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1969-70 season
General information
Manager

Bill Shankly

Captain

Ron Yeats

Performance
Division 1

5th

FA Cup

Quarter-final

League Cup

3rd round

Europe

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 2nd round

Top scorers
League

Graham (13)

FA Cup

Graham (4)

League Cup

A. Evans (1)
Graham (1)
St John (1)

Europe

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: A. Evans (3)
Graham (3)
Smith (3)
Thompson (3)

Overall

Graham (21)

Attendances
Average

44,185

The 1969-70 season was Liverpool's 78th season of football since they were established.

Squad[]

LiverpoolSquad1969-1970
  • GK. Tommy Lawrence
  • GK. Ray Clemence
  • GK. Grahame Lloyd
  • DF. Larry Lloyd
  • DF. Ian Ross
  • DF. Steve Arnold
  • DF. Gerry Byrne
  • DF. Ron Yeats
  • DF. Chris Lawler
  • DF. Geoff Strong
  • DF. John McLaughlin
  • DF. Tommy Smith
  • DF. Peter Wall
  • MF. Brian Hall
  • MF. Emlyn Hughes
  • MF. Ian Callaghan
  • MF. Peter Thompson
  • MF. Alec Lindsay
  • MF. Doug Livermore
  • MF. Ian St John
  • FW. Phil Boersma
  • FW. Alun Evans
  • FW. Roger Hunt
  • FW. Steve Peplow
  • FW. Bobby Graham
  • FW. Roy Evans

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

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
26 July 1969 Linfield 2-1 Hughes (3), Yeats (36)
29 July 1969 Blackpool 0-0
2 August 1969 Feyenoord 1-1 Thompson

Other friendlies[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 January 1970 Southport 1-0 St John
8 April 1970 All Star XI 8-8[1] Lawler 2 (1 pen), St John 2, Stevenson, Hunt, Graham 2
20 April 1970 Bristol Rovers 1-1[2] St John (40)

Results[]

League[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
9 August 1969 Chelsea 4-1 Lawler (26), St John (49, 83), Strong (60)
12 August 1969 Man City 3-2 St John (2, 88), Hunt (83)
16 August 1969 Tottenham 2-0 Hughes (2), Lawler (37)
20 August 1969 Man City 2-0 Graham (44, 80)
23 August 1969 Burnley 3-3 Smith (pen 36, 77), Graham (49)
27 August 1969 Crystal Palace 3-1 Hughes (36), Hunt (73), Thompson (82)
30 August 1969 Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Lawler (42)
6 September 1969 Coventry 2-1 St John (37), Strong (89)
9 September 1969 Sunderland 2-0 Strong (12), Smith (34)
13 September 1969 Man Utd 0-1
20 September 1969 Stoke 3-1 Hunt (15), Hughes (22), Callaghan (64)
27 September 1969 West Brom 2-2 Graham (25), Hunt (89)
4 October 1969 Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chapman (og 50)
7 October 1969 Tottenham 0-0
11 October 1969 Newcastle 0-1
18 October 1969 Ipswich 2-2 Graham (8), Lindsay (76)
25 October 1969 Southampton 4-1 Hughes (10), Hunt (83, 84), Byrne (og 88)
1 November 1969 Derby 0-4
8 November 1969 Wolves 0-0
15 November 1969 West Ham 2-0 Lawler (27), Graham (60)
22 November 1969 Leeds 1-1 Yeats (31)
29 November 1969 Arsenal 0-1
6 December 1969 Everton 3-0 Hughes (47), Brown (og 54), Graham (74)
13 December 1969 Man Utd 1-4 Hughes (25)
26 December 1969 Burnley 5-1 Ross (26), Graham (39), Lawler (44), Thompson (52), Callaghan (60)
10 January 1970 Stoke 2-0 Graham (33), Thompson (70)
17 January 1970 West Brom 1-1 Lawler (70)
31 January 1970 Nottingham Forest 0-1
16 February 1970 Newcastle 0-0
28 February 1970 Derby 0-2
3 March 1970 Coventry 3-2 Hughes (38), A. Evans (65, 72)
7 March 1970 Leeds 0-0
11 March 1970 Southampton 1-0 A. Evans (43)
14 March 1970 Arsenal 1-2 Yeats (83)
16 March 1970 Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Lawler (50), Yeats (63), Graham (88)
21 March 1970 Everton 0-2
24 March 1970 Ipswich 2-0 Callaghan (32), Smith (pen 43)
28 March 1970 West Ham 0-1
30 March 1970 Wolves 1-0 Lawler (43)
3 April 1970 Crystal Palace 3-0 Graham (16, 48), Lawler (47)
15 April 1970 Sunderland 1-0 Lawler (86)
18 April 1970 Chelsea 1-2 Graham (27)

FA Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 7 January 1970 Coventry 1-1 Graham (30)
3 (R) 12 January 1970 Coventry 3-0 Ross (39), Thompson (54), Graham (72)
4 24 January 1970 Wrexham 3-1 Graham (51, 73), St John (59)
5 7 February 1970 Leicester 0-0
5 (R) 11 February 1970 Leicester 2-0 A. Evans (64, 90)
6 21 February 1970 Watford 0-1

League Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
2 3 September 1969 Watford 2-1 Slater (og 6), St John (75)
3 24 September 1969 Man City 2-3 A. Evans (21), Graham (67)

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
1 (1st leg) 16 September 1969 Dundalk 10-0 A. Evans (1, 38), Lawler (10), Smith (24, 67), Graham (36, 82), Lindsay (56), Thompson (69), Callaghan (76)
1 (2nd leg) 30 September 1969 Dundalk 4-0 Thompson (13, 31), Graham (48), Callaghan (81)
2 (1st leg) 12 November 1969 Vitoria Setubal 0-1
2 (2nd leg) 26 November 1969 Vitoria Setubal 3-2 Smith (pen 60), A. Evans (88), Hunt (90)

Tables[]

League[]

Pos Club Pld W D L F A G. Avg Pts
4 Derby 42 22 9 11 64 37 1.73 53
5 Liverpool 42 20 11 11 65 42 1.55 51
6 Coventry 42 19 11 12 58 48 1.21 49

Player stats[]

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Phil Boersma 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
MF Ian Callaghan 41 3 6 0 2 0 4 2 53 5
GK Ray Clemence 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
FW Alun Evans 19 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 25 9
FW Roy Evans 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW Bobby Graham 42 13 6 4 2 1 4 3 54 21
MF Brian Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Emlyn Hughes 41 7 6 0 2 0 4 0 53 7
FW Roger Hunt 18 6 0 0 2 0 2 1 22 7
DF Chris Lawler 42 10 6 0 2 0 4 1 54 11
GK Tommy Lawrence 28 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 37 0
MF Alec Lindsay 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 2
MF Doug Livermore 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
GK Grahame Lloyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Larry Lloyd 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
DF John McLaughlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Steve Peplow 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
DF Ian Ross 7 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 13 2
DF Tommy Smith 36 4 3 0 2 0 4 3 45 7
MF Ian St John 26 5 6 1 1 1 3 0 36 7
DF Geoff Strong 34 3 6 0 2 0 4 0 46 3
MF Peter Thompson 39 3 4 1 2 0 4 3 49 7
DF Peter Wall 9 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
DF Ron Yeats 37 3 6 0 2 0 3 0 48 3

Transfers[]

In[]

Player From Fee Date
Jack Whitham Sheffield Wednesday £57,000 April 1970

Out[]

Player To Fee Date
John Ogston Doncaster £2,500 July 1969
Roger Hunt Bolton £32,000 16 December 1969

Notes[]

  1. Gerry Byrne's testimonial.
  2. Harold Jarman's testimonial.


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