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Match details
1st Division
Anfield | Sat 2 Oct 1965 at 15:00
Liverpool
3
-
1
Aston Villa
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
12
Bobby Graham
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Peter Thompson
12'
(Geoff Strong)
Peter Thompson
56'
(Chris Lawler)
Ian St John
89'
Opposition Lineup
Colin Withers
Mick Wright
Charlie Aitken
Mike Tindall
John Sleeuwenhoek
Alan Deakin
John MacLeod
Graham Parker
Phil Woosnam
Willie Hamilton
Bobby Park
Opposition goals
Phil Woosnam
88'
Notes
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.24
- Average age of the Aston Villa starting lineup: 23.98
- Liverpool league position after match: 2
- Aston Villa league position after match: 11
-
Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- From this game on Chris Lawler made 316 consecutive appearances for Liverpool until 24th of April 1971.
Related Files
Press report from Adrian Killen's scrapbook
Match programme
Other details
Manager:
Bill Shankly
Opposition manager:
Richard Taylor
Referee:
Wilson H
Attendance:
43,859
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
2666
League game number:
2414
LFC played towards Kop:
Second half
View other results
14.08.1965 | 2 - 2 | Manchester United
21.08.1965 | 3 - 1 | Leicester City
25.08.1965 | 0 - 1 | Sheffield United
01.09.1965 | 0 - 0 | Sheffield United
04.09.1965 | 3 - 2 | Blackpool
06.09.1965 | 5 - 1 | West Ham United
11.09.1965 | 2 - 1 | Fulham
15.09.1965 | 1 - 1 | West Ham United
18.09.1965 | 1 - 2 | Tottenham Hotspur
25.09.1965 | 5 - 0 | Everton
29.09.1965 | 0 - 1 | Juventus
02.10.1965 | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa
09.10.1965 | 0 - 2 | Manchester United
13.10.1965 | 2 - 0 | Juventus
16.10.1965 | 2 - 0 | Newcastle United
23.10.1965 | 0 - 3 | West Bromwich Albion
30.10.1965 | 4 - 0 | Nottingham Forest
06.11.1965 | 2 - 0 | Sheffield Wednesday
13.11.1965 | 5 - 0 | Northampton Town
17.11.1965 | 5 - 2 | Blackburn Rovers
20.11.1965 | 0 - 0 | Stoke City
27.11.1965 | 2 - 1 | Burnley
01.12.1965 | 3 - 1 | Standard Liege
04.12.1965 | 1 - 0 | Chelsea
11.12.1965 | 4 - 2 | Arsenal
15.12.1965 | 2 - 1 | Standard Liege
18.12.1965 | 0 - 0 | Newcastle United
27.12.1965 | 0 - 1 | Leeds United
28.12.1965 | 1 - 0 | Leeds United
01.01.1966 | 2 - 1 | Manchester United
08.01.1966 | 1 - 0 | Arsenal
15.01.1966 | 2 - 2 | West Bromwich Albion
22.01.1966 | 1 - 2 | Chelsea
29.01.1966 | 1 - 0 | Leicester City
05.02.1966 | 4 - 1 | Blackburn Rovers
12.02.1966 | 4 - 0 | Sunderland
19.02.1966 | 4 - 1 | Blackpool
26.02.1966 | 0 - 2 | Fulham
01.03.1966 | 0 - 0 | Honved
08.03.1966 | 2 - 0 | Honved
12.03.1966 | 1 - 0 | Tottenham Hotspur
19.03.1966 | 0 - 0 | Everton
26.03.1966 | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa
06.04.1966 | 1 - 0 | Sheffield Wednesday
09.04.1966 | 0 - 0 | Northampton Town
11.04.1966 | 2 - 2 | Sunderland
14.04.1966 | 0 - 1 | Celtic
16.04.1966 | 2 - 0 | Stoke City
19.04.1966 | 2 - 0 | Celtic
23.04.1966 | 0 - 2 | Burnley
30.04.1966 | 2 - 1 | Chelsea
05.05.1966 | 1 - 2 | Borussia Dortmund
10.05.1966 | 1 - 1 | Nottingham Forest
×
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
Sheffield United
11
5
5
1
15
11
4
2
0
11
5
1
3
1
4
6
15
2
Liverpool
10
6
2
2
23
10
3
1
1
11
4
3
1
1
12
6
14
3
Burnley
10
6
2
2
22
11
4
1
0
14
4
2
1
2
8
7
14
4
Leeds United
10
6
2
2
20
11
5
1
0
12
3
1
1
2
8
8
14
5
Arsenal
11
5
4
2
17
15
3
1
1
9
7
2
3
1
8
8
14
6
West Bromwich Albion
11
6
1
4
26
19
3
1
2
16
9
3
0
2
10
10
13
7
Stoke City
10
5
3
2
18
15
3
2
0
11
5
2
1
2
7
10
13
8
Tottenham Hotspur
9
5
2
2
21
14
4
1
0
15
7
1
1
2
6
7
12
9
Chelsea
10
4
4
2
18
14
1
3
1
7
6
3
1
1
11
8
12
10
Sunderland
10
5
2
3
16
14
4
1
0
11
4
1
1
3
5
10
12
11
Aston Villa
11
5
1
5
20
18
3
1
1
11
7
2
0
4
9
11
11
12
Everton
10
4
2
4
20
20
4
0
1
16
7
0
2
3
4
13
10
13
Manchester United
10
3
4
3
14
16
2
3
0
7
3
1
1
3
7
13
10
14
Leicester City
11
2
5
4
22
27
1
3
2
11
13
1
2
2
11
14
9
15
Newcastle United
11
3
3
5
12
16
2
1
3
8
8
1
2
2
4
8
9
16
Sheffield Wednesday
9
3
2
4
11
14
3
0
0
7
2
0
2
4
4
12
8
17
Fulham
11
2
3
6
18
24
2
1
3
11
13
0
2
3
7
11
7
18
Nottingham Forest
10
2
3
5
12
15
2
1
1
8
6
0
2
4
4
9
7
19
West Ham United
11
2
3
6
14
28
1
2
2
7
13
1
1
4
7
15
7
20
Blackpool
10
2
2
6
15
21
1
1
3
10
10
1
1
3
5
11
6
21
Northampton Town
11
0
6
5
12
22
0
3
2
6
8
0
3
3
6
14
6
22
Blackburn Rovers
9
1
1
7
8
19
1
1
3
4
7
0
0
4
4
12
3
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