Chelsea 18 Jan 1969 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!

Chelsea

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Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.81)

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

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Gerry Byrne

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Roger Hunt 65′
Alun Evans 72′ (Peter Thompson)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 23.98)

Opposition goals

Bobby Tambling 75′

Notes

- Roger Hunt equals Gordon Hodgson's league scoring record for Liverpool. The belief at the time was that he had broken it, but there had been a mistake in the accumulation of Roger Hunt's scoring total.

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Sir Roger loses a goal but gains a record

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly

Opposition manager: Dave Sexton

Referee: Dawes TW

Attendance: 51,872

Half-time score: 0 - 0

Game number: 2852

League game number: 2558

Liverpool league position: 1st

Chelsea league position: 5th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	28	19	5	4	48	16	+32	43
2	Leeds U	26	16	8	2	42	21	+21	40
3	Everton	27	15	8	4	58	26	+32	38
4	Arsenal	26	15	7	4	35	15	+20	37
5	Chelsea	27	11	8	8	48	34	+14	30
6	West Ham U	26	9	11	6	47	32	+15	29
7	Sheffield Wed	27	9	11	7	33	29	+4	29
8	Southampton	29	10	9	10	36	39	-3	29
9	Burnley	28	11	6	11	36	55	-19	28
10	Tottenham H	25	8	10	7	40	34	+6	26
11	West Brom	27	10	6	11	40	46	-6	26
12	Man City	27	8	9	10	48	38	+10	25
13	Newcastle U	27	8	9	10	37	39	-2	25
14	Wolves	25	8	8	9	27	29	-2	24
15	Man Utd	26	8	8	10	31	36	-5	24
16	Sunderland	27	8	8	11	31	48	-17	24
17	Ipswich T	27	8	6	13	40	44	-4	22
18	Stoke C	26	7	8	11	25	34	-9	22
19	Leicester C	27	5	8	14	25	51	-26	18
20	Nottm Forest	25	3	11	11	30	40	-10	17
21	Coventry C	25	4	6	15	22	41	-19	14
22	QPR	26	3	8	15	28	60	-32	14