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1st Division
Anfield | 26 December 1986 at12:00UK local time
Liverpool
0
-
1
Manchester United
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.06)
1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Gillespie
3
Jim Beglin
4
Mark Lawrenson
5
Ronnie Whelan
6
Alan Hansen
(c)
7
Kenny Dalglish
8
Barry Venison
9
Ian Rush
10
Jan Mølby
11
Steve McMahon
Substitutes
12
Paul Walsh
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.53)
Gary Walsh
John Sivebæk
Colin Gibson
Norman Whiteside
Kevin Moran
Mike Duxbury
Bryan Robson
Gordon Strachan
Frank Stapleton
Peter Davenport
Jesper Olsen
Opposition goals
Norman Whiteside
78
′
Notes
Other details
Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager:
Alex Ferguson
Referee:
Allison DB
Attendance:
40,663
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
3923
League game number:
3307
Played towards Kop:
First half
Liverpool league position:
4th
Manchester United league position:
14th
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16 Aug 1986 - Liverpool 1-1 Everton
23 Aug 1986 - Newcastle United 2-0 Liverpool
25 Aug 1986 - Liverpool 0-0 Manchester City
30 Aug 1986 - Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
03 Sep 1986 - Leicester City 1-2 Liverpool
06 Sep 1986 - West Ham United 5-2 Liverpool
13 Sep 1986 - Liverpool 2-0 Charlton Athletic
16 Sep 1986 - Liverpool 3-1 Everton
20 Sep 1986 - Southampton 1-2 Liverpool
23 Sep 1986 - Liverpool 10-0 Fulham
27 Sep 1986 - Liverpool 3-3 Aston Villa
30 Sep 1986 - Everton 4-1 Liverpool
04 Oct 1986 - Wimbledon 3-1 Liverpool
07 Oct 1986 - Fulham 3-2 Liverpool
11 Oct 1986 - Liverpool 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
18 Oct 1986 - Liverpool 4-0 Oxford United
25 Oct 1986 - Luton Town 1-4 Liverpool
29 Oct 1986 - Liverpool 4-1 Leicester City
01 Nov 1986 - Liverpool 6-2 Norwich City
08 Nov 1986 - Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Liverpool
16 Nov 1986 - Liverpool 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
19 Nov 1986 - Coventry City 0-0 Liverpool
23 Nov 1986 - Everton 0-0 Liverpool
26 Nov 1986 - Liverpool 3-1 Coventry City
29 Nov 1986 - Liverpool 2-0 Coventry City
06 Dec 1986 - Watford 0-2 Liverpool
14 Dec 1986 - Liverpool 3-0 Chelsea
20 Dec 1986 - Charlton Athletic 0-0 Liverpool
26 Dec 1986 - Liverpool 0-1 Manchester United
27 Dec 1986 - Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Liverpool
01 Jan 1987 - Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool
03 Jan 1987 - Liverpool 1-0 West Ham United
11 Jan 1987 - Luton Town 0-0 Liverpool
17 Jan 1987 - Manchester City 1-0 Liverpool
21 Jan 1987 - Everton 1-0 Liverpool
24 Jan 1987 - Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United
26 Jan 1987 - Liverpool 0-0 Luton Town
28 Jan 1987 - Luton Town 0-3 Liverpool
11 Feb 1987 - Southampton 0-0 Liverpool
14 Feb 1987 - Liverpool 4-3 Leicester City
21 Feb 1987 - Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool
25 Feb 1987 - Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
28 Feb 1987 - Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
07 Mar 1987 - Liverpool 2-0 Luton Town
10 Mar 1987 - Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
14 Mar 1987 - Oxford United 3-1 Liverpool
18 Mar 1987 - Liverpool 2-1 Queens Park Rangers
22 Mar 1987 - Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool
28 Mar 1987 - Liverpool 1-2 Wimbledon
05 Apr 1987 - Arsenal 1-2 Liverpool
11 Apr 1987 - Norwich City 1-2 Liverpool
18 Apr 1987 - Liverpool 3-0 Nottingham Forest
20 Apr 1987 - Manchester United 0-1 Liverpool
25 Apr 1987 - Liverpool 3-1 Everton
02 May 1987 - Coventry City 0-1 Liverpool
04 May 1987 - Liverpool 1-0 Watford
09 May 1987 - Chelsea 3-3 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Arsenal
21
12
6
3
35
11
+24
42
2
Everton
21
11
5
5
38
19
+19
38
3
Nottm Forest
21
11
3
7
43
29
+14
36
4
Liverpool
21
10
5
6
39
23
+16
35
5
Tottenham H
21
10
5
6
32
23
+9
35
6
Norwich C
21
9
7
5
30
31
-1
34
7
Sheffield Wed
21
8
8
5
36
30
+6
32
8
Luton T
21
9
5
7
22
21
+1
32
9
West Ham U
21
8
7
6
31
36
-5
31
10
Coventry C
20
8
6
6
20
19
+1
30
11
Watford
21
8
5
8
37
28
+9
29
12
Wimbledon
21
9
2
10
27
26
+1
29
13
Oxford U
21
6
8
7
25
35
-10
26
14
Man Utd
21
6
7
8
26
25
+1
25
15
QPR
21
6
6
9
22
27
-5
24
16
Southampton
20
7
3
10
35
41
-6
24
17
Aston Villa
21
6
5
10
29
43
-14
23
18
Man City
21
5
7
9
22
28
-6
22
19
Leicester C
21
5
6
10
23
33
-10
21
20
Newcastle U
21
5
6
10
23
35
-12
21
21
Charlton Ath
21
5
5
11
19
32
-13
20
22
Chelsea
21
4
7
10
21
40
-19
19
