1966–67 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.

1966–67 season
Manager	Bill Shankly
First Division	5th
European Cup	2nd Round
FA Cup	5th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Roger Hunt (14) All: Roger Hunt (19)
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Liverpool F.C. failed to win a big title for the first time in three seasons, with a season plagued by poor form from striker Roger Hunt. A win against Everton at Goodison Park at least gave Liverpool the Charity Shield, but it was humbled by Ajax led by a young Johan Cruyff in the European Cup, from which the side never recovered, hence arch rivals Manchester United winning the championship instead.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Tommy Lawrence
• John Ogston

Defenders

• Gerry Byrne
• Emlyn Hughes
• 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

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Manchester United	42	24	12	6	84	45	1.867	60
2	Nottingham Forest	42	23	10	9	64	41	1.561	56
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	24	8	10	71	48	1.479	56
4	Leeds United	42	22	11	9	62	42	1.476	55
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
8	Leicester City	42	18	8	16	78	71	1.099	44
9	Chelsea	42	15	14	13	67	62	1.081	44
10	Sheffield United	42	16	10	16	52	59	0.881	42
11	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	13	15	56	47	1.191	41
12	Stoke City	42	17	7	18	63	58	1.086	41
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	7	19	77	73	1.055	39
14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	66	76	0.868	39
15	Manchester City	42	12	15	15	43	52	0.827	39
16	West Ham United	42	14	8	20	80	84	0.952	36
17	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	58	72	0.806	36
18	Fulham	42	11	12	19	71	83	0.855	34
19	Southampton	42	14	6	22	74	92	0.804	34
20	Newcastle United	42	12	9	21	39	81	0.481	33
21	Aston Villa	42	11	7	24	54	85	0.635	29
22	Blackpool	42	6	9	27	41	76	0.539	21

First Division

Main article: 1966–67 Football League § First Division

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

Main article: 1966 FA Charity Shield

Liverpool v Everton

13 August 1966

Liverpool	1–0	Everton
Hunt  9'	Report

Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 63,329

FA Cup

Main article: 1966–67 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

Main article: 1966–67 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