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1st Division

Anfield | 28 April 1969 at 19:30 UK local time

Liverpool 0 - 0 Leeds United

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.51)

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

Substitutes

12
Brian Hall

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.83)

Notes

  • - Leeds clinched the title at Anfield. A defeat for Leeds might have swung the championship towards the home team, but Leeds held out and won the title. When the Liverpool players left the pitch, the Leeds players didn't know what to do with themselves. Walking towards the Kop, they were unsure of the reception they'd get from the 53,750 fans packed inside Anfield.

    One Leeds player raised his hand towards the Kop and then the others followed suit. At first there was silence, then the applause started and it just didn't stop. The reaction from the Kop that night is legendary.

    "To stand there as a Leeds player and be cheered by the Kop that was something," claimed Charlton after the game. "I'll never forget it." Don Revie enthused: "It was simply fantastic, What a great gesture. You would have thought their team had won the league!"

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Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Don Revie
Referee: Dimond AE
Attendance: 53,750
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 2867
League game number: 2570
Played towards Kop: First half
Liverpool league position: 2nd
Leeds United league position: 1st
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