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FA Cup Final
Wembley | Sat 1 May 1965 at 15:00
| Liverpool | 2 | - | 1 | Leeds United |
Starting Lineup
| 1 |  |
Tommy Lawrence |
| 2 |  |
Chris Lawler |
| 3 |  |
Gerry Byrne |
| 4 |  |
Geoff Strong |
| 5 |  |
Ron Yeats (c) |
| 6 |  |
Willie Stevenson |
| 7 |  |
Ian Callaghan |
| 8 |  |
Roger Hunt |
| 9 |  |
Ian St John |
| 10 |  |
Tommy Smith |
| 11 |  |
Peter Thompson |
Substitutes
Goals
- Roger Hunt 93'
- Ian St John 111'
Opposition goals
- Billy Bremner 102'
Notes
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.82
- - Average age of the Leeds United starting lineup: 25.4
Related articles
- Ron Yeats - Chief scout and Shankly's captain
- Great matches: Liverpool's first ever FA Cup win
- Astonishing unique images from the 1965 homecoming!
- The agony and the bliss of the 1964-65 Liverpool season
- Gerry Byrne - The toughest of them all!
- Ian St John - Raging Bull
- Report from Mighty Leeds
- Celebrating the 60's legends!
Related Files
- Match programme
- The trump card I snatched at the last minute, by Bill Shankly
- Evening Standard cover
- Covers of Liverpool Echo specials
- A souvenir celebrating FA Cup final and European Cup semi-final (a pdf file of the whole brochure)
- Liverpool Echo cover 30 March
- Liverpool Echo cover 1 May
- Four great days
- Penpics of the cup final's players
- That Wembley hoodoo by Bill Shankly
- Shankly and St John prepare for their big moment
- Press report from Adrian Killen's scrapbook
- Byrne - injured hero of Liverpool
- Final that almost died of tactics
- EE-AYE-ADDIO - The Reds have won the cup
- The queen hands the cup to Big Ron
- Chairlift finale
- Hundreds hurt in fantastic scenes
- Cup winners welcome home!
- Our proudest moment says Shankly
- I salute you all, Bill Shankly exclaims
- I'm a freak at Wembley! says Roger Hunt
- Geoff Strong's fantastic gesture
- The crowning moment of Ian St John's career
- The thrill of Wembley's final whistle, by Ian Callaghan
- John Keith's verdict on this historic win
- Cup final cartoon
- Phil Taylor's and the 50's cup final side's support at Wembley
- Big Ron Yeats on the cover of Soccerstar - 30 April 1965
- The game I remember by Tommy Smith
- Match ticket
- Community Singing sheet
- Press cutting
- Sunday Citizen
- Shareholders Banquet
- Referee's Association Eve of Final Dinner
Other details
- Manager: Bill Shankly
- Opposition manager: Don Revie
- Referee: Clements W
- Attendance: 100,000
- Half-time score: 0
- 0 - Game number: 2652
- FA Cup game number: 207
