Match details

Stoke City 3 - 1 Liverpool

Game date: Wednesday 3 May 1961 at 19:15 Stadium: Victoria Ground
Competition: 2nd Division Attendance: 4,463
Half - time score: 1 - 1
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Tony Waddington
   

Starting lineup

1 Bert Slater Bert Slater
2 John Molyneux John Molyneux
3 Gerry Byrne Gerry Byrne
4 Johnny Wheeler Johnny Wheeler
5 Dick White Dick White (c)
6 Tommy Leishman Tommy Leishman
7 Johnny Morrissey Johnny Morrissey
8 Roger Hunt Roger Hunt
9 Alan Banks Alan Banks
10 Jimmy Melia Jimmy Melia
11 Alan A'Court Alan A'Court

Goals

Alan A'Court 6'

Opposition lineup

Geoff Hickson, Alan Philpott, Tony Allen, Bobby Howitt, Ron Andrew, Eric Skeels, Tony Bentley, Jackie Mudie, Johnny King, Graham Matthews, Don Ratcliffe

Opposition goals

Tony Bentley
Tony Bentley
Johnny King

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.5
- Average age of the Stoke City starting lineup: 24.73
- Liverpool league position after match: 3
- Stoke City league position after match: 18
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

St John on his memorable Merseyside debut hat-trick
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 Ipswich Town 42 26 7 9 100 55 15 3 3 55 24 11 4 6 45 31 59
2 Sheffield United 42 26 6 10 81 51 16 2 3 49 22 10 4 7 32 29 58
3 Liverpool 42 21 10 11 87 58 14 5 2 49 21 7 5 9 38 37 52
4 Norwich City 42 20 9 13 70 53 15 3 3 46 20 5 6 10 24 33 49
5 Middlesbrough 42 18 12 12 83 74 13 6 2 44 20 5 6 10 39 54 48
6 Sunderland 42 17 13 12 75 60 12 5 4 47 24 5 8 8 28 36 47
7 Swansea City 42 18 11 13 77 73 14 4 3 49 26 4 7 10 28 47 47
8 Southampton 42 18 8 16 84 81 12 4 5 57 35 6 4 11 27 46 44
9 Charlton Athletic 42 16 11 15 97 91 12 3 6 60 42 4 8 9 37 49 43
10 Scunthorpe United 42 14 15 13 69 64 9 8 4 39 25 5 7 9 30 39 43
11 Plymouth Argyle 42 17 8 17 81 82 13 4 4 52 32 4 4 13 29 50 42
12 Derby County 42 15 10 17 80 80 9 6 6 46 35 6 4 11 34 45 40
13 Luton Town 42 15 9 18 71 79 13 5 3 48 27 2 4 15 23 52 39
14 Leeds United 42 14 10 18 75 83 7 7 7 41 38 7 3 11 34 45 38
15 Rotherham United 42 12 13 17 65 64 9 7 5 37 24 3 6 12 28 40 37
16 Bristol Rovers 42 15 7 20 73 92 13 4 4 52 35 2 3 16 21 57 37
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 14 9 19 61 75 9 6 6 33 26 5 3 13 28 49 37
18 Stoke City 42 12 12 18 51 59 9 6 6 39 26 3 6 12 12 33 36
19 Leyton Orient 42 14 8 20 55 78 10 5 6 31 29 4 3 14 24 49 36
20 Huddersfield Town 42 13 9 20 62 71 7 5 9 33 33 6 4 11 29 38 35
21 Portsmouth 42 11 11 20 64 91 10 6 5 38 27 1 5 15 26 64 33
22 Lincoln City 42 8 8 26 48 95 5 4 12 30 43 3 4 14 18 52 24
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