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1st Division

Highbury | Monday 8 May 1972 at 19:30 UK local time

Arsenal 0 - 0 Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.11)

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
Phil Thompson

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.03)

Geoff Barnett
Pat Rice
Sammy Nelson
Peter Storey
Frank McLintock
Peter Simpson
George Armstrong
Alan Ball
John Radford
Ray Kennedy
George Graham

Substitutes used

John Roberts

Notes

  • - A win at Arsenal would have given the club a record eighth League championship. But the Reds can only draw 0-0. Leeds lose 2-1 at Wolverhampton on the same evening so Derby County, whose League programme is already over, become English champions for the first time.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Bertie Mee
Referee: Kirkpatrick RB
Attendance: 39,289
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 3038
League game number: 2698
Liverpool league position: 3rd
Arsenal league position: 5th
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HT 0–0
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