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1st Division
Baseball Ground | 01 May 1972 at19:30UK local time
Derby County
1
-
0
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.09)
1
Ray Clemence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Alec Lindsay
4
Tommy Smith
(c)
5
Larry Lloyd
6
Emlyn Hughes
7
Kevin Keegan
8
Brian Hall
9
Steve Heighway
10
John Toshack
11
Ian Callaghan
Substitutes
12
John McLaughlin
Substitutions
Steve Heighway
replaced by
John McLaughlin
66′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 24.87)
Colin Boulton
Stephen Powell
John Robson
Alan Durban
Roy McFarland
Colin Todd
John McGovern
Archie Gemmill
John O'Hare
Kevin Hector
Alan Hinton
Opposition goals
John McGovern
62
′
Other details
Manager:
Bill Shankly
Opposition manager:
Brian Clough
Referee:
Thomas C
(Wales)
Attendance:
39,420
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
3037
League game number:
2697
Liverpool league position:
4th
Derby County league position:
1st
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07 Aug 1971 - Leicester City 0-1 Liverpool
14 Aug 1971 - Liverpool 3-1 Nottingham Forest
17 Aug 1971 - Liverpool 3-2 Wolves
21 Aug 1971 - Newcastle United 2-3 Liverpool
24 Aug 1971 - Crystal Palace 1-0 Liverpool
28 Aug 1971 - Liverpool 3-2 Leicester City
01 Sep 1971 - Manchester City 0-1 Liverpool
04 Sep 1971 - Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Liverpool
07 Sep 1971 - Liverpool 3-0 Hull City
11 Sep 1971 - Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
15 Sep 1971 - Servette 1-2 Liverpool
18 Sep 1971 - Leeds United 0-1 Liverpool
25 Sep 1971 - Liverpool 2-2 Manchester United
29 Sep 1971 - Liverpool 2-0 Servette
02 Oct 1971 - Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
05 Oct 1971 - Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
09 Oct 1971 - Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea
16 Oct 1971 - Nottingham Forest 3-2 Liverpool
20 Oct 1971 - Liverpool 0-0 Bayern Munich
23 Oct 1971 - Liverpool 2-0 Huddersfield Town
27 Oct 1971 - West Ham United 1-2 Liverpool
30 Oct 1971 - Sheffield United 1-1 Liverpool
03 Nov 1971 - Bayern Munich 1-3 Liverpool
06 Nov 1971 - Liverpool 3-2 Arsenal
13 Nov 1971 - Everton 0-1 Liverpool
20 Nov 1971 - Coventry City 2-0 Liverpool
27 Nov 1971 - Liverpool 1-0 West Ham United
04 Dec 1971 - Ipswich Town 0-0 Liverpool
11 Dec 1971 - Liverpool 3-2 Derby County
18 Dec 1971 - Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
27 Dec 1971 - West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool
01 Jan 1972 - Liverpool 0-2 Leeds United
08 Jan 1972 - Leicester City 0-1 Liverpool
15 Jan 1972 - Oxford United 3-0 Liverpool
22 Jan 1972 - Wolves 0-0 Liverpool
29 Jan 1972 - Liverpool 4-1 Crystal Palace
05 Feb 1972 - Liverpool 0-0 Leeds United
09 Feb 1972 - Leeds United 0-2 Liverpool
12 Feb 1972 - Huddersfield Town 1-0 Liverpool
19 Feb 1972 - Liverpool 2-0 Sheffield United
26 Feb 1972 - Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City
04 Mar 1972 - Liverpool 4-0 Everton
11 Mar 1972 - Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
18 Mar 1972 - Liverpool 5-0 Newcastle United
25 Mar 1972 - Southampton 1-0 Liverpool
28 Mar 1972 - Liverpool 2-1 Stoke City
01 Apr 1972 - Liverpool 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
03 Apr 1972 - Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool
08 Apr 1972 - Liverpool 3-1 Coventry City
15 Apr 1972 - West Ham United 2-0 Liverpool
22 Apr 1972 - Liverpool 2-0 Ipswich Town
01 May 1972 - Derby County 0-1 Liverpool
08 May 1972 - Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Derby Co
42
24
10
8
69
33
+36
58
2
Leeds U
41
24
9
8
72
29
+43
57
3
Man City
42
23
11
8
77
45
+32
57
4
Liverpool
41
24
8
9
64
30
+34
56
5
Arsenal
40
22
7
11
58
38
+20
51
6
Tottenham H
41
18
13
10
61
42
+19
49
7
Man Utd
42
19
10
13
69
61
+8
48
8
Chelsea
42
18
12
12
58
49
+9
48
9
Sheffield U
42
17
12
13
61
60
+1
46
10
Wolves
41
17
11
13
63
56
+7
45
11
Leicester C
42
13
13
16
41
46
-5
39
12
Newcastle U
40
14
10
16
45
50
-5
38
13
Ipswich T
42
11
16
15
39
53
-14
38
14
West Ham U
42
12
12
18
47
51
-4
36
15
Everton
41
9
17
15
36
47
-11
35
16
West Brom
40
12
10
18
39
49
-10
34
17
Coventry C
42
9
15
18
44
67
-23
33
18
Stoke C
40
10
13
17
38
55
-17
33
19
Southampton
42
12
7
23
52
80
-28
31
20
Crystal P
42
8
13
21
39
65
-26
29
21
Huddersfield
42
6
13
23
27
59
-32
25
22
Nottm Forest
41
8
8
25
46
80
-34
24
