Matchdetails from Derby County - Liverpool played on Wednesday 8 March 1978 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!
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1st Division
Baseball Ground | Wed 8 Mar 1978 at 19:30 UK local time
| Derby County | 4 | - | 2 | Liverpool |
Notes
- - Steve Ogrizovic makes his LFC debut
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.59
- - Average age of the Derby County starting lineup: 25.01
- - Liverpool league position after match: 5
- - Derby County league position after match: 12
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- - Ray Clemence's injured right shoulder means he misses his first game for Liverpool since 9 September 1972. He had made a total of 336 games in a row!
Other details
- Manager: Bob Paisley
- Opposition manager: Tommy Docherty
- Referee: Jenkins A
- Attendance: 23,413
- Half-time score: 1 - 0
- Game number: 3383
- League game number: 2938
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Related images & files
Match ticket
Guardian match report
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Match programme
1st Division table after the match
| Overall | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 45 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 39 |
| 3 | Everton | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 39 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 38 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 36 |
| 6 | Leeds United | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 36 |
| 7 | Coventry City | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 35 |
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 32 |
| 9 | Norwich City | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 31 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 29 |
| 12 | Derby County | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 29 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 29 |
| 14 | Manchester United | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 28 |
| 15 | Chelsea | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 27 |
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 26 |
| 17 | Wolves | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 24 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 24 |
| 19 | West Ham United | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 50 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 20 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 20 |
| 21 | Leicester City | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 17 |
| 22 | Newcastle United | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 30 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 15 |