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2nd Division

Anfield | 26 August 1961 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 5 - 0 Leeds United

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.41)

1
Bert Slater
2
Dick White (c)
3
Gerry Byrne
4
Gordon Milne
5
Ron Yeats
6
Tommy Leishman
7
Kevin Lewis
8
Roger Hunt
9
Ian St John
10
Jimmy Melia
11
Alan A'Court

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.01)

Notes

  • - Collinge was a late replacement referee for R.J. Simons who had been badly shaken in a motor crash on his way to the match.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Don Revie
Referee: Collinge KA
Attendance: 42,950
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 2455
League game number: 2239
Played towards Kop: First half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Leeds United league position: 10th
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