1965-66 season

1965-66 season
General information
Manager	Bill Shankly
Captain	Ron Yeats
Performance
Division 1	1st
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	Did not enter
Europe	European Cup Winner's Cup: Runners-up
Top scorers
League	Hunt (30)
FA Cup	Hunt (1)
Europe	European Cup Winner's Cup: Lawler (4)
Overall	Hunt (33)
Attendances
Average	47,428
←1964-65	1966-67→

The 1965-66 season was Liverpool's 74th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Tommy Lawrence
• DF. Ron Yeats
• DF. Thomas Lowry
• DF. Ian Ross
• DF. Gerry Byrne
• DF. Tommy Smith
• DF. Chris Lawler
• MF. Alf Arrowsmith
• MF. Ian Callaghan
• MF. Gordon Wallace
• MF. Peter Thompson
• MF. Geoff Strong
• MF. Willie Stevenson
• MF. Ian St John
• MF. Gordon Milne
• FW. Bobby Graham
• FW. Roger Hunt
• FW. Phil Chisnall

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

No pre-season friendlies were played this season.

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
21 August 1965	Leicester	3-1	Hunt (35, 80), Strong (53)
25 August 1965	Sheffield United	0-1
1 September 1965	Sheffield United	0-0
4 September 1965	Blackpool	3-2	Hunt (25, 58), Callaghan (75)
6 September 1965	West Ham	5-1	Milne (12), Callaghan (26), Hunt (42, 43, 50)
11 September 1965	Fulham	2-1	Lawler (6), Hunt (60)
15 September 1965	West Ham	1-1	Strong (76)
18 September 1965	Tottenham	1-2	Strong (80)
25 September 1965	Everton	5-0	Smith (34), Hunt (49, 73), Stevenson (52), St John (89)
2 October 1965	Aston Villa	3-1	Thompson (12, 56), St John (89)
9 October 1965	Man Utd	0-2
16 October 1965	Newcastle	2-0	Hunt (26), Callaghan (41)
23 October 1965	West Brom	0-3
30 October 1965	Nottingham Forest	4-0	Stevenson (pen 49), Hunt (72, 83), St John (89)
6 November 1965	Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	Hunt (74), Thompson (83)
13 November 1965	Northampton	5-0	St John (6), Stevenson (pen 17), Hunt (32), Callaghan (63), Thompson (65)
17 November 1965	Blackburn	5-2	Stevenson (pen 17), St John (32, 87), Hunt (45), Smith (83)
20 November 1965	Stoke	0-0
27 November 1965	Burnley	2-1	Hunt (45), Milne (61)
4 December 1965	Chelsea	1-0	Hunt (73)
11 December 1965	Arsenal	4-2	Thompson (30), St John (51), Strong (70), Hunt (80)
18 December 1965	Newcastle	0-0
27 December 1965	Leeds	0-1
28 December 1965	Leeds	1-0	Milne (48)
1 January 1966	Man Utd	2-1	Smith (39), Milne (88)
8 January 1966	Arsenal	1-0	Yeats (87)
15 January 1966	West Brom	2-2	Milne (37), Byrne (44)
29 January 1966	Leicester	1-0	Lawler (75)
5 February 1966	Blackburn	4-1	Lawler (25), Hunt (43), St John (63, 76)
12 February 1966	Sunderland	4-0	Hunt (46, 52, 64), Yeats (59)
19 February 1966	Blackpool	4-1	Hunt (28, 80), Arrowsmith (40), Milne (48)
26 February 1966	Fulham	0-2
12 March 1966	Tottenham	1-0	Hunt (65)
19 March 1966	Everton	0-0
26 March 1966	Aston Villa	3-0	Hunt (42, 62), Callaghan (49)
6 April 1966	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Stevenson (23)
9 April 1966	Northampton	0-0
11 April 1966	Sunderland	2-2	Lawler (1, 24)
16 April 1966	Stoke City	2-0	Strong (31), St John (78)
23 April 1966	Burnley	0-2
30 April 1966	Chelsea	2-1	Hunt (48, 69)
10 May 1966	Nottingham Forest	1-1	Milne (60)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	22 January 1966	Chelsea	1-2	Hunt (2)

European Cup Winners' Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	29 September 1965	Juventus	0-1
1 (2nd leg)	13 October 1965	Juventus	2-0	Lawler (19), Strong (24)
2 (1st leg)	1 December 1965	Standard Liege	3-1	Lawler (2, 49), Thompson (72)
2 (2nd leg)	15 December 1965	Standard Liege	2-1	Hunt (51), St John (57)
Quarter-final (1st leg)	1 March 1966	Honved	0-0
Quarter-final (2nd leg)	8 March 1966	Honved	2-0	Lawler (28), St John (47)
Semi-final (1st leg)	14 April 1966	Celtic	0-1
Semi-final (2nd leg)	19 April 1966	Celtic	2-0	Smith (61), Strong (67)
Final	5 May 1966	Borussia Dortmund	1-2	Hunt (68)

Other

Charity Shield:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
14 August 1965	Man Utd	2-2	Stevenson (38), Yeats (86)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	26	9	7	79	34	2.32	61
2	Leeds	42	23	9	10	79	38	2.08	55
3	Burnley	42	24	7	11	79	47	1.68	55

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Alf Arrowsmith	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
DF	Gerry Byrne	42	1	1	0	10	0	53	1
MF	Ian Callaghan	42	5	1	0	10	0	53	5
FW	Phil Chisnall	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
FW	Bobby Graham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Roger Hunt	37	30	1	1	8	2	46	33
DF	Chris Lawler	40	5	1	0	9	4	50	9
GK	Tommy Lawrence	42	0	1	0	10	0	53	0
MF	Gordon Milne	28	7	1	0	7	0	36	7
DF	Tommy Smith	42	3	1	0	10	1	53	4
DF	Ron Yeats	42	2	1	0	10	1	53	3
MF	Ian St John	41	10	1	0	10	2	52	12
MF	Willie Stevenson	41	5	1	0	10	1	52	6
MF	Geoff Strong	22	5	0	0	5	2	27	7
MF	Peter Thompson	40	5	1	0	9	1	50	6

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
John Ogston	Aberdeen	£10,000	September 1965

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
George Scott	Aberdeen	£12,000	1965
Philip Ferns	Bournemouth	£5,000	August 1965
Robert Thomson	Luton	£3,000	August 1965