Report

Liverpool 3 - 0 Stoke City

Game date: Saturday 22 April 1961 at 15:15 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 13,389
Half-time score 1 - 0
Manager Bill Shankly Opposition manager Tony Waddington
   

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 7'
Dave Hickson 77'
Kevin Lewis 87'

Opposition lineup

Jimmy O'Neill, Denis Wilson, Tony Allen, Bobby Howitt, Ron Andrew, Eric Skeels, Tony Bentley, Don Ratcliffe, Peter Bullock, Johnny King, Derrick Ward

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.74
- Average age of the Stoke City starting lineup: 25.68
- Liverpool league position after match: 3
- Stoke City league position after match: 19
- 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 40 25 7 8 95 52 15 3 3 55 24 10 4 5 40 28 57
2 Sheffield United 41 25 6 10 77 50 15 2 3 45 21 10 4 7 32 29 56
3 Liverpool 40 21 9 10 85 54 14 5 2 49 21 7 4 8 36 33 51
4 Middlesbrough 41 18 12 11 82 70 13 6 2 44 20 5 6 9 38 50 48
5 Norwich City 41 19 9 13 65 53 14 3 3 41 20 5 6 10 24 33 47
6 Sunderland 41 17 12 12 74 59 12 4 4 46 23 5 8 8 28 36 46
7 Swansea City 41 17 11 13 75 72 13 4 3 47 25 4 7 10 28 47 45
8 Southampton 41 18 8 15 84 76 12 4 5 57 35 6 4 10 27 41 44
9 Charlton Athletic 40 15 11 14 94 87 11 3 6 58 42 4 8 8 36 45 41
10 Plymouth Argyle 41 17 7 17 78 79 13 3 4 49 29 4 4 13 29 50 41
11 Scunthorpe United 40 14 13 13 67 62 9 8 4 39 25 5 5 9 28 37 41
12 Derby County 40 15 10 15 77 73 9 6 5 45 31 6 4 10 32 42 40
13 Leeds United 40 14 9 17 73 79 7 6 7 39 36 7 3 10 34 43 37
14 Bristol Rovers 41 15 7 19 73 88 13 4 4 52 35 2 3 15 21 53 37
15 Rotherham United 41 12 12 17 62 61 9 7 5 37 24 3 5 12 25 37 36
16 Luton Town 40 14 8 18 67 78 12 4 3 44 26 2 4 15 23 52 36
17 Leyton Orient 41 14 8 19 55 76 10 5 6 31 29 4 3 13 24 47 36
18 Brighton & Hove Albion 41 13 9 19 59 75 9 6 6 33 26 4 3 13 26 49 35
19 Stoke City 40 11 12 17 48 56 8 6 5 36 23 3 6 12 12 33 34
20 Huddersfield Town 41 12 9 20 58 71 6 5 9 29 33 6 4 11 29 38 33
21 Portsmouth 41 10 11 20 61 89 9 6 5 35 25 1 5 15 26 64 31
22 Lincoln City 41 7 8 26 46 95 4 4 12 28 43 3 4 14 18 52 22

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