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Match details
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 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
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.
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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
View other results
24.08.1963 | 2 - 1 | Blackburn Rovers
28.08.1963 | 1 - 2 | Nottingham Forest
31.08.1963 | 1 - 2 | Blackpool
03.09.1963 | 0 - 0 | Nottingham Forest
07.09.1963 | 3 - 1 | Chelsea
09.09.1963 | 3 - 1 | Wolves
14.09.1963 | 1 - 2 | West Ham United
16.09.1963 | 6 - 0 | Wolves
21.09.1963 | 0 - 3 | Sheffield United
28.09.1963 | 2 - 1 | Everton
05.10.1963 | 5 - 2 | Aston Villa
09.10.1963 | 3 - 1 | Sheffield Wednesday
19.10.1963 | 1 - 0 | West Bromwich Albion
26.10.1963 | 2 - 1 | Ipswich Town
02.11.1963 | 0 - 1 | Leicester City
09.11.1963 | 2 - 1 | Bolton Wanderers
16.11.1963 | 2 - 0 | Fulham
23.11.1963 | 1 - 0 | Manchester United
30.11.1963 | 2 - 0 | Burnley
07.12.1963 | 1 - 1 | Arsenal
14.12.1963 | 1 - 2 | Blackburn Rovers
21.12.1963 | 1 - 0 | Blackpool
26.12.1963 | 6 - 1 | Stoke City
04.01.1964 | 5 - 0 | Derby County
11.01.1964 | 2 - 1 | Chelsea
18.01.1964 | 0 - 1 | West Ham United
25.01.1964 | 0 - 0 | Port Vale
27.01.1964 | 2 - 1 | Port Vale
01.02.1964 | 6 - 1 | Sheffield United
08.02.1964 | 1 - 3 | Everton
15.02.1964 | 1 - 0 | Arsenal
19.02.1964 | 2 - 2 | Aston Villa
22.02.1964 | 2 - 1 | Birmingham City
29.02.1964 | 1 - 2 | Swansea City
04.03.1964 | 2 - 2 | Sheffield Wednesday
07.03.1964 | 6 - 0 | Ipswich Town
14.03.1964 | 0 - 1 | Fulham
20.03.1964 | 2 - 0 | Bolton Wanderers
27.03.1964 | 3 - 1 | Tottenham Hotspur
28.03.1964 | 2 - 0 | Leicester City
30.03.1964 | 3 - 1 | Tottenham Hotspur
04.04.1964 | 3 - 0 | Manchester United
14.04.1964 | 3 - 0 | Burnley
18.04.1964 | 5 - 0 | Arsenal
22.04.1964 | 1 - 3 | Birmingham City
25.04.1964 | 2 - 2 | West Bromwich Albion
29.04.1964 | 1 - 3 | Stoke City
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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
Match programme - Lineups
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1st Division table after the match
Overall
Home
Away
#
P
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
Ipswich Town
1
1
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Wolves
1
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
2
3
Birmingham City
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
Liverpool
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
2
5
Stoke City
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
Everton
1
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
7
Aston Villa
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
8
Manchester United
1
0
1
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
3
1
9
Sheffield Wednesday
1
0
1
0
3
3
0
1
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
10
Blackpool
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
11
Sheffield United
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
12
Leicester City
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
13
West Bromwich Albion
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
14
Chelsea
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
15
West Ham United
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
16
Blackburn Rovers
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
Bolton Wanderers
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
18
Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
19
Arsenal
1
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
Burnley
1
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
21
Fulham
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
22
Nottingham Forest
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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