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1st Division
Ewood Park | Sat 24 Aug 1963 at 15:00
| Blackburn Rovers | 1 | - | 2 | Liverpool |
Starting Lineup
| 1 |  |
Tommy Lawrence |
| 2 |  |
Gerry Byrne |
| 3 |  |
Ronnie Moran |
| 4 |  |
Gordon Milne |
| 5 |  |
Ron Yeats (c) |
| 6 |  |
Willie Stevenson |
| 7 |  |
Ian Callaghan |
| 8 |  |
Roger Hunt |
| 9 |  |
Ian St John |
| 10 |  |
Jimmy Melia |
| 11 |  |
Peter Thompson |
Goals (Assists in brackets)
- Ronnie Moran 65'
- Ian Callaghan 75' (Ian St John)
Opposition goals
- Mike Harrison 43'
Notes
- - Peter Thompson makes his LFC debut
- - Ronnie Moran missed a penalty on 65'
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.73
- - Average age of the Blackburn Rovers starting lineup: 24.72
- - Liverpool league position after match: 4
- - Blackburn Rovers league position after match: 16
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- - Moran's penalty-kick was saved by Blackburn goalkeeper Fred Else but the Liverpool full-back scored from the rebound.
Other details
- Manager: Bill Shankly
- Opposition manager: Jack Marshall
- Referee: Walker K
- Attendance: 34,390
- Half-time score: 1
- 0 - Game number: 2548
- League game number: 2321
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Match programme
Press report from Ken Charmer's scrapbook
Liverpool's attack revolutionised by Thompson!
New hero
Kevin Lewis on the move
A'Court not done despite Thompson on his way to Anfield
Shankly signs new contract
Liverpool equal to any team in the country
I am sure we can go places, says Jimmy Melia
Peter Thompson signs for the Reds!
Press report from Adrian Killen's scrapbook
