Report

Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Liverpool

Game date: 24.08.1963 Stadium: Ewood Park
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 34,390
Half-time score 1 - 0 Referee Walker K
Manager Bill Shankly League pos. after match 5

Starting lineup

1 Tommy Lawrence Tommy Lawrence
2 Gerry Byrne Gerry Byrne
3 Ronnie Moran Ronnie Moran
4 Gordon Milne Gordon Milne
5 Ron Yeats Ron Yeats
6 Willie Stevenson Willie Stevenson
7 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan
8 Roger Hunt Roger Hunt
9 Ian St John Ian St John
10 Jimmy Melia Jimmy Melia
11 Peter Thompson Peter Thompson

Goals

Ronnie Moran 65'
Ian Callaghan 75'

Opposition lineup

Fred Else, John Bray, Keith Newton, Ron Clayton, Mike England, Mick McGrath, Bryan Douglas, Mick Ferguson, Frederick Pickering, John Byrom, Mike Harrison

Opposition goals

Mike Harrison

Notes

- Peter Thompson makes his LFC debut
- Ronnie Moran missed a penalty on 65'
- Moran's penalty-kick was saved by Blackburn goalkeeper Fred Else but the Liverpool full-back headed the ball into the net from the rebound.

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