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1st Division
Anfield | 20 August 1966 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
3
-
2
Leicester City
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.12)
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
Gordon Milne
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Roger Hunt
10′
(Ian St John)
Geoff Strong
31′
(Ian Callaghan)
Willie Stevenson
65′ penalty
Substitutions
Gerry Byrne
replaced by
Gordon Milne
24′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.12)
Gordon Banks
Peter Rodrigues
Richard Norman
Bobby Roberts
John Sjoberg
Graham Cross
Jackie Sinclair
Jimmy Goodfellow
Derek Dougan
David Gibson
Mike Stringfellow
Opposition goals
Derek Dougan
39
′
Derek Dougan
43
′
Notes
- Byrne taken off injured in the first half.
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Other details
Manager:
Bill Shankly
Opposition manager:
Matthew Gillies
Referee:
Windle RH
Attendance:
49,076
Half-time score:
2
-
2
Game number:
2709
League game number:
2447
Played towards Kop:
First half
Liverpool league position:
6th
Leicester City league position:
14th
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13 Aug 1966 - Everton 1-0 Liverpool
20 Aug 1966 - Liverpool 3-2 Leicester City
24 Aug 1966 - Manchester City 1-2 Liverpool
27 Aug 1966 - Everton 1-3 Liverpool
30 Aug 1966 - Liverpool 3-2 Manchester City
03 Sep 1966 - West Ham United 1-1 Liverpool
05 Sep 1966 - Blackpool 2-1 Liverpool
10 Sep 1966 - Liverpool 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
17 Sep 1966 - Southampton 2-1 Liverpool
24 Sep 1966 - Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland
28 Sep 1966 - Liverpool 2-0 Petrolul Ploiesti
01 Oct 1966 - Aston Villa 3-2 Liverpool
08 Oct 1966 - Liverpool 2-2 Fulham
12 Oct 1966 - Petrolul Ploiesti 1-3 Liverpool
15 Oct 1966 - Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool
19 Oct 1966 - Liverpool 2-0 Petrolul Ploiesti
29 Oct 1966 - Stoke City 0-2 Liverpool
05 Nov 1966 - Liverpool 4-0 Nottingham Forest
09 Nov 1966 - Liverpool 2-0 Burnley
12 Nov 1966 - Newcastle United 2-0 Liverpool
19 Nov 1966 - Liverpool 5-0 Leeds United
26 Nov 1966 - West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Liverpool
03 Dec 1966 - Liverpool 1-0 Sheffield United
07 Dec 1966 - Ajax 1-5 Liverpool
10 Dec 1966 - Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool
14 Dec 1966 - Liverpool 2-2 Ajax
24 Dec 1966 - Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
26 Dec 1966 - Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea
31 Dec 1966 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
07 Jan 1967 - Liverpool 2-0 West Ham United
14 Jan 1967 - Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Liverpool
18 Jan 1967 - Leicester City 1-2 Liverpool
21 Jan 1967 - Liverpool 2-1 Southampton
28 Jan 1967 - Watford 0-0 Liverpool
01 Feb 1967 - Liverpool 3-1 Watford
04 Feb 1967 - Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool
11 Feb 1967 - Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
18 Feb 1967 - Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
25 Feb 1967 - Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
04 Mar 1967 - Liverpool 2-1 Stoke City
11 Mar 1967 - Everton 0-1 Liverpool
18 Mar 1967 - Burnley 0-1 Liverpool
25 Mar 1967 - Liverpool 0-0 Manchester United
27 Mar 1967 - Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal
28 Mar 1967 - Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
01 Apr 1967 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool
07 Apr 1967 - Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle United
22 Apr 1967 - Liverpool 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
28 Apr 1967 - Sheffield United 1-0 Liverpool
03 May 1967 - Leeds United 1-2 Liverpool
06 May 1967 - Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
13 May 1967 - Liverpool 1-3 Blackpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Arsenal
1
1
0
0
3
1
+2
2
2
Tottenham H
1
1
0
0
3
1
+2
2
3
Chelsea
1
1
0
0
2
1
+1
2
4
Stoke C
1
1
0
0
2
1
+1
2
5
Man Utd
1
1
0
0
5
3
+2
2
6
Liverpool
1
1
0
0
3
2
+1
2
7
Burnley
1
1
0
0
4
0
+4
2
8
Sheffield Wed
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3
2
9
Everton
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
2
10
Aston Villa
1
0
1
0
1
1
+0
1
11
Man City
1
0
1
0
1
1
+0
1
12
Newcastle U
1
0
1
0
1
1
+0
1
13
Southampton
1
0
1
0
1
1
+0
1
14
Leicester C
1
0
0
1
2
3
-1
0
15
West Brom
1
0
0
1
3
5
-2
0
16
Nottm Forest
1
0
0
1
1
2
-1
0
17
West Ham U
1
0
0
1
1
2
-1
0
18
Leeds U
1
0
0
1
1
3
-2
0
19
Sunderland
1
0
0
1
1
3
-2
0
20
Blackpool
1
0
0
1
0
3
-3
0
21
Fulham
1
0
0
1
0
1
-1
0
22
Sheffield U
1
0
0
1
0
4
-4
0
