Match details

Liverpool 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur

Game date: Saturday 12 March 1966 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 50,760
Half - time score: 0 - 0 Referee: Windle R
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: BIll Nicholson
   

Starting lineup

1 Tommy Lawrence Tommy Lawrence
2 Chris Lawler Chris Lawler
3 Gerry Byrne Gerry Byrne
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 Tommy Smith Tommy Smith
11 Peter Thompson Peter Thompson

Subs

12 Bobby Graham Bobby Graham

Goals

Ted Clayton O/G 65'

Opposition lineup

Pat Jennings, Alan Mullery, Cyril Knowles, Ted Clayton, Larry Brown, Dave MacKay, Jimmy Robertson, Jimmy Greaves, Frank Saul, Alan Gilzean, Derek Possee

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.72
- Average age of the Tottenham Hotspur starting lineup: 24.78
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Tottenham Hotspur league position after match: 5
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- This goal has erroneously been credited to Roger Hunt for years by statisticians, but is an own goal by Ted Clayton.

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1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Liverpool 33 22 5 6 68 28 14 2 2 47 14 8 3 4 21 14 49
2 Leeds United 30 16 8 6 58 27 11 4 1 39 11 5 4 5 19 16 40
3 Burnley 32 17 6 9 63 40 11 3 2 36 17 6 3 7 27 23 40
4 Manchester United 31 14 11 6 61 42 9 7 0 38 14 5 4 6 23 28 39
5 Tottenham Hotspur 31 14 9 8 62 45 11 4 1 46 23 3 5 7 16 22 37
6 Chelsea 29 16 5 8 47 37 7 4 4 18 14 9 1 4 29 23 37
7 West Bromwich Albion 31 13 9 9 66 52 8 4 3 41 22 5 5 6 25 30 35
8 Everton 33 13 8 12 50 50 10 4 2 34 16 3 4 10 16 34 34
9 Stoke City 31 11 11 9 52 48 8 6 2 34 20 3 5 7 18 28 33
10 Sheffield United 31 11 11 9 42 47 8 6 2 29 21 3 5 7 13 26 33
11 Leicester City 29 13 5 11 57 51 7 3 4 28 23 6 2 7 29 28 31
12 Arsenal 31 10 10 11 50 53 7 6 3 32 23 3 4 8 18 30 30
13 West Ham United 32 11 8 13 53 64 9 4 3 37 26 2 4 10 16 38 30
14 Aston Villa 32 12 4 16 54 58 8 2 6 32 27 4 2 10 22 31 28
15 Nottingham Forest 30 10 7 13 40 49 9 2 4 23 15 1 5 9 17 34 27
16 Newcastle United 31 10 6 15 39 51 8 3 4 21 15 2 3 11 18 36 26
17 Sunderland 32 10 6 16 39 61 9 1 5 26 24 1 5 11 13 37 26
18 Sheffield Wednesday 29 9 6 14 36 48 7 4 3 21 12 2 2 11 15 36 24
19 Northampton Town 33 7 10 16 44 77 6 4 6 24 25 1 6 10 20 52 24
20 Blackpool 30 7 8 15 38 50 5 4 6 27 23 2 4 9 11 27 22
21 Fulham 31 7 5 19 45 69 6 3 6 23 26 1 2 13 22 43 19
22 Blackburn Rovers 30 7 4 19 48 65 6 1 7 25 20 1 3 12 23 45 18
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