Match details

Liverpool 5 - 0 Leyton Orient

Game date: Saturday 11 February 1961 at 15:15 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 22,131
Half - time score: 3 - 0
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Les Gore
   

Starting lineup

1 Bert Slater Bert Slater
2 John Molyneux John Molyneux
3 Gerry Byrne Gerry Byrne
4 Gordon Milne Gordon Milne
5 Dick White Dick White (c)
6 Tommy Leishman Tommy Leishman
7 Kevin Lewis Kevin Lewis
8 Alan A'Court Alan A'Court
9 Dave Hickson Dave Hickson
10 Jimmy Melia Jimmy Melia
11 Johnny Morrissey Johnny Morrissey

Goals

Dave Hickson 5'
Johnny Morrissey 23'
Dave Hickson 36'
Dave Hickson 80'
Kevin Lewis 84'

Opposition lineup

Frank George, Stanley Charlton, George Wright, Ken Facey, Sid Bishop, Cyril Lea, Errol Crossan, Joe Elwood, Tommy Johnston, Derek Gibbs, Ron Newman

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.11
- Average age of the Leyton Orient starting lineup: 28.62
- Liverpool league position after match: 3
- Leyton Orient league position after match: 21
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Match programme

Other games during this season

2nd Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Sheffield United 30 19 3 8 57 37 13 1 2 38 15 6 2 6 19 22 41
2 Ipswich Town 28 16 6 6 65 39 10 2 2 38 18 6 4 4 27 21 38
3 Liverpool 28 15 6 7 60 39 9 4 2 35 18 6 2 5 25 21 36
4 Southampton 28 15 5 8 65 51 10 2 3 47 26 5 3 5 18 25 35
5 Norwich City 29 14 7 8 47 40 11 3 1 32 15 3 4 7 15 25 35
6 Middlesbrough 28 12 10 6 60 48 8 5 2 30 15 4 5 4 30 33 34
7 Sunderland 29 11 11 7 59 41 8 4 2 36 15 3 7 5 23 26 33
8 Plymouth Argyle 28 14 4 10 59 56 10 3 2 36 22 4 1 8 23 34 32
9 Leeds United 28 12 6 10 54 55 5 5 4 25 26 7 1 6 29 29 30
10 Scunthorpe United 28 9 10 9 52 49 5 6 2 27 18 4 4 7 25 31 28
11 Derby County 27 10 7 10 53 52 6 5 2 29 18 4 2 8 24 34 27
12 Charlton Athletic 27 9 7 11 69 67 7 3 5 45 34 2 4 6 24 33 25
13 Rotherham United 27 8 9 10 40 37 7 4 3 26 14 1 5 7 14 23 25
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 28 9 6 13 45 53 6 3 5 26 22 3 3 8 19 31 24
15 Stoke City 27 7 9 11 36 37 5 4 4 29 18 2 5 7 7 19 23
16 Swansea City 28 8 7 13 46 56 6 4 3 30 19 2 3 10 16 37 23
17 Luton Town 27 9 5 13 45 56 9 1 3 31 19 0 4 10 14 37 23
18 Huddersfield Town 28 8 6 14 43 50 4 3 7 23 26 4 3 7 20 24 22
19 Bristol Rovers 27 7 7 13 48 62 6 4 4 31 27 1 3 9 17 35 21
20 Portsmouth 29 7 7 15 42 71 6 3 4 19 17 1 4 11 23 54 21
21 Leyton Orient 26 8 4 14 37 60 4 2 5 16 21 4 2 9 21 39 20
22 Lincoln City 29 6 6 17 36 62 3 3 8 20 26 3 3 9 16 36 18
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