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1st Division
Anfield | 17 August 1991 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
2
-
1
Oldham Athletic
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.64)
1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Ablett
3
David Burrows
4
Steve Nicol
5
Ronnie Whelan
(c)
6
Mark Wright
7
Dean Saunders
8
Ray Houghton
9
Steve McManaman
10
John Barnes
11
Steve McMahon
Substitutes
12
Mark Walters
14
Mike Marsh
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Ray Houghton
53′
(John Barnes)
John Barnes
78′
(Steve McManaman)
Substitutions
Steve McMahon
replaced by
Mark Walters
65′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 25.88)
Jon Hallworth
Gunnar Halle
Glynn Snodin
Nick Henry
Earl Barrett
Richard Jobson
Paul Bernard
Ian Marshall
Graeme Sharp
Mike Milligan
Rick Holden
Opposition goals
Earl Barrett
6
′
Opposition substitutions
Paul Bernard
replaced by
Paul Kane
46
′
Rick Holden
replaced by
David Currie
84
′
Notes
- Mark Walters makes his LFC debut
- Mark Wright makes his LFC debut
- Dean Saunders makes his LFC debut
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Other details
Manager:
Graeme Souness
Opposition manager:
Joe Royle
Referee:
Hackett KS
Attendance:
38,841
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
4154
League game number:
3483
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
4th
Oldham Athletic league position:
20th
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17 Aug 1991 - Liverpool 2-1 Oldham Athletic
21 Aug 1991 - Manchester City 1-2 Liverpool
24 Aug 1991 - Luton Town 0-0 Liverpool
27 Aug 1991 - Liverpool 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
31 Aug 1991 - Liverpool 3-1 Everton
07 Sep 1991 - Notts County 2-1 Liverpool
14 Sep 1991 - Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa
18 Sep 1991 - Liverpool 6-1 Kuusysi Lahti
21 Sep 1991 - Leeds United 0-1 Liverpool
25 Sep 1991 - Liverpool 2-2 Stoke City
28 Sep 1991 - Liverpool 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
02 Oct 1991 - Kuusysi Lahti 0-1 Liverpool
06 Oct 1991 - Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool
09 Oct 1991 - Stoke City 3-2 Liverpool
19 Oct 1991 - Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
23 Oct 1991 - Auxerre 0-2 Liverpool
26 Oct 1991 - Liverpool 1-0 Coventry City
29 Oct 1991 - Liverpool 2-2 Port Vale
02 Nov 1991 - Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace
06 Nov 1991 - Liverpool 3-0 Auxerre
17 Nov 1991 - West Ham United 0-0 Liverpool
20 Nov 1991 - Port Vale 4-1 Liverpool
23 Nov 1991 - Wimbledon 0-0 Liverpool
27 Nov 1991 - Swarovski Tirol 2-0 Liverpool
30 Nov 1991 - Liverpool 2-1 Norwich City
03 Dec 1991 - Peterborough United 0-1 Liverpool
07 Dec 1991 - Southampton 1-1 Liverpool
11 Dec 1991 - Liverpool 4-0 Swarovski Tirol
14 Dec 1991 - Liverpool 2-0 Nottingham Forest
18 Dec 1991 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool
21 Dec 1991 - Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City
26 Dec 1991 - Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Liverpool
28 Dec 1991 - Everton 1-1 Liverpool
01 Jan 1992 - Liverpool 2-1 Sheffield United
06 Jan 1992 - Crewe Alexandra 4-0 Liverpool
11 Jan 1992 - Liverpool 2-1 Luton Town
18 Jan 1992 - Oldham Athletic 3-2 Liverpool
29 Jan 1992 - Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
01 Feb 1992 - Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea
05 Feb 1992 - Bristol Rovers 1-1 Liverpool
08 Feb 1992 - Coventry City 0-0 Liverpool
11 Feb 1992 - Liverpool 2-1 Bristol Rovers
16 Feb 1992 - Ipswich Town 0-0 Liverpool
22 Feb 1992 - Norwich City 0-3 Liverpool
26 Feb 1992 - Liverpool 3-2 Ipswich Town
29 Feb 1992 - Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
04 Mar 1992 - Genoa 0-2 Liverpool
08 Mar 1992 - Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
11 Mar 1992 - Liverpool 1-0 West Ham United
14 Mar 1992 - Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
18 Mar 1992 - Liverpool 1-2 Genoa
21 Mar 1992 - Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
28 Mar 1992 - Sheffield United 0-2 Liverpool
31 Mar 1992 - Liverpool 4-0 Notts County
05 Apr 1992 - Liverpool 1-1 Portsmouth
08 Apr 1992 - Liverpool 2-3 Wimbledon
11 Apr 1992 - Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool
13 Apr 1992 - Liverpool 0-0 Portsmouth
18 Apr 1992 - Liverpool 0-0 Leeds United
20 Apr 1992 - Arsenal 0-4 Liverpool
22 Apr 1992 - Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool
26 Apr 1992 - Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United
02 May 1992 - Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Liverpool
09 May 1992 - Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Man Utd
1
1
0
0
2
0
+2
3
2
Aston Villa
1
1
0
0
3
2
+1
3
3
Tottenham H
1
1
0
0
3
2
+1
3
4
Liverpool
1
1
0
0
2
1
+1
3
5
Nottm Forest
1
1
0
0
2
1
+1
3
6
Man City
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
3
7
Chelsea
1
0
1
0
2
2
+0
1
8
Norwich C
1
0
1
0
2
2
+0
1
9
Sheffield U
1
0
1
0
2
2
+0
1
10
Wimbledon
1
0
1
0
2
2
+0
1
11
Arsenal
1
0
1
0
1
1
+0
1
12
QPR
1
0
1
0
1
1
+0
1
13
Luton T
1
0
1
0
0
0
+0
1
14
West Ham U
1
0
1
0
0
0
+0
1
15
Crystal P
0
0
0
0
0
0
+0
0
16
Leeds U
0
0
0
0
0
0
+0
0
17
Sheffield Wed
1
0
0
1
2
3
-1
0
18
Southampton
1
0
0
1
2
3
-1
0
19
Everton
1
0
0
1
1
2
-1
0
20
Oldham Ath
1
0
0
1
1
2
-1
0
21
Coventry C
1
0
0
1
0
1
-1
0
22
Notts Co
1
0
0
1
0
2
-2
0
