January 25, 1939
Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:00.
Liverpool – Bolton Wanderers 1-2 (0-2).
Attendance: 17,705.
Referee: Mr. T. Thompson.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Dirk Kemp, Jim Harley, Bernard Ramsden, Matt Busby, Fred Rogers, Jimmy McInnes, Ron Jones, Phil Taylor, Willie Fagan, Jack Balmer, Harry Eastham.
Bolton Wanderers (2-3-5): Stan Hanson, Danny Winter, Harry Hubbick, Harry Goslin, Jack Atkinson, George Taylor, Albert Geldard, Thomas Sinclair, George Hunt, Don Howe, Frank Marsh.
The goals: 0-1 Hunt (5 min.), 0-2 Sinclair (30 min.), 1-2 Fagan (55 min.).
Match reports:
** Liverpool Daily Post: “Liverpool’s first defeat at Anfield.”;
Liverpool Daily Post: January 26, 1939.