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1st Division

Anfield | Tuesday 14 March 1989 at 19:30 UK local time

Liverpool 5 - 0 Luton Town
Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27)

1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Ablett
3
Steve Staunton
4
Steve Nicol
5
Ronnie Whelan (c)
6
Gary Gillespie
7
Peter Beardsley
8
John Aldridge
9
Ray Houghton
10
John Barnes
11
Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12
Alex Watson
14
David Burrows

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.39)

Les Sealey
Tim Breacker
Ashley Grimes
David Preece
Rob Johnson
David Beaumont
Danny Wilson
Darron McDonough
Mick Harford
Ricky Hill
Kingsley Black

Substitutes used

Iain Dowie

Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager: Ray Harford
Referee: Seville A
Attendance: 31,447
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 4039
League game number: 3394
Played towards Kop: First half
Liverpool league position: 4th
Luton Town league position: 15th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Luton Town
John Aldridge (Ray Houghton) (1–0)
34'
John Aldridge (2–0)
42'
HT 2–0
67'
Iain Dowie David Preece
Peter Beardsley (John Aldridge) (3–0)
69'
Steve McMahon (Steve Staunton) (4–0)
74'
John Aldridge penalty (5–0)
76'
John Barnes David Burrows
80'
Gary Gillespie Alex Watson
80'
Full time 5–0

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