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1st Division
Anfield | 04 November 1989 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
0
-
1
Coventry City
Starting Lineup
(Average age 28.04)
1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Glenn Hysén
3
David Burrows
4
Gary Ablett
5
Ronnie Whelan
6
Alan Hansen
(c)
7
Peter Beardsley
8
Ray Houghton
9
Ian Rush
10
John Barnes
11
Steve McMahon
Substitutes
12
Jan Mølby
14
Alex Watson
Substitutions
Steve McMahon
replaced by
Jan Mølby
77′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 28.7)
Steve Ogrizovic
Brian Borrows
Greg Downs
Peter Billing
Trevor Peake
Lloyd McGrath
David Smith
Kevin MacDonald
David Speedie
Cyrille Regis
Kevin Drinkell
Opposition goals
Cyrille Regis
47
′
Other details
Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager:
John Sillett
Referee:
Simpson T
Attendance:
36,433
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
4069
League game number:
3417
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
2nd
Coventry City league position:
9th
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12 Aug 1989 - Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal
19 Aug 1989 - Liverpool 3-1 Manchester City
23 Aug 1989 - Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool
26 Aug 1989 - Luton Town 0-0 Liverpool
09 Sep 1989 - Derby County 3-0 Liverpool
12 Sep 1989 - Liverpool 9-0 Crystal Palace
16 Sep 1989 - Liverpool 0-0 Norwich City
19 Sep 1989 - Liverpool 5-2 Wigan Athletic
23 Sep 1989 - Everton 3-1 Liverpool
04 Oct 1989 - Wigan Athletic 3-0 Liverpool
14 Oct 1989 - Wimbledon 2-1 Liverpool
21 Oct 1989 - Southampton 1-4 Liverpool
25 Oct 1989 - Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool
29 Oct 1989 - Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
04 Nov 1989 - Liverpool 0-1 Coventry City
11 Nov 1989 - Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Liverpool
19 Nov 1989 - Millwall 2-1 Liverpool
26 Nov 1989 - Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
29 Nov 1989 - Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Liverpool
02 Dec 1989 - Manchester City 4-1 Liverpool
09 Dec 1989 - Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa
16 Dec 1989 - Chelsea 5-2 Liverpool
23 Dec 1989 - Liverpool 0-0 Manchester United
26 Dec 1989 - Liverpool 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
30 Dec 1989 - Liverpool 1-0 Charlton Athletic
01 Jan 1990 - Nottingham Forest 2-2 Liverpool
06 Jan 1990 - Swansea City 0-0 Liverpool
09 Jan 1990 - Liverpool 8-0 Swansea City
13 Jan 1990 - Liverpool 2-2 Luton Town
20 Jan 1990 - Crystal Palace 2-0 Liverpool
28 Jan 1990 - Norwich City 0-0 Liverpool
31 Jan 1990 - Liverpool 3-1 Norwich City
03 Feb 1990 - Liverpool 2-1 Everton
10 Feb 1990 - Norwich City 0-0 Liverpool
17 Feb 1990 - Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
03 Mar 1990 - Liverpool 1-0 Millwall
11 Mar 1990 - Queens Park Rangers 2-2 Liverpool
14 Mar 1990 - Liverpool 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
18 Mar 1990 - Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool
21 Mar 1990 - Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool
31 Mar 1990 - Liverpool 3-2 Southampton
03 Apr 1990 - Liverpool 2-1 Wimbledon
08 Apr 1990 - Liverpool 3-4 Crystal Palace
11 Apr 1990 - Charlton Athletic 4-0 Liverpool
14 Apr 1990 - Liverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest
18 Apr 1990 - Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
21 Apr 1990 - Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea
28 Apr 1990 - Liverpool 2-1 Queens Park Rangers
01 May 1990 - Liverpool 1-0 Derby County
05 May 1990 - Coventry City 6-1 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Chelsea
12
6
4
2
19
10
+9
22
2
Liverpool
11
6
3
2
23
9
+14
21
3
Arsenal
12
6
3
3
21
14
+7
21
4
Everton
11
6
2
3
18
13
+5
20
5
Southampton
12
5
4
3
23
19
+4
19
6
Norwich C
12
4
6
2
19
16
+3
18
7
Aston Villa
11
5
3
3
13
10
+3
18
8
Tottenham H
12
5
3
4
19
18
+1
18
9
Coventry C
12
5
2
5
10
15
-5
17
10
Nottm Forest
12
4
4
4
16
13
+3
16
11
Luton T
12
4
4
4
12
10
+2
16
12
Millwall
12
4
3
5
19
23
-4
15
13
Man Utd
11
4
2
5
19
19
+0
14
14
Man City
12
4
2
6
17
18
-1
14
15
Crystal P
12
4
2
6
13
26
-13
14
16
Charlton Ath
12
3
4
5
11
12
-1
13
17
Derby Co
12
3
3
6
9
12
-3
12
18
Wimbledon
12
2
6
4
10
14
-4
12
19
QPR
12
2
5
5
11
14
-3
11
20
Sheffield Wed
12
2
3
7
3
20
-17
9
