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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 26 October 1968 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 1 Newcastle United
Half time 1–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.58)

1
Tommy Lawrence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Geoff Strong
4
Tommy Smith
5
Ron Yeats (c)
6
Emlyn Hughes
7
Ian Callaghan
8
Roger Hunt
9
Alun Evans
10
Ian St John
11
Peter Thompson

Substitutes

12
Bobby Graham

Opposition Lineup (Average age 23.35)

Iam McFaul
David Craig
Frank Clark
Thomas Gibb
Graham Winstanley
Ollie Burton
Keith Dyson
Pop Robson
Wyn Davies
Bobby Moncur
Alan Foggon

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Joe Harvey
Referee: Burns KH
Attendance: 45,323
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 2839
League game number: 2546
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Newcastle United league position: 13th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Newcastle United
21'
Thomas Gibb (0–1)
Alun Evans (1–1)
23'
HT 1–1
Peter Thompson (2–1)
85'
Full time 2–1

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