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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 21 October 1972 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 1 Stoke City
Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.55)

1
Ray Clemence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Alec Lindsay
4
Tommy Smith (c)
5
Larry Lloyd
6
Emlyn Hughes
7
Kevin Keegan
8
Peter Cormack
9
Steve Heighway
10
Phil Boersma
11
Ian Callaghan

Substitutes

12
Trevor Storton

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.42)

Gordon Banks
Jackie Marsh
Michael Pejic
Eric Skeels
Denis Smith
Alan Bloor
Peter Dobing
Jimmy Greenhoff
Geoff Hurst
John Mahoney
Terry Conroy

Substitutes used

Jimmy Robertson

Notes

  • - This turned out to be Gordon Banks' last appearance in competitive football as the next day after this match he was returning home from the Victoria ground having received treatment as a consequence of the Liverpool game when he was involved in a traffic accident that resulted in him losing the sight in his right eye.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Tony Waddington
Referee: Kirkpatrick RB
Attendance: 45,604
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 3058
League game number: 2712
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Stoke City league position: 20th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Stoke City
34'
Jimmy Greenhoff (0–1)
HT 0–1
Emlyn Hughes (Alec Lindsay) (1–1)
66'
72'
Jimmy Robertson Terry Conroy
Ian Callaghan (Emlyn Hughes) (2–1)
90'
Full time 2–1

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