Matchdetails from Manchester City - Liverpool played on Monday 26 April 1971 - LFChistory

Manchester City

Liverpool

Starting Lineup

1		Tommy Lawrence
2		Chris Fagan
3		Roy Evans
4		Ian Ross
5		Ron Yeats (c)
6		John McLaughlin
7		Steve Arnold
8		Alun Evans
9		Bobby Graham
10		Jack Whitham
11		Phil Boersma

Substitutes

Peter Thompson

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Bobby Graham 30' (Alun Evans)
Bobby Graham 34' (Roy Evans)

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

Ian Ross O/G 32'
Stephen Carter 80' penalty

Opposition substitutions

Tommy Booth out for Ian Mellor 11'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.14
- Average age of the Manchester City starting lineup: 20.65
- Liverpool league position after match: 4
- Manchester City league position after match: 8
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- Liverpool were fined £7,500 for fielding a weakened team in this First Division match. Bill Shankly's justification for his team selection was that the match at Maine Road came only two days after a league match at Nottingham Forest and only two days before the crucial second leg of a Fairs Cup semi-final at Elland Road, Leeds..
- Ian Ross scored an own goal, as reported by the Echo: "Mellor rose at the far post to nod down a left-wing centre, and Ross, trying to head the ball for a corner, turned it into his own net."
- This was Tommy Lawrence’s 390th and final appearance for Liverpool in a first-team career spanning 9 years.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly

Opposition manager: Joe Mercer

Referee: Partridge P

Attendance: 17,975

Half-time score: 1 - 2

Game number: 2982

League game number: 2655

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Related images & files

Guardian match report

Heighway has exploded a myth - Football Monthly June 1971

Two-goal Graham in bid for final

League get tough with record fine

Liverpool Are Fined £7.500

Match programme

			Overall					Home					Away
#		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Leeds United	41	26	10	5	70	30	15	2	3	38	12	11	8	2	32	18	62
2	Arsenal	40	27	7	6	69	29	17	3	0	40	6	10	4	6	29	23	61
3	Chelsea	41	18	14	9	52	42	12	6	3	34	21	6	8	6	18	21	50
4	Liverpool	41	16	17	8	41	24	10	10	0	29	10	6	7	8	12	14	49
5	Wolves	40	21	7	12	63	54	12	2	5	32	22	9	5	7	31	32	49
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	13	8	51	31	11	4	4	32	17	6	9	4	19	14	47
7	Southampton	39	16	12	11	49	41	11	5	3	28	13	5	7	8	21	28	44
8	Manchester City	40	12	17	11	44	37	7	9	3	27	17	5	8	8	17	20	41
9	Manchester United	40	15	10	15	60	62	9	6	6	29	24	6	4	9	31	38	40
10	Derby County	40	15	9	16	54	54	8	5	7	30	26	7	4	9	24	28	39
11	Newcastle United	40	13	13	14	41	44	8	9	3	24	16	5	4	11	17	28	39
12	Coventry City	40	15	9	16	35	38	11	3	5	22	12	4	6	11	13	26	39
13	Everton	41	12	13	16	54	58	10	7	4	32	16	2	6	12	22	42	37
14	Stoke City	39	12	12	15	44	46	10	7	3	28	10	2	5	12	16	36	36
15	West Bromwich Albion	40	10	15	15	58	70	9	8	4	34	25	1	7	11	24	45	35
16	Nottingham Forest	40	14	7	19	42	59	9	3	8	29	26	5	4	11	13	33	35
17	Huddersfield Town	40	10	13	17	38	48	7	8	6	19	16	3	5	11	19	32	33
18	Crystal Palace	40	11	11	18	37	51	8	5	7	22	24	3	6	11	15	27	33
19	Ipswich Town	40	12	8	20	42	48	9	3	8	28	22	3	5	12	14	26	32
20	West Ham United	40	9	14	17	45	58	6	8	6	28	29	3	6	11	17	29	32
21	Burnley	41	7	13	21	29	62	4	8	9	20	31	3	5	12	9	31	27
22	Blackpool	41	4	14	23	33	65	3	8	9	21	30	1	6	14	12	35	22

Match details

1st Division