15:00 Leicester City 2–2 Report Liverpool Dewis Griffiths Nieuwenhuys 73van den Berg 89 Leicester Filbert Street 13,559 D 10 15 October 1938 15:15 Liverpool 3–0 Report Aston Villa van den Berg 6Balmer 34Fagan 38 Liverpool Anfield 41,224 W 11 22 October 1938 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Report Liverpool Mcintosh Westcott Taylor 75Nieuwenhuys 77 Wolverhampton Molineux 25,668 D 12 29 October 1938 15:00 Liverpool 3–3 Report Huddersfield Town van den Berg 1Fagan 63 penBalmer 85 Beasley Baird Price Liverpool Anfield 33,734 D 13 5 November 1938 14:45 Portsmouth 1–1 Report Liverpool Anderson Nieuwenhuys 10 Portsmouth Fratton Park 22,663 D 14 12 November 1938 14:45 Liverpool 2–2 Report Arsenal Nieuwenhuys 41 50 Drake Kirchen Liverpool Anfield 42,540 D 15 19 November 1938 14:30 Brentford 2–1 Report Liverpool Holliday Nieuwenhuys 40 Brentford Griffin Park 20,977 L 16 26 November 1938 14:30 Liverpool 1–0 Report Blackpool Kinghorn 10 Liverpool Anfield 26,752 W 17 3 December 1938 14:15 Derby County 2–2 Report Liverpool Crooks McCulloch Taylor 34Kinghorn 88 Derby Baseball Ground 24,723 D 18 10 December 1938 14:15 Liverpool 2–2 Report Grimsby Town Nieuwenhuys 30Fagan 33 Boyd Betmead Liverpool Anfield 26,343 D 19 17 December 1938 14:00 Sunderland 2–3 Report Liverpool Bolton 3Duns 73 Kinghorn 37Bush 50Taylor 78 Sunderland Roker Park 15,309 Martin W W 20 24 December 1938 14:20 Chelsea 4–1 Report Liverpool Payne Spence Burgess Balmer 75 London Stamford Bridge 6,801 L 21 26 December 1938 14:20 Stoke City 3–1 Report Liverpool Baker Sale Fagan 89 Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Ground 18,182 L 22 27 December 1938 14:15 Liverpool 1–0 Report Stoke City Fagan 54 Liverpool Anfield 45,724 W 23 31 December 1938 14:30 Liverpool 4–1 Report Preston North End Taylor 33 88Fagan 34 penBalmer 85 Mutch Liverpool Anfield 30,453 W 24 2 January 1939 14:15 Middlesbrough 3–0 Report Liverpool Fenton Milne Middlesbrough Ayresome Park 25,309 L 25 14 January 1939 14:45 Charlton Athletic 1–3 Report Liverpool Tadman Eastham 25Balmer 39 89 London The Valley 19,836 W 26 25 January 1939 15:00 Liverpool 1–2 Report Bolton Wanderers Fagan 55 Hunt Sinclair Liverpool Anfield 17,705 L 27 28 January 1939 15:00 Leeds United 1–1 Report Liverpool Hodgson 84 Balmer 88 Leeds Elland Road 13,679 Clark SL D 28 4 February 1939 15:15 Liverpool 0–3 Report Everton Bentham 14Lawton 73 82 Liverpool Anfield 55,994 L 29 18 February 1939 15:00 Aston Villa 2–0 Report Liverpool Broome 30 38 Birmingham Villa Park 39,705 Rudd RG L 30 25 February 1939 15:15 Liverpool 0–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Westcott Dorsett Liverpool Anfield 54,796 L 31 4 March 1939 15:15 Liverpool 1–1 Report Leicester City Taylor 82 Smith Liverpool Anfield 25,451 D 32 11 March 1939 15:15 Liverpool 4–4 Report Portsmouth Fagan 16Taylor 27 51Nieuwenhuys 62 Parker 44Anderson 66Barlow 67McAlinden 72 Liverpool Anfield 18,380 D 33 15 March 1939 15:15 Huddersfield Town 1–1 Report Liverpool Price Nieuwenhuys 85 Huddersfield Leeds Road 7,704 D 34 18 March 1939 15:30 Arsenal 2–0 Report Liverpool Kirchen Drake London Highbury 31,495 L 35 25 March 1939 15:15 Liverpool 1–0 Report Brentford Fagan 51 pen 0 88 Liverpool Anfield 18,113 W 36 1 April 1939 15:15 Blackpool 1–1 Report Liverpool Astley Fagan 20 Blackpool Bloomfield Road 17,137 D 37 7 April 1939 15:15 Liverpool 4–0 Report Birmingham Balmer Nieuwenhuys Liverpool Anfield 31,741 W 38 8 April 1939 15:15 Liverpool 2–1 Report Derby County Taylor 40 63 McCulloch Liverpool Anfield 25,927 W 39 10 April 1939 15:00 Birmingham 0–0 Report Liverpool Birmingham St Andrew's 15,067 D 40 15 April 1939 15:15 Grimsby Town 2–1 Report Liverpool Howe Jones Nieuwenhuys 1 Grimsby Blundell Park 6,164 L 41 22 April 1939 15:15 Liverpool 1–1 Report Sunderland Kinghorn 75 Carter 55 Liverpool Anfield 15,607 Martin W D 42 6 May 1939 15:00 Manchester United 2–0 Report Liverpool Hanlon Manchester Old Trafford 12,073 L FA Cup 1938–39 FA Cup 3rd Round 7 January 1939 14:30 Liverpool 3–0 Report Luton Town Balmer 54 89Paterson 83 Liverpool Anfield 40,431 Tucker JA W 4th Round 21 January 1939 14:45 Liverpool 5–1 Report Stockport County Nieuwenhuys 6 41Eastham 29Balmer 35 51Fagan Reid 26 Liverpool Anfield 39,407 Mortimer RA W 5th Round 11 February 1939 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 Report Liverpool Burton 8Westcott 23McIntosh 82Dorsett 80 Fagan 54 pen Wolverhampton Molineux 61, 315 Blake RW L References LFC History.net – 1938–39 season Category:Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool