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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 2 September 1978 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 7 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
Half time 3–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.18)

1
Ray Clemence
2
Phil Neal
3
Alan Kennedy
4
Phil Thompson
5
Ray Kennedy
6
Emlyn Hughes (c)
7
Kenny Dalglish
8
Jimmy Case
9
Steve Heighway
10
Terry McDermott
11
Graeme Souness

Substitutes

12
David Johnson

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.92)

Barry Daines
Don McAllister
Terry Naylor
Glenn Hoddle
John Lacy
Steve Perryman
Ricky Villa
Ossie Ardiles
Peter Taylor
John Duncan
Neil McNab

Notes

  • - Phil Neal missed his penalty but it was retaken as the referee rather harshly decided Daines had moved off his line before Neal struck the ball.

    "That must be the best goal Anfield has ever seen", said Paisley about McDermott's header.
    - "Have you ever heard 50,000 people purr with pleasure? Well, the Anfield spectators were doing that constantly as Liverpool stroked the ball around with one-touch moves of staggering accuracy. This display confirmed for me, particularly after the splendour of their wins at Ipswich and City the previous week, that the current Liverpool team is playing better, more exciting, attacking football than any side I've seen since the war". - Michael Charters in the Liverpool Echo.



    [Shankly interview at the end!]

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley
Opposition manager: Keith Burkinshaw
Referee: Flint G
Attendance: 50,705
Half-time score: 3 - 0
Game number: 3406
League game number: 2954
Played towards Kop: First half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Tottenham Hotspur league position: 21st
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Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur
Kenny Dalglish (Jimmy Case) (1–0)
8'
Kenny Dalglish (Jimmy Case) (2–0)
20'
Emlyn Hughes David Johnson
25'
Ray Kennedy (Terry McDermott) (3–0)
28'
HT 3–0
David Johnson (4–0)
48'
David Johnson (Kenny Dalglish) (5–0)
58'
Phil Neal penalty (6–0)
64'
Terry McDermott (Steve Heighway) (7–0)
76'
Full time 7–0

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