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1st Division

Anfield | Sat 14 Aug 1971 at 15:00

Liverpool 3 - 1 Nottingham Forest

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 Kevin Keegan Kevin Keegan
8 Peter Thompson Peter Thompson
9 Steve Heighway Steve Heighway
10 John Toshack John Toshack
11 John McLaughlin John McLaughlin

Substitutes

12 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

Notes

  • - Kevin Keegan makes his LFC debut
  • - Kevin Keegan scores his debut goal for LFC
  • - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 23.84
  • - Average age of the Nottingham Forest starting lineup: 26.63
  • - Liverpool league position after match: 1
  • - Nottingham Forest league position after match: 17
  • - Click here to view the full league table after the match.

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Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Matthew Gillies
Referee: Morrissey AE
Attendance: 51,427
Half-time score: 2 - 1
Game number: 2987
League game number: 2657
LFC played towards Kop: First half

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