Match details

Liverpool 4 - 3 Birmingham City

Game date: Wednesday 24 February 1965 at 19:30 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 39,253
Half - time score: 1 - 1 Referee: Harper R
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Joseph Mallett
   

Starting lineup

1 Tommy Lawrence Tommy Lawrence
2 Chris Lawler Chris Lawler
3 Gerry Byrne Gerry Byrne
4 Tommy Smith Tommy Smith
5 Phil Ferns Phil Ferns
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

Ian Callaghan 19'
Roger Hunt 56'
Peter Thompson 77'
Ian Callaghan 87'

Opposition lineup

John Schofield, Stan Lynn, Colin Green, Terry Hennessey, Winston Foster, Malcolm Beard, Ronnie Fenton, Malcolm Page, Bobby Thomson, Geoff Vowden, Dennis Thwaites

Opposition goals

Ronnie Fenton 43'
Geoff Vowden 67'
Dennis Thwaites 82'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.16
- Average age of the Birmingham City starting lineup: 25.09
- Liverpool league position after match: 6
- Birmingham City league position after match: 20
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Press report from Adrian Killen's scrapbook
Match programme

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 Chelsea 30 19 6 5 65 31 11 1 4 33 15 8 5 1 32 16 44
2 Leeds United 30 19 6 5 57 38 11 3 1 37 18 8 3 4 20 20 44
3 Manchester United 30 16 9 5 58 32 9 4 1 32 11 7 5 4 26 21 41
4 Nottingham Forest 31 13 9 9 58 55 7 5 3 36 28 6 4 6 22 27 35
5 Tottenham Hotspur 31 14 6 11 59 52 13 2 0 40 11 1 4 11 19 41 34
6 Liverpool 29 13 8 8 51 45 9 4 3 33 25 4 4 5 18 20 34
7 Arsenal 32 15 4 13 57 60 9 3 5 34 28 6 1 8 23 32 34
8 Everton 29 11 11 7 50 43 5 7 2 27 18 6 4 5 23 25 33
9 Blackburn Rovers 30 13 5 12 61 53 9 1 5 35 22 4 4 7 26 31 31
10 Sheffield Wednesday 29 11 9 9 45 38 8 4 3 27 14 3 5 6 18 24 31
11 West Ham United 30 13 4 13 59 47 9 2 4 31 16 4 2 9 28 31 30
12 Sheffield United 31 11 8 12 43 45 6 4 5 26 19 5 4 7 17 26 30
13 Leicester City 30 8 12 10 60 62 7 5 4 39 31 1 7 6 21 31 28
14 Stoke City 29 10 8 11 47 48 6 3 5 26 20 4 5 6 21 28 28
15 Burnley 31 10 7 14 49 55 5 7 3 24 20 5 0 11 25 35 27
16 West Bromwich Albion 29 7 10 12 42 45 5 4 5 26 20 2 6 7 16 25 24
17 Blackpool 30 8 8 14 50 60 5 5 5 27 23 3 3 9 23 37 24
18 Fulham 31 8 8 15 47 60 7 2 6 34 26 1 6 9 13 34 24
19 Sunderland 29 8 7 14 42 56 7 6 2 30 21 1 1 12 12 35 23
20 Birmingham City 30 7 8 15 48 67 5 5 5 24 27 2 3 10 24 40 22
21 Aston Villa 27 9 2 16 33 59 7 1 5 20 16 2 1 11 13 43 20
22 Wolves 28 6 3 19 33 63 5 1 8 20 24 1 2 11 13 39 15
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