Match details

Liverpool 5 - 1 Middlesbrough

Game date: Saturday 24 February 1962 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 37,629
Half - time score: 2 - 1 Referee: Mann R
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Robert Dennison
   

Starting lineup

1 Bert Slater Bert Slater
2 Gerry Byrne Gerry Byrne
3 Ronnie Moran Ronnie Moran
4 Gordon Milne Gordon Milne
5 Ron Yeats Ron Yeats (c)
6 Tommy Leishman Tommy Leishman
7 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan
8 Roger Hunt Roger Hunt
9 Ian St John Ian St John
10 Jimmy Melia Jimmy Melia
11 Alan A'Court Alan A'Court

Goals

Ian St John 14'
Roger Hunt 39'
Roger Hunt 48'
Ian St John 67'
Roger Hunt 90'

Opposition lineup

Bob Appleby, Derek Stonehouse, Gordon Jones, Ray Yeoman, Kenny Thomson, Mick McNeil, Arthur Kaye, Derek Weddle, Joe Livingstone, Bill Harris, Ron Burbeck

Opposition goals

Joe Livingstone

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.53
- Average age of the Middlesbrough starting lineup: 26.19
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Middlesbrough league position after match: 20
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Slater on the cover of the Liverpool Echo
Match programme
Press report from Ken Charmer's scrapbook

Other games during this season

2nd Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Liverpool 29 20 4 5 72 27 12 2 0 49 13 8 2 5 23 14 44
2 Leyton Orient 30 17 5 8 56 32 10 1 4 29 13 7 4 4 27 19 39
3 Plymouth Argyle 31 15 7 9 57 52 9 3 3 33 21 6 4 6 24 31 37
4 Scunthorpe United 30 15 6 9 66 49 10 3 2 42 20 5 3 7 24 29 36
5 Southampton 31 14 7 10 57 44 9 3 4 35 19 5 4 6 22 25 35
6 Rotherham United 29 14 7 8 59 51 8 5 2 31 19 6 2 6 28 32 35
7 Sunderland 30 14 6 10 58 42 12 2 1 43 14 2 4 9 15 28 34
8 Stoke City 30 13 6 11 43 37 10 2 3 27 13 3 4 8 16 24 32
9 Derby County 30 12 7 11 56 54 8 5 2 33 21 4 2 9 23 33 31
10 Luton Town 30 13 3 14 56 56 8 1 5 34 29 5 2 9 22 27 29
11 Walsall 29 11 7 11 48 51 8 5 2 29 17 3 2 9 19 34 29
12 Preston North End 30 11 6 13 38 42 7 2 5 22 18 4 4 8 16 24 28
13 Huddersfield Town 28 9 9 10 42 41 6 4 2 22 11 3 5 8 20 30 27
14 Norwich City 30 10 7 13 45 58 8 3 5 29 26 2 4 8 16 32 27
15 Newcastle United 30 9 8 13 48 43 6 5 4 31 21 3 3 9 17 22 26
16 Swansea City 30 9 8 13 45 66 8 3 4 27 22 1 5 9 18 44 26
17 Bury 29 11 2 16 36 60 7 2 6 24 28 4 0 10 12 32 24
18 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 7 10 13 30 58 4 6 5 14 20 3 4 8 16 38 24
19 Bristol Rovers 30 10 3 17 39 57 8 0 7 26 24 2 3 10 13 33 23
20 Middlesbrough 29 8 6 15 51 60 5 3 6 25 25 3 3 9 26 35 22
21 Charlton Athletic 27 8 6 13 43 50 6 4 5 25 21 2 2 8 18 29 22
22 Leeds United 30 8 6 16 36 51 6 4 6 18 18 2 2 10 18 33 22
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