Report

Sheffield United 1 - 1 Liverpool

Game date: Saturday 1 April 1961 at 15:00 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 28,853
Half-time score 0 - 0
Manager Bill Shankly Opposition manager John Harris
   

Starting lineup

1 Bert Slater Bert Slater
2 John Molyneux John Molyneux
3 Gerry Byrne Gerry Byrne
4 Johnny Wheeler Johnny Wheeler
5 Dick White Dick White
6 Tommy Leishman Tommy Leishman
7 Kevin Lewis Kevin Lewis
8 Roger Hunt Roger Hunt
9 Dave Hickson Dave Hickson
10 Jimmy Melia Jimmy Melia
11 Johnny Morrissey Johnny Morrissey

Goals

Johnny Morrissey 72'

Opposition lineup

Alan Hodgkinson, Cec Coldwell, Graham Shaw, Brian Richardson, Joe Shaw, Gerry Summers, Len Allchurch, Keith Kettleborough, Derek Pace, Billy Russell, Ron Simpson

Opposition goals

Billy Russell

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.69
- Average age of the Sheffield United starting lineup: 27.77
- Liverpool league position after match: 3
- Sheffield United league position after match: 2
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Other games during this season

2nd Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Ipswich Town 36 23 6 7 84 46 14 2 3 49 22 9 4 4 35 24 52
2 Sheffield United 36 21 6 9 67 43 13 2 3 40 19 8 4 6 27 24 48
3 Liverpool 36 19 9 8 76 47 12 5 2 44 20 7 4 6 32 27 47
4 Norwich City 37 17 9 11 59 48 12 3 3 36 19 5 6 8 23 29 43
5 Sunderland 36 15 12 9 69 49 11 4 3 42 20 4 8 6 27 29 42
6 Middlesbrough 37 15 12 10 72 65 10 6 2 36 18 5 6 8 36 47 42
7 Southampton 36 17 7 12 78 67 11 3 4 53 31 6 4 8 25 36 41
8 Plymouth Argyle 37 16 7 14 71 71 12 3 3 43 27 4 4 11 28 44 39
9 Swansea City 37 15 9 13 64 64 11 4 3 41 22 4 5 10 23 42 39
10 Charlton Athletic 35 13 9 13 84 78 10 3 6 54 39 3 6 7 30 39 35
11 Scunthorpe United 35 12 11 12 60 57 7 7 3 34 22 5 4 9 26 35 35
12 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 60 69 11 4 3 41 25 2 4 12 19 44 34
13 Derby County 34 12 9 13 64 64 7 6 4 36 27 5 3 9 28 37 33
14 Leeds United 36 13 7 16 62 74 6 5 7 30 34 7 2 9 32 40 33
15 Rotherham United 35 11 10 14 49 46 8 5 4 27 16 3 5 10 22 30 32
16 Bristol Rovers 36 12 7 17 63 75 10 4 4 42 30 2 3 13 21 45 31
17 Leyton Orient 36 12 7 17 50 72 8 5 5 27 27 4 2 12 23 45 31
18 Stoke City 35 10 10 15 46 50 8 4 5 36 23 2 6 10 10 27 30
19 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 10 9 17 51 65 7 6 6 30 25 3 3 11 21 40 29
20 Huddersfield Town 37 10 8 19 53 67 5 4 9 26 31 5 4 10 27 36 28
21 Portsmouth 36 9 9 18 53 80 8 5 4 29 21 1 4 14 24 59 27
22 Lincoln City 37 7 7 23 45 83 4 4 11 27 39 3 3 12 18 44 21

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