Report

Liverpool 6 - 1 Walsall

Game date: 14.10.1961 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 42,229
Half-time score 1 - 1
Manager Bill Shankly League pos. after match 1

Starting lineup

1 Bert Slater Bert Slater
2 Dick White Dick White
3 Gerry Byrne Gerry Byrne
4 Gordon Milne Gordon Milne
5 Ron Yeats Ron Yeats
6 Tommy Leishman Tommy Leishman
7 Kevin Lewis Kevin Lewis
8 Roger Hunt Roger Hunt
9 Ian St John Ian St John
10 Jimmy Melia Jimmy Melia
11 Alan A' Court Alan A' Court

Goals

Kevin Lewis 41'
Jimmy Melia 47'
Roger Hunt 50'
Roger Hunt 57'
Ian St John 61'
Roger Hunt 80'

Opposition lineup

Keith Ball, Grenville Palin, John Sharples, Ken Hill, Albert McPherson, Jimmy Dudley, George Meek, Ken Hodgkinson, Tommy Wilson, Tony Richards, Colin Taylor

Notes

- Ron Yeats scored an own goal on 23'

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