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Liverpool

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Sheffield United

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.47)

1	Ray Clemence
2	Chris Lawler
3	Alec Lindsay
4	Tommy Smith (c)
5	Larry Lloyd
6	Emlyn Hughes
7	Kevin Keegan
8	Peter Cormack
9	Steve Heighway
10	Phil Boersma
11	Ian Callaghan

Substitutes

12

Brian Hall

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Phil Boersma 28′ (Kevin Keegan)
Alec Lindsay 31′
Steve Heighway 33′
Peter Cormack 51′ (Kevin Keegan)
Kevin Keegan 54′ penalty

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.49)

Opposition substitutions

Alan Ogden replaced by David Ford 46′

Notes

- Tommy Smith missed a penalty on 53'
- Smith's kick went to United goalkeeper Tom McAllister's right but wide of the post. It was the second miss in successive matches by Smith, who had also failed from the spot against Carlisle in the League Cup earlier in the week.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly

Opposition manager: John Harris

Referee: Johnson WB

Attendance: 42,940

Half-time score: 3 - 0

Game number: 3051

League game number: 2708

Played towards Kop: First half

Liverpool league position: 1st

Sheffield United league position: 10th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	10	6	2	2	22	11	+11	14
2	Tottenham H	10	6	2	2	13	8	+5	14
3	Everton	10	5	3	2	11	7	+4	13
4	Ipswich T	10	5	3	2	15	11	+4	13
5	Leeds U	10	5	3	2	17	13	+4	13
6	Arsenal	10	4	4	2	14	9	+5	12
7	Wolves	10	5	2	3	19	17	+2	12
8	Chelsea	10	4	3	3	15	11	+4	11
9	Newcastle U	10	5	1	4	17	14	+3	11
10	Sheffield U	10	4	3	3	13	15	-2	11
11	Norwich C	10	4	3	3	10	14	-4	11
12	West Ham U	10	4	2	4	17	13	+4	10
13	Southampton	10	3	4	3	9	9	+0	10
14	West Brom	10	3	3	4	8	10	-2	9
15	Birmingham C	10	3	2	5	15	17	-2	8
16	Derby Co	10	3	2	5	7	11	-4	8
17	Crystal P	10	2	4	4	7	12	-5	8
18	Stoke C	10	2	3	5	13	15	-2	7
19	Coventry C	10	2	3	5	6	11	-5	7
20	Leicester C	10	1	4	5	10	17	-7	6
21	Man Utd	10	1	4	5	7	12	-5	6
22	Man City	10	3	0	7	9	17	-8	6