1971-72 season | |
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General information | |
Manager | |
Captain |
Tommy Smith |
Performance | |
Division 1 |
3rd |
FA Cup |
4th round |
League Cup |
4th round |
Europe |
Cup Winner's Cup: 2nd round |
Top scorers | |
League |
Toshack (13) |
FA Cup |
Keegan (2) |
League Cup |
Heighway (2) |
Europe |
Cup Winner's Cup: Evans (1) |
Attendances | |
Average |
46,150 |
The 1971-72 season was Liverpool's 80th season of football since they were established.
Squad[]
- GK. Ray Clemence
- GK. Tommy Lawrence
- DF. Steve Arnold
- DF. Alec Lindsay
- DF. Larry Lloyd
- DF. John McLaughlin
- DF. Tommy Smith
- DF. Roy Evans
- DF. Ian Ross
- DF. Chris Lawler
- MF. Brian Hall
- MF. Steve Heighway
- MF. Phil Thompson
- MF. Peter Thompson
- MF. Ian Callaghan
- MF. Emlyn Hughes
- FW. Alun Evans
- FW. Bobby Graham
- FW. Kevin Keegan
- FW. Jack Whitham
- FW. John Toshack
- FW. Phil Boersma
Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.
Friendlies[]
Pre-season[]
Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
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31 July 1971 | Blackburn | 1-0 | Toshack |
3 August 1971 | Hamburg | 4-4 | Graham, Lawler, Lloyd, Callaghan |
Other friendlies[]
Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
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28 July 1971 | Wrexham | 1-0 | Lawler |
28 February 1972 | Southport | 2-0 | Keegan 2 |
11 April 1972 | England XI | 8-6 | Hunt 3 (1 pen), Lawrence (pen), Smith, Thompson, OG, St John |
Results[]
League[]
Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
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14 August 1971 | Nottingham Forest | 3-1 | Keegan (12), Smith (pen 15), Hughes (55) |
17 August 1971 | Wolves | 3-2 | Toshack (7), Heighway (27), Smith (pen 89) |
21 August 1971 | Newcastle | 2-3 | Hughes (10), Keegan (75) |
24 August 1971 | Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Toshack (57) |
28 August 1971 | Leicester | 3-2 | Heighway (25), Keegan (35), Toshack (71) |
1 September 1971 | Man City | 0-1 | |
4 September 1971 | Tottenham | 0-2 | |
11 September 1971 | Southampton | 1-0 | Toshack (32) |
18 September 1971 | Leeds | 0-1 | |
25 September 1971 | Man Utd | 2-2 | Graham (7), Hall (24) |
2 October 1971 | Stoke | 0-0 | |
9 October 1971 | Chelsea | 0-0 | |
16 October 1971 | Nottingham Forest | 3-2 | Hughes (5), Heighway (65), Smith (pen 78) |
23 October 1971 | Huddersfield | 2-0 | Smith (57), A. Evans (80) |
30 October 1971 | Sheffield United | 1-1 | Keegan (47) |
6 November 1971 | Arsenal | 3-2 | Hughes (41), Callaghan (55), Ross (87) |
13 November 1971 | Everton | 0-1 | |
20 November 1971 | Coventry | 2-0 | Whitham (80, 89) |
27 November 1971 | West Ham | 1-0 | Hughes (69) |
4 December 1971 | Ipswich | 0-0 | |
11 December 1971 | Derby | 3-2 | Whitham (14, 44, 53) |
18 December 1971 | Tottenham | 0-0 | |
27 December 1971 | West Brom | 0-1 | |
1 January 1972 | Leeds | 0-2 | |
8 January 1972 | Leicester | 0-1 | |
22 January 1972 | Wolves | 0-0 | |
29 January 1972 | Crystal Palace | 4-1 | Lawler (38, 66), Callaghan (72), Keegan (82) |
12 February 1972 | Huddersfield | 1-0 | Whitham (73) |
19 February 1972 | Sheffield United | 2-0 | Toshack (42, 82) |
26 February 1972 | Man City | 3-0 | Lloyd (37), Keegan (53), Graham (65) |
4 March 1972 | Everton | 4-0 | Wright (og 1), McLaughlin (og 66), Lawler (74), Hughes (87) |
11 March 1972 | Chelsea | 0-0 | |
18 March 1972 | Newcastle | 5-0 | Lawler (9), Keegan (22), Toshack (39), Hughes (63), Heighway (81) |
25 March 1972 | Southampton | 1-0 | Toshack (52) |
28 March 1972 | Stoke | 2-1 | Burrows (og 40), Keegan (53) |
1 April 1972 | West Brom | 2-0 | Smith (pen 31), Lawler (58) |
3 April 1972 | Man Utd | 3-0 | Lawler (60), Toshack (62), Hughes (84) |
8 April 1972 | Coventry | 3-1 | Keegan (21), Smith (pen 67), Toshack (85) |
15 April 1972 | West Ham | 2-0 | Toshack (9), Heighway (46) |
22 April 1972 | Ipswich | 2-0 | Toshack (39, 66) |
1 May 1972 | Derby | 0-1 | |
8 May 1972 | Arsenal | 0-0 |
FA Cup[]
Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 15 January 1972 | Oxford | 3-0 | Keegan (47, 81), Lindsay (84) |
4 | 5 February 1972 | Leeds | 0-0 | |
4 (R) | 9 February 1972 | Leeds | 0-2 |
League Cup[]
Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 7 September 1971 | Hull | 3-0 | Lawler (34), Heighway (38), Hall (pen 53) |
3 | 5 October 1971 | Southampton | 1-0 | Heighway (50) |
4 | 27 October 1971 | West Ham | 1-2 | Graham (30) |
European Cup[]
Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 (1st leg) | 15 September 1971 | Servette | 1-2 | Lawler (81) |
1 (2nd leg) | 29 September 1971 | Servette | 2-0 | Hughes (27), Heighway (60) |
2 (1st leg) | 20 October 1971 | Bayern Munich | 0-0 | |
2 (2nd leg) | 3 November 1971 | Bayern Munich | 1-3 | A. Evans (37) |
Other[]
Charity Shield:
Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
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7 August 1971 | Leicester | 0-1 |
Tables[]
League[]
Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | G. Avg | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Leeds | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 73 | 31 | 2.09 | 57 |
3 | Liverpool | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 30 | 2.35 | 57 |
4 | Man City | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 77 | 45 | 2,13 | 57 |
Player stats[]
Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FW | Phil Boersma | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
MF | Ian Callaghan | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 2 |
GK | Ray Clemence | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
FW | Alun Evans | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
DF | Roy Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FW | Bobby Graham | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
MF | Brian Hall | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
MF | Steve Heighway | 40 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 8 |
MF | Emlyn Hughes | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 9 |
FW | Kevin Keegan | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 11 |
DF | Chris Lawler | 42 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 8 |
GK | Tommy Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DF | Alec Lindsay | 38 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
DF | Larry Lloyd | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
DF | John McLaughlin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
DF | Ian Ross | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
DF | Tommy Smith | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 6 |
MF | Peter Thompson | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
MF | Phil Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FW | John Toshack | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 13 |
FW | Jack Whitham | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
Transfers[]
In[]
Player | From | Fee | Date |
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Kevin Keegan | Scunthorpe | £33,000 | 10 May 1971 |
Frank Lane | Tranmere | £15,000 | 30 September 1971 |
Out[]
Player | To | Fee | Date |
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Steve Peplow | Swindon | Free | 14 July 1971 |
Chris Fagan | Tranmere | Free | July 1971 |
Tommy Lawrence | Tranmere | Free | 10 November 1971 |
Ron Yeats | Tranmere | Free | 30 December 1971 |
Ian Ross | Aston Villa | £60,000 | 23 February 1972 |
Bobby Graham | Coventry | £70,000 | 9 March 1972 |