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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 23 September 1972 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 5 - 0 Sheffield United
Half time 3–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.47)

1
Ray Clemence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Alec Lindsay
4
Tommy Smith (c)
5
Larry Lloyd
6
Emlyn Hughes
7
Kevin Keegan
8
Peter Cormack
9
Steve Heighway
10
Phil Boersma
11
Ian Callaghan

Substitutes

12
Brian Hall

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.49)

Tom McAlister
Steve Goulding
Ted Hemsley
John Flynn
Eddie Colquhoun
Trevor Hockey
Billy Dearden
Len Badger
Alan Warboys
Tony Currie
Alan Ogden

Substitutes used

David Ford

Notes

  • - Smith's kick went to United goalkeeper Tom McAllister's right but wide of the post. It was the second miss in successive matches by Smith, who had also failed from the spot against Carlisle in the League Cup earlier in the week.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: John Harris
Referee: Johnson WB
Attendance: 42,940
Half-time score: 3 - 0
Game number: 3051
League game number: 2708
Played towards Kop: First half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Sheffield United league position: 10th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sheffield United
Phil Boersma (Kevin Keegan) (1–0)
28'
Alec Lindsay (2–0)
31'
Steve Heighway (3–0)
33'
HT 3–0
46'
David Ford Alan Ogden
Peter Cormack (Kevin Keegan) (4–0)
51'
Tommy Smith missed penalty
53'
Kevin Keegan penalty (5–0)
54'
Full time 5–0

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