Friday, April 7 – 1939
Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:15.
Liverpool – Birmingham 4-0 (1-0).
Attendance: 31,741.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Arthur Riley, Tommy Cooper, Jim Harley, Matt Busby, Tom Bush, Jimmy McInnes, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Phil Taylor, Willie Fagan, Jack Balmer, Herman Van Den Berg.
Birmingham (2-3-5): Jack Wheeler, Ernest Sykes, Billy Hughes, Don Dearson, Arthur Turner, John Shaw, Ken Kendrick Dennis Jennings, Charlie Jones, Fred Harris, Jack Brown.
The goals: Balmer 2, Nivvy 2.
Ken Kendrick, Birmingham F.C. playing his first match of the season.

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