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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 1 January 1966 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 1 Manchester United
Half time 1–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.53)

1
Tommy Lawrence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Gerry Byrne
4
Gordon Milne
5
Ron Yeats (c)
6
Willie Stevenson
7
Ian Callaghan
8
Roger Hunt
9
Ian St John
10
Tommy Smith
11
Peter Thompson

Substitutes

12
Geoff Strong

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.98)

Harry Gregg
Tony Dunne
Noel Cantwell
Paddy Crerand
Bill Foulkes
Nobby Stiles
George Best
Denis Law
Bobby Charlton
David Herd
John Connelly

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Matt Busby
Referee: Harper R
Attendance: 53,970
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 2684
League game number: 2429
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Manchester United league position: 5th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Manchester United
2'
Denis Law (0–1)
Tommy Smith (Gerry Byrne) (1–1)
39'
HT 1–1
Gordon Milne (Gerry Byrne) (2–1)
88'
Full time 2–1

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