1940–41 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1940–41 season
Manager	George Kay
Stadium	Anfield
North Regional League	16th
League War Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Berry Nieuwenhuys; All: Berry Nieuwenhuys
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1939–40 1941–42 →

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.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regional League North		League War Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

31 August 1940 (1940 -08-31) 1	Liverpool	3–3	Preston North End	Liverpool
	O'Donnell Fagan Nieuwenhuys	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

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

14 September 1940 (1940 -09-14) 3	Liverpool	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
	Nieuwenhuys	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

21 September 1940 (1940 -09-21) 4	Preston North End	5–0	Liverpool	Leyland
		Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,000

28 September 1940 (1940 -09-28) 5	Chester	0–2	Liverpool	Chester
	Westcott	Report	Westcott	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 2,500

5 October 1940 (1940 -10-05) 6	Liverpool	9–1	Chester	Liverpool
	Nieuwenhuys Paisley Westcott Drury	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

12 October 1940 (1940 -10-12) 7	Bury	0–3	Liverpool	Bury
		Report	Drury Nieuwenhuys	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,000

19 October 1940 (1940 -10-19) 8	Liverpool	0–4	Manchester City	Liverpool
		Report	Currier	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 8,000

26 October 1940 (1940 -10-26) 9	Stockport County	2–0	Liverpool	Stockport
		Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2,000

2 November 1940 (1940 -11-02) 10	Liverpool	5–0	Stockport County	Liverpool
	Grundy Hunt Nieuwenhuys Paisley	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 1,000

9 November 1940 (1940 -11-09) 11	Manchester City	5–1	Liverpool	Manchester
	Herd Currier Pritchard	Report	Hunt	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 2,000

16 November 1940 (1940 -11-16) 12	Liverpool	3–0	Bury	Liverpool
	Hunt Nieuwenhuys Atkinson (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

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

30 November 1940 (1940 -11-30) 14	Manchester United	2–0	Liverpool	Manchester
	Butt Smith	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 700

7 December 1940 (1940 -12-07) 15	Tranmere Rovers	3–1	Liverpool	Birkenhead
		Report	Grundy	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,500

14 December 1940 (1940 -12-14) 16	Liverpool	6–4	New Brighton	Liverpool
	Nieuwenhuys Paisley Liddell (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 1,000

25 December 1940 (1940 -12-25) 17	Liverpool	3–1	Everton	Liverpool
	Carney 70', 85' Nieuwenhuys 71'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

28 December 1940 (1940 -12-28) 18	Liverpool	2–3	Tranmere Rovers	Liverpool
	Carney Liddell	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

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.

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.

18 January 1941 (1941 -01-18) 21	Oldham Athletic	0–3	Liverpool	Oldham
		Report	Collister Paisley Search	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 500

8 February 1941 (1941 -02-08) 22	Liverpool	1–3	Everton	Liverpool
	Done	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

1 March 1941 (1941 -03-01) 23	Bury	2–5	Liverpool	Bury
		Report	Done Dorsett Liddell	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,000

8 March 1941 (1941 -03-08) 24	Liverpool	7–2	Wrexham	Liverpool
	Done Dorsett Liddell Paisley	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 1,500

15 March 1941 (1941 -03-15) 25	Blackpool	6–4	Liverpool	Blackpool
		Report	Done Fagan (pen.) (pen.) Paisley	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,000

22 March 1941 (1941 -03-22) 26	Liverpool	2–6	Blackpool	Liverpool
	Dorsett	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

29 March 1941 (1941 -03-29) 27	Bury	1–5	Liverpool	Bury
		Report	Done Dorsett Liddell Pickstock	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,500

5 April 1941 (1941 -04-05) 28	Liverpool	2–0	Bury	Liverpool
	Done Palk	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000

12 April 1941 (1941 -04-12) 29	Blackpool	0–0	Liverpool	Blackpool
		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,000

14 April 1941 (1941 -04-14) 30	Southport	2–0	Liverpool	Southport
		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1,500

26 April 1941 (1941 -04-26) 31	Liverpool	2–1	Manchester United	Liverpool
	Done Liddell	Report	Rowley	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000

3 May 1941 (1941 -05-03) 32	Manchester United	1–1	Liverpool	Manchester
	Rowley	Report	Done	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 1,500

17 May 1941 (1941 -05-17) 33	Wrexham	4–3	Liverpool	Wrexham
		Report	Liddell Nieuwenhuys Paisley	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 1,200

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

31 May 1941 (1941 -05-31) 35	Liverpool	2–2	Everton	Liverpool
	Liddell 47' Done 69'	Report	Mercer Stevenson	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 6,000

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

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

15 February 1941 (1941 -02-15) 1	Liverpool	2–3	Southport	Liverpool
	Liddell (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

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
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Soccer At War 1939-45 by Jack Rollin ISBN 9780755314317