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1st Division
Anfield | 26 December 1984 at11:30UK local time
Liverpool
1
-
2
Leicester City
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.12)
1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Phil Neal
(c)
3
Alan Kennedy
4
Gary Gillespie
5
Steve Nicol
6
Alan Hansen
7
Paul Walsh
8
Jan Mølby
9
Ronnie Whelan
10
Craig Johnston
11
John Wark
Substitutes
12
Kevin MacDonald
Goals
Phil Neal
60′ penalty
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 24.75)
Ian Andrews
Andy Feeley
Ian Wilson
Bobby Smith
Tommy Williams
John O'Neill
Steve Lynex
Gary Lineker
Alan Smith
David Rennie
Ian Banks
Opposition goals
Alan Smith
11
′
Gary Lineker
34
′
Other details
Manager:
Joe Fagan
Opposition manager:
Gordon Milne
Referee:
Shaw D
Attendance:
38,419
Half-time score:
0
-
2
Game number:
3797
League game number:
3223
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
10th
Leicester City league position:
12th
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18 Aug 1984 - Liverpool 0-1 Everton
25 Aug 1984 - Norwich City 3-3 Liverpool
27 Aug 1984 - Liverpool 3-0 West Ham United
01 Sep 1984 - Liverpool 1-1 Queens Park Rangers
04 Sep 1984 - Luton Town 2-1 Liverpool
08 Sep 1984 - Arsenal 1-3 Liverpool
15 Sep 1984 - Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland
19 Sep 1984 - Lech Poznan 1-0 Liverpool
22 Sep 1984 - Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool
24 Sep 1984 - Stockport County 0-0 Liverpool
29 Sep 1984 - Liverpool 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday
03 Oct 1984 - Liverpool 4-0 Lech Poznan
06 Oct 1984 - Liverpool 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
09 Oct 1984 - Liverpool 2-0 Stockport County
12 Oct 1984 - Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool
20 Oct 1984 - Liverpool 0-1 Everton
24 Oct 1984 - Liverpool 3-1 Benfica
28 Oct 1984 - Nottingham Forest 2-0 Liverpool
31 Oct 1984 - Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool
03 Nov 1984 - Stoke City 1-0 Liverpool
07 Nov 1984 - Benfica 0-1 Liverpool
10 Nov 1984 - Liverpool 1-1 Southampton
18 Nov 1984 - Newcastle United 2-0 Liverpool
24 Nov 1984 - Liverpool 2-0 Ipswich Town
01 Dec 1984 - Chelsea 1-3 Liverpool
04 Dec 1984 - Liverpool 3-1 Coventry City
09 Dec 1984 - Liverpool 0-1 Independiente
15 Dec 1984 - Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
21 Dec 1984 - Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Liverpool
26 Dec 1984 - Liverpool 1-2 Leicester City
29 Dec 1984 - Liverpool 1-0 Luton Town
01 Jan 1985 - Watford 1-1 Liverpool
05 Jan 1985 - Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
16 Jan 1985 - Liverpool 0-2 Juventus
19 Jan 1985 - Liverpool 4-0 Norwich City
27 Jan 1985 - Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
02 Feb 1985 - Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Liverpool
12 Feb 1985 - Liverpool 3-0 Arsenal
16 Feb 1985 - York City 1-1 Liverpool
20 Feb 1985 - Liverpool 7-0 York City
23 Feb 1985 - Liverpool 2-0 Stoke City
02 Mar 1985 - Liverpool 1-0 Nottingham Forest
06 Mar 1985 - Austria Vienna 1-1 Liverpool
10 Mar 1985 - Barnsley 4-0 Liverpool
16 Mar 1985 - Liverpool 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
20 Mar 1985 - Liverpool 4-1 Austria Vienna
23 Mar 1985 - West Bromwich Albion 5-0 Liverpool
31 Mar 1985 - Liverpool 0-1 Manchester United
03 Apr 1985 - Sunderland 3-0 Liverpool
06 Apr 1985 - Leicester City 1-0 Liverpool
10 Apr 1985 - Liverpool 4-0 Panathinaikos
13 Apr 1985 - Liverpool 2-2 Manchester United
17 Apr 1985 - Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United
20 Apr 1985 - Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle United
24 Apr 1985 - Panathinaikos 1-0 Liverpool
27 Apr 1985 - Ipswich Town 0-0 Liverpool
04 May 1985 - Liverpool 4-3 Chelsea
06 May 1985 - Coventry City 2-0 Liverpool
11 May 1985 - Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa
14 May 1985 - Southampton 1-1 Liverpool
17 May 1985 - Liverpool 4-3 Watford
20 May 1985 - West Ham United 3-0 Liverpool
23 May 1985 - Everton 0-1 Liverpool
29 May 1985 - Liverpool 0-1 Juventus
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Tottenham H
21
12
4
5
43
22
+21
40
2
Everton
21
12
4
5
45
28
+17
40
3
Man Utd
21
11
5
5
42
26
+16
38
4
Arsenal
21
11
3
7
39
27
+12
36
5
West Brom
21
10
4
7
36
30
+6
34
6
Southampton
21
9
7
5
27
23
+4
34
7
Nottm Forest
21
10
3
8
33
31
+2
33
8
Chelsea
21
8
8
5
37
25
+12
32
9
Sheffield Wed
21
8
8
5
32
23
+9
32
10
Liverpool
21
8
7
6
27
21
+6
31
11
Norwich C
21
8
6
7
29
28
+1
30
12
Leicester C
21
8
4
9
40
39
+1
28
13
West Ham U
21
7
7
7
27
30
-3
28
14
Sunderland
21
7
5
9
28
30
-2
26
15
Watford
21
6
7
8
40
40
+0
25
16
Newcastle U
21
6
7
8
33
41
-8
25
17
Aston Villa
21
6
7
8
26
34
-8
25
18
QPR
21
5
8
8
25
36
-11
23
19
Luton T
21
5
6
10
26
40
-14
21
20
Ipswich T
21
4
7
10
19
31
-12
19
21
Coventry C
21
5
4
12
20
40
-20
19
22
Stoke C
21
2
5
14
17
46
-29
11
