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1st Division

Highbury | Mon 8 May 1972 at 19:30 UK local time

Arsenal 0 - 0 Liverpool

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 Brian Hall Brian Hall
9 Steve Heighway Steve Heighway
10 John Toshack John Toshack
11 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan

Substitutes

12 Phil Thompson Phil Thompson

Opposition Lineup

Opposition substitutions

Notes

  • - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.11
  • - Average age of the Arsenal starting lineup: 26.03
  • - Liverpool league position after match: 3
  • - Arsenal league position after match: 5
  • - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
  • - A win at Arsenal would have given the club a record eighth League championship. But the Reds can only draw 0-0. Leeds lose 2-1 at Wolverhampton on the same evening so Derby County, whose League programme is already over, become English champions for the first time.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Bertie Mee
Referee: Kirkpatrick RB
Attendance: 39,289
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 3038
League game number: 2698

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