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
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← 1951–52 1953–54 →

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

• Charlie Ashcroft
• Russell Crossley

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

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

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 1		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	ENG	Alan A'Court	12	2	12	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	Eric Anderson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Charlie Ashcroft	24	0	24	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Kevin Baron	28	9	27	9	1	0
	FW	ENG	Louis Bimpson	8	3	8	3	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ken Brierley	10	1	10	1	0	0
	GK	ENG	Russell Crossley	19	0	18	0	1	0
	DF	RSA	Hugh Gerhardi	6	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	John Heydon	24	0	23	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Laurie Hughes	11	0	11	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Brian Jackson	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Mervyn Jones	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Jones	27	2	26	2	1	0
	DF	WAL	Ray Lambert	37	0	36	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Liddell	40	13	39	13	1	0
	DF	ENG	Joe Maloney	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ronnie Moran	12	0	11	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Bob Paisley	26	2	26	2	0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Parr	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Payne	33	8	33	8	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Rowley	11	0	11	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Roy Saunders	14	0	13	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Smith	28	8	27	8	1	0
	FW	NIR	Sammy Smyth	19	7	19	7	0	0
	DF	ENG	Eddie Spicer	28	0	28	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Stubbins	5	0	5	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Phil Taylor	21	2	21	2	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bryan Williams	12	4	11	4	1	0

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

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