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1st Division
Anfield | 08 May 1963 at19:30UK local time
Liverpool
5
-
1
Birmingham City
Starting Lineup
(Average age 22.97)
1
Tommy Lawrence
2
Chris Lawler
3
Gerry Byrne
4
Tommy Smith
5
Ron Yeats
(c)
6
Willie Stevenson
7
Ian Callaghan
8
Roger Hunt
9
Ian St John
10
Gordon Wallace
11
Alan A'Court
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Gordon Wallace
16′
(Ian St John)
Ian St John
50′
Ian Callaghan
78′
(Roger Hunt)
Roger Hunt
80′
Roger Hunt
89′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 24.43)
Colin Withers
John Regan
Colin Green
Terry Hennessey
Trevor Smith
Malcolm Beard
Mike Hellawell
Jimmy Bloomfield
Jimmy Harris
Ken Leek
Bertie Auld
Opposition goals
Ken Leek
63
′
Notes
- Tommy Smith makes his LFC debut
- Gordon Wallace scores his first LFC goal
Other details
Manager:
Bill Shankly
Opposition manager:
Gil Merrick
Referee:
Sturgeon A
Attendance:
23,684
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
2544
League game number:
2317
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
7th
Birmingham City league position:
20th
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18 Aug 1962 - Liverpool 1-2 Blackpool
22 Aug 1962 - Manchester City 2-2 Liverpool
25 Aug 1962 - Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Liverpool
29 Aug 1962 - Liverpool 4-1 Manchester City
01 Sep 1962 - Liverpool 2-0 Sheffield United
03 Sep 1962 - West Ham United 0-1 Liverpool
08 Sep 1962 - Nottingham Forest 1-3 Liverpool
12 Sep 1962 - Liverpool 2-1 West Ham United
15 Sep 1962 - Liverpool 1-1 Ipswich Town
22 Sep 1962 - Everton 2-2 Liverpool
29 Sep 1962 - Wolves 2-3 Liverpool
06 Oct 1962 - Liverpool 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
13 Oct 1962 - Leicester City 0-3 Liverpool
27 Oct 1962 - West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool
03 Nov 1962 - Liverpool 1-2 Burnley
10 Nov 1962 - Manchester United 3-3 Liverpool
14 Nov 1962 - Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
17 Nov 1962 - Liverpool 5-0 Leyton Orient
24 Nov 1962 - Birmingham City 2-0 Liverpool
01 Dec 1962 - Liverpool 2-1 Fulham
08 Dec 1962 - Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Liverpool
15 Dec 1962 - Blackpool 2-1 Liverpool
22 Dec 1962 - Liverpool 3-1 Blackburn Rovers
09 Jan 1963 - Wrexham 3-0 Liverpool
26 Jan 1963 - Burnley 1-1 Liverpool
13 Feb 1963 - Liverpool 4-0 Aston Villa
16 Feb 1963 - Liverpool 4-1 Wolves
20 Feb 1963 - Liverpool 2-1 Burnley
02 Mar 1963 - Liverpool 0-2 Leicester City
05 Mar 1963 - Ipswich Town 2-2 Liverpool
09 Mar 1963 - Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool
16 Mar 1963 - Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool
20 Mar 1963 - Liverpool 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
23 Mar 1963 - Burnley 3-1 Liverpool
30 Mar 1963 - Liverpool 1-0 West Ham United
08 Apr 1963 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
12 Apr 1963 - Liverpool 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur
13 Apr 1963 - Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United
15 Apr 1963 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-7 Liverpool
18 Apr 1963 - Liverpool 0-2 Nottingham Forest
20 Apr 1963 - Fulham 0-0 Liverpool
27 Apr 1963 - Leicester City 0-1 Liverpool
29 Apr 1963 - Liverpool 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday
02 May 1963 - Leyton Orient 1-2 Liverpool
08 May 1963 - Liverpool 5-1 Birmingham City
11 May 1963 - Sheffield United 0-0 Liverpool
13 May 1963 - Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Liverpool
18 May 1963 - Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Everton
41
24
11
6
80
41
+39
59
2
Tottenham H
39
23
8
8
110
57
+53
54
3
Leicester C
39
20
12
7
76
45
+31
52
4
Burnley
40
20
10
10
72
54
+18
50
5
Wolves
40
19
10
11
90
60
+30
48
6
Sheffield Wed
40
18
10
12
72
59
+13
46
7
Liverpool
39
17
9
13
71
56
+15
43
8
Sheffield U
40
16
11
13
57
57
+0
43
9
Arsenal
39
16
10
13
78
72
+6
42
10
Blackpool
40
13
13
14
58
62
-4
39
11
Blackburn R
40
13
12
15
71
70
+1
38
12
Nottm Forest
38
15
8
15
59
63
-4
38
13
Fulham
39
14
10
15
48
62
-14
38
14
West Ham U
39
12
11
16
65
68
-3
35
15
West Brom
39
14
6
19
66
76
-10
34
16
Aston Villa
38
13
7
18
56
65
-9
33
17
Ipswich T
39
11
10
18
53
74
-21
32
18
Man Utd
38
11
9
18
60
74
-14
31
19
Bolton Wan
39
13
5
21
51
71
-20
31
20
Birmingham C
39
8
13
18
57
84
-27
29
21
Man City
39
9
10
20
55
95
-40
28
22
Leyton O
40
6
9
25
36
76
-40
21