Match details

Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Liverpool

Game date: Saturday 12 February 1972 at 14:30 Stadium: Leeds Road
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 18,702
Half - time score: 0 - 0
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Ian Greaves
   

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 Bobby Graham Bobby Graham
9 Jack Whitham Jack Whitham
10 John Toshack John Toshack
11 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan

Goals

Jack Whitham 73'

Opposition lineup

David Lawson, Dennis Clarke, Geoff Hutt, Steve Smith, Roy Ellam, Trevor Cherry, Dick Krzywicki, Terry Dolan, Frank Worthington, Jimmy Lawson, Les Chapman

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.15
- Average age of the Huddersfield Town starting lineup: 24.26
- Liverpool league position after match: 8
- Huddersfield Town league position after match: 20
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Poster of Alec Lindsay - Football Monthly
Press report from Adrian Killen's scrapbook
Match programme

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 Manchester City 28 15 9 4 58 31 10 3 1 36 11 5 6 3 22 20 39
2 Leeds United 28 15 7 6 39 21 10 4 0 27 7 5 3 6 12 14 37
3 Derby County 28 14 8 6 46 28 9 4 0 27 8 5 4 6 19 20 36
4 Arsenal 28 15 5 8 43 27 10 1 3 25 9 5 4 5 18 18 35
5 Manchester United 28 14 7 7 51 38 9 1 4 26 18 5 6 3 25 20 35
6 Wolves 28 13 8 7 48 40 9 6 0 30 14 4 2 7 18 26 34
7 Tottenham Hotspur 28 12 9 7 43 31 10 3 1 31 9 2 6 6 12 22 33
8 Liverpool 28 13 7 8 35 27 9 3 1 25 14 4 4 7 10 13 33
9 Sheffield United 28 13 7 8 48 42 7 6 2 32 20 6 1 6 16 22 33
10 Chelsea 27 11 9 7 37 28 7 5 2 27 14 4 4 5 10 14 31
11 Stoke City 28 9 9 10 31 34 6 5 3 21 15 3 4 7 10 19 27
12 Newcastle United 28 9 7 12 34 38 6 3 4 21 15 3 4 8 13 23 25
13 Leicester City 28 8 9 11 29 33 5 4 6 12 11 3 5 5 17 22 25
14 Ipswich Town 28 6 13 9 25 38 5 6 3 13 11 1 7 6 12 27 25
15 West Ham United 28 8 8 12 30 30 6 4 4 18 12 2 4 8 12 18 24
16 Everton 28 8 8 12 28 32 8 4 3 23 11 0 4 9 5 21 24
17 Coventry City 28 6 12 10 31 46 5 7 1 16 12 1 5 9 15 34 24
18 Southampton 27 9 4 14 37 54 6 3 4 24 20 3 1 10 13 34 22
19 West Bromwich Albion 28 7 6 15 24 39 3 3 7 11 17 4 3 8 13 22 20
20 Huddersfield Town 29 6 8 15 23 40 4 4 7 10 16 2 4 8 13 24 20
21 Crystal Palace 28 6 7 15 27 47 3 5 6 19 22 3 2 9 8 25 19
22 Nottingham Forest 29 4 7 18 33 56 3 3 9 17 23 1 4 9 16 33 15
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