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1st Division
Anfield | 16 March 1970 at19:30UK local time
Liverpool
3
-
0
Sheffield Wednesday
Starting Lineup
(Average age 24.77)
1
Ray Clemence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Roy Evans
4
Tommy Smith
5
Ron Yeats
(c)
6
Emlyn Hughes
7
Peter Thompson
8
Doug Livermore
9
Alun Evans
10
Ian Callaghan
11
Bobby Graham
Substitutes
12
Ian St John
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Chris Lawler
50′
Ron Yeats
63′
(Emlyn Hughes)
Bobby Graham
88′
(Tommy Smith)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 27.2)
Peter Grummitt
Harold Wilcockson
Wilf Smith
Keith Ellis
Colin Prophett
Bobby Craig
Jackie Sinclair
Gerry Young
Alan Warboys
John Whitham
Tony Coleman
Opposition substitutions
Jackie Sinclair
replaced by
Graham Pugh
0
′
Notes
- Roy Evans makes his LFC debut
Related articles
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Other details
Manager:
Bill Shankly
Opposition manager:
Daniel Williams
Referee:
Burns KH
Attendance:
31,931
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
2916
League game number:
2607
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
4th
Sheffield Wednesday league position:
19th
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09 Aug 1969 - Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea
12 Aug 1969 - Liverpool 3-2 Manchester City
16 Aug 1969 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Liverpool
20 Aug 1969 - Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool
23 Aug 1969 - Liverpool 3-3 Burnley
27 Aug 1969 - Crystal Palace 3-1 Liverpool
30 Aug 1969 - Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Liverpool
03 Sep 1969 - Watford 2-1 Liverpool
06 Sep 1969 - Liverpool 2-1 Coventry City
09 Sep 1969 - Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland
13 Sep 1969 - Manchester United 0-1 Liverpool
16 Sep 1969 - Liverpool 10-0 Dundalk
20 Sep 1969 - Liverpool 3-1 Stoke City
24 Sep 1969 - Manchester City 2-3 Liverpool
27 Sep 1969 - West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Liverpool
30 Sep 1969 - Dundalk 4-0 Liverpool
04 Oct 1969 - Liverpool 1-1 Nottingham Forest
07 Oct 1969 - Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
11 Oct 1969 - Newcastle United 0-1 Liverpool
18 Oct 1969 - Ipswich Town 2-2 Liverpool
25 Oct 1969 - Liverpool 4-1 Southampton
01 Nov 1969 - Derby County 0-4 Liverpool
08 Nov 1969 - Liverpool 0-0 Wolves
12 Nov 1969 - Vitoria Setubal 0-1 Liverpool
15 Nov 1969 - Liverpool 2-0 West Ham United
22 Nov 1969 - Leeds United 1-1 Liverpool
26 Nov 1969 - Liverpool 3-2 Vitoria Setubal
29 Nov 1969 - Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal
06 Dec 1969 - Everton 3-0 Liverpool
13 Dec 1969 - Liverpool 1-4 Manchester United
26 Dec 1969 - Burnley 5-1 Liverpool
07 Jan 1970 - Coventry City 1-1 Liverpool
10 Jan 1970 - Stoke City 2-0 Liverpool
12 Jan 1970 - Liverpool 3-0 Coventry City
17 Jan 1970 - Liverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
24 Jan 1970 - Liverpool 3-1 Wrexham
31 Jan 1970 - Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool
07 Feb 1970 - Liverpool 0-0 Leicester City
11 Feb 1970 - Leicester City 2-0 Liverpool
16 Feb 1970 - Liverpool 0-0 Newcastle United
21 Feb 1970 - Watford 0-1 Liverpool
28 Feb 1970 - Liverpool 0-2 Derby County
03 Mar 1970 - Coventry City 3-2 Liverpool
07 Mar 1970 - Liverpool 0-0 Leeds United
11 Mar 1970 - Southampton 1-0 Liverpool
14 Mar 1970 - Arsenal 1-2 Liverpool
16 Mar 1970 - Liverpool 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
21 Mar 1970 - Liverpool 0-2 Everton
24 Mar 1970 - Liverpool 2-0 Ipswich Town
28 Mar 1970 - West Ham United 0-1 Liverpool
30 Mar 1970 - Wolves 1-0 Liverpool
03 Apr 1970 - Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace
15 Apr 1970 - Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool
18 Apr 1970 - Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Everton
36
24
7
5
61
32
+29
55
2
Leeds U
35
19
14
2
73
32
+41
52
3
Chelsea
33
15
13
5
55
35
+20
43
4
Liverpool
35
16
11
8
57
37
+20
43
5
Derby Co
36
18
7
11
52
33
+19
43
6
Newcastle U
36
14
11
11
42
29
+13
39
7
Coventry C
33
15
8
10
44
36
+8
38
8
Wolves
35
12
14
9
51
45
+6
38
9
Man Utd
33
12
14
7
47
43
+4
38
10
Stoke C
34
12
14
8
45
41
+4
38
11
Man City
34
13
10
11
47
37
+10
36
12
Arsenal
36
9
17
10
42
43
-1
35
13
Nottm Forest
35
9
17
9
43
53
-10
35
14
Tottenham H
35
13
8
14
44
49
-5
34
15
West Brom
35
12
8
15
47
50
-3
32
16
Burnley
34
9
11
14
43
51
-8
29
17
West Ham U
36
9
10
17
39
55
-16
28
18
Southampton
35
5
14
16
41
56
-15
24
19
Sheffield Wed
35
7
8
20
33
59
-26
22
20
Ipswich T
35
6
10
19
30
56
-26
22
21
Crystal P
35
5
12
18
30
58
-28
22
22
Sunderland
35
5
10
20
26
62
-36
20
