Matchdetails from Coventry City - Liverpool played on Saturday 2 May 1987 - LFChistory

Coventry City

Liverpool

Starting Lineup

1		Mike Hooper
2		Gary Gillespie
3		Barry Venison
4		Nigel Spackman
5		Ronnie Whelan
6		Alan Hansen (c)
7		Gary Ablett
8		Craig Johnston
9		Ian Rush
10		Jan Mølby
11		Steve McMahon

Substitutes

John Aldridge

Substitutions

Gary Ablett out for John Aldridge 46'

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

Nick Pickering 49'

Opposition substitutions

Keith Houchen out for Micky Gynn 60'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.46
- Average age of the Coventry City starting lineup: 26.64
- Liverpool league position after match: 2
- Coventry City league position after match: 9
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish

Opposition manager: George Curtis

Referee: Buksh AN

Attendance: 26,709

Half-time score: 0 - 0

Game number: 3949

League game number: 3326

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Related images & files

Match ticket

Guardian match report

Gary Ablett's view in the Liverpool fan club magazine

Match programme

Times and Sunday Times report

			Overall					Home					Away
#		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Everton	39	23	8	8	71	30	14	4	1	45	10	9	4	7	26	20	77
2	Liverpool	40	22	7	11	68	39	14	3	3	42	16	8	4	8	26	23	73
3	Tottenham Hotspur	39	20	8	11	64	41	13	3	4	36	14	7	5	7	28	27	68
4	Arsenal	40	19	10	11	53	32	12	5	3	30	10	7	5	8	23	22	67
5	Luton Town	40	18	12	10	44	39	14	5	1	27	10	4	7	9	17	29	66
6	Norwich City	40	16	17	7	51	49	9	10	1	27	19	7	7	6	24	30	65
7	Nottingham Forest	40	17	11	12	62	49	11	8	1	34	13	6	3	11	28	36	62
8	Watford	40	17	9	14	66	53	11	5	4	37	20	6	4	10	29	33	60
9	Coventry City	39	17	9	13	47	42	14	2	3	33	15	3	7	10	14	27	60
10	Wimbledon	40	17	9	14	53	49	10	5	5	30	21	7	4	9	23	28	60
11	Manchester United	39	13	13	13	48	39	12	3	5	35	17	1	10	8	13	22	52
12	Chelsea	40	13	12	15	49	59	8	5	7	27	27	5	7	8	22	32	51
13	Queens Park Rangers	40	13	11	16	46	58	9	7	4	30	23	4	4	12	16	35	50
14	Sheffield Wednesday	40	12	13	15	56	56	9	7	4	39	22	3	6	11	17	34	49
15	West Ham United	40	13	10	17	50	66	9	4	7	31	28	4	6	10	19	38	49
16	Southampton	40	13	9	18	67	67	10	5	5	43	24	3	4	13	24	43	48
17	Newcastle United	40	12	11	17	46	60	10	4	6	33	26	2	7	11	13	34	47
18	Oxford United	40	10	12	18	41	67	8	7	5	30	25	2	5	13	11	42	42
19	Leicester City	40	11	7	22	53	75	9	6	5	38	23	2	1	17	15	52	40
20	Charlton Athletic	40	9	11	20	40	54	6	7	7	24	21	3	4	13	16	33	38
21	Manchester City	40	7	15	18	35	55	7	6	7	27	24	0	9	11	8	31	36
22	Aston Villa	40	8	12	20	43	74	7	7	6	24	23	1	5	14	19	51	36

Match details

1st Division