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West Bromwich Albion

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.79)

1	Tommy Lawrence
2	Chris Lawler
3	Gerry Byrne
4	Tommy Smith
5	Ron Yeats (c)
6	Emlyn Hughes
7	Ian Callaghan
8	Roger Hunt
9	Geoff Strong
10	Ian St John
11	Peter Thompson

Substitutes

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Alf Arrowsmith

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Geoff Strong 3′ (Peter Thompson)
Roger Hunt 57′ (Peter Thompson)
Roger Hunt 67′ (Chris Lawler)
Roger Hunt 79′ (Geoff Strong)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.54)

Opposition goals

Tony Brown 14′

Notes

-Tommy Smith fouled Jeff Astle in the area (14 minutes). Bobby Hope hit the bar with the penalty but the referee ordered a re-take because Tommy Lawrence had moved off his line. Tony Brown scored from the re-take.
- Local pop group The Scaffold filmed a video of 'Thank You Very Much' in front of The Kop for release in America.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly

Opposition manager: Alan Ashman

Referee: Styles K

Attendance: 51,092

Half-time score: 1 - 1

Game number: 2791

League game number: 2513

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 2nd

West Bromwich Albion league position: 6th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Man Utd	25	15	7	3	50	28	+22	37
2	Liverpool	25	13	8	4	39	19	+20	34
3	Leeds U	25	14	5	6	41	21	+20	33
4	Man City	25	14	4	7	55	31	+24	32
5	Everton	25	12	4	9	37	25	+12	28
6	West Brom	24	11	5	8	46	36	+10	27
7	Newcastle U	25	9	9	7	38	39	-1	27
8	Arsenal	24	10	6	8	39	30	+9	26
9	Tottenham H	24	10	6	8	37	39	-2	26
10	Sheffield Wed	24	9	7	8	36	34	+2	25
11	Nottm Forest	24	10	4	10	35	29	+6	24
12	Burnley	24	9	6	9	41	45	-4	24
13	Stoke C	25	9	5	11	33	40	-7	23
14	Chelsea	24	6	10	8	36	53	-17	22
15	West Ham U	25	8	4	13	47	50	-3	20
16	Leicester C	24	6	8	10	37	43	-6	20
17	Wolves	24	8	4	12	41	52	-11	20
18	Southampton	24	7	5	12	41	52	-11	19
19	Sheffield U	24	6	7	11	29	42	-13	19
20	Sunderland	24	6	6	12	30	44	-14	18
21	Fulham	23	6	4	13	32	49	-17	16
22	Coventry C	25	3	10	12	30	49	-19	16