Match details

Leyton Orient 2 - 0 Liverpool

Game date: Saturday 9 April 1960 at 15:15 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 13,007
Half - time score: 1 - 0 Referee: Carr P
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Les Gore
   

Starting lineup

1 Bert Slater Bert Slater
2 John Molyneux John Molyneux
3 Gerry Byrne Gerry Byrne
4 Johnny Wheeler Johnny Wheeler
5 Dick White Dick White
6 Ronnie Moran Ronnie Moran (c)
7 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell
8 Roger Hunt Roger Hunt
9 Dave Hickson Dave Hickson
10 Jimmy Melia Jimmy Melia
11 Alan A'Court Alan A'Court

Goals

Opposition lineup

Dave Groombridge, Alan Eagles, Eddie Lewis, Ken Facey, Sid Bishop, Dennis Sorrell, Phil White, George Waites, Tommy Johnston, Eddie Brown, Terry McDonald

Opposition goals

Terry McDonald 35'
Tommy Johnston 74'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.23
- Average age of the Leyton Orient starting lineup: 27.98
- Liverpool league position after match: 9
- Leyton Orient league position after match: 11
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

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2nd Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Aston Villa 38 23 9 6 84 38 15 3 1 57 18 8 6 5 27 20 55
2 Cardiff City 38 22 10 6 86 58 14 1 3 52 33 8 9 3 34 25 54
3 Middlesbrough 37 18 8 11 84 57 13 4 1 52 17 5 4 10 32 40 44
4 Huddersfield Town 37 17 9 11 66 45 12 3 4 40 19 5 6 7 26 26 43
5 Rotherham United 37 16 11 10 57 51 8 7 3 27 20 8 4 7 30 31 43
6 Ipswich Town 37 18 6 13 73 56 12 5 2 47 20 6 1 11 26 36 42
7 Sheffield United 37 16 10 11 62 49 11 3 4 41 22 5 7 7 21 27 42
8 Charlton Athletic 37 15 12 10 77 76 10 7 1 43 22 5 5 9 34 54 42
9 Liverpool 37 16 9 12 77 64 12 3 3 49 28 4 6 9 28 36 41
10 Bristol Rovers 37 15 10 12 65 72 10 6 3 38 28 5 4 9 27 44 40
11 Leyton Orient 37 13 13 11 68 54 10 4 5 42 23 3 9 6 26 31 39
12 Swansea City 36 13 9 14 71 74 10 6 2 46 28 3 3 12 25 46 35
13 Lincoln City 37 14 6 17 67 69 9 3 7 37 23 5 3 10 30 46 34
14 Stoke City 38 13 7 18 62 77 8 3 9 39 36 5 4 9 23 41 33
15 Scunthorpe United 37 12 9 16 50 60 8 6 4 34 22 4 3 12 16 38 33
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 10 11 16 57 68 6 7 6 29 27 4 4 10 28 41 31
17 Portsmouth 37 10 10 17 56 66 6 5 8 34 33 4 5 9 22 33 30
18 Derby County 37 12 6 19 53 70 8 4 6 27 23 4 2 13 26 47 30
19 Sunderland 37 10 10 17 47 60 7 5 7 32 28 3 5 10 15 32 30
20 Plymouth Argyle 38 10 9 19 54 86 8 6 5 36 35 2 3 14 18 51 29
21 Bristol City 36 9 5 22 47 81 7 3 8 19 25 2 2 14 28 56 23
22 Hull City 37 8 7 22 41 73 6 4 8 24 29 2 3 14 17 44 23
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