Matchdetails from Liverpool - Leicester City played on Saturday 31 January 1981 - LFChistory

Liverpool

Leicester City

Starting Lineup

1		Ray Clemence
2		Phil Neal
3		Avi Cohen
4		Phil Thompson (c)
5		Ray Kennedy
6		Colin Irwin
7		Steve Heighway
8		Sammy Lee
9		David Johnson
10		Terry McDermott
11		Graeme Souness

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

Pat Byrne 60'
Jim Melrose 76'

Opposition substitutions

Pat Byrne out for Mark Goodwin 86'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 28.04
- Average age of the Leicester City starting lineup: 22.6
- Liverpool league position after match: 3
- Leicester City league position after match: 21
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- Liverpool lose at home for the first time in three years, a run of 85 games without defeat in all competitions has ended.

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley

Opposition manager: Jock Wallace

Referee: Lovatt J

Attendance: 35,154

Half-time score: 1 - 0

Game number: 3556

League game number: 3062

LFC played towards Kop: First half

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Match ticket

Guardian match report

The day Leicester stopped the Red machine

Match Weekly Cutting

Press Cutting

Match programme

			Overall					Home					Away
#		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	27	15	10	2	51	22	9	4	0	28	5	6	6	2	23	17	40
2	Aston Villa	28	17	6	5	47	24	11	2	1	26	6	6	4	4	21	18	40
3	Liverpool	28	12	12	4	48	31	9	4	1	29	11	3	8	3	19	20	36
4	Southampton	28	13	7	8	56	40	10	2	2	35	18	3	5	6	21	22	33
5	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	9	6	35	26	8	3	2	22	8	4	6	4	13	18	33
6	Arsenal	28	11	11	6	41	33	8	6	0	24	12	3	5	6	17	21	33
7	Tottenham Hotspur	28	12	8	8	54	47	8	5	1	33	20	4	3	7	21	27	32
8	Nottingham Forest	27	12	7	8	41	29	10	1	3	32	16	2	6	5	9	13	31
9	Manchester United	28	8	15	5	37	26	5	9	0	23	10	3	6	5	14	16	31
10	Everton	27	10	7	10	39	34	6	6	2	23	15	4	1	8	16	19	27
11	Manchester City	28	10	7	11	40	40	7	3	4	23	17	3	4	7	17	23	27
12	Middlesbrough	27	11	4	12	39	39	9	4	1	28	10	2	0	11	11	29	26
13	Stoke City	27	7	12	8	30	39	5	6	2	20	14	2	6	6	10	25	26
14	Leeds United	28	10	6	12	23	37	7	3	4	10	13	3	3	8	13	24	26
15	Coventry City	28	9	7	12	33	42	7	4	3	22	18	2	3	9	11	24	25
16	Wolves	28	9	7	12	28	37	9	1	4	20	13	0	6	8	8	24	25
17	Sunderland	28	9	6	13	38	37	7	3	4	22	13	2	3	9	16	24	24
18	Birmingham City	28	8	8	12	32	43	6	4	4	20	18	2	4	8	12	25	24
19	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	8	4	16	32	49	6	1	7	17	20	2	3	9	15	29	20
20	Norwich City	28	7	6	15	31	52	5	6	3	23	18	2	0	12	8	34	20
21	Leicester City	28	7	2	19	20	46	4	2	8	11	15	3	0	11	9	31	16
22	Crystal Palace	28	5	5	18	34	56	5	4	5	26	22	0	1	13	8	34	15

Match details

1st Division