Match details

Stoke City 0 - 1 Liverpool

Game date: Saturday 10 April 1971 at 15:15 Stadium: Victoria Ground
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 28,810
Half - time score: 0 - 1 Referee: Oliver AP
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Tony Waddington
   

Starting lineup

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

Subs

12 Steve Heighway Steve Heighway

Goals

Peter Thompson 32'

Substitutions

John Toshack out for Steve Heighway

Opposition lineup

Gordon Banks, Eric Skeels, Michael Pejic, Mick Bernard, Denis Smith, Alan Bloor, Sean Haslegrave, Jimmy Greenhoff, John Ritchie, John Mahoney, Harry Burrows

Opposition substitutions

Harry Burrows out for Stewart Jump 70'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.61
- Average age of the Stoke City starting lineup: 26.33
- Liverpool league position after match: 5
- Stoke City league position after match: 14
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- We don't know the exact sub minute but it happened near the end of the match.

Related files

Thompson gem hint for final
Shankly praises Toshack
Match programme
Match ticket

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Leeds United 37 24 9 4 65 28 14 2 2 36 10 10 7 2 29 18 57
2 Arsenal 35 24 6 5 62 26 15 3 0 38 6 9 3 5 24 20 54
3 Wolves 37 20 7 10 61 51 12 2 4 32 21 8 5 6 29 30 47
4 Chelsea 37 16 13 8 48 39 10 6 2 31 19 6 7 6 17 20 45
5 Liverpool 36 14 15 7 36 21 10 9 0 29 10 4 6 7 7 11 43
6 Tottenham Hotspur 35 16 11 8 49 31 10 4 4 30 17 6 7 4 19 14 43
7 Southampton 36 15 11 10 48 38 11 5 2 28 10 4 6 8 20 28 41
8 Manchester City 36 12 14 10 41 32 7 7 3 24 14 5 7 7 17 18 38
9 Newcastle United 37 13 11 13 40 42 8 7 3 23 15 5 4 10 17 27 37
10 Coventry City 36 13 9 14 29 32 9 3 5 17 11 4 6 9 12 21 35
11 Manchester United 35 12 10 13 50 53 7 6 5 25 20 5 4 8 25 33 34
12 Derby County 37 13 8 16 49 52 7 4 7 27 25 6 4 9 22 27 34
13 Everton 38 11 12 15 50 55 9 6 4 29 16 2 6 11 21 39 34
14 Stoke City 36 11 11 14 41 44 9 6 3 25 9 2 5 11 16 35 33
15 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 33 41 8 5 6 19 19 3 6 9 14 22 33
16 Nottingham Forest 37 13 7 17 39 53 9 3 6 29 22 4 4 11 10 31 33
17 West Bromwich Albion 37 9 14 14 54 66 9 7 3 32 22 0 7 11 22 44 32
18 Huddersfield Town 37 10 12 15 37 44 7 7 5 18 14 3 5 10 19 30 32
19 West Ham United 37 8 13 16 43 56 5 8 6 27 29 3 5 10 16 27 29
20 Ipswich Town 37 10 8 19 37 45 8 3 8 26 22 2 5 11 11 23 28
21 Burnley 36 5 13 18 26 56 3 8 8 18 29 2 5 10 8 27 23
22 Blackpool 36 3 11 22 27 60 2 7 8 16 26 1 4 14 11 34 17
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