Report

Liverpool 3 - 3 Leyton Orient

Game date: Saturday 28 October 1961 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 36,612
Half-time score 1 - 2 Referee James V
Manager Bill Shankly Opposition manager John Carey
   

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

Roger Hunt 34'
Roger Hunt 50'
Tommy Leishman 79'

Opposition lineup

Frank George, Stanley Charlton, Eddie Lewis, Mal Lucas, Sid Bishop, Cyril Lea, Phil White, Ronnie Foster, Dave Dunmore, Malcolm Graham, Terry McDonald

Opposition goals

Dave Dunmore
Dave Dunmore
Ronnie Foster

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.58
- Average age of the Leyton Orient starting lineup: 28.24
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Leyton Orient league position after match: 7
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Other games during this season

2nd Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Liverpool 15 11 2 2 40 12 6 1 0 26 5 5 1 2 14 7 24
2 Southampton 16 7 5 4 31 19 3 3 2 17 9 4 2 2 14 10 19
3 Sunderland 15 8 2 5 31 24 6 0 1 19 7 2 2 4 12 17 18
4 Scunthorpe United 15 7 3 5 36 29 6 2 0 28 12 1 1 5 8 17 17
5 Rotherham United 14 7 3 4 28 28 4 2 0 16 8 3 1 4 12 20 17
6 Derby County 15 7 3 5 29 30 5 1 1 16 9 2 2 4 13 21 17
7 Leyton Orient 15 6 4 5 28 19 4 1 2 13 6 2 3 3 15 13 16
8 Luton Town 15 8 0 7 36 28 4 0 3 20 15 4 0 4 16 13 16
9 Huddersfield Town 15 6 3 6 25 24 5 2 0 18 7 1 1 6 7 17 15
10 Norwich City 15 5 5 5 23 26 4 2 2 15 13 1 3 3 8 13 15
11 Walsall 15 6 3 6 25 29 4 2 2 14 12 2 1 4 11 17 15
12 Plymouth Argyle 15 6 3 6 23 29 3 2 2 12 11 3 1 4 11 18 15
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 15 5 5 5 20 29 3 3 2 10 10 2 2 3 10 19 15
14 Newcastle United 15 6 2 7 28 19 4 2 2 17 8 2 0 5 11 11 14
15 Swansea City 15 4 6 5 26 33 4 2 1 15 11 0 4 4 11 22 14
16 Bury 15 7 0 8 21 33 5 0 3 16 16 2 0 5 5 17 14
17 Middlesbrough 14 5 3 6 23 23 5 1 2 17 11 0 2 4 6 12 13
18 Preston North End 16 4 5 7 18 23 2 2 3 8 9 2 3 4 10 14 13
19 Stoke City 15 4 4 7 23 24 4 2 2 15 7 0 2 5 8 17 12
20 Bristol Rovers 15 5 1 9 23 29 5 0 3 18 12 0 1 6 5 17 11
21 Leeds United 15 4 3 8 15 26 3 2 3 9 9 1 1 5 6 17 11
22 Charlton Athletic 15 3 3 9 19 35 2 2 4 11 14 1 1 5 8 21 9

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