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2nd Division

St James' Park | Wednesday 20 September 1961 at 19:30 UK local time

Newcastle United 1 - 2 Liverpool
Half time 0–2

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.47)

1
Bert Slater
2
Dick White (c)
3
Gerry Byrne
4
Gordon Milne
5
Ron Yeats
6
Tommy Leishman
7
Kevin Lewis
8
Roger Hunt
9
Ian St John
10
Jimmy Melia
11
Alan A'Court

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.27)

Dave Hollins
Dick Keith
Alf McMichael
Jackie Bell
George Heslop
George Dalton
Len White
Ivor Allchurch
Ken Hale
Ken Leek
Liam Tuohy

Notes

  • - Gordon Milne scores his first LFC goal
  • - Lewis' penalty was saved by Dave Hollins.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Charles Mitten
Referee: Holland A
Attendance: 38,180
Half-time score: 0 - 2
Game number: 2460
League game number: 2244
Liverpool league position: 1st
Newcastle United league position: 19th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Newcastle United
Gordon Milne (Kevin Lewis) (1–0)
10'
George Heslop o.g. (2–0)
43'
HT 2–0
63'
Ken Hale (2–1)
Minute unknown
Kevin Lewis missed penalty
Full time 2–1

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