1970–71 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Liverpool F.C. 1970–71 H.E. Roberts Bill Shankly First Division 5th Alun Evans (10) Alun Evans (15) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi-finals FA Cup Runners-up League Cup Third round 45,136 _whiteborder _whiteborder _whitecollar dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 _redborder _redborder _redcollar ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 ffffff 1969–70 1971–72 The 1970–71 season was Liverpool Football Club's 79th season in existence and their ninth consecutive season in the First Division. They finished fifth in the league, lost in the FA Cup final to the League and Cup double winners Arsenal, and lost on aggregate 1–0 in the semi-finals of the Fairs Cup to the eventual winners, Leeds United Ray Clemence, Larry Lloyd, and Alec Lindsay emerged as key players in their second season of first-team action, and Steve Heighway, who joined from Skelmersdale United in May 1970, became a regular in his first 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 against Everton a few weeks later. Kevin Keegan was signed from Scunthorpe United for £35,000 a few days before the FA Cup final. Squad Goalkeepers ENG Ray Clemence SCO Tommy Lawrence Defenders ENG Chris Fagan SCO Ron Yeats ENG Roy Evans ENG Chris Lawler ENG Alec Lindsay ENG Larry Lloyd SCO Ian Ross ENG John McLaughlin ENG Tommy Smith Midfielders ENG Steve Arnold ENG Ian Callaghan SCO Brian Hall IRE Steve Heighway ENG Emlyn Hughes ENG Doug Livermore SCO Ian St. John ENG Peter Thompson Attackers ENG Phil Boersma ENG Alun Evans SCO Bobby Graham WAL John Toshack ENG Jack Whitham Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 1 FA Cup League Cup Fairs Cup ENG MF Steve Arnold 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 ENG FW Phil Boersma 13+2 1 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 2 ENG MF Ian Callaghan 21+2 0 4+1 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 ENG GK Ray Clemence 41+0 0 7+0 0 3+0 0 10+0 0 ENG FW Alun Evans 21+0 10 3+1 1 3+0 1 6+0 3 ENG DF Roy Evans 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 ENG DF Kit Fagan 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 SCO FW Bobby Graham 13+1 5 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 1 SCO MF Brian Hall 32+1 1 7+0 1 3+0 0 8+0 0 IRL MF Steve Heighway 29+2 4 7+0 2 2+0 0 7+0 1 ENG DF Emlyn Hughes 39+0 2 7+0 0 3+0 1 10+0 2 ENG DF Chris Lawler 41+0 3 7+0 2 3+0 0 10+0 1 SCO GK Tommy Lawrence 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 ENG DF Alec Lindsay 21+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 8+0 1 ENG MF Doug Livermore 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 ENG DF Larry Lloyd 40+0 0 7+0 0 3+0 0 10+0 0 ENG MF John McLaughlin 33+0 2 4+0 1 1+0 0 7+0 0 SCO DF Ian Ross 8+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1 ENG DF Tommy Smith 41+0 2 7+0 0 3+0 1 10+0 0 SCO FW Ian St John 0+1 0 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 ENG MF Peter Thompson 24+3 2 1+1 0 1+0 0 6+2 0 WAL FW John Toshack 21+0 5 7+0 1 0+0 0 5+0 1 ENG FW Jack Whitham 6+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 SCO DF Ron Yeats 11+1 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 |} League table y LIV Results First Division 1970–71 Football League#First Division DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 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 Craven (og) 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 Mackay (og) 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 Edwards (og) 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 1970–71 Football League Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 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 1970–71 FA Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 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 A. Evans 59 Hall 73 62,144 Report Report Final 1971 FA Cup Final 8 May 197115:00 BST Liverpool 1–2 yes Arsenal Report Heighway 92 Kelly 101George 111 Wembley Stadium, London 100,000 Norman Burtenshaw (Great Yarmouth) _whiteborder _whitecollarsimple _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Liverpool _blueborder _bluecollarsimple _blueborder _1bluestripe FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 0000FF FFFF00 Arsenal GK 1 ENG Ray ClemenceRB 2 ENG Chris LawlerLB 3 ENG Alec LindsayCB 4 ENG Tommy Smith (c)CB 5 ENG Larry LloydCM 6 ENG Emlyn HughesRM 7 ENG Ian CallaghanST 8 ENG Alun Evans 68LM 9 IRL Steve HeighwayST 10WAL John ToshackCM 11ENG Brian HallSubstitutes:MF 12ENG Peter Thompson 68Manager:SCO Bill Shankly GK 1SCO Bob WilsonRB 2NIR Pat RiceLB 3ENG Bob McNabRM 4ENG Peter Storey 64CB 5SCO Frank McLintock (c)CB 6ENG Peter SimpsonLM 7ENG George ArmstrongCM 8SCO George GrahamST 9ENG John RadfordST 10ENG Ray KennedyCM 11ENG Charlie GeorgeSubstitutes:MF 12SCO Eddie Kelly 64Manager: ENG Bertie Mee Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 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 A. 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 Ibra Ovic 21 August 2023 Liverpool Matches https://fullmatchreplay.co/full-matches-and-shows/liverpool/ 22 June 2020 fullmatchreplay.coMarch 2025 medicmedic LFC History.net – 1970–71 season Liverweb - 1970-71 Season Category:Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool