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1st Division

Hillsborough | 16 November 1968 at 15:00 UK local time

Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 2 Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.64)

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
Gerry Byrne

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.06)

Opposition goals

Notes

  • - Play was stopped for several minutes near the end of the game when the referee disallowed a late Sheffield Wednesday equaliser and was pelted with cushions.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Jack Marshall
Referee: Homewood BJ
Attendance: 31,245
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 2842
League game number: 2549
Liverpool league position: 1st
Sheffield Wednesday league position: 10th
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