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1st Division

Anfield | Sat 9 Dec 1967 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 Leeds United

Starting Lineup

1 Tommy Lawrence Tommy Lawrence
2 Chris Lawler Chris Lawler
3 Gerry Byrne Gerry Byrne
4 Tommy Smith Tommy Smith
5 Geoff Strong Geoff Strong
6 Emlyn Hughes Emlyn Hughes
7 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan
8 Roger Hunt Roger Hunt (c)
9 Tony Hateley Tony Hateley
10 Ian St John Ian St John
11 Peter Thompson Peter Thompson

Substitutes

12 Willie Stevenson Willie Stevenson

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Opposition Lineup

Notes

  • - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.39
  • - Average age of the Leeds United starting lineup: 23.43
  • - Liverpool league position after match: 3
  • - Leeds United league position after match: 4
  • - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
  • - "The one particular incident which stands out is a famous one, when the Leeds' goalkeeper Gary Sprake threw the ball into his own net, and the Kop started singing 'Careless Hands.' It was brilliant, very quick and clever" - Ian Callaghan.

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Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Don Revie
Referee: Finney J
Attendance: 39,676
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 2786
League game number: 2508
LFC played towards Kop: First half

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