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1st Division
Villa Park | 26 March 1966 at15:00UK local time
Aston Villa
0
-
3
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.72)
1
Tommy Lawrence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Gerry Byrne
4
Tommy Smith
5
Ron Yeats
(c)
6
Willie Stevenson
7
Ian Callaghan
8
Roger Hunt
9
Ian St John
10
Geoff Strong
11
Peter Thompson
Substitutes
12
Phil Chisnall
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Roger Hunt
42′
(Tommy Smith)
Ian Callaghan
49′
(Chris Lawler)
Roger Hunt
62′
(Ian St John)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 24.26)
Colin Withers
Mick Wright
Charlie Aitken
Mike Tindall
John Sleeuwenhoek
Dave Pountney
Alan Baker
Willie Hamilton
Tony Hateley
Alan Deakin
Tony Scott
Other details
Manager:
Bill Shankly
Opposition manager:
Richard Taylor
Referee:
New HG
Attendance:
23,625
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
2697
League game number:
2439
Liverpool league position:
1st
Aston Villa league position:
14th
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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
35
23
6
6
71
28
+43
52
2
Burnley
34
19
6
9
69
42
+27
44
3
Leeds U
32
17
8
7
62
31
+31
42
4
Man Utd
32
15
11
6
63
43
+20
41
5
Chelsea
31
17
6
8
49
38
+11
40
6
Tottenham H
33
14
10
9
67
52
+15
38
7
Everton
35
14
9
12
53
50
+3
37
8
West Brom
32
13
9
10
67
54
+13
35
9
Leicester C
32
14
7
11
61
54
+7
35
10
Stoke C
33
12
11
10
57
52
+5
35
11
Sheffield U
33
11
11
11
42
50
-8
33
12
Arsenal
33
10
10
13
52
58
-6
30
13
West Ham U
34
11
8
15
55
69
-14
30
14
Aston Villa
34
12
5
17
59
66
-7
29
15
Nottm Forest
33
11
7
15
45
59
-14
29
16
Newcastle U
33
11
6
16
42
53
-11
28
17
Sunderland
34
11
6
17
41
64
-23
28
18
Blackpool
32
9
8
15
42
52
-10
26
19
Sheffield Wed
30
10
6
14
39
49
-10
26
20
Northampton T
35
7
11
17
47
82
-35
25
21
Fulham
33
9
5
19
51
70
-19
23
22
Blackburn R
31
7
4
20
50
68
-18
18
