Match details

Liverpool 2 - 0 Southampton

Game date: Saturday 21 April 1962 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 40,410
Half - time score: 2 - 0 Referee: Holland A
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Edward Bates
   

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 Kevin Lewis Kevin Lewis
10 Jimmy Melia Jimmy Melia
11 Alan A'Court Alan A'Court

Goals

Kevin Lewis 19'
Kevin Lewis 29'

Opposition lineup

Tony Godfrey, Roy Patrick, Tommy Traynor, Ken Wimshurst, Tony Knapp, Cliff Huxford, Terry Paine, Brian Clifton, Derek Reeves, Tommy Mulgrew, Harry Penk

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.34
- Average age of the Southampton starting lineup: 27.02
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Southampton league position after match: 6
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- Liverpool's eight-year exile from the top flight came to an end. Promotion was won on a damp afternoon at Anfield. Ronnie Moran has fond memories of the game: "Kevin [Lewis] was only playing because Ian St John wasn't available but he scored the goals that took us up. I was particularly proud because I'd played a lot of games for the club in Division Two and we'd tried so hard for so long to get into the top league."

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Related files

Liverpool Echo report
Lap of honour became race for survival
Suspended St John couldn't stay away!
The proudest moment of my life, says Shankly
Salute to Liverpool FC - Liverpool Echo souvenir
Now for the derby games
Match programme
Press report from Ken Charmer's scrapbook
Salute to Liverpool
Salute to Liverpool - 2

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 37 24 7 6 90 35 16 3 0 64 17 8 4 6 26 18 55
2 Leyton Orient 40 20 10 10 64 39 10 5 5 32 17 10 5 5 32 22 50
3 Sunderland 39 20 8 11 77 49 16 3 1 56 16 4 5 10 21 33 48
4 Scunthorpe United 39 20 7 12 82 63 14 4 2 51 23 6 3 10 31 40 47
5 Plymouth Argyle 39 19 7 13 73 67 12 3 4 43 27 7 4 9 30 40 45
6 Southampton 40 17 8 15 71 60 12 3 5 48 27 5 5 10 23 33 42
7 Huddersfield Town 39 15 12 12 63 53 11 5 3 38 17 4 7 9 25 36 42
8 Stoke City 39 17 7 15 53 50 13 3 4 34 17 4 4 11 19 33 41
9 Rotherham United 39 15 9 15 67 69 9 6 5 36 27 6 3 10 31 42 39
10 Bury 40 17 4 19 52 74 9 4 8 32 36 8 0 11 20 38 38
11 Newcastle United 40 14 9 17 62 54 10 5 5 40 24 4 4 12 22 30 37
12 Luton Town 40 16 5 19 66 68 11 1 7 41 34 5 4 12 25 34 37
13 Charlton Athletic 39 14 9 16 66 70 9 5 6 36 29 5 4 10 30 41 37
14 Walsall 39 13 11 15 65 69 10 7 2 37 20 3 4 13 28 49 37
15 Derby County 40 13 11 16 65 73 9 7 3 39 25 4 4 13 26 48 37
16 Preston North End 40 14 9 17 52 56 10 3 6 31 22 4 6 11 21 34 37
17 Norwich City 40 13 11 16 57 68 9 6 5 33 28 4 5 11 24 40 37
18 Middlesbrough 39 13 7 19 69 70 9 3 7 40 28 4 4 12 29 42 33
19 Leeds United 40 11 11 18 47 61 9 5 6 24 19 2 6 12 23 42 33
20 Bristol Rovers 40 13 7 20 52 77 11 3 7 36 31 2 4 13 16 46 33
21 Brighton & Hove Albion 40 10 11 19 42 81 7 7 7 24 32 3 4 12 18 49 31
22 Swansea City 38 10 10 18 51 80 8 4 6 28 27 2 6 12 23 53 30
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