1965–66 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
196566 season
Manager Bill Shankly
First Division 1st
Cup Winners' Cup Final
FA Cup 3rd Round
Top goalscorer League: Roger Hunt (30)
All: Roger Hunt (33)

Liverpool F.C. won its seventh league title, tying Arsenal's record. In the competitive Football League First Division, Liverpool breezed to the championship victory with a six-point cushion to Leeds and Burnley. Roger Hunt scored 30 league goals, which earned him a place in the England squad for the World Cup, where he became the first player to win the World Cup representing Liverpool. It was not until 44 years later that Fernando Torres played an active part in the Spanish team winning the World Cup as a Liverpool player.

The season also saw Liverpool reaching its first European final, that of the Cup Winners Cup, losing 2-1 to West German side Borussia Dortmund at Hampden Park in Glasgow, a severe blow to manager Bill Shankly, who had hoped to win his first European trophy in his native Scotland.

The club permanently adopted an all red strip at the start of this season.[1]

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

First Division

Table

P WDLFAGAPts
1Liverpool42269779342.32461
2Leeds United422391079382.07955
3Burnley422471179471.68155
4Manchester United421815984591.42451
5Chelsea422271365531.22651
6West Bromwich Albion4219121191691.31950
7Leicester City422171480651.23149
8Tottenham Hotspur4216121475661.13644
9Sheffield United4216111556590.94943
10Stoke City4215121565641.01642
11Everton4215111656620.90341
12West Ham United421591870830.84339
13Blackpool421491955650.84637
14Arsenal4212131762750.82737
15Newcastle United421491950630.79437
16Aston Villa421562169800.86336
17Sheffield Wednesday421482056660.84836
18Nottingham Forest421482056720.77836
19Sunderland421482051720.70836
20Fulham421472167850.78835
21Northampton Town4210131955920.59833
22Blackburn Rovers42843057880.64820

First Division

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
21-Aug-65 Leicester City A 3–1 Hunt  35', 80' Strong  53' 29,696 Report Report
25-Aug-65 Sheffield United H 0–1 47,259 Report Report
01-Sep-65 Sheffield United A 0–0 20,798 Report Report
04-Sep-65 Blackpool A 3–2 Hunt  25', 58' Callaghan  75' 25,616 Report Report
06-Sep-65 West Ham United A 5–1 Milne  12' Callaghan  26' Hunt  43', 43', 50' 32,144 Report Report
11-Sep-65 Fulham H 2–1 Lawler  6' Hunt  60' 46,382 Report Report
15-Sep-65 West Ham United H 1–1 Strong  76' 44,397 Report Report
18-Sep-65 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–2 Strong  80' 46,770 Report Report
25-Sep-65 Everton H 5–0 Smith  34' Hunt  49', 73' Stevenson  52' St. John  89' 53,557 Report Report
02-Oct-65 Aston Villa H 3–1 Thompson  12', 56' St. John  89' 43,859 Report Report
09-Oct-65 Manchester United A 0–2 58,161 Report Report
16-Oct-65 Newcastle United H 2–0 Hunt  26' Callaghan  41' 47,984 Report Report
23-Oct-65 West Bromwich Albion A 0–3 30,000 Report Report
30-Oct-65 Nottingham Forest H 4–0 Stevenson  49 pen' Hunt  72', 83' St. John  89' 38,420 Report Report
06-Nov-65 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–0 Hunt  74' Thompson  83' 24,456 Report Report
13-Nov-65 Northampton Town H 5–0 St. John  6' Stevenson  17 pen' Hunt  32' Callaghan  63' Thompson  65' 41,904 Report Report
17-Nov-65 Blackburn Rovers H 5–2 Stevenson  17 pen' St. John  32', 87' Hunt  45' Smith  83' 36,450 Report Report
20-Nov-65 Stoke City A 0–0 28,622 Report Report
27-Nov-65 Burnley H 2–1 Hunt  45' Milne  61' 50,282 Report Report
04-Dec-65 Chelsea A 1–0 Hunt  73' 36,839 Report Report
11-Dec-65 Arsenal H 4–2 Thompson  30' St. John  51' Strong  70' Hunt  80' 43,727 Report Report
18-Dec-65 Newcastle United A 0–0 42,910 Report Report
27-Dec-65 Leeds United H 0–1 53,430 Report Report
28-Dec-65 Leeds United A 1–0 Milne  48' 49,192 Report Report
01-Jan-66 Manchester United H 2–1 Smith  39' Milne  88' 53,970 Report Report
08-Jan-66 Arsenal A 1–0 Yeats  87' 43,917 Report Report
15-Jan-66 West Bromwich Albion H 2–2 Milne  37' Byrne  44' 46,687 Report Report
29-Jan-66 Leicester City H 1–0 Lawler  75' 45,409 Report Report
05-Feb-66 Blackburn Rovers A 4–1 Lawler  25' Hunt  43' St. John  63', 76' 30,414 Report Report
12-Feb-66 Sunderland H 4–0 Hunt  46', 52', 64' Yeats  59' 43,859 Report Report
19-Feb-66 Blackpool H 4–1 Hunt  28', 80' Arrowsmith  40' Milne  48' 45,046 Report Report
26-Feb-66 Fulham A 0–2 31,626 Report Report
12-Mar-66 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–0 Hunt  65' 50,760 Report Report
19-Mar-66 Everton A 0–0 62,537 Report Report
26-Mar-66 Aston Villa A 3–0 Hunt  42', 62' Callaghan  49' 23,625 Report Report
06-Apr-66 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–0 Stevenson  23' 44,792 Report Report
09-Apr-66 Northampton Town A 0–0 20,029 Report Report
11-Apr-66 Sunderland A 2–2 Lawler  1', 24' 38,355 Report Report
16-Apr-66 Stoke City H 2–0 Strong  31' St. John  78' 41,106 Report Report
23-Apr-66 Burnley A 0–2 36,741 Report Report
30-Apr-66 Chelsea H 2–1 Hunt  48', 69' 53,754 Report Report
10-May-66 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 Milne  60' 22,105 Report Report

FA Charity Shield

14 August 1965
15:00 BST
Manchester United 2–2 Liverpool
Best  28'
Herd  81'
Report
Report
Stevenson  38'
Yeats  86'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 48,502
Referee: Jim Finney
GK 1 Republic of Ireland Pat Dunne
RB 2 Republic of Ireland Shay Brennan
LB 3 Republic of Ireland Tony Dunne
RH 4 Scotland Pat Crerand
CH 5 Republic of Ireland Noel Cantwell (c)
LH 6 England Nobby Stiles
OR 7 Northern Ireland George Best
IR 8 England Bobby Charlton
CF 9 Scotland David Herd
IL 10Scotland Denis Law
OL 11England John Aston, Jr.
Substitutes:
FW 12England Willie Anderson
Manager:
Scotland Matt Busby
GK 1 Scotland Tommy Lawrence
RB 2 England Chris Lawler
LB 3 England Gerry Byrne
RH 4 England Gordon Milne
CH 5 Scotland Ron Yeats (c)
LH 6 Scotland Willie Stevenson
OR 7 England Ian Callaghan
IR 8 England Roger Hunt
CF 9 Scotland Ian St. John
IL 10England Tommy Smith
OL 11England Geoff Strong
Manager:
Scotland Bill Shankly

Match rules

  • 90 minutes, no extra time
  • One named substitute
  • Maximum of one substitution

FA Cup

Main article: 1965–66 FA Cup
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
22-Jan-66 Chelsea H 1–2 Hunt  2' 54,097 Report Report

European Cup Winners Cup

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
29-Sep-65 Juventus A 0–1 9,242 Report Report
13-Oct-65 Juventus H 2–0 Lawler  19' Strong  24' 51,055 Report Report
01-Dec-65 Standard Liège H 3–1 Lawler  2', 49' Thompson  72' 46,112 Report Report
15-Dec-65 Standard Liège A 2–1 Hunt  51' St. John  57' 29,534 Report Report
01-Mar-66 Honvéd A 0–0 16,163 Report Report
08-Mar-66 Honvéd H 2–0 Lawler  28' St. John  47' 54,631 Report Report
14-Apr-66 Celtic A 0–1 76,446 Report Report
19-Apr-66 Celtic H 2–0 Smith  61' Strong  67' 54,208 Report Report

Final

5 May 1966
19:30 BST
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 2–1 (a.e.t.) England Liverpool
Held  61'
Libuda  107'
Report
Report
Hunt  68'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 41,657
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
Borussia Dortmund
Liverpool
GK 1 West Germany Hans Tilkowski
RB 2 West Germany Gerhard Cyliax
LB 3 West Germany Theodor Redder
MF 4 West Germany Dieter Kurrat
CB 5 West Germany Wolfgang Paul (c)
MF 6 West Germany Rudi Assauer
RW 7 West Germany Reinhard Libuda
IN 8 West Germany Aki Schmidt
CF 9 West Germany Sigfried Held
IN 10 West Germany Wilhelm Sturm
LW 11 West Germany Lothar Emmerich
Manager:
West Germany Willi Multhaup
GK 1 Scotland Tommy Lawrence
RB 2 England Chris Lawler
LB 3 England Gerry Byrne
MF 4 England Gordon Milne
CB 5 Scotland Ron Yeats (c)
MF 6 Scotland Willie Stevenson
RW 7 England Ian Callaghan
IN 8 England Roger Hunt
CF 9 Scotland Ian St. John
IN 10England Tommy Smith
LW 11England Peter Thompson
Manager:
Scotland Bill Shankly

References

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