Match details

Liverpool 2 - 1 Aston Villa

Game date: Saturday 11 May 1985 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 33,001
Half - time score: 0 - 0
Manager: Joe Fagan Opposition manager: Graham Turner
   

Starting lineup

1 Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar
2 Phil Neal Phil Neal (c)
3 Alan Kennedy Alan Kennedy
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 Ian Rush Ian Rush
10 Paul Walsh Paul Walsh
11 John Wark John Wark

Subs

12 Sammy Lee Sammy Lee

Goals

Ronnie Whelan 66'
Ian Rush 68'

Opposition lineup

Kevin Poole, Gary Williams, Tony Dorigo, Allan Evans, Brendan Ormsby, Steve McMahon, Tony Daley, Paul Rideout, Peter Withe, Colin Gibson, Mark Walters

Opposition goals

Paul Birch

Opposition substitutions

Tony Daley out for Paul Birch

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.77
- Average age of the Aston Villa starting lineup: 23.73
- Liverpool league position after match: 4
- Aston Villa league position after match: 10
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

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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 39 27 6 6 86 37 15 3 2 57 17 12 3 4 29 20 87
2 Manchester United 41 22 10 9 76 42 13 6 2 47 13 9 4 7 29 29 76
3 Tottenham Hotspur 40 21 8 11 75 51 9 3 7 43 31 12 5 4 32 20 71
4 Liverpool 38 20 10 8 60 30 11 4 5 32 16 9 6 3 28 14 70
5 Southampton 41 19 10 12 55 46 13 3 4 28 17 6 7 8 27 29 67
6 Chelsea 41 18 12 11 62 46 13 3 4 37 18 5 9 7 25 28 66
7 Arsenal 42 19 9 14 61 49 14 5 2 37 14 5 4 12 24 35 66
8 Sheffield Wednesday 41 17 14 10 58 43 12 7 2 39 21 5 7 8 19 22 65
9 Nottingham Forest 41 19 7 15 56 47 13 4 4 35 18 6 3 11 21 29 64
10 Aston Villa 42 15 11 16 60 60 10 7 4 34 20 5 4 12 26 40 56
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 7 19 58 62 11 4 6 36 23 5 3 13 22 39 55
12 Watford 40 13 13 14 73 66 9 5 6 43 29 4 8 8 30 37 52
13 Newcastle United 42 13 13 16 55 70 11 4 6 33 26 2 9 10 22 44 52
14 Luton Town 40 14 9 17 55 60 11 5 4 38 22 3 4 13 17 38 51
15 Leicester City 42 15 6 21 65 73 10 4 7 39 25 5 2 14 26 48 51
16 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 11 18 53 72 11 6 4 41 30 2 5 14 12 42 50
17 Ipswich Town 40 13 10 17 46 56 8 6 5 27 19 5 4 12 19 37 49
18 Norwich City 41 12 10 19 44 63 9 6 6 28 24 3 4 13 16 39 46
19 West Ham United 39 11 12 16 45 64 6 8 5 22 19 5 4 11 23 45 45
20 Coventry City 38 12 4 22 41 63 9 3 7 24 21 3 1 15 17 42 40
21 Sunderland 42 10 10 22 40 62 7 6 8 20 26 3 4 14 20 36 40
22 Stoke City 40 3 8 29 23 85 3 3 14 18 40 0 5 15 5 45 17
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