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1st Division
Anfield | 26 April 1986 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
5
-
0
Birmingham City
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.42)
1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Gillespie
3
Jim Beglin
4
Steve Nicol
5
Ronnie Whelan
6
Alan Hansen
(c)
7
Kenny Dalglish
8
Craig Johnston
9
Ian Rush
10
Jan Mølby
11
Kevin MacDonald
Substitutes
12
Mark Lawrenson
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Ian Rush
25′
(Ronnie Whelan)
Gary Gillespie
46′
(Craig Johnston)
Jan Mølby
49′ penalty
Gary Gillespie
58′
(Ian Rush)
Gary Gillespie
83′ penalty
Substitutions
Ronnie Whelan
replaced by
Mark Lawrenson
83′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 24.5)
David Seaman
Brian Roberts
Julian Dicks
Mark Smalley
Jim Hagan
Ray Ranson
Stuart Storer
Wayne Clarke
Nicky Platnauer
Billy Wright
Robert Hopkins
Opposition substitutions
Brian Roberts
replaced by
Martin Kuhl
75
′
Notes
- The penalty from which Gillespie scored the 5th goal was awarded after Ian Rush was felled by a rash challenge from Julian Dicks.
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Other details
Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager:
John Bond
Referee:
Tyson GM
Attendance:
42,021
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
3890
League game number:
3284
Played towards Kop:
First half
Liverpool league position:
1st
Birmingham City league position:
21st
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17 Aug 1985 - Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
21 Aug 1985 - Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool
24 Aug 1985 - Newcastle United 0-1 Liverpool
26 Aug 1985 - Liverpool 5-0 Ipswich Town
31 Aug 1985 - West Ham United 2-2 Liverpool
03 Sep 1985 - Liverpool 2-0 Nottingham Forest
07 Sep 1985 - Liverpool 3-1 Watford
14 Sep 1985 - Oxford United 2-2 Liverpool
17 Sep 1985 - Liverpool 2-1 Southampton
21 Sep 1985 - Everton 3-2 Liverpool
24 Sep 1985 - Liverpool 3-0 Oldham Athletic
28 Sep 1985 - Liverpool 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur
05 Oct 1985 - Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Liverpool
09 Oct 1985 - Oldham Athletic 5-2 Liverpool
12 Oct 1985 - Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
19 Oct 1985 - Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool
22 Oct 1985 - Southampton 1-1 Liverpool
26 Oct 1985 - Liverpool 3-2 Luton Town
29 Oct 1985 - Liverpool 4-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
02 Nov 1985 - Liverpool 1-0 Leicester City
09 Nov 1985 - Coventry City 3-0 Liverpool
16 Nov 1985 - Liverpool 4-1 West Bromwich Albion
23 Nov 1985 - Birmingham City 2-0 Liverpool
26 Nov 1985 - Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
30 Nov 1985 - Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
03 Dec 1985 - Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
07 Dec 1985 - Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
14 Dec 1985 - Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool
21 Dec 1985 - Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle United
26 Dec 1985 - Manchester City 0-1 Liverpool
28 Dec 1985 - Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool
01 Jan 1986 - Liverpool 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday
04 Jan 1986 - Liverpool 5-0 Norwich City
12 Jan 1986 - Watford 3-2 Liverpool
14 Jan 1986 - Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Liverpool
18 Jan 1986 - Liverpool 3-1 West Ham United
21 Jan 1986 - Liverpool 3-0 Ipswich Town
26 Jan 1986 - Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
01 Feb 1986 - Ipswich Town 1-2 Liverpool
05 Feb 1986 - Norwich City 1-1 Liverpool
09 Feb 1986 - Liverpool 1-1 Manchester United
12 Feb 1986 - Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Liverpool
15 Feb 1986 - York City 1-1 Liverpool
18 Feb 1986 - Liverpool 3-1 York City
22 Feb 1986 - Liverpool 0-2 Everton
02 Mar 1986 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool
05 Mar 1986 - Liverpool 2-2 Queens Park Rangers
08 Mar 1986 - Liverpool 4-1 Queens Park Rangers
11 Mar 1986 - Liverpool 0-0 Watford
15 Mar 1986 - Southampton 2-1 Liverpool
17 Mar 1986 - Watford 2-1 Liverpool
22 Mar 1986 - Liverpool 6-0 Oxford United
29 Mar 1986 - Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Liverpool
31 Mar 1986 - Liverpool 2-0 Manchester City
05 Apr 1986 - Liverpool 2-0 Southampton
12 Apr 1986 - Liverpool 5-0 Coventry City
16 Apr 1986 - Luton Town 1-0 Liverpool
19 Apr 1986 - West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Liverpool
26 Apr 1986 - Liverpool 5-0 Birmingham City
30 Apr 1986 - Leicester City 2-0 Liverpool
03 May 1986 - Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
06 May 1986 - Liverpool 3-1 Norwich City
10 May 1986 - Liverpool 3-1 Everton
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
40
24
10
6
86
37
+49
82
2
Everton
39
24
8
7
78
38
+40
80
3
Man Utd
41
22
9
10
69
35
+34
75
4
West Ham U
38
23
6
9
67
34
+33
75
5
Chelsea
39
20
11
8
56
48
+8
71
6
Sheffield Wed
41
20
10
11
62
54
+8
70
7
Luton T
41
18
11
12
60
43
+17
65
8
Nottm Forest
41
18
11
12
67
52
+15
65
9
Arsenal
39
18
9
12
46
44
+2
63
10
Newcastle U
41
17
12
12
67
70
-3
63
11
Tottenham H
40
17
8
15
65
47
+18
59
12
Watford
39
15
9
15
62
59
+3
54
13
QPR
41
15
7
19
52
62
-10
52
14
Southampton
39
12
9
18
46
50
-4
45
15
Man City
40
11
11
18
42
55
-13
44
16
Aston Villa
41
10
14
17
49
63
-14
44
17
Ipswich T
40
11
8
21
31
52
-21
41
18
Coventry C
41
10
10
21
46
70
-24
40
19
Leicester C
40
9
12
19
52
74
-22
39
20
Oxford U
39
8
12
19
57
78
-21
36
21
Birmingham C
41
8
5
28
30
72
-42
29
22
West Brom
41
4
12
25
33
86
-53
24
