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Middlesbrough

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.71)

1	Ray Clemence
2	Phil Neal
3	Joey Jones
4	Phil Thompson
5	Ray Kennedy
6	Emlyn Hughes (c)
7	Kenny Dalglish
8	Terry McDermott
9	Steve Heighway
10	David Johnson
11	Ian Callaghan

Substitutes

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Kevin Kewley

Goals (Assists in brackets)

David Johnson 39′ (Steve Heighway)
Steve Heighway 80′ (Ray Kennedy)

Substitutions

Terry McDermott replaced by Kevin Kewley 10′

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.8)

Notes

- Kevin Kewley makes his LFC debut
- Souness sat on the sidelines as Boro had rejected Liverpool's offer for their midfield star, who eventually joined Liverpool on 10 January.

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley

Opposition manager: John Neal

Referee: Burns KH

Attendance: 49,305

Half-time score: 1 - 0

Game number: 3372

League game number: 2932

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 3rd

Middlesbrough league position: 17th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Nottm Forest	24	16	5	3	45	15	+30	37
2	Everton	24	12	8	4	48	28	+20	32
3	Liverpool	24	13	6	5	32	16	+16	32
4	Arsenal	24	13	5	6	32	19	+13	31
5	Man City	24	13	4	7	45	24	+21	30
6	West Brom	24	10	8	6	36	30	+6	28
7	Coventry C	24	11	6	7	44	40	+4	28
8	Norwich C	24	9	10	5	31	32	-1	28
9	Leeds U	24	9	8	7	36	32	+4	26
10	Derby Co	24	9	7	8	32	34	-2	25
11	Aston Villa	23	9	6	8	28	24	+4	24
12	Ipswich T	24	8	7	9	25	28	-3	23
13	Chelsea	24	7	8	9	24	32	-8	22
14	Man Utd	23	9	3	11	35	38	-3	21
15	Wolves	24	7	7	10	29	34	-5	21
16	Birmingham C	24	8	4	12	30	38	-8	20
17	Middlesbrough	24	6	8	10	21	34	-13	20
18	Bristol C	23	6	7	10	27	31	-4	19
19	West Ham U	24	5	7	12	28	39	-11	17
20	QPR	24	3	9	12	25	40	-15	15
21	Newcastle U	23	6	2	15	27	42	-15	14
22	Leicester C	24	2	7	15	11	41	-30	11