Match details

Oxford United 1 - 3 Liverpool

Game date: Saturday 14 March 1987 at 15:00 Stadium: Manor Ground
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 14,211
Half - time score: 1 - 1 Referee: Wiseman R
Manager: Kenny Dalglish Opposition manager: Maurice Evans
   

Starting lineup

1 Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar
2 Nigel Spackman Nigel Spackman
3 Barry Venison Barry Venison
4 Mark Lawrenson Mark Lawrenson
5 Ronnie Whelan Ronnie Whelan
6 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen (c)
7 Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish
8 Craig Johnston Craig Johnston
9 Ian Rush Ian Rush
10 Jan Mølby Jan Mølby
11 John Wark John Wark

Subs

12 John Aldridge John Aldridge

Goals

John Wark 35'
Ian Rush 53'
John Wark 63'

Opposition lineup

Steven Hardwick, Robbie Mustoe, John Trewick, Les Phillips, Gary Briggs, Tommy Caton, Ray Houghton, Dave Leworthy, Dean Saunders, Trevor Hebberd, Kevin Brock

Opposition goals

Tommy Caton 36'

Opposition substitutions

Les Phillips out for Peter Rhoades-Brown 65'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.88
- Average age of the Oxford United starting lineup: 25.52
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Oxford United league position after match: 16
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Times and Sunday Times reports
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 Liverpool 32 19 7 6 58 30 11 3 2 33 12 8 4 4 25 18 64
2 Everton 31 17 7 7 57 25 11 3 1 36 9 6 4 6 21 16 58
3 Arsenal 30 15 9 6 42 18 9 4 1 22 5 6 5 5 20 13 54
4 Luton Town 31 15 8 8 36 31 12 3 1 22 9 3 5 7 14 22 53
5 Norwich City 31 13 13 5 43 38 7 8 1 23 17 6 5 4 20 21 52
6 Tottenham Hotspur 28 15 5 8 49 29 9 3 4 28 13 6 2 4 21 16 50
7 Nottingham Forest 31 14 8 9 53 38 9 6 1 29 11 5 2 8 24 27 50
8 Coventry City 30 13 7 10 34 33 11 2 3 25 14 2 5 7 9 19 46
9 Wimbledon 30 13 5 12 39 36 8 3 4 22 14 5 2 8 17 22 44
10 Watford 29 12 7 10 48 37 8 4 2 27 12 4 3 8 21 25 43
11 Queens Park Rangers 30 12 6 12 33 35 9 3 4 25 18 3 3 8 8 17 42
12 Chelsea 32 11 9 12 41 50 6 4 6 21 23 5 5 6 20 27 42
13 Manchester United 31 10 11 10 40 32 9 3 4 29 14 1 8 6 11 18 41
14 West Ham United 30 10 8 12 43 50 6 2 6 24 23 4 6 6 19 27 38
15 Sheffield Wednesday 30 8 11 11 40 46 6 7 2 27 16 2 4 9 13 30 35
16 Oxford United 31 8 10 13 32 51 6 6 4 24 21 2 4 9 8 30 34
17 Southampton 30 9 4 17 45 56 7 2 5 27 19 2 2 12 18 37 31
18 Leicester City 31 8 6 17 38 60 6 5 4 26 19 2 1 13 12 41 30
19 Charlton Athletic 31 7 8 16 29 43 4 5 6 17 17 3 3 10 12 26 29
20 Manchester City 31 6 11 14 27 42 6 4 5 20 17 0 7 9 7 25 29
21 Aston Villa 31 6 9 16 35 61 5 5 5 18 21 1 4 11 17 40 27
22 Newcastle United 29 6 7 16 31 52 5 3 6 21 23 1 4 10 10 29 25
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