1965–66 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1965–66 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)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

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.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Gerry Byrne
Chris Lawler
Thomas Lowry
Tommy Smith
Ron Yeats

Midfielders

Attackers

First Division

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	26	9	7	79	34	2.324	61
2	Leeds United	42	23	9	10	79	38	2.079	55
3	Burnley	42	24	7	11	79	47	1.681	55
4	Manchester United	42	18	15	9	84	59	1.424	51
5	Chelsea	42	22	7	13	65	53	1.226	51
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	19	12	11	91	69	1.319	50
7	Leicester City	42	21	7	14	80	65	1.231	49
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	12	14	75	66	1.136	44
9	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	56	59	0.949	43
10	Stoke City	42	15	12	15	65	64	1.016	42
11	Everton	42	15	11	16	56	62	0.903	41
12	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	70	83	0.843	39
13	Blackpool	42	14	9	19	55	65	0.846	37
14	Arsenal	42	12	13	17	62	75	0.827	37
15	Newcastle United	42	14	9	19	50	63	0.794	37
16	Aston Villa	42	15	6	21	69	80	0.863	36
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	8	20	56	66	0.848	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	56	72	0.778	36
19	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	51	72	0.708	36
20	Fulham	42	14	7	21	67	85	0.788	35
21	Northampton Town	42	10	13	19	55	92	0.598	33
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	8	4	30	57	88	0.648	20

First Division

Main article: 1965–66 Football League § 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

Main article: 1965 FA Charity Shield

Manchester United v Liverpool

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	Pat Dunne
RB	2	Shay Brennan
LB	3	Tony Dunne
RH	4	Pat Crerand
CH	5	Noel Cantwell (c)
LH	6	Nobby Stiles
OR	7	George Best
IR	8	Bobby Charlton
CF	9	David Herd
IL	10	Denis Law
OL	11	John Aston, Jr.
Substitutes:
FW	12	Willie Anderson
Manager:
Matt Busby



GK	1	Tommy Lawrence
RB	2	Chris Lawler
LB	3	Gerry Byrne
RH	4	Gordon Milne
CH	5	Ron Yeats (c)
LH	6	Willie Stevenson
OR	7	Ian Callaghan
IR	8	Roger Hunt
CF	9	Ian St. John
IL	10	Tommy Smith
OL	11	Geoff Strong
Manager:
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

Main article: 1965–66 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

Main article: 1966 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

Borussia Dortmund v Liverpool

5 May 1966
19:30 BST

Borussia Dortmund	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool
Held 61' Libuda 107'	Report Report	Hunt 68'

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 41,657
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Borussia Dortmund

Liverpool



GK	1	Hans Tilkowski
RB	2	Gerhard Cyliax
LB	3	Theodor Redder
MF	4	Dieter Kurrat
CB	5	Wolfgang Paul (c)
MF	6	Rudi Assauer
RW	7	Reinhard Libuda
IN	8	Aki Schmidt
CF	9	Sigfried Held
IN	10	Wilhelm Sturm
LW	11	Lothar Emmerich
Manager:
Willi Multhaup



GK	1	Tommy Lawrence
RB	2	Chris Lawler
LB	3	Gerry Byrne
MF	4	Gordon Milne
CB	5	Ron Yeats (c)
MF	6	Willie Stevenson
RW	7	Ian Callaghan
IN	8	Roger Hunt
CF	9	Ian St. John
IN	10	Tommy Smith
LW	11	Peter Thompson
Manager:
Bill Shankly

References

Liverpool Football Club

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Training ground	Melwood

Players	100+ appearances 25–99 appearances 1–24 appearances

Rivalries	Head-to-head record Merseyside derby Manchester United F.C. rivalry

Tragedies	Heysel disaster Hillsborough disaster

Supporters	Reclaim The Kop Respect 4 All Spirit of Shankly

Media	LFC TV Well Red magazine Being: Liverpool

Films	Fifteen Minutes That Shook the World One Night in Istanbul Will

Songs	You'll Never Walk Alone The Fields of Anfield Road Ring of Fire Anfield Rap

Related articles	2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualification A.F.C. Liverpool The Boot Room Fenway Sports Group Liverpool L.F.C. Player of the Season Spice Boys Spion Kop Superleague Formula team 1915 British football betting scandal

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