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1st Division
Fratton Park | 27 February 1988 at15:00UK local time
Portsmouth
0
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.9)
1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Ablett
3
Barry Venison
4
Steve Nicol
5
Nigel Spackman
6
Alan Hansen
(c)
7
Peter Beardsley
8
John Aldridge
9
Ray Houghton
10
John Barnes
11
Steve McMahon
Substitutes
12
Ronnie Whelan
14
Jan Mølby
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
John Barnes
49′
(Steve McMahon)
John Barnes
85′
(Ray Houghton)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.13)
Alan Knight
Billy Gilbert
Lee Sandford
Noel Blake
Kevin Ball
Mike Fillery
Vince Hilaire
Barry Horne
Kevin Dillon
Mick Quinn
Terry Connor
Opposition substitutions
Kevin Dillon
replaced by
Paul Hardyman
74
′
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Other details
Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager:
Alan Ball
Referee:
Lewis RS
Attendance:
28,117
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
3985
League game number:
3355
Liverpool league position:
1st
Portsmouth league position:
17th
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15 Aug 1987 - Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool
29 Aug 1987 - Coventry City 4-1 Liverpool
05 Sep 1987 - West Ham United 1-1 Liverpool
12 Sep 1987 - Liverpool 2-0 Oxford United
15 Sep 1987 - Liverpool 3-2 Charlton Athletic
20 Sep 1987 - Newcastle United 4-1 Liverpool
23 Sep 1987 - Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Liverpool
29 Sep 1987 - Liverpool 4-0 Derby County
03 Oct 1987 - Liverpool 4-0 Portsmouth
06 Oct 1987 - Liverpool 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
17 Oct 1987 - Liverpool 4-0 Queens Park Rangers
24 Oct 1987 - Luton Town 1-0 Liverpool
28 Oct 1987 - Liverpool 0-1 Everton
01 Nov 1987 - Liverpool 2-0 Everton
04 Nov 1987 - Wimbledon 1-1 Liverpool
15 Nov 1987 - Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool
21 Nov 1987 - Liverpool 0-0 Norwich City
24 Nov 1987 - Liverpool 4-0 Watford
28 Nov 1987 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Liverpool
06 Dec 1987 - Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea
12 Dec 1987 - Southampton 2-2 Liverpool
19 Dec 1987 - Liverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
26 Dec 1987 - Oxford United 3-0 Liverpool
28 Dec 1987 - Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle United
01 Jan 1988 - Liverpool 4-0 Coventry City
09 Jan 1988 - Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
12 Jan 1988 - Liverpool 1-0 Stoke City
16 Jan 1988 - Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
23 Jan 1988 - Charlton Athletic 2-0 Liverpool
31 Jan 1988 - Aston Villa 2-0 Liverpool
06 Feb 1988 - Liverpool 0-0 West Ham United
13 Feb 1988 - Watford 4-1 Liverpool
21 Feb 1988 - Everton 1-0 Liverpool
27 Feb 1988 - Portsmouth 2-0 Liverpool
05 Mar 1988 - Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Liverpool
13 Mar 1988 - Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool
16 Mar 1988 - Derby County 1-1 Liverpool
20 Mar 1988 - Everton 0-1 Liverpool
26 Mar 1988 - Liverpool 2-1 Wimbledon
02 Apr 1988 - Nottingham Forest 1-2 Liverpool
04 Apr 1988 - Liverpool 3-3 Manchester United
09 Apr 1988 - Liverpool 2-1 Nottingham Forest
13 Apr 1988 - Liverpool 5-0 Nottingham Forest
20 Apr 1988 - Norwich City 0-0 Liverpool
23 Apr 1988 - Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
30 Apr 1988 - Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool
02 May 1988 - Liverpool 1-1 Southampton
07 May 1988 - Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 Liverpool
09 May 1988 - Liverpool 1-1 Luton Town
14 May 1988 - Liverpool 0-1 Wimbledon
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
27
21
6
0
65
12
+53
69
2
Man Utd
29
15
10
4
44
28
+16
55
3
Nottm Forest
26
14
7
5
50
24
+26
49
4
Everton
27
14
7
6
39
16
+23
49
5
Arsenal
28
14
6
8
43
26
+17
48
6
QPR
28
13
7
8
33
30
+3
46
7
Wimbledon
28
11
9
8
40
32
+8
42
8
Luton T
26
11
5
10
40
32
+8
38
9
Tottenham H
29
10
8
11
30
32
-2
38
10
Sheffield Wed
29
11
4
14
34
48
-14
37
11
Newcastle U
27
9
9
9
34
39
-5
36
12
Southampton
28
8
9
11
35
40
-5
33
13
West Ham U
28
7
11
10
29
36
-7
32
14
Coventry C
27
8
8
11
28
39
-11
32
15
Chelsea
29
8
7
14
35
50
-15
31
16
Norwich C
28
8
6
14
26
34
-8
30
17
Portsmouth
29
6
12
11
27
46
-19
30
18
Derby Co
27
7
7
13
23
32
-9
28
19
Oxford U
27
6
7
14
32
53
-21
25
20
Charlton Ath
29
5
9
15
27
46
-19
24
21
Watford
28
5
8
15
18
37
-19
23
