Match details

Liverpool 1 - 0 Sheffield United

Game date: Saturday 6 September 1975 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 37,340
Half - time score: 0 - 0 Referee: Reynolds THC
Manager: Bob Paisley Opposition manager: Ken Furphy
   

Starting lineup

1 Ray Clemence Ray Clemence
2 Phil Neal Phil Neal
3 Alec Lindsay Alec Lindsay
4 Phil Thompson Phil Thompson
5 Peter Cormack Peter Cormack
6 Emlyn Hughes Emlyn Hughes (c)
7 Kevin Keegan Kevin Keegan
8 Terry McDermott Terry McDermott
9 Steve Heighway Steve Heighway
10 Ray Kennedy Ray Kennedy
11 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan

Subs

12 Phil Boersma Phil Boersma

Goals

Ray Kennedy 78'

Opposition lineup

Jim Brown, Len Badger, Ted Hemsley, Keith Eddy, Eddie Colquhoun, Colin Franks, Alan Woodward, Terry Garbett, Chris Guthrie, Tony Currie, Mick Speight

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.5
- Average age of the Sheffield United starting lineup: 27.44
- Liverpool league position after match: 5
- Sheffield United league position after match: 22
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Match programme
Press reports from Adrian Killen's scrapbook
The Paisley column

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 United 6 5 1 0 14 4 2 1 0 9 4 3 0 0 5 0 11
2 West Ham United 6 4 2 0 10 6 3 0 0 5 2 1 2 0 5 4 10
3 Leeds United 6 4 1 1 9 5 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 5 2 9
4 Queens Park Rangers 6 2 4 0 12 6 1 2 0 4 2 1 2 0 8 4 8
5 Liverpool 6 3 2 1 10 7 2 1 0 6 4 1 1 1 4 3 8
6 Coventry City 6 2 3 1 8 4 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 5 3 7
7 Newcastle United 6 3 1 2 12 8 2 1 0 7 1 1 0 2 5 7 7
8 Arsenal 6 2 3 1 6 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 0 3 1 7
9 Middlesbrough 6 3 1 2 8 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 2 6 7
10 Everton 6 3 1 2 10 9 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 1 4 5 7
11 Norwich City 6 2 2 2 13 13 2 1 0 10 6 0 1 2 3 7 6
12 Derby County 6 2 2 2 9 11 2 0 1 7 7 0 2 1 2 4 6
13 Manchester City 6 2 1 3 8 5 2 1 0 8 1 0 0 3 0 4 5
14 Burnley 6 1 3 2 7 8 1 2 0 5 2 0 1 2 2 6 5
15 Leicester City 6 0 5 1 7 10 0 3 0 5 5 0 2 1 2 5 5
16 Ipswich Town 6 1 3 2 5 7 1 1 1 4 5 0 2 1 1 2 5
17 Aston Villa 6 2 1 3 7 11 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 4 9 5
18 Tottenham Hotspur 6 1 2 3 8 10 1 2 0 4 3 0 0 3 4 7 4
19 Stoke City 6 1 2 3 5 9 0 1 2 3 5 1 1 1 2 4 4
20 Wolves 6 0 3 3 4 10 0 2 1 2 4 0 1 2 2 6 3
21 Birmingham City 6 0 2 4 6 13 0 1 2 1 4 0 1 2 5 9 2
22 Sheffield United 6 0 1 5 3 15 0 1 2 2 6 0 0 3 1 9 1
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