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1st Division
Baseball Ground | 24 February 1979 at15:00UK local time
Derby County
0
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.89)
1
Ray Clemence
2
Phil Neal
3
Emlyn Hughes
(c)
4
Alan Kennedy
5
Ray Kennedy
6
Phil Thompson
7
Kenny Dalglish
8
David Johnson
9
Steve Heighway
10
Terry McDermott
11
Graeme Souness
Substitutes
12
Sammy Lee
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Kenny Dalglish
11′
(Graeme Souness)
Ray Kennedy
70′
(Terry McDermott)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 25.46)
David McKellar
David Langan
Steve Buckley
Gerry Daly
Roy McFarland
Victor Moreland
Stephen Carter
Stephen Powell
Billy Caskey
Bruce Rioch
Roy Greenwood
Notes
Other details
Manager:
Bob Paisley
Opposition manager:
Tommy Docherty
Referee:
Styles K
Attendance:
27,859
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
3434
League game number:
2975
Liverpool league position:
1st
Derby County league position:
16th
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19 Aug 1978 - Liverpool 2-1 Queens Park Rangers
22 Aug 1978 - Ipswich Town 3-0 Liverpool
26 Aug 1978 - Manchester City 4-1 Liverpool
28 Aug 1978 - Sheffield United 0-1 Liverpool
02 Sep 1978 - Liverpool 7-0 Tottenham Hotspur
09 Sep 1978 - Birmingham City 3-0 Liverpool
13 Sep 1978 - Nottingham Forest 0-2 Liverpool
16 Sep 1978 - Liverpool 1-0 Coventry City
23 Sep 1978 - West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Liverpool
27 Sep 1978 - Liverpool 0-0 Nottingham Forest
30 Sep 1978 - Liverpool 3-0 Bolton Wanderers
07 Oct 1978 - Norwich City 4-1 Liverpool
14 Oct 1978 - Liverpool 5-0 Derby County
21 Oct 1978 - Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea
28 Oct 1978 - Everton 0-1 Liverpool
04 Nov 1978 - Liverpool 1-1 Leeds United
11 Nov 1978 - Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Liverpool
18 Nov 1978 - Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
22 Nov 1978 - Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Liverpool
25 Nov 1978 - Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough
02 Dec 1978 - Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool
04 Dec 1978 - Anderlecht 1-3 Liverpool
09 Dec 1978 - Liverpool 2-0 Nottingham Forest
16 Dec 1978 - Bristol City 0-1 Liverpool
19 Dec 1978 - Liverpool 2-1 Anderlecht
26 Dec 1978 - Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool
10 Jan 1979 - Southend United 0-0 Liverpool
17 Jan 1979 - Liverpool 3-0 Southend United
30 Jan 1979 - Liverpool 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
03 Feb 1979 - Liverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
13 Feb 1979 - Liverpool 1-0 Birmingham City
21 Feb 1979 - Liverpool 6-0 Norwich City
24 Feb 1979 - Derby County 2-0 Liverpool
28 Feb 1979 - Liverpool 3-0 Burnley
03 Mar 1979 - Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
06 Mar 1979 - Coventry City 0-0 Liverpool
10 Mar 1979 - Ipswich Town 1-0 Liverpool
13 Mar 1979 - Liverpool 1-1 Everton
20 Mar 1979 - Liverpool 2-0 Wolves
24 Mar 1979 - Liverpool 2-0 Ipswich Town
31 Mar 1979 - Liverpool 2-2 Manchester United
04 Apr 1979 - Liverpool 0-1 Manchester United
07 Apr 1979 - Liverpool 3-0 Arsenal
10 Apr 1979 - Wolves 1-0 Liverpool
14 Apr 1979 - Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United
16 Apr 1979 - Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool
21 Apr 1979 - Liverpool 1-0 Bristol City
24 Apr 1979 - Southampton 1-1 Liverpool
28 Apr 1979 - Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
01 May 1979 - Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Liverpool
05 May 1979 - Liverpool 2-0 Southampton
08 May 1979 - Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
11 May 1979 - Middlesbrough 1-0 Liverpool
17 May 1979 - Leeds United 3-0 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
25
19
3
3
58
10
+48
41
2
Arsenal
27
14
8
5
45
23
+22
36
3
Everton
27
13
10
4
37
23
+14
36
4
Leeds U
28
13
9
6
51
33
+18
35
5
West Brom
24
14
6
4
49
24
+25
34
6
Nottm Forest
23
10
11
2
27
15
+12
31
7
Bristol C
29
10
8
11
34
35
-1
28
8
Southampton
27
9
9
9
32
32
+0
27
9
Man Utd
25
10
7
8
36
42
-6
27
10
Coventry C
26
10
7
9
33
43
-10
27
11
Tottenham H
27
9
9
9
29
43
-14
27
12
Aston Villa
23
7
11
5
28
21
+7
25
13
Ipswich T
26
10
4
12
34
34
+0
24
14
Norwich C
25
5
14
6
34
39
-5
24
15
Man City
26
7
9
10
36
33
+3
23
16
Derby Co
25
8
6
11
29
44
-15
22
17
Bolton Wan
24
7
6
11
31
42
-11
20
18
Wolves
26
8
3
15
25
46
-21
19
19
Middlesbrough
25
6
6
13
32
36
-4
18
20
QPR
26
4
10
12
24
38
-14
18
21
Chelsea
26
4
6
16
29
56
-27
14
22
Birmingham C
26
3
4
19
22
43
-21
10
