1970-71 season

1970-71 season
General information
Manager	Bill Shankly
Captain	Tommy Smith
Performance
Division 1	5th
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	3rd round
Europe	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: Semi-final
Top scorers
League	A. Evans (10)
FA Cup	Heighway (2) Lawler (2)
League Cup	A. Evans (1) Hughes (1) Smith (1)
Europe	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: A. Evans (3)
Overall	A. Evans (15)
Attendances
Average	44,732
←1969-70	1971-72→

The 1970-71 season was Liverpool's 79th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Ray Clemence
• GK. Tommy Lawrence
• DF. Steve Arnold
• DF. Chris Fagan
• DF. Ron Yeats
• DF. Roy Evans
• DF. Chris Lawler
• DF. Alec Lindsay
• DF. Larry Lloyd
• DF. Ian Ross
• DF. John McLaughlin
• DF. Tommy Smith
• MF. Emlyn Hughes
• MF. Peter Thompson
• MF. Steve Heighway
• MF. Doug Livermore
• MF. Ian Callaghan
• MF. Brian Hall
• MF. Ian St John
• FW. Phil Boersma
• FW. Alun Evans
• FW. Bobby Graham
• FW. Jack Whitham
• FW. John Toshack

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
31 July 1970	League of Ireland	2-1	Graham, Thompson
4 August 1970	Preston	5-0	Thompson 2, Hughes 2, A. Evans
7 August 1970	Middlesbrough	1-3	Graham

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
25 May 1971	AGF Aarhus	2-3	Whitham, Graham
27 May 1971	IFK Lulea	5-0	Keegan, Whitham 2, Lindsay, Graham
1 June 1971	Gif Sundsvall	4-0	Graham, Keegan, Callaghan, Thompson

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
15 August 1970	Burnley	2-1	A. Evans (19), Hughes (77)
17 August 1970	Blackpool	0-0
22 August 1970	Huddersfield	4-0	McLaughlin (9, 39), A. Evans (74, 88)
25 August 1970	Crystal Palace	1-1	Graham (28)
29 August 1970	West Brom	1-1	A. Evans (25)
5 September 1970	Man Utd	1-1	A. Evans (22)
12 September 1970	Newcastle	0-0
19 September 1970	Nottingham Forest	3-0	Graham (15), Thompson (27), A. Evans (69)
26 September 1970	Southampton	0-1
3 October 1970	Chelsea	1-0	A. Evans (22)
10 October 1970	Tottenham	0-1
17 October 1970	Burnley	2-0	Yeats (44), Heighway (51)
24 October 1970	Ipswich	0-1
31 October 1970	Wolves	2-0	Smith (pen 48), A. Evans (72)
7 November 1970	Derby	0-0
14 November 1970	Coventry	0-0
21 November 1970	Everton	3-2	Heighway (69), Toshack (76), Lawler (84)
28 November 1970	Arsenal	0-2
5 December 1970	Leeds	1-1	Toshack (52)
12 December 1970	West Ham	2-1	Whitham (27), Boersma (43)
19 December 1970	Huddersfield	0-0
26 December 1970	Stoke	0-0
9 January 1971	Blackpool	2-2	Heighway (38), Craven (og 82)
12 January 1971	Man City	0-0
16 January 1971	Crystal Palace	0-1
30 January 1971	Arsenal	2-0	Toshack (4), Smith (50)
6 February 1971	Leeds	1-0	Toshack (2)
16 February 1971	West Ham	1-0	Toshack (58)
20 February 1971	Everton	0-0
27 February 1971	Wolves	0-1
13 March 1971	Coventry	0-1
20 March 1971	Derby	2-0	Mackay (og 42), Lawler (88)
29 March 1971	Ipswich	2-1	A. Evans (17), Graham (60)
2 April 1971	West Brom	1-1	A. Evans (83)
6 April 1971	Newcastle	1-1	Lawler (44)
10 April 1971	Stoke	1-0	Thompson (32)
12 April 1971	Chelsea	0-1
17 April 1971	Tottenham	0-0
19 April 1971	Man City	2-0	Heighway (19), Edwards (og 58)
24 April 1971	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Hall (68)
26 April 1971	Man City	2-2	Graham (30, 34)
1 May 1971	Southampton	1-0	Hughes (30)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	2 January 1971	Aldershot	1-0	McLaughlin (28)
4	23 January 1971	Swansea	3-0	Toshack (53), St John (85), Lawler (87)
5	13 February 1971	Southampton	1-0	Lawler (29)
6	6 March 1971	Tottenham	0-0
6 (R)	16 March 1971	Tottenham	1-0	Heighway (25)
Semi-final	27 March 1971	Everton	2-1	A. Evans (59), Hall (73)
Final	8 May 1971	Arsenal	1-2	Heighway (92)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2	8 September 1970	Mansfield	0-0
2 (R)	22 September 1970	Mansfield	3-2	Hughes (16), Smith (pen 85), A. Evans (117)
3	6 October 1970	Swindon	0-2

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	15 September 1970	Ferencvaros	1-0	Graham (17)
1 (2nd leg)	29 September 1970	Ferencvaros	1-1	Hughes (65)
2 (1st leg)	21 October 1970	Dinamo Bucharest	3-0	Lindsay (60), Lawler (76), Hughes (82)
2 (2nd leg)	4 November 1970	Dinamo Bucharest	1-1	Boersma (47)
3 (1st leg)	9 December 1970	Hibernian	1-0	Toshack (75)
3 (2nd leg)	22 December 1970	Hibernian	2-0	Heighway (23), Boersma (50)
Quarter-final (1st leg)	10 March 1971	Bayern Munich	3-0	A. Evans (30, 49, 73)
Quarter-final (2nd leg)	24 March 1971	Bayern Munich	1-1	Ross (75)
Semi-final (1st leg)	14 April 1971	Leeds	0-1
Semi-final (2nd leg)	28 April 1971	Leeds	0-0

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
4	Wolves	42	22	8	12	64	54	1.19	52
5	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	42	24	1.75	51
6	Chelsea	42	18	15	9	52	42	1.24	51

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Steve Arnold	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Phil Boersma	15	1	3	0	0	0	3	2	21	3
MF	Ian Callaghan	23	0	5	0	1	0	5	0	34	0
GK	Ray Clemence	41	0	7	0	3	0	10	0	61	0
FW	Alun Evans	21	10	4	1	3	1	6	3	34	15
DF	Roy Evans	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
DF	Chris Fagan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Bobby Graham	14	5	0	0	2	0	4	1	20	6
MF	Brian Hall	35	1	7	1	3	0	8	0	53	2
MF	Steve Heighway	33	4	7	2	2	0	7	1	49	7
MF	Emlyn Hughes	39	2	7	0	3	1	10	2	59	5
DF	Chris Lawler	41	3	7	2	3	0	10	1	61	6
GK	Tommy Lawrence	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Alec Lindsay	21	0	4	0	2	0	8	1	35	1
MF	Doug Livermore	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
DF	Larry Lloyd	40	0	7	0	3	0	10	0	60	0
DF	John McLaughlin	33	2	4	1	1	0	7	0	45	4
DF	Ian Ross	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	14	1
DF	Tommy Smith	41	2	7	0	3	1	10	0	61	3
MF	Ian St John	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
MF	Peter Thompson	28	2	2	0	1	0	8	0	39	2
FW	John Toshack	21	5	7	1	0	0	5	1	33	7
FW	Jack Whitham	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	1
DF	Ron Yeats	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	16	1

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Steve Heighway	Skelmersdale	Free	May 1970
Steve Arnold	Crewe	£10,000	9 September 1970
John Toshack	Cardiff	£110,000	11 November 1970

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Peter Wall	Crystal Palace	£35,000	May 1970
Geoff Strong	Coventry	£30,000	10 August 1970
Doug Livermore	Norwich	£25,000	26 November 1970
Ian St John	Hellenic FC	Free	1971