1945–46 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1945–46 season
Manager	George Kay
Stadium	Anfield
North Regional League	11th
F.A. Cup	4th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Willie Fagan; All: Willie Fagan
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1944–45 1946–47 →

The 1945–46 season saw Liverpool compete in the wartime North Regional League and the F.A. Cup.

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regional League North		F.A. Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Charlie Ashcroft	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Balmer	36	17	34	16	2	1
	FW	ENG	Kevin Baron	12	1	9	1	3	0
	DF	ENG	Dick Burke	1	1	1	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Bush	7	0	6	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jackie Campbell	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Len Carney	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Cyril Done	9	5	9	5	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Easdale	7	0	7	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Eastham	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Fagan	39	20	35	17	4	3
	DF	ENG	Fred Finney	4	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	WAL	Jeff Gulliver	15	0	15	0	0	0
	GK		Harold Hall	7	0	7	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Harley	27	0	24	0	3	0
	GK	ENG	Alf Hobson	7	0	6	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Laurie Hughes	35	0	32	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Mick Hulligan	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bill Jones	4	2	4	2	0	0
	DF	ENG	Harry Kaye	28	3	27	3	1	0
	GK	[[\|South Africa]]	Dirk Kemp	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Kippax	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW	WAL	Ray Lambert	21	0	17	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Liddell	30	18	28	17	2	1
	DF	SCO	Jimmy McInnes	7	0	7	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Fred Nickson	13	0	10	0	3	0
	MF	[[\|South Africa]]	Berry Nieuwenhuys	33	6	29	5	4	1
	DF	ENG	Bob Paisley	28	2	24	2	4	0
	DF	SCO	George Paterson	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Pilling	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	[[\|South Africa]]	Bob Priday	16	4	12	4	4	0
	DF	ENG	Barney Ramsden	19	0	18	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Jim Sanders	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ken Seddon	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Les Shannon	11	2	11	2	0	0
	GK	WAL	Cyril Sidlow	9	0	9	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Eddie Spicer	10	0	9	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Phil Taylor	32	3	31	3	1	0
	FW	ENG	Don Welsh	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Westby	11	0	11	0	0	0

Competitions[edit]

North Region War League[edit]

25 August 1945 (1945 -08-25) 1	Burnley	1–3	Liverpool	Burnley
		Report	Liddell Nieuwenhuys	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 7,481

29 August 1945 (1945 -08-29) 2	Liverpool	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Taylor 26 ' Kippax	Report	Howe 30' Lofthouse 78'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 17,437 Referee: W.B. Nixon

1 September 1945 (1945 -09-01) 3	Liverpool	2–3	Burnley	Liverpool
	Balmer 13 ' Liddell 55 '	Report	Hold Kippax	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 26,107 Referee: H. Hartley

8 September 1945 (1945 -09-08) 4	Liverpool	1–1	Bury	Liverpool
	Balmer 37' (pen.)	Report	Griffiths	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 22,490 Referee: J. Ward

12 September 1945 (1945 -09-12) 5	Liverpool	2–1	Everton	Liverpool
	Liddell 41 ' Shannon 85 '	Report	Wyles	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 25,446 Referee: E.W. Baker

15 September 1945 (1945 -09-15) 6	Bury	2–1	Liverpool	Bury
		Report	Nieuwenhuys 89 '	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 7,218

22 September 1945 (1945 -09-22) 7	Blackburn Rovers	0–5	Liverpool	Blackburn
		Report	Jones 20 ' Balmer 25', 41 ' Fagan 30', 49 '	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 5,131

29 September 1945 (1945 -09-29) 8	Liverpool	4–0	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
	Paisley 25 ' Fagan Balmer Kaye	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 24,532 Referee: T.H. Parker

6 October 1945 (1945 -10-06) 9	Liverpool	4–1	Bradford Park Avenue	Liverpool
	Kaye 8', 75 ' Balmer 13 ' Liddell 83 '	Report	Horsman	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 32,654 Referee: J. Briggs

13 October 1945 (1945 -10-13) 10	Bradford Park Avenue	0–2	Liverpool	Bradford
		Report	Liddell 3 ' Shannon 55 '	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 18,308

20 October 1945 (1945 -10-20) 11	Manchester City	1–0	Liverpool	Manchester
	Constantine	Report		Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 24,084 Referee: S. McCarthy

27 October 1945 (1945 -10-27) 12	Liverpool	0–5	Manchester City	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 34,941

3 November 1945 (1945 -11-03) 13	Liverpool	3–0	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Fagan	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 33,818 Referee: B.J. Flanagan

10 November 1945 (1945 -11-10) 14	Newcastle United	6–2	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
		Report	Fagan (pen.) Nieuwenhuys	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,833

17 November 1945 (1945 -11-17) 15	Sheffield Wednesday	2–3	Liverpool	Sheffield
	Rogers 5' Froggatt 27'	Report	Balmer 52', 75' Liddell 57 '	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,454 Referee: J.H. Parker

24 November 1945 (1945 -11-24) 16	Liverpool	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 30,035 Referee: J.H. Parker

1 December 1945 (1945 -12-01) 17	Liverpool	4–1	Huddersfield Town	Liverpool
	Liddell 1', 22 ' Fagan 11 ' Balmer 24 '	Report	Hughes 27' (o.g.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 27,848 Referee: H.T. Wright

8 December 1945 (1945 -12-08) 18	Huddersfield Town	3–1	Liverpool	Huddersfield
		Report	Balmer	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 10,362

15 December 1945 (1945 -12-15) 19	Chesterfield	1–1	Liverpool	Chesterfield
		Report	Taylor	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 11,992

22 December 1945 (1945 -12-22) 20	Liverpool	2–2	Chesterfield	Liverpool
	Liddell 7', 70 '	Report	Goodfellow 8' Roberts 15'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 29,274 Referee: W. Martin

25 December 1945 (1945 -12-25) 21	Liverpool	5–2	Barnsley	Liverpool
	Fagan Liddell Paisley Priday	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 27,501 Referee: H.W. Moore

26 December 1945 (1945 -12-26) 22	Barnsley	1–0	Liverpool	Barnsley
	Smith	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 28,464

29 December 1945 (1945 -12-29) 23	Everton	2–2	Liverpool	Liverpool
	Boyes 26' Catterick 56'	Report	Baron 81 ' Liddell 85 '	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 60,926 Referee: G. Twiss

12 January 1946 (1946 -01-12) 24	Liverpool	4–2	Preston North End	Liverpool
	Fagan Liddell Priday 82 '	Report	Dougal 65' Mutch 78'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 38,310 Referee: R.K. Warburton

19 January 1946 (1946 -01-19) 25	Preston North End	2–1	Liverpool	Preston
		Report	Fagan 14 '	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,371

2 February 1946 (1946 -02-02) 26	Leeds United	3–0	Liverpool	Leeds
		Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 11,881

9 February 1946 (1946 -02-09) 27	Manchester United	2–1	Liverpool	Manchester
	Smith	Report	Balmer 65 '	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 32,993 Referee: R.A. Mortimer

16 February 1946 (1946 -02-16) 28	Liverpool	0–5	Manchester United	Liverpool
		Report	Wigglesworth Rowley Hanlon	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 37,197 Referee: H. Berry

23 February 1946 (1946 -02-23) 29	Liverpool	2–2	Sunderland	Liverpool
	Liddell 2 ' Balmer 36 '	Report	Housam 39' White 49'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 37,289 Referee: H.L. Dale

2 March 1946 (1946 -03-02) 30	Sunderland	0–2	Liverpool	Sunderland
		Report	Fagan 15 ' Liddell 43 '	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 20,505 Referee: H.L. Dale

9 March 1946 (1946 -03-09) 31	Sheffield United	3–1	Liverpool	Sheffield
		Report	Balmer 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 35,000

16 March 1946 (1946 -03-16) 32	Liverpool	0–3	Sheffield United	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield

23 March 1946 (1946 -03-23) 33	Liverpool	1–2	Middlesbrough	Liverpool
	Nieuwenhuys 8 '	Report	Fenton 70', 75'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 35,000 Referee: H.W. Moore

30 March 1946 (1946 -03-30) 34	Middlesbrough	2–5	Liverpool	Middlesbrough
		Report	Done 4', 19', 31 ' Balmer 29 ' Fagan 90 '	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 20,000

6 April 1946 (1946 -04-06) 35	Stoke City	0–1	Liverpool	Stoke-on-Trent
		Report	Done 24 '	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 9,000

10 April 1946 (1946 -04-10) 36	Liverpool	1–1	Leeds United	Liverpool
	Fagan 3 '	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,620 Referee: J. Lawless

13 April 1946 (1946 -04-13) 37	Liverpool	4–1	Stoke City	Liverpool
	Priday 26', 35 ' Fagan 44 ' Balmer 46 '	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 28,000

19 April 1946 (1946 -04-19) 38	Liverpool	2–0	Grimsby Town	Liverpool
	Fagan Nieuwenhuys	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 38,850 Referee: T. Pikett

20 April 1946 (1946 -04-20) 39	Blackpool	1–1	Liverpool	Blackpool
		Report	Burke 13 '	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,000

22 April 1946 (1946 -04-22) 40	Grimsby Town	1–1	Liverpool	Cleethorpes
	Johnson 28'	Report	Done 53 '	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 14,000 Referee: T.G. Pikett

27 April 1946 (1946 -04-27) 41	Liverpool	4–0	Blackpool	Liverpool
	W.F. Thorpe 10' (o.g.) Jones 18 ' Balmer 55 ' Taylor 78 '	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 22,000 Referee: H. Hartley

29 April 1946 (1946 -04-29) 42	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Liverpool	Bolton
	Roberts 57'	Report		Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 16,000

F.A. Cup[edit]

5 January 1946 (1946 -01-05) 3	Chester	0–2	Liverpool	Chester
		Report	Liddell 30 ' Fagan 86 '	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 12,000 Referee: F.T. Green

9 January 1946 (1946 -01-09) 3	Liverpool	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	Chester	Liverpool
	Fagan 3', 40 '	Report	Astbury 86'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 11,207 Referee: F.T. Green

26 January 1946 (1946 -01-26) 4	Bolton Wanderers	5–0	Liverpool	Bolton
	Lofthouse 20', 40' Westwood 43', 55', 60'	Report		Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 39,692 Referee: H. Nattrass

30 January 1946 (1946 -01-30) 4	Liverpool	2–0 (2–5 agg.)	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Balmer 5 ' Nieuwenhuys 75 '	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 35,247 Referee: H. Nattrass

Lancashire Senior Cup[edit]

19 September 1945 (1945 -09-19) 1	Everton	3–3	Liverpool	Liverpool
		Report	Balmer (pen.) Shannon	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 19,743

26 September 1945 (1945 -09-26) 1	Liverpool	1–1	Everton	Liverpool
	Balmer (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: Unknown Referee: G.H.H. Fell

20 February 1946 (1946 -02-20) 1	Liverpool	4–0	Everton	Liverpool
	Liddell Fagan Balmer Taylor	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 20,000 Referee: J. Williams

11 March 1946 (1946 -03-11) 2	Liverpool	3–1	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Balmer Nieuwenhuys	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: Unknown

27 March 1946 (1946 -03-27) 3	Burnley	3–2	Liverpool	Burnley
		Report	Done Fagan	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: Unknown

Liverpool Senior Cup[edit]

3 April 1946 (1946 -04-03) SF	Liverpool	2–0	Southport	Liverpool
	Done 12', 28'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: Unknown Referee: J. Phillips

1 May 1946 (1946 -05-01) F	Everton	1–3	Liverpool	Liverpool
		Report	Jones 42' Purvis 43' (o.g.) Eastham	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 23,000 Referee: J.H. Clayton

Friendlies[edit]

28 July 1945 (1945 -07-28)	RAF XI	0–7	Liverpool	Celle
		Report	Liddell Balmer Fagan (pen.) (pen.)	Stadium: Celle Attendance: 8,000

29 July 1945 (1945 -07-29)	BIA 21st Army	3–3	Liverpool	Hannover
		Report	Welsh (pen.)	Stadium: Hannover Attendance: 35,000

References[edit]

LFC History.net – 1945–46 season
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Soccer At War 1939-45 by Jack Rollin ISBN 9780755314317