Match details

Liverpool 3 - 1 Newcastle United

Game date: Saturday 20 April 1985 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 34,733
Half - time score: 0 - 0 Referee: Napthine G
Manager: Joe Fagan Opposition manager: Jack Charlton
   

Starting lineup

1 Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar
2 Phil Neal Phil Neal (c)
3 Gary Gillespie Gary Gillespie
4 Mark Lawrenson Mark Lawrenson
5 Steve Nicol Steve Nicol
6 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen
7 Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish
8 Ronnie Whelan Ronnie Whelan
9 Paul Walsh Paul Walsh
10 Sammy Lee Sammy Lee
11 John Wark John Wark

Subs

12 Jan Mølby Jan Mølby

Goals

John Wark 57'
Gary Gillespie 69'
Paul Walsh 80'

Opposition lineup

Martin Thomas, Malcolm Brown, Ken Wharton, Gary Megson, John Anderson, Glenn Roeder, Jeff Clarke, Chris Waddle, George Reilly, Peter Beardsley, Patrick Heard

Opposition goals

Neil McDonald 81'

Opposition substitutions

Gary Megson out for Neil McDonald

Notes

- Gary Gillespie scores his debut goal for LFC
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.43
- Average age of the Newcastle United starting lineup: 26.49
- Liverpool league position after match: 4
- Newcastle United league position after match: 14
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Liverpool Echo report
Match programme

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Everton 34 23 6 5 77 36 12 3 2 49 17 11 3 3 28 19 75
2 Manchester United 35 19 8 8 67 37 12 4 2 43 11 7 4 6 24 26 65
3 Tottenham Hotspur 36 19 7 10 66 41 8 3 6 38 24 11 4 4 28 17 64
4 Liverpool 34 17 9 8 52 26 9 4 5 26 12 8 5 3 26 14 60
5 Southampton 36 17 9 10 49 42 11 3 4 23 16 6 6 6 26 26 60
6 Sheffield Wednesday 36 15 14 7 52 37 10 7 1 34 18 5 7 6 18 19 59
7 Arsenal 38 17 8 13 56 44 12 5 2 35 14 5 3 11 21 30 59
8 Nottingham Forest 36 17 6 13 52 42 12 3 4 33 17 5 3 9 19 25 57
9 Chelsea 36 15 11 10 53 40 11 2 4 32 16 4 9 6 21 24 56
10 Aston Villa 37 13 10 14 49 54 9 6 3 28 16 4 4 11 21 38 49
11 Queens Park Rangers 37 12 11 14 45 56 10 6 3 36 24 2 5 11 9 32 47
12 Leicester City 37 13 6 18 59 63 8 4 7 36 25 5 2 11 23 38 45
13 West Bromwich Albion 37 13 6 18 47 57 9 3 6 28 20 4 3 12 19 37 45
14 Newcastle United 38 11 12 15 50 66 10 4 5 29 22 1 8 10 21 44 45
15 Watford 35 11 11 13 64 61 8 5 5 41 27 3 6 8 23 34 44
16 Norwich City 36 11 9 16 41 56 9 5 5 28 23 2 4 11 13 33 42
17 West Ham United 34 10 11 13 42 54 5 7 5 21 19 5 4 8 21 35 41
18 Ipswich Town 35 10 9 16 37 51 6 5 5 20 18 4 4 11 17 33 39
19 Sunderland 37 10 9 18 37 51 7 6 6 19 20 3 3 12 18 31 39
20 Luton Town 33 10 8 15 44 54 8 5 3 28 18 2 3 12 16 36 38
21 Coventry City 34 11 4 19 36 54 8 3 6 22 18 3 1 13 14 36 37
22 Stoke City 35 3 8 24 20 73 3 3 11 16 35 0 5 13 4 38 17
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