Archives

Match details

1st Division

St James' Park | Saturday 23 August 1986 at 15:00 UK local time

Newcastle United 0 - 2 Liverpool

Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.54)

1
Mike Hooper
2
Barry Venison
3
Gary Gillespie
4
Mark Lawrenson
5
Ronnie Whelan
6
Alan Hansen (c)
7
Steve McMahon
8
Craig Johnston
9
Ian Rush
10
Jan Mølby
11
Kevin MacDonald

Substitutes

12
Kenny Dalglish

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.06)

Martin Thomas
John Anderson
John Bailey
David McCreery
Jeff Clarke
Glenn Roeder
Alan Davies
Paul Gascoigne
Billy Whitehurst
Peter Beardsley
Ken Wharton

Substitutes used

Neil McDonald

Notes

  • - Bruce Grobbelaar misses his first game for Liverpool since 29th August 1981. He had made a total of 317 games in a row!

Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager: Willie McFaul
Referee: Hutchinson D
Attendance: 33,306
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 3896
League game number: 3287
Liverpool league position: 6th
Newcastle United league position: 18th
View full league table

View other results

Match timeline

Liverpool
Newcastle United
Ian Rush (Kevin MacDonald) (1–0)
5'
HT 1–0
55'
Neil McDonald Paul Gascoigne
Ian Rush (Craig Johnston) (2–0)
83'
Craig Johnston Kenny Dalglish
84'
Full time 2–0

Videos

Match archive

Match programme
Match programme
Match ticket
Match ticket
Image Notice Archival materials — including programme and souvenir magazine pages, tickets, teamsheets, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other historical memorabilia — are displayed for historical, educational, and editorial reference purposes only. All copyrights and related rights remain with their respective owners. If you are a rights holder and have any concerns regarding material displayed on this site, please contact us and we will review the matter promptly.