Match details
Bristol Rovers 0 - 2 Liverpool
| Game date: | Saturday 19 August 1961 at 15:00 | Stadium: | Eastville St. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competition: | 2nd Division | Attendance: | 19,438 |
| Half - time score: | 0 - 1 | Referee: | Horner H |
| Manager: | Bill Shankly | Opposition manager: | Bert Tann |
Starting lineup
| 1 |  |
Bert Slater |
| 2 |  |
Dick White (c) |
| 3 |  |
Gerry Byrne |
| 4 |  |
Gordon Milne |
| 5 |  |
Ron Yeats |
| 6 |  |
Tommy Leishman |
| 7 |  |
Kevin Lewis |
| 8 |  |
Roger Hunt |
| 9 |  |
Ian St John |
| 10 |  |
Jimmy Melia |
| 11 |  |
Alan A'Court |
Goals
| Kevin Lewis 7' |
| John Hills O/G 55' |
Opposition lineup
| Malcolm Norman, Johnny Hills, John Frowen, Ray Mabbutt, Joe Davis, Brian Carter, Harold Jarman, Bobby Jones, Geoff Bradford, Ian Hamilton, Peter Hooper |
Notes
| - Ian St John makes his LFC debut |
| - Ron Yeats makes his LFC debut |
| - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.39 |
| - Average age of the Bristol Rovers starting lineup: 25.82 |
| - Liverpool league position after match: 7 |
| - Bristol Rovers league position after match: 21 |
| - Click here to view the full league table after the match. |
| - Horace Yates wrote in the Liverpool Football Echo on Ron's debut:
"There was much about Yeats that I liked. The advantage which his height gives him made him a great asset in the air, for even if he did not always direct his headers to advantage at least he served to break up aggressive Bristol intentions. He is still settling in and if he can satisfy in his first game the odds that are that he will be very much more impressive as time goes on. He does not move with quite the agility we have grown accustomed to seeing from White, but he has a sound sense of positional play." |
Related articles
| Ron Yeats - Unbeatable at the back |
Related files
| Liverpool Echo report |
| Match programme |
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