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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 12 September 1987 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 Oxford United

Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.95)

1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Gillespie
3
Barry Venison
4
Steve Nicol
5
Ronnie Whelan
6
Alan Hansen (c)
7
Peter Beardsley
8
John Aldridge
9
Nigel Spackman
10
John Barnes
11
Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12
Paul Walsh
14
John Wark

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.26)

Peter Hucker
Neil Slatter
John Dreyer
Gary Shelton
Gary Briggs
Tommy Caton
Ray Houghton
Martin Foyle
Billy Whitehurst
Trevor Hebberd
Dean Saunders

Substitutes used

Les Phillips

Notes

  • - John Barnes scores his first LFC goal
  • - Kenny Dalglish on John Barnes' Anfield debut: "Barnes did what we expected him to do. He made a goal, scored one, and entertained. You remember that."

Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager: Maurice Evans
Referee: Stevens BT
Attendance: 42,266
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 3955
League game number: 3332
Played towards Kop: First half
Liverpool league position: 7th
Oxford United league position: 19th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Oxford United
John Aldridge (John Barnes) (1–0)
13'
John Barnes (Peter Beardsley) (2–0)
37'
HT 2–0
68'
Les Phillips Dean Saunders
John Aldridge Paul Walsh
73'
Steve McMahon John Wark
83'
Full time 2–0

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