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1st Division
Anfield | 12 February 1966 at14:45UK local time
Liverpool
4
-
0
Sunderland
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.65)
1
Tommy Lawrence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Gerry Byrne
4
Gordon Milne
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
Alf Arrowsmith
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Roger Hunt
46′
(Ian St John)
Roger Hunt
52′
(Ian St John)
Ron Yeats
59′
(Ian Callaghan)
Roger Hunt
64′
(Ian St John)
Substitutions
Ian St John
replaced by
Alf Arrowsmith
70′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 25.08)
Jim Montgomery
Cec Irwin
Len Ashurst
John Parke
Martin Harvey
David Elliott
Allan Gauden
George Herd
Nick Sharkey
Neil Martin
George Mulhall
Opposition substitutions
George Herd
replaced by
Alan Black
59
′
Other details
Manager:
Bill Shankly
Opposition manager:
Ian McColl
Referee:
Clements W
Attendance:
43,859
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
2690
League game number:
2434
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
1st
Sunderland league position:
16th
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14 Aug 1965 - Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool
21 Aug 1965 - Leicester City 3-1 Liverpool
25 Aug 1965 - Liverpool 0-1 Sheffield United
01 Sep 1965 - Sheffield United 0-0 Liverpool
04 Sep 1965 - Blackpool 3-2 Liverpool
06 Sep 1965 - West Ham United 5-1 Liverpool
11 Sep 1965 - Liverpool 2-1 Fulham
15 Sep 1965 - Liverpool 1-1 West Ham United
18 Sep 1965 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool
25 Sep 1965 - Liverpool 5-0 Everton
29 Sep 1965 - Juventus 0-1 Liverpool
02 Oct 1965 - Liverpool 3-1 Aston Villa
09 Oct 1965 - Manchester United 0-2 Liverpool
13 Oct 1965 - Liverpool 2-0 Juventus
16 Oct 1965 - Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United
23 Oct 1965 - West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Liverpool
30 Oct 1965 - Liverpool 4-0 Nottingham Forest
06 Nov 1965 - Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Liverpool
13 Nov 1965 - Liverpool 5-0 Northampton Town
17 Nov 1965 - Liverpool 5-2 Blackburn Rovers
20 Nov 1965 - Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
27 Nov 1965 - Liverpool 2-1 Burnley
01 Dec 1965 - Liverpool 3-1 Standard Liege
04 Dec 1965 - Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
11 Dec 1965 - Liverpool 4-2 Arsenal
15 Dec 1965 - Standard Liege 2-1 Liverpool
18 Dec 1965 - Newcastle United 0-0 Liverpool
27 Dec 1965 - Liverpool 0-1 Leeds United
28 Dec 1965 - Leeds United 1-0 Liverpool
01 Jan 1966 - Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
08 Jan 1966 - Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
15 Jan 1966 - Liverpool 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
22 Jan 1966 - Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea
29 Jan 1966 - Liverpool 1-0 Leicester City
05 Feb 1966 - Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Liverpool
12 Feb 1966 - Liverpool 4-0 Sunderland
19 Feb 1966 - Liverpool 4-1 Blackpool
26 Feb 1966 - Fulham 0-2 Liverpool
01 Mar 1966 - Honved 0-0 Liverpool
08 Mar 1966 - Liverpool 2-0 Honved
12 Mar 1966 - Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
19 Mar 1966 - Everton 0-0 Liverpool
26 Mar 1966 - Aston Villa 3-0 Liverpool
06 Apr 1966 - Liverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
09 Apr 1966 - Northampton Town 0-0 Liverpool
11 Apr 1966 - Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool
14 Apr 1966 - Celtic 0-1 Liverpool
16 Apr 1966 - Liverpool 2-0 Stoke City
19 Apr 1966 - Liverpool 2-0 Celtic
23 Apr 1966 - Burnley 0-2 Liverpool
30 Apr 1966 - Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea
05 May 1966 - Liverpool 1-2 Borussia Dortmund
10 May 1966 - Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
30
20
5
5
63
25
+38
45
2
Burnley
28
16
5
7
59
34
+25
37
3
Man Utd
28
13
10
5
55
36
+19
36
4
Leeds U
26
14
7
5
49
22
+27
35
5
Tottenham H
28
13
8
7
57
40
+17
34
6
Chelsea
25
14
4
7
41
33
+8
32
7
West Brom
28
12
7
9
62
49
+13
31
8
Stoke C
28
11
9
8
48
42
+6
31
9
Sheffield U
28
11
9
8
39
40
-1
31
10
Leicester C
27
12
5
10
52
48
+4
29
11
Everton
30
11
7
12
46
48
-2
29
12
Arsenal
27
10
7
10
49
51
-2
27
13
Aston Villa
28
10
4
14
46
48
-2
24
14
Nottm Forest
27
9
6
12
36
42
-6
24
15
West Ham U
29
8
8
13
41
61
-20
24
16
Sunderland
27
9
6
12
35
50
-15
24
17
Sheffield Wed
27
9
5
13
33
44
-11
23
18
Newcastle U
27
8
6
13
33
46
-13
22
19
Blackpool
26
7
7
12
36
43
-7
21
20
Northampton T
29
5
8
16
35
71
-36
18
21
Blackburn R
27
6
4
17
44
58
-14
16
22
Fulham
28
5
5
18
35
63
-28
15
