1964–65 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1964–65 season
Manager	Bill Shankly
First Division	7th
European Cup	Semi-finals
FA Cup	Winners
FA Charity Shield	Title shared
Top goalscorer	League: Roger Hunt (25); All: Roger Hunt (37)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 season was Liverpool Football Club's 73rd season in existence and their third consecutive season in the First Division. The club won its first FA Cup thanks to a 2–1 extra time victory against Leeds United in the final. The club's first final for 15 years saved a season in which Liverpool slipped from first to seventh in the league, and controversially collapsed at the hands of Inter in the European Cup semi-finals, in the club's first season in European competition.

Liverpool experimented with red shirts, shorts and socks during this season. The all red strip was used only in a number of European Cup and FA Cup matches, with League matches played in white shorts. The club permanently switched to a full red strip at the start of the 1965–66 season.^[1]

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 1		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	ENG	Alan A'Court	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Arrowsmith	9	1	7+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Gerry Byrne	56	2	40+0	0	8+0	0	1+0	1	7+0	1
	MF	ENG	Ian Callaghan	55	8	37+0	6	8+0	1	1+0	0	9+0	1
	FW	ENG	Phil Chisnall	8	2	6+0	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	1
	DF	ENG	Phil Ferns	4	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Graham	15	5	14+0	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
	DF	ENG	Alan Hignett	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Roger Hunt	58	37	40+0	25	8+0	5	1+0	0	9+0	7
	DF	ENG	Chris Lawler	48	2	33+0	2	8+0	0	0+0	0	7+0	0
	GK	SCO	Tommy Lawrence	59	0	41+0	0	8+0	0	1+0	0	9+0	0
	DF	ENG	Tommy Lowry	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Gordon Milne	48	6	34+0	5	6+0	1	1+0	0	7+0	0
	GK	ENG	Billy Molyneux	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Ronnie Moran	18	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
	MF	ENG	John Sealey	1	1	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Tommy Smith	40	4	25+0	4	8+0	0	0+0	0	7+0	0
	FW	SCO	Ian St John	43	11	27+0	4	8+0	2	0+0	0	8+0	5
	MF	SCO	Willie Stevenson	57	5	39+0	3	8+0	1	1+0	0	9+0	1
	FW	ENG	Geoff Strong	16	3	13+0	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Thompson	56	6	39+0	5	8+0	1	1+0	0	8+0	0
	MF	SCO	Gordon Wallace	13	5	11+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	1	1+0	2
	DF	SCO	Ron Yeats	53	1	35+0	0	8+0	0	1+0	0	9+0	1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Nottingham Forest	42	17	13	12	71	67	1.060	47
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	7	16	87	71	1.225	45
7	Liverpool	42	17	10	15	67	73	0.918	44	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	11	15	57	55	1.036	43
9	West Ham United	42	19	4	19	82	71	1.155	42	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1964–65 FA Cup winners.
^ West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the Cup Winners' Cup winners.

Results

First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
22-Aug-64	Arsenal	H	3–2	Hunt 11' Wallace 49', 87'	47,620	Report	Report
26-Aug-64	Leeds United	A	2–4	Hunt 24' Milne 66'	36,200	Report	Report
29-Aug-64	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–3	Ferns 16' Smith 22'	26,865	Report	Report
02-Sep-64	Leeds United	H	2–1	Thompson 67' Smith 76'	52,548	Report	Report
05-Sep-64	Blackpool	H	2–2	Thompson 57' Hunt 79'	45,646	Report	Report
09-Sep-64	Leicester City	A	0–2		27,114	Report	Report
12-Sep-64	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1		22,701	Report	Report
19-Sep-64	Everton	H	0–4		52,619	Report	Report
26-Sep-64	Aston Villa	H	5–1	Graham 6', 65', 86' Callaghan 36' Hunt 56'	38,940	Report	Report
07-Oct-64	Sheffield United	H	3–1	Hunt 31', 53' Graham 59'	37,745	Report	Report
10-Oct-64	Birmingham City	A	0–0		19,850	Report	Report
13-Oct-64	Leicester City	H	0–1		42,558	Report	Report
17-Oct-64	West Ham United	H	2–2	St. John 7' Hunt 27'	36,029	Report	Report
24-Oct-64	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–3		17,500	Report	Report
31-Oct-64	Manchester United	H	0–2		52,402	Report	Report
07-Nov-64	Fulham	A	1–1	Callaghan 78'	18,367	Report	Report
14-Nov-64	Nottingham Forest	H	2–0	Thompson 22' Hunt 68'	40,498	Report	Report
21-Nov-64	Stoke City	A	1–1	Hunt 41'	28,816	Report	Report
28-Nov-64	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	Hunt 41'	41,198	Report	Report
05-Dec-64	Burnley	A	5–1	Hunt 33', 77', 85' Strong 73' Lawler 89'	12,490	Report	Report
12-Dec-64	Arsenal	A	0–0		26,171	Report	Report
19-Dec-64	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–2	Smith 37' Hunt 38', 81'	33,316	Report	Report
26-Dec-64	Sunderland	A	3–2	Milne 5' Stevenson 30', 82'	49,902	Report	Report
28-Dec-64	Sunderland	H	0–0		43,521	Report	Report
02-Jan-65	Blackpool	A	3–2	Hunt 53', 58' St. John 75'	21,863	Report	Report
16-Jan-65	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4–2	Hunt 40', 64' Milne 70' St. John 75'	42,422	Report	Report
06-Feb-65	Aston Villa	A	1–0	Hunt 15'	24,396	Report	Report
13-Feb-65	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	Hunt 49' Lawler 61'	40,803	Report	Report
24-Feb-65	Birmingham City	H	4–3	Callaghan 19', 87' Hunt 56' Thompson 77'	39,253	Report	Report
27-Feb-65	West Ham United	A	1–2	Hunt 21'	25,780	Report	Report
13-Mar-65	Sheffield United	A	0–3		19,034	Report	Report
20-Mar-65	Fulham	H	3–2	Callaghan 45', 48' Milne 89'	28,323	Report	Report
01-Apr-65	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	Thompson 35' Hunt 55'	23,926	Report	Report
03-Apr-65	Stoke City	H	3–2	Milne 47' St. John 55' Hunt 77'	40,315	Report	Report
06-Apr-65	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–3		34,152	Report	Report
09-Apr-65	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3		27,057	Report	Report
12-Apr-65	Everton	A	1–2	Stevenson 75 pen'	62,720	Report	Report
16-Apr-65	Chelsea	A	0–4		62,587	Report	Report
17-Apr-65	Burnley	H	1–1	Smith 52'	30,004	Report	Report
19-Apr-65	Chelsea	H	2–0	Chisnall 9' Strong 26'	41,847	Report	Report
24-Apr-65	Manchester United	A	0–3		55,772	Report	Report
26-Apr-65	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	Strong 13' Sealey 35' Arrowsmith 69'	13,839	Report	Report

FA Charity Shield

15 August 1964

15:00 BST

Liverpool	2–2	West Ham United
Wallace 28' Byrne 49'	Report Report	Byrne 41' Hurst 84'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 38,858

Referee: K. Stokes



GK	1	Tommy Lawrence
RB	2	Gerry Byrne
LB	3	Ronnie Moran
RH	4	Gordon Milne
CH	5	Ron Yeats (c)
LH	6	Willie Stevenson
OR	7	Ian Callaghan
IR	8	Roger Hunt
CF	9	Alf Arrowsmith 15'
IL	10	Gordon Wallace
OL	11	Peter Thompson
Substitute:
FW	12	Phil Chisnall 15'
Manager:
Bill Shankly




GK	1	Jim Standen
RB	2	John Bond
LB	3	Jack Burkett
RH	4	Eddie Bovington
CH	5	Kenneth Brown
LH	6	Bobby Moore
OR	7	Peter Brabrook
IR	8	Ronnie Boyce
CF	9	Johnny Byrne
IL	10	Geoff Hurst
OL	11	John Sissons
Substitutes:
FW	12	?
Manager:
Ron Greenwood

Match rules

90 minutes, no extra time
One named substitute
Maximum of one substitution

FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
09-Jan-65	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	Hunt 44' St. John 63'	29,851	Report	Report
30-Jan-65	Stockport County	H	1–1	Milne 51'	51,851	Report	Report
03-Feb-65	Stockport County	A	2–0	Hunt 39', 85'	24,080	Report	Report
20-Feb-65	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–0	Callaghan 85'	57,207	Report	Report
06-Mar-65	Leicester City	A	0–0		39,356	Report	Report
10-Mar-65	Leicester City	H	1–0	Hunt 72'	53,324	Report	Report
27-Mar-65	Chelsea	N	2–0	Thompson 63' Stevenson 79 pen'	67,686	Report	Report

Final

1 May 1965
15:00 BST

Liverpool	2–1 (Extra time)	Leeds United
Hunt 93' St. John 113'	(Report) (Report) (Report)	Bremner 100'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: W. Clements (Birmingham)

Liverpool

Leeds United



GK	1	Tommy Lawrence
DF	2	Chris Lawler
DF	3	Gerry Byrne
DF	4	Geoff Strong
DF	5	Ron Yeats (c)
MF	6	Willie Stevenson
MF	7	Ian Callaghan
FW	8	Roger Hunt
FW	9	Ian St. John
MF	10	Tommy Smith
MF	11	Peter Thompson
Manager:
Bill Shankly



GK	1	Gary Sprake
DF	2	Paul Reaney
DF	3	Willie Bell
MF	4	Billy Bremner
DF	5	Jack Charlton
DF	6	Norman Hunter
MF	7	Johnny Giles
FW	8	Jim Storrie
FW	9	Alan Peacock
MF	10	Bobby Collins (c)
MF	11	Albert Johanneson
Manager:
Don Revie

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.

European Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
17-Aug-64	KR Reykjavík	A	5–0	Wallace 3', 60' Hunt 46', 88' Chisnall 57'	10,268	Report	Report
14-Sep-64	KR Reykjavík	H	6–1	Byrne 13' St. John 23', 74' Hunt 50' Graham 65' Stevenson 67'	32,597	Report	Report
25-Nov-64	Anderlecht	H	3–0	St. John 10' Hunt 43' Yeats 50'	44,516	Report	Report
16-Dec-64	Anderlecht	A	1–0	Hunt 90'	60,000	Report	Report
10-Feb-65	1. FC Köln	A	0–0		40,000	Report	Report
17-Mar-65	1. FC Köln	H	0–0		48,432	Report	Report
24-Mar-65	1. FC Köln	N	2–2	St. John 22' Hunt 37'	45,000	Report	Report
04-May-65	Inter Milan	H	3–1	Hunt 4' Callaghan 34' St. John 75'	54,082	Report	Report
12-May-65	Inter Milan	A	0–3		90,000	Report	Report

References

^ "What people keep getting wrong about Liverpool all-red strip". 27 November 2014.

[table_note_res_CWC1R0.51401685435046-2] Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1964–65 FA Cup winners.

[table_note_res_WHU0.51401685435046-3] West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the Cup Winners' Cup winners.

[1] "What people keep getting wrong about Liverpool all-red strip". 27 November 2014.

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