Match details

Liverpool 2 - 0 Burnley

Game date: Saturday 27 March 1976 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 36,708
Half - time score: 1 - 0 Referee: Capey R
Manager: Bob Paisley Opposition manager: Joseph Brown
   

Starting lineup

1 Ray Clemence Ray Clemence
2 Tommy Smith Tommy Smith
3 Phil Neal Phil Neal
4 Phil Thompson Phil Thompson
5 Ray Kennedy Ray Kennedy
6 Emlyn Hughes Emlyn Hughes (c)
7 Kevin Keegan Kevin Keegan
8 Jimmy Case Jimmy Case
9 Steve Heighway Steve Heighway
10 John Toshack John Toshack
11 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan

Subs

12 David Fairclough David Fairclough

Goals

David Fairclough 39'
David Fairclough 61'

Substitutions

Steve Heighway out for David Fairclough 35'

Opposition lineup

Gerry Peyton, Derek Scott, Keith Newton, Peter Noble, Colin Waldron, Billy Rodaway, Tony Morley, Brian Flynn, Ray Hankin, Paul Fletcher, Mike Summerbee

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.86
- Average age of the Burnley starting lineup: 24.93
- Liverpool league position after match: 4
- Burnley league position after match: 21
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

England's Kevin Keegan and Wales' John Toshack on the cover of Shoot!
Match programme
Press report from Adrian Killen's scrapbook
Match programme - BackCover

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 Queens Park Rangers 37 20 11 6 55 26 14 4 0 34 10 6 7 6 21 16 51
2 Manchester United 36 20 10 6 62 35 14 4 0 36 11 6 6 6 26 24 50
3 Derby County 37 20 10 7 63 46 15 2 2 42 25 5 8 5 21 21 50
4 Liverpool 36 18 13 5 53 27 11 5 2 34 18 7 8 3 19 9 49
5 Leeds United 35 18 8 9 57 37 11 3 4 33 16 7 5 5 24 21 44
6 Manchester City 34 14 10 10 54 31 12 5 1 39 11 2 5 9 15 20 38
7 Ipswich Town 34 12 14 8 41 34 8 6 3 25 16 4 8 5 16 18 38
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 12 14 11 56 56 5 9 4 29 28 7 5 7 27 28 38
9 Leicester City 36 10 17 9 40 46 7 8 3 25 22 3 9 6 15 24 37
10 Stoke City 35 13 10 12 42 40 7 4 6 24 21 6 6 6 18 19 36
11 Middlesbrough 36 13 10 13 37 35 7 7 4 18 10 6 3 9 19 25 36
12 West Ham United 37 13 8 16 44 60 10 3 6 24 21 3 5 10 20 39 34
13 Newcastle United 34 12 9 13 59 49 9 4 3 42 19 3 5 10 17 30 33
14 Norwich City 35 12 9 14 50 52 8 5 5 28 21 4 4 9 22 31 33
15 Arsenal 36 12 9 15 42 43 10 4 4 30 14 2 5 11 12 29 33
16 Everton 35 11 11 13 49 60 7 6 4 30 22 4 5 9 19 38 33
17 Coventry City 36 10 13 13 38 48 5 8 5 18 18 5 5 8 20 30 33
18 Aston Villa 36 9 14 13 43 52 9 7 2 29 16 0 7 11 14 36 32
19 Birmingham City 35 10 6 19 47 65 8 5 5 27 23 2 1 14 20 42 26
20 Wolves 36 8 9 19 42 60 5 6 7 20 22 3 3 12 22 38 25
21 Burnley 37 7 10 20 39 60 5 6 7 21 22 2 4 13 18 38 24
22 Sheffield United 36 2 9 25 24 75 2 6 10 14 29 0 3 15 10 46 13
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