Match details

Manchester United 2 - 1 Liverpool

Game date: Saturday 5 April 1980 at 15:00 Stadium: Old Trafford
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 57,342
Half - time score: 1 - 1 Referee: Partridge P
Manager: Bob Paisley Opposition manager: Dave Sexton
   

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 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen
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

Subs

12 Sammy Lee Sammy Lee

Goals

Kenny Dalglish 14'

Substitutions

Alan Kennedy out for Sammy Lee 20'

Opposition lineup

Gary Bailey, Jimmy Nicholl, Arthur Albiston, Jimmy Greenhoff, Gordon McQueen, Martin Buchan, Steve Coppell, Ray Wilkins, Joe Jordan, Lou Macari, Mickey Thomas

Opposition goals

Mickey Thomas 20'
Jimmy Greenhoff 65'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.7
- Average age of the Manchester United starting lineup: 26.68
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Manchester United league position after match: 2
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

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 Liverpool 36 22 8 6 71 27 13 5 0 38 6 9 3 6 33 21 52
2 Manchester United 36 19 10 7 52 29 14 3 1 35 5 5 7 6 17 24 48
3 Ipswich Town 37 19 8 10 62 37 12 4 3 39 13 7 4 7 23 24 46
4 Arsenal 35 15 13 7 45 27 8 8 3 23 11 7 5 4 22 16 43
5 Aston Villa 36 14 12 10 45 42 10 5 5 28 22 4 7 5 17 20 40
6 Southampton 36 15 9 12 54 43 12 2 3 44 17 3 7 9 10 26 39
7 Nottingham Forest 35 16 6 13 54 40 12 4 1 36 11 4 2 12 18 29 38
8 Wolves 33 16 6 11 45 36 7 6 4 21 14 9 0 7 24 22 38
9 Middlesbrough 35 14 10 11 39 33 9 6 3 25 14 5 4 8 14 19 38
10 West Bromwich Albion 37 11 15 11 53 48 9 6 3 37 22 2 9 8 16 26 37
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 15 11 38 42 8 8 3 25 13 3 7 8 13 29 37
12 Tottenham Hotspur 36 14 8 14 45 53 10 3 4 24 18 4 5 10 21 35 36
13 Leeds United 37 11 13 13 40 46 8 6 4 25 17 3 7 9 15 29 35
14 Coventry City 35 14 6 15 49 55 10 2 5 29 19 4 4 10 20 36 34
15 Norwich City 37 10 14 13 49 57 8 8 2 32 25 2 6 11 17 32 34
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 9 14 13 42 51 6 7 4 20 18 3 7 9 22 33 32
17 Stoke City 36 11 10 15 40 49 8 4 6 25 22 3 6 9 15 27 32
18 Everton 37 8 15 14 41 47 6 6 7 26 25 2 9 7 15 22 31
19 Manchester City 37 9 12 16 34 59 6 7 5 22 22 3 5 11 12 37 30
20 Derby County 36 9 8 19 38 56 7 4 8 30 28 2 4 11 8 28 26
21 Bristol City 35 6 12 17 26 53 4 6 8 15 25 2 6 9 11 28 24
22 Bolton Wanderers 35 4 12 19 31 63 4 8 4 13 14 0 4 15 18 49 20
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