Report

Liverpool 4 - 1 Sunderland

Game date: Saturday 24 August 1968 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 46,547
Half-time score 3 - 0
Manager Bill Shankly Opposition manager Alan Brown
   

Starting lineup

1 Tommy Lawrence Tommy Lawrence
2 Chris Lawler Chris Lawler
3 Peter Wall Peter Wall
4 Tommy Smith Tommy Smith
5 Ron Yeats Ron Yeats
6 Emlyn Hughes Emlyn Hughes
7 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan
8 Roger Hunt Roger Hunt
9 Tony Hateley Tony Hateley
10 Ian St John Ian St John
11 Peter Thompson Peter Thompson

Goals

Tommy Smith 1'
Chris Lawler 16'
Ian Callaghan 44'
Tony Hateley 66'

Opposition lineup

Jim Montgomery, Martin Harvey, Len Ashurst, Charlie Hurley, Colin Todd, Ian Porterfield, George Herd, Gordon Harris, Billy Hughes, Colin Suggett, George Mulhall

Opposition goals

Colin Suggett

Opposition substitutions

George Herd out for Bruce Stuckey

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.53
- Average age of the Sunderland starting lineup: 26.14
- Liverpool league position after match: 4
- Sunderland league position after match: 9
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

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 Leeds United 4 4 0 0 12 4 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 6 3 8
2 Arsenal 5 3 2 0 8 3 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 4 2 8
3 Sheffield Wednesday 5 2 3 0 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 7
4 Liverpool 5 3 1 1 9 6 3 0 0 8 3 0 1 1 1 3 7
5 West Ham United 5 3 1 1 7 6 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 5 2 7
6 West Bromwich Albion 5 2 2 1 8 7 2 1 0 6 3 0 1 1 2 4 6
7 Chelsea 4 2 1 1 10 5 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 6 3 5
8 Everton 5 2 1 2 8 5 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 5 3 5
9 Sunderland 5 2 1 2 8 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 4 8 5
10 Newcastle United 5 1 3 1 5 5 1 2 0 4 3 0 1 1 1 2 5
11 Burnley 5 2 1 2 8 9 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 4 8 5
12 Manchester United 5 2 1 2 4 8 2 0 1 3 5 0 1 1 1 3 5
13 Ipswich Town 5 2 0 3 7 9 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 1 3 4 4
14 Southampton 5 2 0 3 6 8 2 0 1 5 4 0 0 2 1 4 4
15 Manchester City 5 1 2 2 5 8 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 2 6 4
16 Stoke City 5 2 0 3 4 7 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 1 4 4
17 Tottenham Hotspur 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 3
18 Wolves 5 1 1 3 6 7 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 3 6 3
19 Nottingham Forest 4 0 3 1 3 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 3
20 Leicester City 5 1 1 3 5 8 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 2 1 5 3
21 Queens Park Rangers 5 0 3 2 6 11 0 3 0 4 4 0 0 2 2 7 3
22 Coventry City 3 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0

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