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2nd Division

Anfield | Saturday 16 December 1961 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.57)

1
Bert Slater
2
Dick White (c)
3
Gerry Byrne
4
Gordon Milne
5
Ron Yeats
6
Tommy Leishman
7
Ian Callaghan
8
Roger Hunt
9
Ian St John
10
Jimmy Melia
11
Alan A'Court

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.02)

Howard Radford
Joe Davis
John Frowen
Dave Bumpstead
David Pyle
Ray Mabbutt
Harold Jarman
Ian Hamilton
Bobby Jones
Johnny Watkins
Peter Hooper

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Bert Tann
Referee: Holland A
Attendance: 29,957
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 2474
League game number: 2258
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Bristol Rovers league position: 21st
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Bristol Rovers
Ian St John (Ian Callaghan) (1–0)
32'
HT 1–0
Roger Hunt (Jimmy Melia) (2–0)
79'
Full time 2–0

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