Match details

Liverpool 1 - 0 Sheffield United

Game date: Saturday 12 April 1958 at 15:15 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 43,222
Half - time score: 0 - 0
Manager: Phil Taylor Opposition manager: Joe Mercer
   

Starting lineup

1 Tommy Younger Tommy Younger
2 John Molyneux John Molyneux
3 Ronnie Moran Ronnie Moran
4 Johnny Wheeler Johnny Wheeler
5 Dick White Dick White
6 Barry Wilkinson Barry Wilkinson
7 Billy Liddell Billy Liddell (c)
8 Bobby Murdoch Bobby Murdoch
9 Jimmy Harrower Jimmy Harrower
10 Jimmy Melia Jimmy Melia
11 Alan A'Court Alan A'Court

Goals

Billy Liddell 75'

Opposition lineup

Alan Hodgkinson, Cec Coldwell, Graham Shaw, Brian Richardson, Joe Shaw, Gerry Summers, Kevin Lewis, Billy Russell, Derek Pace, Billy Hodgson, Derek Hawksworth

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.78
- Average age of the Sheffield United starting lineup: 24.76
- Liverpool league position after match: 3
- Sheffield United league position after match: 6
- 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 West Ham United 40 22 10 8 97 52 12 7 1 55 24 10 3 7 42 28 54
2 Charlton Athletic 40 23 7 10 100 64 15 3 2 62 29 8 4 8 38 35 53
3 Liverpool 40 22 8 10 77 52 17 2 1 49 12 5 6 9 28 40 52
4 Blackburn Rovers 39 20 11 8 84 52 12 7 1 46 17 8 4 7 38 35 51
5 Fulham 36 19 10 7 89 48 12 4 1 46 17 7 6 6 43 31 48
6 Sheffield United 38 18 9 11 68 47 11 4 4 34 19 7 5 7 34 28 45
7 Middlesbrough 39 18 7 14 79 68 13 3 4 51 26 5 4 10 28 42 43
8 Ipswich Town 40 16 11 13 66 64 13 4 3 44 25 3 7 10 22 39 43
9 Huddersfield Town 40 14 15 11 62 64 9 8 3 28 23 5 7 8 34 41 43
10 Leyton Orient 40 18 5 17 76 74 14 2 4 53 26 4 3 13 23 48 41
11 Bristol Rovers 39 17 6 16 82 76 12 4 4 51 30 5 2 12 31 46 40
12 Stoke City 39 17 5 17 72 68 8 4 8 47 35 9 1 9 25 33 39
13 Barnsley 39 14 10 15 68 70 10 5 4 39 22 4 5 11 29 48 38
14 Grimsby Town 39 16 5 18 83 80 12 3 4 51 28 4 2 14 32 52 37
15 Cardiff City 38 13 8 17 57 70 9 5 6 41 31 4 3 11 16 39 34
16 Derby County 40 13 8 19 58 79 10 3 7 36 36 3 5 12 22 43 34
17 Bristol City 39 12 9 18 58 79 9 5 6 34 29 3 4 12 24 50 33
18 Rotherham United 38 13 5 20 60 92 7 3 9 34 40 6 2 11 26 52 31
19 Swansea City 40 9 9 22 66 97 7 3 10 44 44 2 6 12 22 53 27
20 Notts County 39 11 5 23 41 74 9 2 8 24 26 2 3 15 17 48 27
21 Doncaster Rovers 40 7 10 23 50 87 7 4 9 33 39 0 6 14 17 48 24
22 Lincoln City 38 7 9 22 45 81 3 6 9 24 34 4 3 13 21 47 23
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