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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 7 December 1968 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 West Ham United
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.7)

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
Bobby Graham

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.81)

Bobby Ferguson
Billy Bonds
John Charles
John Cushley
Alan Stephenson
Bobby Moore
Harry Redknapp
Ronald Boyce
Brian Dear
Geoff Hurst
Martin Peters

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Ron Greenwood
Referee: Handley WG
Attendance: 48,632
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 2846
League game number: 2553
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 1st
West Ham United league position: 5th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
West Ham United
Emlyn Hughes (Peter Thompson) (1–0)
44'
HT 1–0
Peter Thompson (Emlyn Hughes) (2–0)
47'
Full time 2–0

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