Match details

Sunderland 2 - 2 Liverpool

Game date: Monday 11 April 1966 at 15:00 Stadium: Roker Park
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 38,355
Half - time score: 2 - 2 Referee: Finney J
Manager: Bill Shankly Opposition manager: Ian McColl
   

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 Geoff Strong Geoff Strong
9 Ian St John Ian St John
10 Tommy Smith Tommy Smith
11 Peter Thompson Peter Thompson

Subs

12 Phil Chisnall Phil Chisnall

Goals

Chris Lawler 1'
Chris Lawler 24'

Opposition lineup

Jim Montgomery, John Parke, Len Ashurst, Martin Harvey, Charlie Hurley, Jimmy McNab, Mike Hellawell, George Herd, Neil Martin, Jim Baxter, George Mulhall

Opposition goals

Neil Martin 18'
Martin Harvey 34'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.88
- Average age of the Sunderland starting lineup: 27.09
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Sunderland league position after match: 18
- 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 Liverpool 38 24 8 6 74 30 15 2 2 48 14 9 6 4 26 16 56
2 Burnley 37 21 7 9 73 44 14 3 2 43 19 7 4 7 30 25 49
3 Leeds United 35 19 8 8 67 33 12 4 2 42 13 7 4 6 25 20 46
4 Chelsea 34 19 6 9 56 42 9 4 4 25 16 10 2 5 31 26 44
5 Manchester United 34 15 12 7 65 46 10 7 1 41 17 5 5 6 24 29 42
6 Everton 38 15 10 13 55 53 12 5 3 39 19 3 5 10 16 34 40
7 West Bromwich Albion 36 14 11 11 75 62 9 5 4 48 29 5 6 7 27 33 39
8 Tottenham Hotspur 36 14 11 11 71 60 11 5 3 54 35 3 6 8 17 25 39
9 Leicester City 34 16 7 11 65 55 8 4 4 30 24 8 3 7 35 31 39
10 Stoke City 36 13 11 12 60 58 10 6 2 38 20 3 5 10 22 38 37
11 Sheffield United 37 13 11 13 48 54 9 6 3 31 22 4 5 10 17 32 37
12 West Ham United 37 12 9 16 62 77 9 5 4 39 30 3 4 12 23 47 33
13 Arsenal 35 10 12 13 57 63 7 7 4 34 27 3 5 9 23 36 32
14 Blackpool 37 12 8 17 47 58 8 4 6 32 25 4 4 11 15 33 32
15 Sheffield Wednesday 35 12 7 16 48 54 10 5 3 32 15 2 2 13 16 39 31
16 Nottingham Forest 35 12 7 16 48 62 10 2 4 27 18 2 5 12 21 44 31
17 Newcastle United 36 12 7 17 44 55 9 4 5 23 17 3 3 12 21 38 31
18 Sunderland 37 12 7 18 45 67 11 2 5 32 26 1 5 13 13 41 31
19 Aston Villa 37 12 6 19 61 71 8 3 8 34 33 4 3 11 27 38 30
20 Northampton Town 37 8 12 17 49 83 6 6 6 26 27 2 6 11 23 56 28
21 Fulham 35 10 5 20 54 74 8 3 7 29 30 2 2 13 25 44 25
22 Blackburn Rovers 34 7 4 23 51 74 6 1 9 27 25 1 3 14 24 49 18
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