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1st Division
Upton Park | 12 December 1970 at14:30UK local time
West Ham United
1
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 23.62)
1
Ray Clemence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Phil Boersma
4
Tommy Smith
(c)
5
Larry Lloyd
6
Emlyn Hughes
7
Brian Hall
8
John McLaughlin
9
Steve Heighway
10
Jack Whitham
11
Peter Thompson
Substitutes
12
Ian Ross
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Jack Whitham
23′
(John McLaughlin)
Phil Boersma
43′
(Peter Thompson)
Substitutions
Phil Boersma
replaced by
Ian Ross
81′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 24.61)
Bobby Ferguson
Billy Bonds
Frank Lampard
Peter Eustace
Tommy Taylor
Bobby Moore
Jimmy Lindsay
Trevor Brooking
Clyde Best
Geoff Hurst
Jimmy Greaves
Opposition goals
Jimmy Greaves
42
′
Opposition substitutions
Jimmy Lindsay
replaced by
Johnny Ayris
75
′
Notes
- Jack Whitham scores his first LFC goal
Other details
Manager:
Bill Shankly
Opposition manager:
Ron Greenwood
Referee:
Nippard DRG
Attendance:
27,459
Half-time score:
1
-
2
Game number:
2951
League game number:
2634
Liverpool league position:
5th
West Ham United league position:
19th
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15 Aug 1970 - Burnley 2-1 Liverpool
17 Aug 1970 - Blackpool 0-0 Liverpool
22 Aug 1970 - Liverpool 4-0 Huddersfield Town
25 Aug 1970 - Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace
29 Aug 1970 - West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Liverpool
05 Sep 1970 - Liverpool 1-1 Manchester United
08 Sep 1970 - Mansfield Town 0-0 Liverpool
12 Sep 1970 - Newcastle United 0-0 Liverpool
15 Sep 1970 - Liverpool 1-0 Ferencvaros
19 Sep 1970 - Liverpool 3-0 Nottingham Forest
22 Sep 1970 - Liverpool 3-2 Mansfield Town
26 Sep 1970 - Southampton 0-1 Liverpool
29 Sep 1970 - Ferencvaros 1-1 Liverpool
03 Oct 1970 - Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea
06 Oct 1970 - Swindon Town 0-2 Liverpool
10 Oct 1970 - Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool
17 Oct 1970 - Liverpool 2-0 Burnley
21 Oct 1970 - Liverpool 3-0 Dinamo Bucharest
24 Oct 1970 - Ipswich Town 0-1 Liverpool
31 Oct 1970 - Liverpool 2-0 Wolves
04 Nov 1970 - Dinamo Bucharest 1-1 Liverpool
07 Nov 1970 - Derby County 0-0 Liverpool
14 Nov 1970 - Liverpool 0-0 Coventry City
21 Nov 1970 - Liverpool 3-2 Everton
28 Nov 1970 - Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool
05 Dec 1970 - Liverpool 1-1 Leeds United
09 Dec 1970 - Hibernian 1-0 Liverpool
12 Dec 1970 - West Ham United 2-1 Liverpool
19 Dec 1970 - Huddersfield Town 0-0 Liverpool
22 Dec 1970 - Liverpool 2-0 Hibernian
26 Dec 1970 - Liverpool 0-0 Stoke City
02 Jan 1971 - Liverpool 1-0 Aldershot
09 Jan 1971 - Liverpool 2-2 Blackpool
12 Jan 1971 - Liverpool 0-0 Manchester City
16 Jan 1971 - Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
23 Jan 1971 - Liverpool 3-0 Swansea City
30 Jan 1971 - Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
06 Feb 1971 - Leeds United 1-0 Liverpool
13 Feb 1971 - Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
16 Feb 1971 - Liverpool 1-0 West Ham United
20 Feb 1971 - Everton 0-0 Liverpool
27 Feb 1971 - Wolves 0-1 Liverpool
06 Mar 1971 - Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
10 Mar 1971 - Liverpool 3-0 Bayern Munich
13 Mar 1971 - Coventry City 0-1 Liverpool
16 Mar 1971 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Liverpool
20 Mar 1971 - Liverpool 2-0 Derby County
24 Mar 1971 - Bayern Munich 1-1 Liverpool
27 Mar 1971 - Liverpool 2-1 Everton
29 Mar 1971 - Liverpool 2-1 Ipswich Town
02 Apr 1971 - Liverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
06 Apr 1971 - Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle United
10 Apr 1971 - Stoke City 1-0 Liverpool
12 Apr 1971 - Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool
14 Apr 1971 - Liverpool 0-1 Leeds United
17 Apr 1971 - Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
19 Apr 1971 - Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool
24 Apr 1971 - Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool
26 Apr 1971 - Manchester City 2-2 Liverpool
28 Apr 1971 - Leeds United 0-0 Liverpool
01 May 1971 - Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
08 May 1971 - Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Leeds U
22
14
7
1
37
15
+22
35
2
Arsenal
21
14
5
2
41
16
+25
33
3
Tottenham H
21
10
7
4
33
17
+16
27
4
Chelsea
21
9
9
3
29
24
+5
27
5
Liverpool
20
8
8
4
23
13
+10
24
6
Man City
20
9
6
5
27
18
+9
24
7
Crystal P
21
8
8
5
23
18
+5
24
8
Wolves
21
10
4
7
39
39
+0
24
9
Southampton
21
8
6
7
27
21
+6
22
10
Newcastle U
21
8
6
7
24
24
+0
22
11
Coventry C
21
9
4
8
20
20
+0
22
12
Everton
21
7
7
7
30
31
-1
21
13
West Brom
21
6
7
8
35
40
-5
19
14
Stoke C
22
5
9
8
26
30
-4
19
15
Derby Co
21
6
6
9
27
31
-4
18
16
Man Utd
21
5
8
8
23
31
-8
18
17
Huddersfield
21
5
8
8
20
28
-8
18
18
Ipswich T
21
6
5
10
20
21
-1
17
19
West Ham U
21
3
9
9
28
36
-8
15
20
Nottm Forest
21
3
7
11
19
33
-14
13
21
Blackpool
21
3
4
14
16
38
-22
10
22
Burnley
21
2
6
13
14
37
-23
10
