Match details

Liverpool 2 - 2 Ipswich Town

Game date: Tuesday 18 April 1978 at 19:30 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 40,044
Half - time score: 0 - 1 Referee: Mills T
Manager: Bob Paisley Opposition manager: Bobby Robson
   

Starting lineup

1 Ray Clemence Ray Clemence
2 Phil Neal Phil Neal
3 Tommy Smith Tommy Smith
4 Phil Thompson Phil Thompson
5 David Fairclough David Fairclough
6 Emlyn Hughes Emlyn Hughes (c)
7 Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish
8 Jimmy Case Jimmy Case
9 Steve Heighway Steve Heighway
10 Graeme Souness Graeme Souness
11 Terry McDermott Terry McDermott

Subs

12 Sammy Lee Sammy Lee

Goals

Kenny Dalglish 58'
Graeme Souness 62'

Substitutions

Steve Heighway out for Sammy Lee 63'

Opposition lineup

Paul Cooper, George Burley, Leslie Tibbott, Brian Talbot, Russell Osman, Terry Butcher, Roger Osborne, John Wark, Trevor Whymark, David Geddis, Clive Woods

Opposition goals

Trevor Whymark
Mick Lambert

Opposition substitutions

Roger Osborne out for Mick Lambert

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.16
- Average age of the Ipswich Town starting lineup: 23.57
- Liverpool league position after match: 4
- Ipswich Town league position after match: 16
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Liverpool Echo report
Paisley's quip about dumb blondes
Match programme

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Nottingham Forest 37 24 10 3 65 22 15 5 0 37 8 9 5 3 28 14 58
2 Everton 39 21 10 8 69 42 13 4 3 41 22 8 6 5 28 20 52
3 Arsenal 38 19 10 9 56 32 13 5 2 37 12 6 5 7 19 20 48
4 Liverpool 37 20 8 9 55 34 12 3 2 29 11 8 5 7 26 23 48
5 Manchester City 37 18 10 9 66 44 13 3 3 42 19 5 7 6 24 25 46
6 Coventry City 39 18 10 11 73 58 13 4 3 48 23 5 6 8 25 35 46
7 West Bromwich Albion 38 17 12 9 56 46 12 4 2 30 12 5 8 7 26 34 46
8 Leeds United 39 18 9 12 61 47 12 4 4 38 18 6 5 8 23 29 45
9 Aston Villa 38 15 10 13 44 37 9 4 6 24 16 6 6 7 20 21 40
10 Birmingham City 39 16 7 16 54 56 8 5 7 31 26 8 2 9 23 30 39
11 Manchester United 39 14 10 15 62 61 8 6 6 29 23 6 4 9 33 38 38
12 Middlesbrough 39 12 14 13 41 51 8 7 4 24 17 4 7 9 17 34 38
13 Norwich City 39 11 16 12 49 60 10 7 3 27 19 1 9 9 22 41 38
14 Derby County 39 12 12 15 46 57 8 7 4 30 23 4 5 11 16 34 36
15 Bristol City 39 11 12 16 48 50 9 5 5 36 24 2 7 11 12 26 34
16 Ipswich Town 38 10 13 15 44 51 9 5 4 30 20 1 8 11 14 31 33
17 West Ham United 39 11 8 20 50 63 8 6 6 31 26 3 2 14 19 37 30
18 Chelsea 37 9 12 16 40 61 6 9 3 24 18 3 3 13 16 43 30
19 Wolves 38 9 11 18 43 60 5 8 6 25 25 4 3 12 18 35 29
20 Queens Park Rangers 38 8 13 17 43 61 8 6 5 27 26 0 7 12 16 35 29
21 Newcastle United 39 6 9 24 40 70 4 5 10 24 32 2 4 14 16 38 21
22 Leicester City 39 4 12 23 22 64 3 7 9 13 30 1 5 14 9 34 20
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