1966–67 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1966–67 season
Manager	Bill Shankly
First Division	5th
European Cup	Second round
FA Cup	Fifth round
FA Charity Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Roger Hunt (14); All: Roger Hunt (19)

Liverpool F.C. win against Everton at Goodison Park at least gave Liverpool the Charity Shield, but they were humbled by Ajax, led by a young Johan Cruyff, in the European Cup, from which they never recovered, hence arch rivals Manchester United winning the championship instead.

Squad

Liverpool (October 1966)

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Gerry Byrne

Midfielders

Attackers

First Division

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	24	8	10	71	48	1.479	56	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
4	Leeds United	42	22	11	9	62	42	1.476	55	1967-68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5	Liverpool	42	19	13	10	64	47	1.362	51	1967-68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Everton	42	19	10	13	65	46	1.413	48
7	Arsenal	42	16	14	12	58	47	1.234	46

Source:

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
20-Aug-66	Leicester City	H	3–2	Hunt 10' Strong 31' Stevenson 65 pen'	49,076	Report	Report
24-Aug-66	Manchester City	A	1–2	Strong 35'	50,923	Report	Report
27-Aug-66	Everton	A	1–3	Smith 43'	64,318	Report	Report
30-Aug-66	Manchester City	H	3–2	Hunt 4', 80' Strong 7'	51,645	Report	Report
03-Sep-66	West Ham United	A	1–1	Strong 88'	33,000	Report	Report
05-Sep-66	Blackpool	A	2–1	Hunt 18' Thompson 85'	24,375	Report	Report
10-Sep-66	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	Strong 19'	48,717	Report	Report
17-Sep-66	Southampton	A	2–1	St. John 35' Callaghan 48'	28,287	Report	Report
24-Sep-66	Sunderland	H	2–2	Yeats 10' Hunt 46'	45,706	Report	Report
01-Oct-66	Aston Villa	A	3–2	St. John 31' Callaghan 65' Graham 67'	24,909	Report	Report
08-Oct-66	Fulham	H	2–2	Strong 1' St. John 36'	44,024	Report	Report
15-Oct-66	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	Hunt 19'	32,887	Report	Report
29-Oct-66	Stoke City	A	0–2		37,933	Report	Report
05-Nov-66	Nottingham Forest	H	4–0	Strong 16' Hunt 62', 75' Thompson 73'	40,624	Report	Report
09-Nov-66	Burnley	H	2–0	Lawler 4' Thompson 89'	50,124	Report	Report
12-Nov-66	Newcastle United	A	2–0	St. John 22' Hunt 65'	36,910	Report	Report
19-Nov-66	Leeds United	H	5–0	Lawler 43' Thompson 57' Strong 75', 89' St. John 83'	51,014	Report	Report
26-Nov-66	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	Strong 79'	25,900	Report	Report
03-Dec-66	Sheffield United	H	1–0	St. John 89'	42,762	Report	Report
10-Dec-66	Manchester United	A	2–2	St. John 15', 45'	62,500	Report	Report
24-Dec-66	Chelsea	A	2–1	Own Goal 21' Strong 39'	36,921	Report	Report
26-Dec-66	Chelsea	H	2–1	Stevenson 67' Hunt 75'	51,920	Report	Report
31-Dec-66	Everton	H	0–0		53,744	Report	Report
07-Jan-67	West Ham United	H	2–0	Thompson 35', 40'	48,518	Report	Report
14-Jan-67	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–0	Thompson 44'	43,591	Report	Report
18-Jan-67	Leicester City	A	1–2	Own Goal 60'	32,049	Report	Report
21-Jan-67	Southampton	H	2–1	Lawler 23' Arrowsmith 35'	47,545	Report	Report
04-Feb-67	Sunderland	A	2–2	Yeats 10' Thompson 28'	45,301	Report	Report
11-Feb-67	Aston Villa	H	1–0	Milne 28'	45,747	Report	Report
25-Feb-67	Fulham	A	2–2	St. John 65' Strong 78'	37,481	Report	Report
04-Mar-67	Stoke City	H	2–1	Lawler 14' Hunt 62'	48,891	Report	Report
18-Mar-67	Burnley	A	0–1		29,338	Report	Report
25-Mar-67	Manchester United	H	0–0		53,813	Report	Report
27-Mar-67	Arsenal	H	0–0		46,168	Report	Report
28-Mar-67	Arsenal	A	1–1	Arrowsmith 68'	35,795	Report	Report
01-Apr-67	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	Thompson 80'	53,135	Report	Report
07-Apr-67	Newcastle United	H	3–1	Hunt 48', 80' Thompson 84'	44,824	Report	Report
22-Apr-67	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1		39,883	Report	Report
28-Apr-67	Sheffield United	A	1–0	Hunt 82'	19,110	Report	Report
03-May-67	Leeds United	A	1–2	Stevenson 23 pen'	36,597	Report	Report
06-May-67	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0		40,845	Report	Report
13-May-67	Blackpool	H	1–3	Thompson 21'	28,773	Report	Report

FA Charity Shield

13 August 1966

Liverpool	1–0	Everton
Hunt 9'	Report

Goodison Park, Liverpool

Attendance: 63,329

FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
28-Jan-67	Watford	A	0–0		33,000	Report	Report
01-Feb-67	Watford	H	3–1	St. John 38' Hunt 41' Lawler 67'	54,451	Report	Report
18-Feb-67	Aston Villa	H	1–0	St. John 77'	52,477	Report	Report
11-Mar-67	Everton	A	0–1		64,851	Report	Report

European Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
28-Sep-66	Petrolul Ploiești	A	2–0	St. John 71' Callaghan 80'	44,463	Report	Report
12-Oct-66	Petrolul Ploiești	H	1–3	Hunt 53'	20,000	Report	Report
19-Oct-66	Petrolul Ploiești	N	2–0	St. John 13' Thompson 43'	15,000	Report	Report
07-Dec-66	Ajax	A	1–5	Lawler 90'	65,000	Report	Report
14-Dec-66	Ajax	H	2–2	Hunt 54', 88'	53,846	Report	Report

References

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