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Sheffield Wednesday

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Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.64)

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

Substitutes

12

Gerry Byrne

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Chris Lawler 28′ (Ian Callaghan)
Ian Callaghan 71′ (Alun Evans)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.06)

Opposition goals

James McCalliog 63′

Notes

- Play was stopped for several minutes near the end of the game when the referee disallowed a late Sheffield Wednesday equaliser and was pelted with cushions.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly

Opposition manager: Jack Marshall

Referee: Homewood BJ

Attendance: 31,245

Half-time score: 0 - 1

Game number: 2842

League game number: 2549

Liverpool league position: 1st

Sheffield Wednesday league position: 10th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	19	12	4	3	37	13	+24	28
2	Everton	19	11	6	2	40	16	+24	28
3	Leeds U	18	11	5	2	26	15	+11	27
4	Arsenal	18	9	7	2	22	11	+11	25
5	West Ham U	19	8	7	4	38	21	+17	23
6	Tottenham H	19	8	7	4	37	27	+10	23
7	Burnley	19	10	3	6	29	32	-3	23
8	Chelsea	19	8	6	5	34	21	+13	22
9	West Brom	19	8	5	6	29	31	-2	21
10	Sheffield Wed	18	6	7	5	22	22	+0	19
11	Newcastle U	19	5	8	6	26	25	+1	18
12	Southampton	19	6	6	7	25	28	-3	18
13	Man Utd	18	5	7	6	22	26	-4	17
14	Wolves	19	5	7	7	18	23	-5	17
15	Sunderland	19	5	7	7	22	34	-12	17
16	Man City	19	4	7	8	24	27	-3	15
17	Ipswich T	19	5	4	10	24	31	-7	14
18	Stoke C	19	5	4	10	18	29	-11	14
19	Coventry C	19	3	6	10	19	31	-12	12
20	Nottm Forest	17	1	9	7	23	30	-7	11
21	Leicester C	19	3	5	11	16	34	-18	11
22	QPR	19	2	5	12	22	46	-24	9