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1st Division
Maine Road | 29 December 1976 at19:30UK local time
Manchester City
1
-
1
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.4)
1
Ray Clemence
2
Phil Neal
3
Joey Jones
4
Phil Thompson
5
Ray Kennedy
6
Emlyn Hughes
(c)
7
Jimmy Case
8
Terry McDermott
9
Steve Heighway
10
David Johnson
11
Ian Callaghan
Substitutes
12
David Fairclough
Goals
Dave Watson O/G
89′
Substitutions
David Johnson
replaced by
David Fairclough
69′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 25.96)
Joe Corrigan
Kenny Clements
William Donachie
Mike Doyle
Dave Watson
Paul Power
Gary Owen
Brian Kidd
Joe Royle
Asa Hartford
Dennis Tueart
Opposition goals
Joe Royle
35
′
Other details
Manager:
Bob Paisley
Opposition manager:
Tony Book
Referee:
Seel CN
Attendance:
50,020
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
3306
League game number:
2888
Liverpool league position:
1st
Manchester City league position:
3rd
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14 Aug 1976 - Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
21 Aug 1976 - Liverpool 1-0 Norwich City
25 Aug 1976 - West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Liverpool
28 Aug 1976 - Birmingham City 1-2 Liverpool
31 Aug 1976 - Liverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
04 Sep 1976 - Liverpool 3-1 Coventry City
06 Sep 1976 - West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool
11 Sep 1976 - Derby County 3-2 Liverpool
14 Sep 1976 - Liverpool 2-0 Crusaders
18 Sep 1976 - Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
25 Sep 1976 - Newcastle United 0-1 Liverpool
28 Sep 1976 - Crusaders 5-0 Liverpool
02 Oct 1976 - Liverpool 0-0 Middlesbrough
16 Oct 1976 - Liverpool 3-1 Everton
20 Oct 1976 - Trabzonspor 0-1 Liverpool
23 Oct 1976 - Leeds United 1-1 Liverpool
27 Oct 1976 - Leicester City 1-0 Liverpool
30 Oct 1976 - Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
03 Nov 1976 - Liverpool 3-0 Trabzonspor
06 Nov 1976 - Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool
09 Nov 1976 - Liverpool 5-1 Leicester City
20 Nov 1976 - Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
27 Nov 1976 - Liverpool 2-1 Bristol City
04 Dec 1976 - Ipswich Town 0-1 Liverpool
11 Dec 1976 - Liverpool 3-1 Queens Park Rangers
15 Dec 1976 - Aston Villa 1-5 Liverpool
18 Dec 1976 - West Ham United 0-2 Liverpool
27 Dec 1976 - Liverpool 4-0 Stoke City
29 Dec 1976 - Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool
01 Jan 1977 - Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland
08 Jan 1977 - Liverpool 0-0 Crystal Palace
11 Jan 1977 - Crystal Palace 3-2 Liverpool
15 Jan 1977 - Liverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
22 Jan 1977 - Norwich City 1-2 Liverpool
29 Jan 1977 - Liverpool 3-0 Carlisle United
05 Feb 1977 - Liverpool 4-1 Birmingham City
16 Feb 1977 - Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool
19 Feb 1977 - Liverpool 3-1 Derby County
26 Feb 1977 - Liverpool 3-1 Oldham Athletic
02 Mar 1977 - Saint-Étienne 0-1 Liverpool
05 Mar 1977 - Liverpool 1-0 Newcastle United
09 Mar 1977 - Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool
12 Mar 1977 - Middlesbrough 1-0 Liverpool
16 Mar 1977 - Liverpool 3-1 Saint-Étienne
19 Mar 1977 - Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough
22 Mar 1977 - Everton 0-0 Liverpool
02 Apr 1977 - Liverpool 3-1 Leeds United
06 Apr 1977 - FC Zürich 3-1 Liverpool
09 Apr 1977 - Liverpool 2-1 Manchester City
11 Apr 1977 - Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
16 Apr 1977 - Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
20 Apr 1977 - Liverpool 3-0 FC Zürich
23 Apr 1977 - Liverpool 2-2 Everton
27 Apr 1977 - Liverpool 3-0 Everton
30 Apr 1977 - Liverpool 2-1 Ipswich Town
03 May 1977 - Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United
07 May 1977 - Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Liverpool
10 May 1977 - Coventry City 0-0 Liverpool
14 May 1977 - Liverpool 0-0 West Ham United
16 May 1977 - Bristol City 1-2 Liverpool
21 May 1977 - Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United
25 May 1977 - Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Moenchengladbach
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
22
13
4
5
37
21
+16
30
2
Ipswich T
19
11
6
2
37
18
+19
28
3
Man City
21
9
10
2
28
16
+12
28
4
Aston Villa
20
11
3
6
43
26
+17
25
5
Newcastle U
19
9
6
4
32
22
+10
24
6
Arsenal
19
9
5
5
36
29
+7
23
7
Middlesbrough
20
9
5
6
17
20
-3
23
8
Birmingham C
21
8
5
8
32
28
+4
21
9
Leicester C
21
5
11
5
24
29
-5
21
10
West Brom
19
7
6
6
28
24
+4
20
11
Leeds U
19
6
7
6
24
25
-1
19
12
Coventry C
18
6
6
6
24
23
+1
18
13
Everton
20
6
6
8
31
38
-7
18
14
Norwich C
19
6
5
8
19
25
-6
17
15
Man Utd
17
5
6
6
28
27
+1
16
16
Derby Co
18
4
8
6
22
23
-1
16
17
Stoke C
18
6
4
8
12
22
-10
16
18
QPR
18
5
4
9
21
28
-7
14
19
Bristol C
18
4
5
9
17
22
-5
13
20
Tottenham H
19
4
5
10
25
40
-15
13
21
West Ham U
19
4
4
11
19
32
-13
12
22
Sunderland
20
2
5
13
13
31
-18
9
