Match details

Birmingham City 3 - 1 Liverpool

Game date: Wednesday 22 April 1964 at 19:30 Stadium: St Andrews
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 22,623
Half - time score: 3 - 0 Referee: Stokes S
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Gil Merrick
   

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 (c)
6 Willie Stevenson Willie Stevenson
7 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan
8 Roger Hunt Roger Hunt
9 Ian St John Ian St John
10 Alf Arrowsmith Alf Arrowsmith
11 Peter Thompson Peter Thompson

Goals

Roger Hunt 78'

Opposition lineup

Colin Withers, Stan Lynn, Ray Martin, Terry Hennessey, Trevor Smith, Winston Foster, Mike Hellawell, Jimmy Bloomfield, Bobby Thomson, Ken Leek, Bertie Auld

Opposition goals

Stan Lynn 7' pen
Ken Leek 17'
Mike Hellawell 38'

Opposition red cards

Bertie Auld 82'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.92
- Average age of the Birmingham City starting lineup: 26.29
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Birmingham City league position after match: 21
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Match programme
Press report from Adrian Killen's scrapbook
A gambler who proved himself so right - Ron Yeats
It hurts me when they lose - Bill Shankly
Press cutting
Press cutting

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Liverpool 40 26 4 10 89 40 16 0 5 60 18 10 4 5 29 22 56
2 Manchester United 41 22 7 12 87 61 14 3 3 51 18 8 4 9 36 43 51
3 Everton 41 20 10 11 82 64 13 4 3 51 26 7 6 8 31 38 50
4 Chelsea 42 20 10 12 72 56 12 3 6 36 24 8 7 6 36 32 50
5 Tottenham Hotspur 41 21 7 13 96 81 13 3 5 54 31 8 4 8 42 50 49
6 Sheffield Wednesday 42 19 11 12 84 67 15 3 3 50 24 4 8 9 34 43 49
7 Blackburn Rovers 42 18 10 14 89 65 10 4 7 44 28 8 6 7 45 37 46
8 Arsenal 42 17 11 14 90 82 10 7 4 56 37 7 4 10 34 45 45
9 Burnley 42 17 10 15 71 64 14 3 4 46 23 3 7 11 25 41 44
10 Leicester City 41 16 11 14 61 57 9 4 7 33 26 7 7 7 28 31 43
11 Sheffield United 41 16 11 14 61 61 10 6 5 35 22 6 5 9 26 39 43
12 West Bromwich Albion 41 16 10 15 68 59 9 5 6 41 33 7 5 9 27 26 42
13 Nottingham Forest 41 16 9 16 63 65 9 5 7 34 24 7 4 9 29 41 41
14 West Ham United 41 14 12 15 69 72 8 7 6 45 38 6 5 9 24 34 40
15 Fulham 41 13 12 16 55 62 11 7 2 42 20 2 5 14 13 42 38
16 Wolves 41 11 15 15 66 80 6 9 6 36 34 5 6 9 30 46 37
17 Stoke City 40 13 9 18 71 74 8 6 6 46 32 5 3 12 25 42 35
18 Blackpool 41 13 9 19 49 69 8 6 7 26 29 5 3 12 23 40 35
19 Aston Villa 42 11 12 19 62 71 8 6 7 35 29 3 6 12 27 42 34
20 Bolton Wanderers 41 10 8 23 48 76 6 5 9 30 31 4 3 14 18 45 28
21 Birmingham City 41 10 7 24 51 92 6 7 7 30 32 4 0 17 21 60 27
22 Ipswich Town 41 8 7 26 52 118 8 3 9 34 42 0 4 17 18 76 23
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