1966-67 season

1966-67 season
General information
Manager	Bill Shankly
Captain	Ron Yeats
Performance
Division 1	5th
FA Cup	5th round
League Cup	Did not enter
Europe	European Cup: 2nd round
Top scorers
League	Hunt (14)
FA Cup	St John (2)
Europe	European Cup: Hunt (3)
Overall	Hunt (19)
Attendances
Average	47,184
←1965-66	1967-68→

The 1966-67 season was Liverpool's 75th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Tommy Lawrence
• GK. John Ogston
• DF. Ron Yeats
• DF. Chris Lawler
• DF. Ian Ross
• DF. Gerry Byrne
• DF. Tommy Smith
• DF. Emlyn Hughes
• MF. Gordon Wallace
• MF. Gordon Milne
• MF. Ian St John
• MF. Ian Callaghan
• MF. Peter Thompson
• MF. Willie Stevenson
• MF. Alf Arrowsmith
• MF. David Wilson
• FW. Bobby Graham
• FW. Roger Hunt
• FW. Geoff Strong
• FW. Ted MacDougall

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

Friendlies

Pre-season

No pre-season friendlies were played this season.

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
31 October 1966	Representative XI	4-3	Strong 2, Graham, Milne
9 May 1967	Coventry	1-2	Hunt
22 May 1967	Tranmere	3-1	St John, Byrne, OG

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
20 August 1966	Leicester	3-2	Hunt (10), Strong (31), Stevenson (pen 65)
24 August 1966	Man City	1-2	Strong (35)
27 August 1966	Everton	1-3	Smith (43)
30 August 1966	Man City	3-2	Hunt (4, 80), Strong (7)
3 September 1966	West Ham	1-1	Strong (88)
5 September 1966	Blackpool	2-1	Hunt (18), Thompson (85)
10 September 1966	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Strong (19)
17 September 1966	Southampton	2-1	St John (35), Callaghan (48)
24 September 1966	Sunderland	2-2	Yeats (10), Hunt (46)
1 October 1966	Aston Villa	3-2	St John (31), Callaghan (65), Graham (67)
8 October 1966	Fulham	2-2	Strong (1), St John (36)
15 October 1966	Nottingham Forest	1-1	Hunt (19)
29 October 1966	Stoke	0-2
5 November 1966	Nottingham Forest	4-0	Strong (16), Hunt (62, 75), Thompson (73)
9 November 1966	Burnley	2-0	Lawler (4), Thompson (89)
12 November 1966	Newcastle	2-0	St John (22), Hunt (65)
19 November 1966	Leeds	5-0	Lawler (43), Thompson (57), Strong (75, 89), St John (83)
26 November 1966	West Brom	1-2	Strong (79)
3 December 1966	Sheffield United	1-0	St John (89)
10 December 1966	Man Utd	2-2	St John (15, 45)
24 December 1966	Chelsea	2-1	Hinton (og 21), Strong (39)
26 December 1966	Chelsea	2-1	Stevenson (67), Hunt (75)
31 December 1966	Everton	0-0
7 January 1967	West Ham	2-0	Thompson (35, 40)
14 January 1967	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Thompson (44)
18 January 1967	Leicester	1-2	Rodrigues (og 60)
21 January 1967	Southampton	2-1	Lawler (23), Arrowsmith (35)
4 February 1967	Sunderland	2-2	Yeats (10), Thompson (28)
11 February 1967	Aston Villa	1-0	Milne (28)
25 February 1967	Fulham	2-2	St John (65), Strong (78)
4 March 1967	Stoke	2-1	Lawler (14), Hunt (62)
18 March 1967	Burnley	0-1
25 March 1967	Man Utd	0-0
27 March 1967	Arsenal	0-0
28 March 1967	Arsenal	1-1	Arrowsmith (68)
1 April 1967	Tottenham	1-2	Thompson (80)
7 April 1967	Newcastle	3-1	Hunt (48, 80), Callaghan (84)
22 April 1967	West Brom	0-1
28 April 1967	Sheffield United	1-0	Hunt (82)
3 May 1967	Leeds	1-2	Stevenson (pen 23)
6 May 1967	Tottenham	0-0
13 May 1967	Blackpool	1-3	Thompson (21)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	28 January 1967	Watford	0-0
3 (R)	1 February 1967	Watford	3-1	St John (38), Hunt (41), Lawler (67)
4	18 February 1967	Aston Villa	1-0	St John (77)
5	11 March 1967	Everton	0-1

European Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	28 September 1966	Petrolul Ploiesti	2-0	St John (71), Callaghan (80)
1 (2nd leg)	12 October 1966	Petrolul Ploiesti	1-3	Hunt (50)
Replay	19 October 1966	Petrolul Ploiesti	2-0	St John (13), Thompson (43)
2 (1st leg)	7 December 1966	Ajax	1-5	Lawler (90)
2 (2nd leg)	14 December 1966	Ajax	2-2	Hunt (54, 88)

Other

Charity Shield:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
13 August 1966	Everton	1-0	Hunt (9)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
4	Leeds	42	22	11	9	62	42	1.48	55
5	Liverpool	42	19	13	10	64	47	1.36	51
6	Everton	42	19	10	13	65	46	1.41	48

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Alf Arrowsmith	9	2	0	0	0	0	9	2
DF	Gerry Byrne	9	0	2	0	1	0	12	0
MF	Ian Callaghan	40	3	4	0	6	1	50	4
FW	Bobby Graham	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	1
DF	Emlyn Hughes	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
FW	Roger Hunt	39	14	3	1	6	4	48	19
DF	Chris Lawler	42	4	4	1	6	1	52	6
GK	Tommy Lawrence	41	0	4	0	6	0	51	0
FW	Ted MacDougall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Gordon Milne	33	1	4	0	3	0	40	1
GK	John Ogston	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Ian Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Tommy Smith	42	1	4	0	6	0	52	1
MF	Ian St John	39	9	4	2	6	2	49	13
MF	Willie Stevenson	41	3	4	0	6	0	51	3
FW	Geoff Strong	36	12	3	0	6	0	45	12
MF	Peter Thompson	42	10	4	0	6	1	52	11
MF	David Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Ron Yeats	40	2	4	0	6	0	50	2

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Peter Wall	Wrexham	£6,000	October 1966
Stuart Mason	Wrexham	£20,000	October 1966
David Wilson	Preston	£20,000	February 1967
Emlyn Hughes	Blackpool	£65,000	27 February 1967

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Thomas Lowry	Crewe	Free	June 1966
John Sealey	Chester	Free	June 1966
Alan Hignett	Chester	Free	August 1966
Gordon Milne	Blackpool	£32,000	May 1967