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1st Division

Anfield | Sat 8 Sep 1979 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 4 - 0 Coventry City

Starting Lineup

1 Ray Clemence Ray Clemence
2 Phil Neal Phil Neal
3 Alan Kennedy Alan Kennedy
4 Phil Thompson Phil Thompson (c)
5 Ray Kennedy Ray Kennedy
6 Colin Irwin Colin Irwin
7 Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish
8 Jimmy Case Jimmy Case
9 David Johnson David Johnson
10 Terry McDermott Terry McDermott
11 Graeme Souness Graeme Souness

Substitutes

12 David Fairclough David Fairclough

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Opposition Lineup

Opposition substitutions

Notes

  • - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.98
  • - Average age of the Coventry City starting lineup: 24.17
  • - Liverpool league position after match: 8
  • - Coventry City league position after match: 16
  • - Click here to view the full league table after the match.


  • - Bob Paisley received the Bell's Manager of the Year award prior to kick-off.

    - Dalglish's shot for the third goal was deflected off future Red Gary Gillespie.

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley
Opposition manager: Gordon Milne
Referee: Hough JD
Attendance: 39,926
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 3462
League game number: 2996

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