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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Liverpool F.C. A 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[]

Goalkeepers[]

• Tommy Lawrence
• John Ogston

Defenders[]

• Gerry Byrne

• Chris Lawler
• Ian Ross
• Tommy Smith
• Ron Yeats

Midfielders[]

• Alf Arrowsmith
• Ian Callaghan
• Gordon Milne
• Willie Stevenson
• Ian St. John
• Gordon Wallace
• Peter Thompson
• David Wilson

Attackers[]

• Bobby Graham
• Roger Hunt
• Geoff Strong
• Ted MacDougall

First Division[]

Table[]

Pos	Team v t	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
6	Everton	42	19	10	13	65	46	1.413	48
7	Arsenal	42	16	14	12	58	47	1.234	46

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[]

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[]

• LFC History.net – 1966-67 season
• Liverweb - 1966-67 Season