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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1951–52

Liverpool completed the 1951–52 Division 1 campaign in 11th, taking 43 points from 42 matches. The record comprised 12 wins, 19 draws and 11 defeats, with 57 goals scored and 61 conceded for a goal difference of -4.

CompetitionDivision 1
League finish11th
ManagerDon Welsh
Leading scorerBilly Liddell (19 goals)

League record

42Played
12Won
19Drawn
11Lost
57Goals for
61Goals against
43Points
11thPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 28.6% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 31 of 42. The side averaged 1.36 goals scored and 1.45 conceded per match; the resulting -4 goal difference gives more context to the 11th finish than position alone.

Compared with 1950–51, the recorded league position fell by 2 places, while goal difference moved from -6 to -4.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

This season belongs to the wartime transition or early post-war era, when Liverpool rebuilt its competitive programme and then tried to sustain the 1947 championship side.

Cup and scoring picture

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Billy Liddell led the season scoring record with 19 goals in all competitions.

How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.