Match details
Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Liverpool
| Game date: | Saturday 7 October 1961 at 15:00 | Stadium: | Ayresome Park |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competition: | 2nd Division | Attendance: | 23,780 |
| Half - time score: | 0 - 0 | Referee: | Tuck KR |
| Manager: | Bill Shankly | Opposition manager: | Robert Dennison |
Starting lineup
| 1 |  |
Bert Slater |
| 2 |  |
John Molyneux |
| 3 |  |
Gerry Byrne |
| 4 |  |
Gordon Milne |
| 5 |  |
Dick White (c) |
| 6 |  |
Tommy Leishman |
| 7 |  |
Kevin Lewis |
| 8 |  |
Roger Hunt |
| 9 |  |
Alf Arrowsmith |
| 10 |  |
Jimmy Melia |
| 11 |  |
Alan A'Court |
Goals
Opposition lineup
| Bob Appleby, Derek Stonehouse, Mick McNeil, Ray Yeoman, Bill Gates, Dick Neal, Bill Harris, Arthur Kaye, Alan Peacock, Billy Horner, Edwin Holliday |
Opposition goals
| Dick White scored an own goal on 49' |
| Dick White scored an own goal on 64' |
Notes
| - Alf Arrowsmith makes his LFC debut |
| - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.73 |
| - Average age of the Middlesbrough starting lineup: 24.71 |
| - Liverpool league position after match: 1 |
| - Middlesbrough league position after match: 14 |
| - Click here to view the full league table after the match. |
| - Ron Yeats was unable to play because he had not fully recovered from the badly-bruised shoulder he had sustained in the match against Newcastle seven days earlier. His replacement at centre-half, Dick White, scored two own-goals! Ian St. John was also unavailable because he was representing Scotland in a British Championship match against Northern Ireland in Belfast. Scotland won 6-1 but the Saint was not one of the scorers. His place at Ayresome Park was taken by Alf Arrowsmith, who was making his debut for Liverpool's first team. Arrowsmith had two goals disallowed for offside, both at a time when Middlesbrough led 1-0. |
Related files
| Liverpool Daily Post report (Courtesy of Adrian Killen) |
| Match programme |
