Report

Liverpool 2 - 1 Charlton Athletic

Game date: Saturday 8 April 1961 at 15:15 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 26,390
Half-time score 1 - 0
Manager Bill Shankly Opposition manager James Trotter
   

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

Roger Hunt 4'
Roger Hunt 65'

Opposition lineup

William Duff, John Dav Sewell, Don Townsend, John D Hewie, Marvin Hinton, Brian Tocknell, Sam Lawrie, Dennis Edwards, Stuart E Leary, Fred Lucas, Johnny Summers

Opposition goals

Johnny Summers

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.71
- Average age of the Charlton Athletic starting lineup: 27.22
- Liverpool league position after match: 3
- Charlton Athletic league position after match: 12
- 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 38 23 7 8 87 51 14 3 3 51 24 9 4 5 36 27 53
2 Sheffield United 38 23 6 9 71 45 13 2 3 40 19 10 4 6 31 26 52
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 81 52 13 5 2 46 21 7 4 7 35 31 49
4 Middlesbrough 39 17 12 10 77 67 12 6 2 41 20 5 6 8 36 47 46
5 Norwich City 39 18 9 12 63 51 13 3 3 39 19 5 6 9 24 32 45
6 Sunderland 38 16 12 10 70 52 11 4 3 42 20 5 8 7 28 32 44
7 Southampton 38 17 8 13 79 69 11 4 5 54 33 6 4 8 25 36 42
8 Swansea City 39 16 10 13 69 67 12 4 3 44 23 4 6 10 25 44 42
9 Plymouth Argyle 39 16 7 16 73 77 12 3 4 44 29 4 4 12 29 48 39
10 Derby County 37 14 10 13 72 66 9 6 4 43 28 5 4 9 29 38 38
11 Scunthorpe United 37 13 11 13 63 60 8 7 4 37 25 5 4 9 26 35 37
12 Charlton Athletic 37 13 10 14 87 82 10 3 6 54 39 3 7 8 33 43 36
13 Bristol Rovers 38 14 7 17 70 79 12 4 4 49 34 2 3 13 21 45 35
14 Leeds United 38 13 8 17 66 79 6 6 7 32 36 7 2 10 34 43 34
15 Luton Town 38 13 8 17 62 74 11 4 3 41 25 2 4 14 21 49 34
16 Rotherham United 38 11 11 16 51 52 8 6 5 29 19 3 5 11 22 33 33
17 Stoke City 37 11 11 15 47 50 8 5 5 36 23 3 6 10 11 27 33
18 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 12 9 17 54 66 8 6 6 31 25 4 3 11 23 41 33
19 Leyton Orient 38 12 8 18 51 74 8 5 6 27 28 4 3 12 24 46 32
20 Huddersfield Town 39 11 9 19 56 69 5 5 9 28 33 6 4 10 28 36 31
21 Portsmouth 38 9 10 19 56 84 8 5 5 30 23 1 5 14 26 61 28
22 Lincoln City 39 7 8 24 45 84 4 4 11 27 39 3 4 13 18 45 22

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