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1st Division

Anfield | Monday 28 December 1987 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 4 - 0 Newcastle United
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.15)

1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Gillespie
3
Barry Venison
4
Steve Nicol
5
Ronnie Whelan
6
Alan Hansen (c)
7
Peter Beardsley
8
John Aldridge
9
Ray Houghton
10
John Barnes
11
Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12
Craig Johnston
14
Nigel Spackman

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.73)

Gary Kelly
Neil McDonald
Ken Wharton
David McCreery
John Anderson
Glenn Roeder
Darren Jackson
Paul Gascoigne
Paul Goddard
Mirandinha
John Cornwell

Substitutes used

Ian Bogie

Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager: Willie McFaul
Referee: Key JM
Attendance: 44,637
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 3975
League game number: 3349
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Newcastle United league position: 14th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Newcastle United
Steve McMahon (1–0)
4'
HT 1–0
John Aldridge penalty (2–0)
48'
62'
Ian Bogie Darren Jackson
John Aldridge (Peter Beardsley) (3–0)
76'
Ronnie Whelan Nigel Spackman
81'
John Barnes Craig Johnston
81'
Ray Houghton (Craig Johnston) (4–0)
88'
Full time 4–0

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