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1st Division

Anfield | Monday 2 January 1978 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 Middlesbrough
Half time 1–0

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

12
Kevin Kewley

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.8)

Jim Platt
John Craggs
Ian Bailey
John Mahoney
Stuart Boam
Alan Ramage
David Mills
Stan Cummins
William Ashcroft
Tony McAndrew
David Armstrong

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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Match timeline

Liverpool
Middlesbrough
Terry McDermott Kevin Kewley
10'
David Johnson (Steve Heighway) (1–0)
39'
HT 1–0
Steve Heighway (Ray Kennedy) (2–0)
80'
Full time 2–0

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