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1st Division

Stamford Bridge | Saturday 18 January 1969 at 15:00 UK local time

Chelsea 1 - 2 Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.81)

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 23.98)

Tommy Hughes
John Hollins
Eddie McCreadie
Peter Osgood
Dave Webb
Ron Harris
Charles Cooke
Bobby Tambling
Alan Birchenall
John Boyle
Peter Houseman

Notes

  • - Roger Hunt equals Gordon Hodgson's league scoring record for Liverpool. The belief at the time was that he had broken it, but there had been a mistake in the accumulation of Roger Hunt's scoring total.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Dave Sexton
Referee: Dawes TW
Attendance: 51,872
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 2852
League game number: 2558
Liverpool league position: 1st
Chelsea league position: 5th
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Liverpool
Chelsea
HT 0–0
Roger Hunt (1–0)
65'
Alun Evans (Peter Thompson) (2–0)
72'
75'
Bobby Tambling (2–1)
Full time 2–1

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