1970–71 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1970–71 season
Chairman England H.E. Roberts
Manager Scotland Bill Shankly
First Division 5th
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi Final
FA Cup Runners Up
League Cup 3rd Round
Top goalscorer League: Alun Evans (10)
All: Alun Evans (15)
Average home league attendance 45,136
Home colours
Away colours

The rebuilding of Liverpool F.C. continued into 1970-71 as many of the side who came in the previous season, began to make their presence felt with the club. Although they had finished fifth in the football league Ray Clemence, Larry Lloyd and Alec Lindsay all beginning to emerge in their second season of first team action. Two players who would figure well into the seventies would be Steve Heighway who joined from Skelmersdale United in May 1970 and became a regular in his full season with the club.

John Toshack was bought from Cardiff City in November 1970 for £110,000, and became an instant hero by scoring in the Merseyside derby versus Everton F.C. a few weeks later. The rebuilding of the side from the 1960s was beginning to take shape and although they finished fifth in the First Division it seemed that Bill Shankly would be emerging with a team that would be challenging for major trophies in the next few years. One signing which took place a few days before they finished runners-up in the FA Cup Final was the signing of Kevin Keegan from Scunthorpe United for £35,000.

However the team showed that the future would look promising by losing in the FA Cup Final to Arsenal and losing on aggregate one-nil in the Semi-Finals to Leeds united who end up being the eventual and last winners of the Fairs Cup.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

First Division

Table

P WDLFAGAPts
1Arsenal42297671292.44865
2Leeds United422710572302.40064
3Tottenham Hotspur421914954331.63652
4Wolverhampton Wanderers422281264541.18552
5Liverpool421717842241.75051
6Chelsea421815952421.23851
7Southampton4217121356441.27346
8Manchester United4216111565660.98543
9Derby County4216101656541.03742
10Coventry City4216101637380.97442
11Manchester City4212171347421.11941
12Newcastle United4214131544460.95741
13Stoke City4212131744480.91737
14Everton4212131754600.90037
15Huddersfield Town4211141740490.81636
16Nottingham Forest421482042610.68936
17West Bromwich Albion4210151758750.77335
18Crystal Palace4212111939570.68435
19Ipswich Town4212102042480.87534
20West Ham United4210141847600.78334
21Burnley427132229630.46027
22Blackpool424152334660.51523

Results

First Division

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
15-Aug-70 Burnley A 2–1 Evans  19' Hughes  77' 26,702 Report Report
17-Aug-70 Blackpool A 0–0 28,818 Report Report
22-Aug-70 Huddersfield Town H 4–0 McLaughlin  9', 39' Evans  74', 88' 52,628 Report Report
25-Aug-70 Crystal Palace H 1–1 Graham  28' 47,612 Report Report
29-Aug-70 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 Evans  25' 31,624 Report Report
05-Sep-70 Manchester United H 1–1 Evans  22' 52,541 Report Report
12-Sep-70 Newcastle United A 0–0 35,501 Report Report
19-Sep-70 Nottingham Forest H 3–0 Graham  15' Thompson  27' Evans  69' 40,676 Report Report
26-Sep-70 Southampton A 0–1 26,155 Report Report
03-Oct-70 Chelsea H 1–0 Evans  22' 46,196 Report Report
10-Oct-70 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–1 44,457 Report Report
17-Oct-70 Burnley H 2–0 Yeats  44' Heighway  51' 40,804 Report Report
24-Oct-70 Ipswich Town A 0–1 22,577 Report Report
31-Oct-70 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–0 Smith  48 pen' Evans  72' 45,391 Report Report
07-Nov-70 Derby County A 0–0 33,004 Report Report
14-Nov-70 Coventry City H 0–0 40,303 Report Report
21-Nov-70 Everton H 3–2 Heighway  69' Toshack  76' Lawler  84' 53,777 Report Report
28-Nov-70 Arsenal A 0–2 45,097 Report Report
05-Dec-70 Leeds United H 1–1 Toshack  52' 51,357 Report Report
12-Dec-70 West Ham United A 2–1 Whitham  27' Boersma  43' 27,459 Report Report
19-Dec-70 Huddersfield Town A 0–0 25,033 Report Report
26-Dec-70 Stoke City H 0–0 47,103 Report Report
09-Jan-71 Blackpool H 2–2 Heighway  38' Own Goal  82' 42,939 Report Report
12-Jan-71 Manchester City H 0–0 45,985 Report Report
16-Jan-71 Crystal Palace A 0–1 28,253 Report Report
30-Jan-71 Arsenal H 2–0 Toshack  4' Smith  50' 43,847 Report Report
06-Feb-71 Leeds United A 1–0 Toshack  2' 48,425 Report Report
16-Feb-71 West Ham United H 1–0 Toshack  58' 38,032 Report Report
20-Feb-71 Everton A 0–0 56,846 Report Report
27-Feb-71 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 32,290 Report Report
13-Mar-71 Coventry City A 0–1 27,687 Report Report
20-Mar-71 Derby County H 2–0 Own Goal  42' Lawler  88' 40,990 Report Report
29-Mar-71 Ipswich Town H 2–1 Evans  17' Graham  60' 42,017 Report Report
02-Apr-71 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 Evans  83' 43,580 Report Report
06-Apr-71 Newcastle United H 1–1 Lawler  44' 44,289 Report Report
10-Apr-71 Stoke City A 1–0 Thompson  32' 28,810 Report Report
12-Apr-71 Chelsea A 0–1 38,705 Report Report
17-Apr-71 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–0 49,363 Report Report
19-Apr-71 Manchester United A 2–0 Heighway  19' Own Goal  58' 44,004 Report Report
24-Apr-71 Nottingham Forest A 1–0 Hall  68' 20,678 Report Report
26-Apr-71 Manchester City A 2–2 Graham  30', 34' 17,975 Report Report
01-May-71 Southampton H 1–0 Hughes  30' 38,427 Report Report

Football League Cup

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
08-Sep-70 Mansfield Town A 0–0 31,612 Report Report
22-Sep-70 Mansfield Town H 3–2 Hughes  16' Smith  85 Pen' Evans  117' 29,964 Report Report
06-Oct-70 Swindon Town A 0–2 40,878 Report Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1970–71 FA Cup
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
02-Jan-71 Aldershot H 1–0 McLaughlin  28' 45,500 Report Report
23-Jan-71 Swansea City H 3–0 Toshack  53' St. John  85' Lawler  87' 47,229 Report Report
13-Feb-71 Southampton H 1–0 Lawler  29' 50,226 Report Report
06-Mar-71 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–0 54,731 Report Report
16-Mar-71 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–0 Heighway  25' 56,283 Report Report
27-Mar-71 Everton N 2–1 Evams  59' Hall  73' 62,144 Report Report

Final

Main article: 1971 FA Cup Final

8 May 1971
15:00 BST
Liverpool 1–2 (a.e.t.) Arsenal
Heighway  92' Report Kelly  101'
George  111'
Liverpool
Arsenal
GK 1 England Ray Clemence
RB 2 England Chris Lawler
LB 3 England Alec Lindsay
CB 4 England Tommy Smith (c)
CB 5 England Larry Lloyd
CM 6 England Emlyn Hughes
RM 7 England Ian Callaghan
ST 8 England Alun Evans  68'
LM 9 Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway
ST 10Wales John Toshack
CM 11England Brian Hall
Substitutes:
MF 12England Peter Thompson  68'
Manager:
Scotland Bill Shankly
GK 1Scotland Bob Wilson
RB 2Northern Ireland Pat Rice
LB 3England Bob McNab
RM 4England Peter Storey  64'
CB 5Scotland Frank McLintock (c)
CB 6England Peter Simpson
LM 7England George Armstrong
CM 8Scotland George Graham
ST 9England John Radford
ST 10England Ray Kennedy
CM 11England Charlie George
Substitutes:
MF 12Scotland Eddie Kelly  64'
Manager:
England Bertie Mee

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
15-Sep-70 Ferencvárosi TC H 1–0 Graham  17' 37,531 Report Report
29-Sep-70 Ferencvárosi TC A 1–1 Hughes  65' 25,000 Report Report
21-Oct-70 Dinamo București H 3–0 Lindsay  60' Lawler  76' Hughes  82' 36,525 Report Report
04-Nov-70 Dinamo București A 1–1 Boersma  47' 50,000 Report Report
09-Dec-70 Hibernian A 1–0 Toshack  75' 30,296 Report Report
22-Dec-70 Hibernian H 2–0 Heighway  23' Boersma  50' 37,815 Report Report
10-Mar-71 Bayern Munich H 3–0 Evans  30', 49', 73' 45,616 Report Report
24-Mar-71 Bayern Munich A 1–1 Ross  75' 22,000 Report Report
14-Apr-71 Leeds United H 0–1 52,577 Report Report
28-Apr-71 Leeds United A 0–0 40,462 Report Report

References

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