Matchdetails from Liverpool - Newcastle United played on Tuesday 6 April 1971 - LFChistory

Liverpool

Newcastle United

Starting Lineup

1		Ray Clemence
2		Chris Lawler
3		Alec Lindsay
4		Tommy Smith (c)
5		Larry Lloyd
6		Emlyn Hughes
7		Ian Callaghan
8		Alun Evans
9		Steve Heighway
10		John Toshack
11		Brian Hall

Substitutes

Peter Thompson

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Chris Lawler 44' (Brian Hall)

Substitutions

Steve Heighway out for Peter Thompson 71'

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

John Tudor 2'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.15
- Average age of the Newcastle United starting lineup: 25.14
- Liverpool league position after match: 5
- Newcastle United league position after match: 9
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- Most detail in the Liverpool Daily Post about Lawler's goal: "Callaghan headed into the area and when Hall pushed back to Lawler, he beat down the ball with his chest and hit a magnificent dipping drive over McFaul’s head into the net.”

Chris Lawler - The Silent Knight

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly

Opposition manager: Joe Harvey

Referee: James V

Attendance: 44,289

Half-time score: 1 - 1

Game number: 2975

League game number: 2649

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Related images & files

Match ticket

Guardian match report

Lawler's Peleesque volley!

Match programme

			Overall					Home					Away
#		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Leeds United	36	24	8	4	64	27	14	2	2	36	10	10	6	2	28	17	56
2	Arsenal	34	23	6	5	60	25	15	3	0	38	6	8	3	5	22	19	52
3	Wolves	35	19	7	9	59	49	12	2	4	32	21	7	5	5	27	28	45
4	Chelsea	36	16	12	8	47	38	10	5	2	30	18	6	7	6	17	20	44
5	Liverpool	35	13	15	7	35	21	10	9	0	29	10	3	6	7	6	11	41
6	Southampton	35	15	11	9	47	36	11	5	1	27	8	4	6	8	20	28	41
7	Tottenham Hotspur	33	14	11	8	45	30	8	4	4	26	16	6	7	4	19	14	39
8	Manchester City	34	12	14	8	40	28	7	7	2	23	11	5	7	6	17	17	38
9	Newcastle United	36	13	10	13	39	41	8	6	3	22	14	5	4	10	17	27	36
10	Manchester United	34	12	10	12	49	51	7	6	4	24	18	5	4	8	25	33	34
11	Everton	37	11	12	14	49	53	9	6	3	28	14	2	6	11	21	39	34
12	Coventry City	35	13	8	14	29	32	9	3	5	17	11	4	5	9	12	21	34
13	Derby County	35	12	8	15	46	49	7	4	7	27	25	5	4	8	19	24	32
14	Crystal Palace	36	11	10	15	32	40	8	5	6	19	19	3	5	9	13	21	32
15	West Bromwich Albion	35	9	13	13	53	64	9	6	3	32	22	0	7	10	21	42	31
16	Stoke City	34	10	11	13	40	43	8	6	2	24	8	2	5	11	16	35	31
17	Huddersfield Town	36	9	12	15	36	44	6	7	5	17	14	3	5	10	19	30	30
18	Nottingham Forest	35	11	7	17	35	52	8	3	6	28	22	3	4	11	7	30	29
19	Ipswich Town	36	10	8	18	37	43	8	3	8	26	22	2	5	10	11	21	28
20	West Ham United	35	7	13	15	41	54	4	8	6	25	28	3	5	9	16	26	27
21	Burnley	35	4	13	18	25	56	2	8	8	17	29	2	5	10	8	27	21
22	Blackpool	35	3	11	21	27	59	2	7	8	16	26	1	4	13	11	33	17

Match details

1st Division