Match details

Liverpool 2 - 1 Stoke City

Game date: Monday 23 April 1962 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 41,005
Half - time score: 1 - 1 Referee: Stokes K
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Tony Waddington
   

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

Ronnie Moran 14' pen
Jimmy Melia 90'

Opposition lineup

Jimmy O'Neill, Bill Asprey, Tony Allen, Bobby Howitt, Ron Andrew, Eric Skeels, Jackie Mudie, Tommy Randles, John Nibloe, Dennis Viollet, Don Ratcliffe

Opposition goals

Dennis Viollet

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.55
- Average age of the Stoke City starting lineup: 26.6
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Stoke City league position after match: 8
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Match programme
Press report from Ken Charmer's scrapbook
Match ticket

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 38 25 7 6 92 36 17 3 0 66 18 8 4 6 26 18 57
2 Leyton Orient 41 21 10 10 67 40 10 5 5 32 17 11 5 5 35 23 52
3 Sunderland 40 21 8 11 81 49 17 3 1 60 16 4 5 10 21 33 50
4 Scunthorpe United 40 21 7 12 84 64 14 4 2 51 23 7 3 10 33 41 49
5 Plymouth Argyle 40 19 8 13 73 67 12 4 4 43 27 7 4 9 30 40 46
6 Southampton 41 17 9 15 72 61 12 3 5 48 27 5 6 10 24 34 43
7 Huddersfield Town 40 15 12 13 64 55 11 5 4 39 19 4 7 9 25 36 42
8 Stoke City 40 17 7 16 54 52 13 3 4 34 17 4 4 12 20 35 41
9 Newcastle United 41 15 9 17 64 55 10 5 5 40 24 5 4 12 24 31 39
10 Charlton Athletic 40 15 9 16 68 71 10 5 6 38 30 5 4 10 30 41 39
11 Rotherham United 40 15 9 16 67 73 9 6 5 36 27 6 3 11 31 46 39
12 Norwich City 41 14 11 16 60 68 10 6 5 36 28 4 5 11 24 40 39
13 Preston North End 41 14 10 17 53 57 10 4 6 32 23 4 6 11 21 34 38
14 Bury 40 17 4 19 52 74 9 4 8 32 36 8 0 11 20 38 38
15 Luton Town 41 16 5 20 67 71 11 1 8 42 37 5 4 12 25 34 37
16 Walsall 40 13 11 16 66 71 10 7 3 38 22 3 4 13 28 49 37
17 Derby County 41 13 11 17 66 75 9 7 4 40 27 4 4 13 26 48 37
18 Middlesbrough 40 14 7 19 71 71 9 3 7 40 28 5 4 12 31 43 35
19 Leeds United 40 11 11 18 47 61 9 5 6 24 19 2 6 12 23 42 33
20 Bristol Rovers 41 13 7 21 53 79 11 3 7 36 31 2 4 14 17 48 33
21 Swansea City 39 10 11 18 51 80 8 4 6 28 27 2 7 12 23 53 31
22 Brighton & Hove Albion 41 10 11 20 42 84 7 7 7 24 32 3 4 13 18 52 31
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