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2nd Division
Anfield | Sat 26 Aug 1961 at 15:00 UK local time
| Liverpool | 5 | - | 0 | Leeds United |
Starting Lineup
| 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)
- Roger Hunt 6' (Tommy Leishman)
- Roger Hunt 48'
- Kevin Lewis 53' penalty
- Jimmy Melia 68' (Roger Hunt)
- Roger Hunt 74'
Notes
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.41
- - Average age of the Leeds United starting lineup: 25.01
- - Liverpool league position after match: 1
- - Leeds United league position after match: 10
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- - 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
- LFC played towards Kop: First half
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Related images & files
Echo drawing
St John on the cover of the Liverpool Echo
