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European Fairs Cup 1st round 1st leg

Anfield | Tuesday 16 September 1969 at 19:30 UK local time

Liverpool 10 - 0 Dundalk
Half time 5–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.27)

1
Ray Clemence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Geoff Strong
4
Tommy Smith
5
Ron Yeats (c)
6
Emlyn Hughes
7
Ian Callaghan
8
Bobby Graham
9
Alec Lindsay
10
Alun Evans
11
Peter Thompson

Substitutes

13
Grahame Lloyd
12
Ian Ross
14
Larry Lloyd
15
Steve Peplow
16
Ian St John

Opposition Lineup

Maurice Swan
Francis Brennan
Des O'Reilly
Kevin Murray
Thomas McConville
Charlie Hendricks
Laurence Gilmore
Patrick Turner
Turlough O'Connor
Tony Bartley
Eamonn Carroll

Substitutes used

Glazer
Derek Stokes

Notes

  • - Alec Lindsay makes his LFC debut
  • - Alec Lindsay scores his first LFC goal
  • - Roger Hunt rested and Ian St John remained on bench. Tommy Lawrence out with gastritis. Alec Lindsay played up front with Evans, replacing Hunt. Graham took St John's midfield role.

    - Number of assists missing due to number of goals as reports are not too detailed on each goal.

    Dundalk won the coin toss and "possibly the only team in football who would willingly have given Liveprool the opportunity for a second half assault on the Kop end." - Liverpool Daily Post.

    - Gerard Houllier's first game at Anfield. He went on the Kop with Patrice Bergues: "I suppose going to the game with Patrice that day was a touch of destiny. Patrice had come over to spend a few days with me because I was here on my own, and so we decided to and see Liverpool play Dundalk. What impressed me first of all was the atmosphere inside the stadium. We were on the Kop, and it was fantastic to see the unconditioned support of the fans. I was also impressed by the energy which was shown in the game, and the stamina of the players. I think 15 minutes before the end of the match the score was 8-0 and still Liverpool went looking for goals. In fact the score at half-time was 5-0. In France, if you are 5-0 up at half-time the game is over in the sense that you don't bother trying to increase your score. It's not like that in England."

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: William Tuohy
Referee: Lewis JGD (Wales)
Attendance: 32,656
Half-time score: 5 - 0
Game number: 2881
Europe game number: 32
Played towards Kop: Second half
2nd leg: Tue 30 Sep 1969 (A) 4 - 0

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Liverpool
Dundalk
Alun Evans (Ian Callaghan) (1–0)
59"
Chris Lawler (2–0)
10'
Tommy Smith direct free kick (3–0)
24'
Bobby Graham (4–0)
36'
Alun Evans (Emlyn Hughes) (5–0)
38'
HT 5–0
46'
Derek Stokes Laurence Gilmore
Alec Lindsay (6–0)
56'
Tommy Smith (7–0)
67'
Peter Thompson (8–0)
69'
Ian Callaghan (9–0)
76'
Bobby Graham (Alun Evans) (10–0)
82'
Minute unknown
Glazer Turlough O'Connor
Full time 10–0

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