Match details
Cardiff City 3 - 2 Liverpool
| Game date: | Saturday 22 August 1959 at 15:15 | Stadium: | Ninian Park |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competition: | 2nd Division | Attendance: | 34,000 |
| Half - time score: | 1 - 2 | ||
| Manager: | Phil Taylor | Opposition manager: | William Jones |
Starting lineup
| 1 |  |
Bert Slater |
| 2 |  |
John Molyneux |
| 3 |  |
Ronnie Moran (c) |
| 4 |  |
Johnny Wheeler |
| 5 |  |
Dick White |
| 6 |  |
Geoff Twentyman |
| 7 |  |
Fred Morris |
| 8 |  |
Jimmy Melia |
| 9 |  |
Louis Bimpson |
| 10 |  |
Jimmy Harrower |
| 11 |  |
Alan A'Court |
Goals
| Danny Malloy O/G 38' |
| Danny Malloy O/G 42' |
Opposition lineup
| Graham Vearncombe, Alan Harrington, Alec Milne, Derek Sullivan, Danny Malloy, Colin Baker, Brian Walsh, Derek Tapscott, Graham Moore, Steve Mokone, Johnny Watkins |
Opposition goals
| Graham Moore |
| Steve Mokone 5' |
| Johnny Watkins 60' |
Notes
| - Bert Slater makes his LFC debut |
| - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.02 |
| - Average age of the Cardiff City starting lineup: 25.7 |
| - Liverpool league position after match: 16 |
| - Cardiff City league position after match: 7 |
| - Click here to view the full league table after the match. |
| - The first time Liverpool have benefited from two own-goals in one game and that by the same player; Danny Malloy! The same Malloy also scored an own-goal when Liverpool played Cardiff two years earlier! |
Related articles
| That Cardiff bogy should have been laid |
Related files
| Billy Llddell on the cover of the Football Monthly |
| Match programme |
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