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1st Division

Ewood Park | Saturday 24 August 1963 at 15:00 UK local time

Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Liverpool
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.73)

1
Tommy Lawrence
2
Gerry Byrne
3
Ronnie Moran
4
Gordon Milne
5
Ron Yeats (c)
6
Willie Stevenson
7
Ian Callaghan
8
Roger Hunt
9
Ian St John
10
Jimmy Melia
11
Peter Thompson

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.72)

Fred Else
John Bray
Keith Newton
Ron Clayton
Mike England
Mick McGrath
Bryan Douglas
Mick Ferguson
Frederick Pickering
John Byrom
Mike Harrison

Notes

  • - Peter Thompson makes his LFC debut
  • - Moran's penalty-kick was saved by Blackburn goalkeeper Fred Else but the Liverpool full-back scored from the rebound.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly
Opposition manager: Jack Marshall
Referee: Walker KE
Attendance: 34,390
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 2548
League game number: 2321
Liverpool league position: 4th
Blackburn Rovers league position: 16th
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Liverpool
Blackburn Rovers
43'
Mike Harrison (0–1)
HT 0–1
Ronnie Moran missed penalty
65'
Ronnie Moran (1–1)
65'
Ian Callaghan (Ian St John) (2–1)
75'
Full time 2–1

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