Match details

Liverpool 3 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Game date: Saturday 20 April 1957 at 15:15 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 47,621
Half - time score: 2 - 1
Manager: Phil Taylor Opposition manager: William Walker
   

Starting lineup

1 Tommy Younger Tommy Younger
2 John Molyneux John Molyneux
3 Ronnie Moran Ronnie Moran
4 Johnny Wheeler Johnny Wheeler
5 Laurie Hughes Laurie Hughes
6 Don Campbell Don Campbell
7 Brian Jackson Brian Jackson
8 Tony Rowley Tony Rowley
9 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell (c)
10 Jimmy Melia Jimmy Melia
11 Alan A'Court Alan A'Court

Goals

Alan A'Court
Billy Liddell
Tony Rowley 54'

Opposition lineup

Harry Nicholson, Jack Hutchinson, Geoff Thomas, Bill Morley, Robert McKinlay, Jack Burkitt, Eric Jones, James Barrett, Tommy Wilson, Doug Lishman, Peter Small

Opposition goals

James Barrett

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.52
- Average age of the Nottingham Forest starting lineup: 29.52
- Liverpool league position after match: 4
- Nottingham Forest league position after match: 3
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

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Match programme

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 Leicester City 41 25 11 5 108 63 14 5 1 67 32 11 6 4 41 31 61
2 Blackburn Rovers 41 21 10 10 83 73 12 6 3 49 32 9 4 7 34 41 52
3 Nottingham Forest 39 20 10 9 86 50 12 4 3 46 24 8 6 6 40 26 50
4 Liverpool 39 19 10 10 79 53 14 1 4 50 25 5 9 6 29 28 48
5 Sheffield United 40 19 8 13 86 70 11 6 3 45 24 8 2 10 41 46 46
6 Stoke City 40 19 7 14 79 56 15 2 3 62 18 4 5 11 17 38 45
7 Middlesbrough 40 17 10 13 76 58 11 5 4 44 27 6 5 9 32 31 44
8 Bristol Rovers 41 18 8 15 81 67 12 4 4 47 19 6 4 11 34 48 44
9 Swansea City 40 19 6 15 87 85 12 2 6 51 32 7 4 9 36 53 44
10 West Ham United 40 18 8 14 56 61 11 4 5 28 23 7 4 9 28 38 44
11 Huddersfield Town 40 18 6 16 66 66 10 3 7 33 26 8 3 9 33 40 42
12 Fulham 41 19 3 19 83 75 13 1 7 53 32 6 2 12 30 43 41
13 Doncaster Rovers 41 15 10 16 77 76 12 5 3 51 20 3 5 13 26 56 40
14 Bristol City 39 15 9 15 69 73 12 2 6 46 31 3 7 9 23 42 39
15 Grimsby Town 41 16 5 20 60 62 12 4 5 41 26 4 1 15 19 36 37
16 Leyton Orient 40 14 9 17 60 81 7 7 6 32 36 7 2 11 28 45 37
17 Rotherham United 40 12 11 17 70 73 8 7 5 34 26 4 4 12 36 47 35
18 Barnsley 40 12 9 19 57 84 8 6 6 38 34 4 3 13 19 50 33
19 Lincoln City 40 13 6 21 50 76 8 4 8 30 26 5 2 13 20 50 32
20 Bury 41 8 9 24 60 94 5 3 13 37 47 3 6 11 23 47 25
21 Notts County 39 7 11 21 50 82 6 6 8 32 32 1 5 13 18 50 25
22 Port Vale 39 7 4 28 51 96 6 3 10 27 39 1 1 18 24 57 18
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