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1st Division
Upton Park | 05 September 1987 at15:00UK local time
West Ham United
1
-
1
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.93)
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
Goals
John Aldridge
50′ penalty
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.16)
Tom McAlister
Ray Stewart
Tommy McQueen
Gary Strodder
Alvin Martin
Liam Brady
Mark Ward
Frank McAvennie
Paul Ince
Tony Cottee
Stewart Robson
Opposition goals
Tony Cottee
74
′
Opposition substitutions
Tommy McQueen
replaced by
George Parris
20
′
Notes
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From Kenny Dalglish's diary
Other details
Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager:
John Lyall
Referee:
Gunn A
Attendance:
29,865
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
3954
League game number:
3331
Liverpool league position:
9th
West Ham United league position:
15th
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View other results
15 Aug 1987 - Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool
29 Aug 1987 - Coventry City 4-1 Liverpool
05 Sep 1987 - West Ham United 1-1 Liverpool
12 Sep 1987 - Liverpool 2-0 Oxford United
15 Sep 1987 - Liverpool 3-2 Charlton Athletic
20 Sep 1987 - Newcastle United 4-1 Liverpool
23 Sep 1987 - Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Liverpool
29 Sep 1987 - Liverpool 4-0 Derby County
03 Oct 1987 - Liverpool 4-0 Portsmouth
06 Oct 1987 - Liverpool 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
17 Oct 1987 - Liverpool 4-0 Queens Park Rangers
24 Oct 1987 - Luton Town 1-0 Liverpool
28 Oct 1987 - Liverpool 0-1 Everton
01 Nov 1987 - Liverpool 2-0 Everton
04 Nov 1987 - Wimbledon 1-1 Liverpool
15 Nov 1987 - Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool
21 Nov 1987 - Liverpool 0-0 Norwich City
24 Nov 1987 - Liverpool 4-0 Watford
28 Nov 1987 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Liverpool
06 Dec 1987 - Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea
12 Dec 1987 - Southampton 2-2 Liverpool
19 Dec 1987 - Liverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
26 Dec 1987 - Oxford United 3-0 Liverpool
28 Dec 1987 - Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle United
01 Jan 1988 - Liverpool 4-0 Coventry City
09 Jan 1988 - Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
12 Jan 1988 - Liverpool 1-0 Stoke City
16 Jan 1988 - Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
23 Jan 1988 - Charlton Athletic 2-0 Liverpool
31 Jan 1988 - Aston Villa 2-0 Liverpool
06 Feb 1988 - Liverpool 0-0 West Ham United
13 Feb 1988 - Watford 4-1 Liverpool
21 Feb 1988 - Everton 1-0 Liverpool
27 Feb 1988 - Portsmouth 2-0 Liverpool
05 Mar 1988 - Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Liverpool
13 Mar 1988 - Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool
16 Mar 1988 - Derby County 1-1 Liverpool
20 Mar 1988 - Everton 0-1 Liverpool
26 Mar 1988 - Liverpool 2-1 Wimbledon
02 Apr 1988 - Nottingham Forest 1-2 Liverpool
04 Apr 1988 - Liverpool 3-3 Manchester United
09 Apr 1988 - Liverpool 2-1 Nottingham Forest
13 Apr 1988 - Liverpool 5-0 Nottingham Forest
20 Apr 1988 - Norwich City 0-0 Liverpool
23 Apr 1988 - Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
30 Apr 1988 - Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool
02 May 1988 - Liverpool 1-1 Southampton
07 May 1988 - Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 Liverpool
09 May 1988 - Liverpool 1-1 Luton Town
14 May 1988 - Liverpool 0-1 Wimbledon
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
QPR
6
5
1
0
9
1
+8
16
2
Man Utd
6
3
3
0
10
4
+6
12
3
Chelsea
6
4
0
2
13
8
+5
12
4
Tottenham H
6
3
2
1
9
4
+5
11
5
Wimbledon
6
3
2
1
9
5
+4
11
6
Nottm Forest
6
3
2
1
10
8
+2
11
7
Coventry C
6
3
1
2
8
8
+0
10
8
Everton
6
2
3
1
6
2
+4
9
9
Liverpool
3
2
1
0
7
3
+4
7
10
Southampton
6
1
4
1
9
9
+0
7
11
Norwich C
6
2
1
3
5
6
-1
7
12
Arsenal
5
1
2
2
8
5
+3
5
13
Derby Co
4
1
2
1
2
2
+0
5
14
Luton T
6
1
2
3
8
10
-2
5
15
West Ham U
5
1
2
2
6
8
-2
5
16
Oxford U
5
1
2
2
8
12
-4
5
17
Portsmouth
6
1
2
3
6
16
-10
5
18
Newcastle U
5
1
1
3
4
7
-3
4
19
Watford
5
1
1
3
2
5
-3
4
20
Sheffield Wed
6
0
2
4
3
12
-9
2
21
Charlton Ath
4
0
0
4
3
10
-7
0
