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1st Division

Anfield | Tuesday 8 May 1979 at 19:30 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 0 Aston Villa
Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.79)

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

Substitutes

12
Steve Heighway

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.77)

Jimmy Rimmer
John Gidman
Colin Gibson
John Gregory
Ken McNaught
Dennis Mortimer
Gordon Cowans
Allan Evans
John Deehan
Alex Cropley
Kenny Swain

Substitutes used

Ivor Linton

Notes

  • - Liverpool win their 11th title by beating Villa 3-0 with two games to go. Liverpool finish 8 points ahead of Nottingham Forest.

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley
Opposition manager: Ron Saunders
Referee: Ashley NJ
Attendance: 50,576
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 3453
League game number: 2990
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Aston Villa league position: 8th
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Liverpool
Aston Villa
Alan Kennedy (Terry McDermott) (1–0)
47"
Kenny Dalglish (Phil Neal) (2–0)
38'
HT 2–0
56'
Ivor Linton Alex Cropley
Terry McDermott (3–0)
57'
Full time 3–0

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