Report

Liverpool 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Game date: Saturday 18 April 1987 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 37,359
Half-time score 1 - 0 Referee Peck MG
Manager Kenny Dalglish Opposition manager Brian Clough
   

Starting lineup

1 Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar
2 Gary Gillespie Gary Gillespie
3 Barry Venison Barry Venison
4 Gary Ablett Gary Ablett
5 Ronnie Whelan Ronnie Whelan
6 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen
7 Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish
8 Craig Johnston Craig Johnston
9 Ian Rush Ian Rush
10 Paul Walsh Paul Walsh
11 Steve McMahon Steve McMahon

Subs

12 John Aldridge John Aldridge

Goals

Kenny Dalglish 34'
Ronnie Whelan 51'
Gary Ablett 68'

Substitutions

Ian Rush out for John Aldridge 74'

Opposition lineup

Steve Sutton, Gary Fleming, Stuart Pearce, Des Walker, Colin Foster, Ian Bowyer, Franz Carr, Johnny Metgod, Nigel Clough, Paul Wilkinson, Brian Rice

Opposition substitutions

Paul Wilkinson out for Gary Mills

Notes

- Gary Ablett scores his debut goal for LFC
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.95
- Average age of the Nottingham Forest starting lineup: 24.36
- Liverpool league position after match: 2
- Nottingham Forest league position after match: 7
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Times report

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Everton 36 22 7 7 67 27 13 3 1 42 10 9 4 6 25 17 73
2 Liverpool 37 21 7 9 65 36 13 3 3 39 15 8 4 6 26 21 70
3 Tottenham Hotspur 35 19 7 9 58 34 12 3 4 33 13 7 4 5 25 21 64
4 Luton Town 37 17 11 9 43 37 14 4 1 27 10 3 7 8 16 27 62
5 Arsenal 37 17 10 10 47 27 10 5 3 24 8 7 5 7 23 19 61
6 Norwich City 37 15 15 7 48 47 9 9 1 26 18 6 6 6 22 29 60
7 Nottingham Forest 37 16 10 11 58 46 10 7 1 31 12 6 3 10 27 34 58
8 Watford 36 15 8 13 59 48 10 4 3 32 16 5 4 10 27 32 53
9 Wimbledon 36 15 8 13 47 43 9 4 5 26 18 6 4 8 21 25 53
10 Coventry City 35 14 8 13 38 38 12 2 3 28 14 2 6 10 10 24 50
11 Queens Park Rangers 37 13 10 14 43 46 9 6 4 29 22 4 4 10 14 24 49
12 Manchester United 36 12 12 12 46 37 11 3 4 34 16 1 9 8 12 21 48
13 Chelsea 37 12 11 14 45 56 7 4 7 23 25 5 7 7 22 31 47
14 West Ham United 37 12 9 16 47 60 8 3 7 28 26 4 6 9 19 34 45
15 Southampton 36 13 5 18 62 62 10 3 5 40 21 3 2 13 22 41 44
16 Newcastle United 37 11 10 16 44 56 9 4 6 32 26 2 6 10 12 30 43
17 Sheffield Wednesday 36 10 11 15 46 53 7 7 4 30 20 3 4 11 16 33 41
18 Leicester City 37 11 7 19 50 66 9 6 4 37 21 2 1 15 13 45 40
19 Oxford United 37 9 12 16 37 62 7 7 4 27 23 2 5 12 10 39 39
20 Charlton Athletic 37 8 10 19 35 51 5 7 6 21 20 3 3 13 14 31 34
21 Aston Villa 37 7 12 18 38 69 6 7 6 20 23 1 5 12 18 46 33
22 Manchester City 37 6 14 17 31 53 6 6 7 24 24 0 8 10 7 29 32

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