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2nd Division
Anfield | 26 December 1960 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
2
-
1
Rotherham United
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.13)
1
Bert Slater
2
John Molyneux
3
Gerry Byrne
4
Johnny Wheeler
5
Dick White
(c)
6
Tommy Leishman
7
Kevin Lewis
8
Roger Hunt
9
Dave Hickson
10
Jimmy Harrower
11
Alan A'Court
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Roger Hunt
21′
(Alan A'Court)
Kevin Lewis
29′
(Alan A'Court)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.13)
Roy Ironside
Peter Perry
Lol Morgan
Roy Lambert
Peter Madden
Ken Waterhouse
Brian Sawyer
Alan Kirkman
Don Weston
Brian Jackson
Barry Webster
Opposition goals
Alan Kirkman
53
′
Other details
Manager:
Bill Shankly
Opposition manager:
Thomas Johnston
Referee:
Robottom AJ
Attendance:
39,426
Half-time score:
2
-
0
Game number:
2430
League game number:
2216
Liverpool league position:
3rd
Rotherham United league position:
15th
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20 Aug 1960 - Liverpool 2-0 Leeds United
24 Aug 1960 - Southampton 1-4 Liverpool
27 Aug 1960 - Middlesbrough 1-1 Liverpool
31 Aug 1960 - Liverpool 0-1 Southampton
03 Sep 1960 - Liverpool 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
07 Sep 1960 - Liverpool 2-2 Luton Town
10 Sep 1960 - Ipswich Town 0-1 Liverpool
14 Sep 1960 - Luton Town 1-2 Liverpool
17 Sep 1960 - Liverpool 3-2 Scunthorpe United
24 Sep 1960 - Leyton Orient 3-1 Liverpool
01 Oct 1960 - Liverpool 1-0 Derby County
08 Oct 1960 - Lincoln City 2-1 Liverpool
15 Oct 1960 - Liverpool 3-3 Portsmouth
19 Oct 1960 - Liverpool 1-1 Luton Town
22 Oct 1960 - Huddersfield Town 4-2 Liverpool
24 Oct 1960 - Luton Town 5-2 Liverpool
29 Oct 1960 - Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland
05 Nov 1960 - Plymouth Argyle 4-0 Liverpool
12 Nov 1960 - Liverpool 2-1 Norwich City
16 Nov 1960 - Liverpool 1-2 Southampton
19 Nov 1960 - Charlton Athletic 3-1 Liverpool
26 Nov 1960 - Liverpool 4-2 Sheffield United
10 Dec 1960 - Liverpool 4-0 Swansea Town
17 Dec 1960 - Leeds United 2-2 Liverpool
26 Dec 1960 - Liverpool 2-1 Rotherham United
27 Dec 1960 - Rotherham United 0-1 Liverpool
31 Dec 1960 - Liverpool 3-4 Middlesbrough
07 Jan 1961 - Liverpool 3-2 Coventry City
14 Jan 1961 - Brighton & Hove Albion 1-3 Liverpool
21 Jan 1961 - Liverpool 1-1 Ipswich Town
28 Jan 1961 - Liverpool 0-2 Sunderland
04 Feb 1961 - Scunthorpe United 3-2 Liverpool
11 Feb 1961 - Liverpool 5-0 Leyton Orient
18 Feb 1961 - Derby County 4-1 Liverpool
25 Feb 1961 - Liverpool 2-0 Lincoln City
04 Mar 1961 - Portsmouth 2-2 Liverpool
11 Mar 1961 - Liverpool 3-1 Huddersfield Town
18 Mar 1961 - Swansea Town 0-2 Liverpool
24 Mar 1961 - Liverpool 1-1 Plymouth Argyle
31 Mar 1961 - Liverpool 3-0 Bristol Rovers
01 Apr 1961 - Sheffield United 1-1 Liverpool
04 Apr 1961 - Bristol Rovers 3-4 Liverpool
08 Apr 1961 - Liverpool 2-1 Charlton Athletic
15 Apr 1961 - Norwich City 1-2 Liverpool
22 Apr 1961 - Liverpool 3-0 Stoke City
29 Apr 1961 - Sunderland 1-1 Liverpool
03 May 1961 - Stoke City 1-3 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Sheffield U
24
15
3
6
44
28
+16
33
2
Ipswich T
23
14
3
6
55
33
+22
31
3
Liverpool
22
13
5
4
47
28
+19
31
4
Southampton
23
13
3
7
59
44
+15
29
5
Middlesbrough
22
9
9
4
46
38
+8
27
6
Norwich C
23
10
7
6
35
29
+6
27
7
Scunthorpe U
22
9
8
5
44
34
+10
26
8
Sunderland
23
6
11
6
41
34
+7
23
9
Plymouth Arg
22
10
3
9
45
47
-2
23
10
Charlton Ath
22
7
7
8
51
51
+0
21
11
Stoke C
23
6
9
8
29
26
+3
21
12
Derby Co
23
8
5
10
44
46
-2
21
13
Leeds U
22
8
5
9
41
46
-5
21
14
Luton T
22
8
4
10
38
42
-4
20
15
Rotherham U
22
6
7
9
31
31
+0
19
16
Brighton & HA
23
7
5
11
38
47
-9
19
17
Bristol R
22
7
5
10
40
51
-11
19
18
Portsmouth
22
7
5
10
37
54
-17
19
19
Swansea C
22
5
6
11
33
46
-13
16
20
Huddersfield
23
5
6
12
31
43
-12
16
21
Lincoln C
23
6
4
13
31
47
-16
16
22
Leyton O
21
6
4
11
30
45
-15
16
