League record
What the league record shows
Liverpool won 21.4% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 19 of 42. The side averaged 1.62 goals scored and 2.31 conceded per match; the resulting -29 goal difference gives more context to the 22nd finish than position alone.
Compared with 1952–53, the recorded league position fell by 5 places, while goal difference moved from -21 to -29.
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. Sammy Smyth led the season scoring record with 13 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.