1952–53 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool

1952–53 season
Manager	Don Welsh
First Division	17th
FA Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Billy Liddell (13) All: Billy Liddell (13)
Highest home attendance	52,079 (v Cardiff City, League, 3 April)
Lowest home attendance	23,204 (v Charlton Athletic, League, 28 March)
Average home league attendance	40,172
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 season was the 60th season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and ended their season seventeenth in the table and were knocked out by Gateshead F.C. in the FA Cup.

Goalkeepers

• Charlie Ashcroft
• Russell Crossley

Defenders

• Hugh Gerhardi
• John Heydon
• Laurie Hughes
• Bill Jones
• Ray Lambert
• Joseph Maloney
• Ronnie Moran
• Bob Paisley
• Steve Parr
• Eddie Spicer
• Phil Taylor
• George Whitworth

Midfielders

• Alan A'Court
• Ken Brierley
• Brian Jackson
• Billy Liddell
• Jimmy Payne
• Roy Saunders
• Jack Smith
• Bryan Williams

Forwards

• Eric Anderson
• Kevin Baron
• Louis Bimpson
• Mervyn Jones
• Arthur Rowley
• Sammy Smyth
• Albert Stubbins

Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	21	12	9	97	64	1.516	54
2	Preston North End	42	21	12	9	85	60	1.417	54
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	13	10	86	63	1.365	51
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	21	8	13	66	60	1.100	50
5	Charlton Athletic	42	19	11	12	77	63	1.222	49
6	Burnley	42	18	12	12	67	52	1.288	48
7	Blackpool	42	19	9	14	71	70	1.014	47
8	Manchester United	42	18	10	14	69	72	0.958	46
9	Sunderland	42	15	13	14	68	82	0.829	43
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	11	16	78	69	1.130	41
11	Aston Villa	42	14	13	15	63	61	1.033	41
12	Cardiff City	42	14	12	16	54	46	1.174	40
13	Middlesbrough	42	14	11	17	70	77	0.909	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	9	18	61	69	0.884	39
15	Portsmouth	42	14	10	18	74	83	0.892	38
16	Newcastle United	42	14	9	19	59	70	0.843	37
17	Liverpool	42	14	8	20	61	82	0.744	36
18	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	11	19	62	72	0.861	35
19	Chelsea	42	12	11	19	56	66	0.848	35
20	Manchester City	42	14	7	21	72	87	0.828	35
21	Stoke City	42	12	10	20	53	66	0.803	34
22	Derby County	42	11	10	21	59	74	0.797	32

Results

First Division

Main article: 1952–53 Football League § First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
23-Aug-52	Preston North End	A	1–1	Smith  41'	38,000	Report	Report
27-Aug-52	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	Baron  88'	46,614	Report	Report
30-Aug-52	Stoke City	H	3–2	Smith  28' Baron  36' Liddell  70'	40,062	Report	Report
03-Sep-52	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–0	Baron  41' Liddell  56'	41,183	Report	Report
06-Sep-52	Manchester City	A	2–0	Baron  5' Smith  8'	42,965	Report	Report
10-Sep-52	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	Smith  61' Liddell  pen 75'	49,809	Report	Report
13-Sep-52	Portsmouth	H	1–1	Williams  9'	49,771	Report	Report
15-Sep-52	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	Williams  30'	37,331	Report	Report
20-Sep-52	Middlesbrough	H	4–1	Payne  8' Smith  25' Williams  27' Baron  52'	40,715	Report	Report
27-Sep-52	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–3		33,774	Report	Report
04-Oct-52	Newcastle United	H	5–3	Liddell  9' Smith  36', 69' Baron  47' Paisley  77'	48,002	Report	Report
11-Oct-52	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–2	Baron  30' Payne  34'	35,251	Report	Report
18-Oct-52	Aston Villa	H	0–2		42,573	Report	Report
25-Oct-52	Sunderland	A	1–3	Liddell  65'	50,555	Report	Report
01-Nov-52	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	Payne  3' Liddell  48'	46,487	Report	Report
08-Nov-52	Charlton Athletic	A	2–3	Williams  70' Brierley  83'	30,000	Report	Report
15-Nov-52	Arsenal	H	1–5	Payne  5'	45,010	Report	Report
22-Nov-52	Derby County	A	2–3	Liddell  pen 60' Smith  79'	20,758	Report	Report
29-Nov-52	Blackpool	H	2–2	Payne  18', 25'	32,336	Report	Report
13-Dec-52	Manchester United	H	1–2	Liddell  10'	34,450	Report	Report
20-Dec-52	Preston North End	H	2–2	Liddell  33' Baron  44'	27,659	Report	Report
25-Dec-52	Burnley	A	0–2		35,858	Report	Report
26-Dec-52	Burnley	H	1–1	Liddell  pen 30'	46,589	Report	Report
03-Jan-53	Stoke City	A	1–3	Baron  8'	25,000	Report	Report
17-Jan-53	Manchester City	H	0–1		41,191	Report	Report
24-Jan-53	Portsmouth	A	1–3	Paisley  66'	27,045	Report	Report
07-Feb-53	Middlesbrough	A	3–2	Liddell  20' Smyth  22' Taylor  68'	30,000	Report	Report
14-Feb-53	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–0	Liddell  30' Payne  46' Smyth  47'	24,890	Report	Report
21-Feb-53	Newcastle United	A	2–1	Smyth  15' Taylor  17'	35,000	Report	Report
04-Mar-53	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0		30,000	Report	Report
07-Mar-53	Aston Villa	A	0–4		30,000	Report	Report
14-Mar-53	Sunderland	H	2–0	Smyth  13' A'Court  39'	40,409	Report	Report
21-Mar-53	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3		30,000	Report	Report
23-Mar-53	Chelsea	A	0–3		40,000	Report	Report
28-Mar-53	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	Payne	23,204	Report	Report
03-Apr-53	Cardiff City	H	2–1	Jones  4' Bimpson  19'	52,079	Report	Report
04-Apr-53	Arsenal	A	3–5	Bimpson  75' A'Court  77' Liddell  87'	40,564	Report	Report
06-Apr-53	Cardiff City	A	0–4		20,000	Report	Report
11-Apr-53	Derby County	H	1–1	Smyth  59'	34,064	Report	Report
18-Apr-53	Blackpool	A	1–3	Smyth  73'	22,073	Report	Report
20-Apr-53	Manchester United	A	1–3	Smyth  88'	20,869	Report	Report
25-Apr-53	Chelsea	H	2–0	Jones  33' Bimpson  82'	47,699	Report	Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1952–53 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
10-Jan-53	Gateshead	A	0–1		15,193	Report	Report

References

• LFC History.net – 1952–53 season
• Liverweb - 1952–53 Season