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1st Division

Anfield | Tuesday 30 August 1966 at 19:30 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 2 Manchester City
Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.28)

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

Substitutes

0
Bobby Graham

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.87)

Harry Dowd
Tony Book
Bobby Kennedy
Glyn Pardoe
George Heslop
Alan Oakes
Dave Connor
Colin Bell
Jimmy Murray
Matt Gray
Neil Young

Notes

  • - The kick-off for this evening match was slightly delayed because the City team was delayed in traffic and had to walk from their transport to the stadium carrying their kit-skips with them

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Joe Mercer
Referee: Finney J
Attendance: 51,645
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 2712
League game number: 2450
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 11th
Manchester City league position: 4th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Manchester City
Roger Hunt (Ian Callaghan) (1–0)
4'
Geoff Strong (Roger Hunt) (2–0)
7'
HT 2–0
51'
Matt Gray (2–1)
Roger Hunt (3–1)
80'
87'
Jimmy Murray (3–2)
Full time 3–2

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