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1st Division

Maine Road | Monday 26 April 1971 at 19:30 UK local time

Manchester City 2 - 2 Liverpool
Half time 1–2

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.14)

1
Tommy Lawrence
2
Chris Fagan
3
Roy Evans
4
Ian Ross
5
Ron Yeats (c)
6
John McLaughlin
7
Steve Arnold
8
Alun Evans
9
Bobby Graham
10
Jack Whitham
11
Phil Boersma

Substitutes

12
Peter Thompson

Opposition Lineup (Average age 20.65)

Ronald Healey
Tony Towers
William Donachie
George Heslop
Tommy Booth
Howard White
Francis Carrodus
Jeff Johnson
Ian Bowyer
Arthur Mann
Stephen Carter

Substitutes used

Ian Mellor

Notes

  • - Liverpool were fined £7,500 for fielding a weakened team in this First Division match. Bill Shankly's justification for his team selection was that the match at Maine Road came only two days after a league match at Nottingham Forest and only two days before the crucial second leg of a Fairs Cup semi-final at Elland Road, Leeds..
    - Ian Ross scored an own goal, as reported by the Echo: "Mellor rose at the far post to nod down a left-wing centre, and Ross, trying to head the ball for a corner, turned it into his own net."
    - This was Tommy Lawrence’s 390th and final appearance for Liverpool in a first-team career spanning 9 years.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Joe Mercer
Referee: Partridge P
Attendance: 17,975
Half-time score: 1 - 2
Game number: 2982
League game number: 2655
Liverpool league position: 4th
Manchester City league position: 8th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Manchester City
11'
Ian Mellor Tommy Booth
Bobby Graham (Alun Evans) (1–0)
30'
32'
Ian Ross o.g. (1–1)
Bobby Graham (Roy Evans) (2–1)
34'
HT 2–1
80'
Stephen Carter penalty (2–2)
Full time 2–2

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