Match details

Liverpool 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town

Game date: Saturday 7 April 1962 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 38,022
Half - time score: 0 - 1 Referee: Pickles JS
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Edward Boot
   

Starting lineup

1 Jim Furnell Jim Furnell
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

Roger Hunt 68'

Opposition lineup

Ray Wood, Dennis Atkins, Ramon Wilson, John Milner, John Coddlington, Peter Dinsdale, Kevin McHale, Les Massie, Len White, Chris Balderstone, Derek Stokes

Opposition goals

Chris Balderstone

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.51
- Average age of the Huddersfield Town starting lineup: 24.95
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Huddersfield Town league position after match: 8
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Liverpool Daily Post report (Courtesy of Adrian Killen)
A salute to Roger Hunt
Match programme
St John aims at revenge
Roger Hunt - The boy with the Midas touch
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 36 23 7 6 88 35 15 3 0 62 17 8 4 6 26 18 53
2 Leyton Orient 37 20 8 9 64 38 10 4 4 32 16 10 4 5 32 22 48
3 Plymouth Argyle 37 19 7 11 70 62 12 3 3 42 25 7 4 8 28 37 45
4 Sunderland 37 18 8 11 72 48 15 3 1 53 16 3 5 10 19 32 44
5 Scunthorpe United 37 18 7 12 79 62 13 4 2 49 22 5 3 10 30 40 43
6 Southampton 38 16 8 14 69 57 11 3 5 46 26 5 5 9 23 31 40
7 Stoke City 36 16 7 13 50 45 12 3 3 31 14 4 4 10 19 31 39
8 Huddersfield Town 36 13 12 11 57 50 10 5 2 34 15 3 7 9 23 35 38
9 Rotherham United 37 15 8 14 65 66 9 5 5 35 26 6 3 9 30 40 38
10 Derby County 36 13 9 14 64 65 9 6 3 38 24 4 3 11 26 41 35
11 Walsall 36 13 9 14 62 64 10 6 2 36 19 3 3 12 26 45 35
12 Norwich City 37 13 9 15 55 65 9 5 5 33 28 4 4 10 22 37 35
13 Preston North End 37 13 8 16 47 52 9 2 6 27 20 4 6 10 20 32 34
14 Newcastle United 37 12 9 16 57 51 8 5 5 35 24 4 4 11 22 27 33
15 Luton Town 36 15 3 18 62 65 10 1 6 38 32 5 2 12 24 33 33
16 Bury 36 15 3 18 45 69 9 3 7 30 33 6 0 11 15 36 33
17 Middlesbrough 37 12 7 18 64 68 8 3 7 35 28 4 4 11 29 40 31
18 Charlton Athletic 35 12 7 16 57 64 8 5 6 33 27 4 2 10 24 37 31
19 Bristol Rovers 37 13 5 19 48 68 11 1 7 32 27 2 4 12 16 41 31
20 Swansea City 37 10 10 17 49 77 8 4 6 28 27 2 6 11 21 50 30
21 Leeds United 36 11 7 18 44 58 9 4 6 24 19 2 3 12 20 39 29
22 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 10 18 34 73 5 6 7 17 27 3 4 11 17 46 26
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