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Match details
1st Division
Portman Road | Tue 22 Aug 1978 at 19:30 UK local time
Ipswich Town
0
-
3
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
1
Ray Clemence
2
Phil Neal
3
Alan Kennedy
4
Phil Thompson
5
Ray Kennedy
6
Emlyn Hughes
(c)
7
Kenny Dalglish
8
Jimmy Case
9
Steve Heighway
10
Terry McDermott
11
Graeme Souness
Substitutes
12
Alan Hansen
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Graeme Souness
17'
(Steve Heighway)
Kenny Dalglish
22'
(Steve Heighway)
Kenny Dalglish
74'
(Graeme Souness)
Opposition Lineup
Paul Cooper
George Burley
John Wark
Russell Osman
Mick Mills
Tommy Parkin
Brian Talbot
Arnold Muhren
Paul Mariner
Trevor Whymark
Clive Woods
Opposition substitutions
Brian Talbot
out for
Eric Gates
65'
Notes
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.15
- Average age of the Ipswich Town starting lineup: 25.11
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Ipswich Town league position after match: 22
-
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Other details
Manager:
Bob Paisley
Opposition manager:
Bobby Robson
Referee:
Maskell C
Attendance:
28,114
Half-time score:
0
-
2
Game number:
3403
League game number:
2952
View other results
19.08.1978 | 2 - 1 | Queens Park Rangers
22.08.1978 | 3 - 0 | Ipswich Town
26.08.1978 | 4 - 1 | Manchester City
28.08.1978 | 0 - 1 | Sheffield United
02.09.1978 | 7 - 0 | Tottenham Hotspur
09.09.1978 | 3 - 0 | Birmingham City
13.09.1978 | 0 - 2 | Nottingham Forest
16.09.1978 | 1 - 0 | Coventry City
23.09.1978 | 1 - 1 | West Bromwich Albion
27.09.1978 | 0 - 0 | Nottingham Forest
30.09.1978 | 3 - 0 | Bolton Wanderers
07.10.1978 | 4 - 1 | Norwich City
14.10.1978 | 5 - 0 | Derby County
21.10.1978 | 2 - 0 | Chelsea
28.10.1978 | 0 - 1 | Everton
04.11.1978 | 1 - 1 | Leeds United
11.11.1978 | 3 - 1 | Queens Park Rangers
18.11.1978 | 1 - 0 | Manchester City
22.11.1978 | 0 - 0 | Tottenham Hotspur
25.11.1978 | 2 - 0 | Middlesbrough
02.12.1978 | 0 - 1 | Arsenal
04.12.1978 | 1 - 3 | Anderlecht
09.12.1978 | 2 - 0 | Nottingham Forest
16.12.1978 | 0 - 1 | Bristol City
19.12.1978 | 2 - 1 | Anderlecht
26.12.1978 | 3 - 0 | Manchester United
10.01.1979 | 0 - 0 | Southend United
17.01.1979 | 3 - 0 | Southend United
30.01.1979 | 1 - 0 | Blackburn Rovers
03.02.1979 | 2 - 1 | West Bromwich Albion
13.02.1979 | 1 - 0 | Birmingham City
21.02.1979 | 6 - 0 | Norwich City
24.02.1979 | 2 - 0 | Derby County
28.02.1979 | 3 - 0 | Burnley
03.03.1979 | 0 - 0 | Chelsea
06.03.1979 | 0 - 0 | Coventry City
10.03.1979 | 1 - 0 | Ipswich Town
13.03.1979 | 1 - 1 | Everton
20.03.1979 | 2 - 0 | Wolves
24.03.1979 | 2 - 0 | Ipswich Town
31.03.1979 | 2 - 2 | Manchester United
04.04.1979 | 0 - 1 | Manchester United
07.04.1979 | 3 - 0 | Arsenal
10.04.1979 | 1 - 0 | Wolves
14.04.1979 | 2 - 0 | Manchester United
16.04.1979 | 1 - 3 | Aston Villa
21.04.1979 | 1 - 0 | Bristol City
24.04.1979 | 1 - 1 | Southampton
28.04.1979 | 0 - 0 | Nottingham Forest
01.05.1979 | 4 - 1 | Bolton Wanderers
05.05.1979 | 2 - 0 | Southampton
08.05.1979 | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa
11.05.1979 | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough
17.05.1979 | 3 - 0 | Leeds United
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1st Division table after the match
Overall
Home
Away
#
P
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
Liverpool
2
2
0
0
5
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
3
0
4
2
Everton
2
2
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
4
3
West Bromwich Albion
2
2
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
4
4
Norwich City
2
1
1
0
4
2
1
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
1
1
3
5
Bristol City
2
1
1
0
3
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
3
6
Coventry City
2
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
3
7
Middlesbrough
2
1
0
1
4
3
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
3
1
2
8
Aston Villa
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
9
Manchester United
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
10
Arsenal
2
0
2
0
3
3
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
2
11
Manchester City
2
0
2
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
12
Chelsea
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
13
Nottingham Forest
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
14
Leeds United
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
15
Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
16
Bolton Wanderers
2
0
1
1
3
4
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
2
2
1
17
Derby County
2
0
1
1
2
3
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
18
Southampton
2
0
1
1
3
5
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
1
1
3
1
19
Queens Park Rangers
2
0
0
2
1
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
20
Wolves
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
21
Birmingham City
2
0
0
2
1
4
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
22
Ipswich Town
2
0
0
2
1
5
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
1
2
0
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