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1st Division

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

Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 2 Liverpool
Half time 0–1

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

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.06)

Ron Springett
Wilf Smith
Don Megson
Keith Ellis
Vic Mobley
Gerry Young
John Fantham
James McCalliog
Alan Warboys
Peter Eustace
David Ford

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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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sheffield Wednesday
Chris Lawler (Ian Callaghan) (1–0)
28'
HT 1–0
63'
James McCalliog (1–1)
Ian Callaghan (Alun Evans) (2–1)
71'
Full time 2–1

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