1970–71 Liverpool F.C. season


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 would figure well into the seventies; 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

Results

First Division

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

Football League Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
08-Sep-70 Mansfield Town A 0–0 31,612
22-Sep-70 Mansfield Town H 3–2 Hughes Smith Evans 29,964
06-Oct-70 Swindon Town A 0–2 40,878

FA Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
02-Jan-71 Aldershot H 1–0 McLaughlin 45,500
23-Jan-71 Swansea City H 3–0 Toshack St. John Lawler 47,229
13-Feb-71 Southampton H 1–0 Lawler 50,226
06-Mar-71 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–0 54,731
16-Mar-71 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–0 Heighway 56,283
27-Mar-71 Everton N 2–1 Evams Hall 62,144

Final

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
15-Sep-70 Ferencvárosi TC H 1–0 Graham 37,531
29-Sep-70 Ferencvárosi TC A 1–1 Hughes 25,000
21-Oct-70 Dinamo București H 3–0 Lindsay Lawler Hughes 36,525
04-Nov-70 Dinamo București A 1–1 Boersma 50,000
09-Dec-70 Hibernian A 1–0 Toshack 30,296
22-Dec-70 Hibernian H 2–0 Heighway Boersma 37,815
10-Mar-71 Bayern Munich H 3–0 Evans 45,616
24-Mar-71 Bayern Munich A 1–1 Ross 22,000
14-Apr-71 Leeds United H 0–1 52,577
28-Apr-71 Leeds United A 0–0 40,462