1968-69 season

1968-69 season
General information
Manager	Bill Shankly
Captain	Ron Yeats
Performance
Division 1	2nd
FA Cup	5th round
League Cup	4th round
Europe	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1st round
Top scorers
League	Hunt (13)
FA Cup	Callaghan (1) Hughes (1) Hunt (1) Smith (1)
League Cup	Lawler (3)
Europe	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: Hughes (1) Hunt (1) Lawler (1)
Overall	Hunt (17)
Attendances
Average	46,818
←1967-68	1969-70→

The 1968-69 season was Liverpool's 77th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Tommy Lawrence
• GK. Ray Clemence
• DF. Gerry Byrne
• DF. Ron Yeats
• DF. Chris Lawler
• DF. Geoff Strong
• DF. Ian Ross
• DF. Tommy Smith
• DF. John McLaughlin
• DF. Peter Wall
• MF. Ian Callaghan
• MF. Emlyn Hughes
• MF. Peter Thompson
• MF. Ian St John
• MF. Doug Livermore
• MF. Brian Hall
• MF. Alf Arrowsmith
• FW. Phil Boersma
• FW. Alun Evans
• FW. Bobby Graham
• FW. Tony Hateley
• FW. Roger Hunt

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

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2 August 1968	Hull	5-3	Hunt (18), Thompson (21), Graham (52, 58), Hughes (83)

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
22 May 1969	Real Mallorca	2-1	Callaghan, Graham
25 July 1969	Linfield	3-1	Hunt (34, 72), Hateley (48)
30 July 1969	Tranmere	3-0	Callaghan 2, St John

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
10 August 1968	Man City	2-1	Graham (24), Thompson (73)
14 August 1968	Southampton	0-2
17 August 1968	Arsenal	1-1	Hunt (50)
20 August 1968	Stoke	2-1	Callaghan (63), Allen (og 75)
24 August 1968	Sunderland	4-1	Smith (1), Lawler (16), Callaghan (44), Hateley (66)
27 August 1968	Everton	0-0
31 August 1968	Leeds	0-1
7 September 1968	Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Yeats (43), Graham (55)
14 September 1968	Ipswich	2-0	Graham (48), St John (89)
21 September 1968	Leicester	4-0	Yeats (2), Smith (pen 4), Evans (10), Callaghan (12)
28 September 1968	Wolves	6-0	Hun (15, 74), Thompson (25, 80), Evans (30, 63)
5 October 1968	Burnley	4-0	Hunt (20, 35), Thompson (62), Strong (87)
8 October 1968	Everton	1-1	Smith (75)
12 October 1968	Man Utd	2-0	St John (14), Evans (82)
19 October 1968	Tottenham	1-2	Hunt (37)
26 October 1968	Newcastle	2-1	Evans (23), Thompson (85)
2 November 1968	West Brom	0-0
9 November 1968	Chelsea	2-1	Callaghan (25), Smith (pen 28)
16 November 1968	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Lawler (28), Callaghan (71)
23 November 1968	Coventry	2-0	Strong (36), Callaghan (83)
30 November 1968	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Hunt (24)
3 December 1968	Southampton	1-0	Callaghan (14)
7 December 1968	West Ham	2-0	Hughes (44), Thompson (47)
14 December 1968	Man Utd	0-1
21 December 1968	Tottenham	1-0	Hughes (70)
26 December 1968	Burnley	1-1	Lawler (43)
11 January 1969	West Brom	1-0	Thompson (83)
18 January 1969	Chelsea	2-1	Hunt (65), Evans (72)
1 February 1969	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Hunt (65)
15 February 1969	Nottingham Forest	0-2
22 February 1969	West Ham	1-1	Hunt (51)
15 March 1969	Sunderland	2-0	St John (39), Evans (62)
29 March 1969	Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Smith (pen 28), Hunt (78)
31 March 1969	Arsenal	1-1	Smith (pen 52)
5 April 1969	Wolves	1-0	Hunt (20)
7 April 1969	Stoke	0-0
12 April 1969	Leicester	2-1	Hughes (30), Callaghan (56)
19 April 1969	Ipswich	4-0	Thompson (13), Graham (40, 66), St John (90)
22 April 1969	Coventry	0-0
28 April 1969	Leeds	0-0
12 May 1969	Man City	0-1
17 May 1969	Newcastle	1-1	Hunt (68)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	4 January 1969	Doncaster	2-0	Hunt (70), Callaghan (84)
4	25 January 1969	Burnley	2-1	Smith (pen 13), Hughes (23)
5	1 March 1969	Leicester	0-0
5 (R)	3 March 1969	Leicester	0-1

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2	4 September 1968	Sheffield United	4-0	Hunt (54), Lawler (71), Callaghan (75), Thompson (83)
3	25 September 1968	Swansea	2-0	Lawler (52), Hunt (85)
4	15 October 1968	Arsenal	1-2	Lawler (75)

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	18 September 1968	Athletic Bilbao	1-2	Hunt (67)
1 (2nd leg)	2 October 1968	Athletic Bilbao	2-1	Lawler (78), Hughes (87)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
1	Leeds	42	27	13	2	66	26	2.54	67
2	Liverpool	42	25	11	6	63	24	2.63	61
3	Everton	42	21	15	6	77	36	2.14	57

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Alf Arrowsmith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Gerry Byrne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Ian Callaghan	42	8	4	1	3	1	2	0	51	10
GK	Ray Clemence	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Alun Evans	33	7	4	0	1	0	1	0	39	7
FW	Bobby Graham	13	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	16	5
MF	Brian Hall	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Tony Hateley	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
MF	Emlyn Hughes	40	3	4	1	3	0	2	1	49	5
FW	Roger Hunt	38	13	4	1	3	2	2	1	47	17
DF	Chris Lawler	42	3	4	0	3	3	2	1	51	7
GK	Tommy Lawrence	42	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	50	0
DF	Ian Ross	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
DF	Tommy Smith	42	6	4	1	3	0	2	0	51	7
MF	Ian St John	41	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	50	4
DF	Geoff Strong	31	2	4	0	2	0	1	0	38	2
MF	Peter Thompson	42	8	4	0	3	1	2	0	51	9
DF	Peter Wall	13	-	0	0	2	0	2	0	17	0
DF	Ron Yeats	39	2	4	0	3	0	2	0	48	2

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Alun Evans	Wolves	£100,000	September 1968
Alec Lindsay	Bury	£67,000	March 1969
Larry Lloyd	Bristol Rovers	£50,000	April 1969

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
David Wilson	Preston	£4,000	30 May 1968
Tony Hateley	Coventry	£80,000	19 September 1968
Alf Arrowsmith	Bury	£25,000	December 1968