Blackburn Rovers 17 Nov 1965 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!

Liverpool

5

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2

Blackburn Rovers

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.36)

1	Tommy Lawrence
2	Chris Lawler
3	Gerry Byrne
4	Geoff Strong
5	Ron Yeats (c)
6	Willie Stevenson
7	Ian Callaghan
8	Roger Hunt
9	Ian St John
10	Tommy Smith
11	Peter Thompson

Substitutes

12

Gordon Milne

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Willie Stevenson 17′ penalty
Ian St John 32′ (Tommy Smith)
Roger Hunt 45′ (Ian St John)
Tommy Smith 83′
Ian St John 87′ (Peter Thompson)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.45)

Opposition goals

George Jones 63′
Ben Anderson 89′

Opposition substitutions

Mike England replaced by Ben Anderson 46′

Notes

- This match was originally scheduled for 28th August 1965 but was one of two Blackburn Rovers fixtures postponed due to an outbreak of polio in the town.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly

Opposition manager: Jack Marshall

Referee: Corbett DA

Attendance: 36,450

Half-time score: 3 - 0

Game number: 2674

League game number: 2421

Liverpool league position: 1st

Blackburn Rovers league position: 21st

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	17	11	2	4	41	17	+24	24
2	Burnley	16	10	3	3	34	17	+17	23
3	Leeds U	16	9	4	3	31	15	+16	22
4	West Brom	17	9	3	5	42	26	+16	21
5	Sheffield U	17	8	5	4	24	23	+1	21
6	Tottenham H	16	8	3	5	34	23	+11	19
7	Man Utd	16	7	5	4	30	25	+5	19
8	Stoke C	16	7	5	4	24	21	+3	19
9	Arsenal	17	7	5	5	31	30	+1	19
10	Chelsea	16	7	4	5	23	20	+3	18
11	Sunderland	17	7	3	7	25	31	-6	17
12	Aston Villa	17	7	2	8	26	24	+2	16
13	Everton	17	6	4	7	30	31	-1	16
14	Leicester C	17	5	5	7	29	36	-7	15
15	Newcastle U	17	5	4	8	17	24	-7	14
16	Sheffield Wed	15	5	3	7	19	25	-6	13
17	Nottm Forest	16	4	4	8	22	25	-3	12
18	Blackpool	16	4	4	8	23	29	-6	12
19	Fulham	17	4	4	9	28	39	-11	12
20	West Ham U	17	4	4	9	22	41	-19	12
21	Blackburn R	17	3	4	10	25	36	-11	10
22	Northampton T	17	2	6	9	17	39	-22	10