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| Manager | Bill Shankly | |
| First Division | 7th | |
| European Cup | Semi-finals | |
| FA Cup | Winners | |
| FA Charity Shield | Title shared | |
| Top goalscorer | League: Roger Hunt (25) All: Roger Hunt (37) | |
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The 1964–65 season was Liverpool Football Club's 73rd season in existence and their third consecutive season in the First Division. The club won its first FA Cup thanks to a 2–1 extra time victory against Leeds United in the final. The club's first final for 15 years saved a season in which Liverpool slipped from first to seventh in the league, and controversially collapsed at the hands of Inter in the European Cup semi-finals, in the club's first season in European competition.
Liverpool experimented with red shirts, shorts and socks during this season. The all red strip was used only in a number of European Cup and FA Cup matches, with League matches played in white shorts. The club permanently switched to a full red strip at the start of the 1965-66 season.[1]
Squad
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Attackers
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 71 | 67 | 1.060 | 47 | |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 87 | 71 | 1.225 | 45 | |
| 7 | Liverpool | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 67 | 73 | 0.918 | 44 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 | 43 | |
| 9 | West Ham United | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 82 | 71 | 1.155 | 42 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 2] |
- ↑ Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1964–65 FA Cup winners.
- ↑ West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the Cup Winners' Cup winners.
Results
First Division
FA Charity Shield
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FA Cup
| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report 1 | Report 2 |
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| 09-Jan-65 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 2–1 | Hunt | 29,851 | Report | Report |
| 30-Jan-65 | Stockport County | H | 1–1 | Milne | 51,851 | Report | Report |
| 03-Feb-65 | Stockport County | A | 2–0 | Hunt | 24,080 | Report | Report |
| 20-Feb-65 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1–0 | Callaghan | 57,207 | Report | Report |
| 06-Mar-65 | Leicester City | A | 0–0 | 39,356 | Report | Report | |
| 10-Mar-65 | Leicester City | H | 1–0 | Hunt | 53,324 | Report | Report |
| 27-Mar-65 | Chelsea | N | 2–0 | Thompson | 67,686 | Report | Report |
Final
| Liverpool | 2–1 (Extra time) | Leeds United |
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European Cup
| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report 1 | Report 2 |
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| 17-Aug-64 | KR Reykjavík | A | 5–0 | Wallace | 10,268 | Report | Report |
| 14-Sep-64 | KR Reykjavík | H | 6–1 | Byrne | 32,597 | Report | Report |
| 25-Nov-64 | Anderlecht | H | 3–0 | St. John | 44,516 | Report | Report |
| 16-Dec-64 | Anderlecht | A | 1–0 | Hunt | 60,000 | Report | Report |
| 10-Feb-65 | 1. FC Köln | A | 0–0 | 40,000 | Report | Report | |
| 17-Mar-65 | 1. FC Köln | H | 0–0 | 48,432 | Report | Report | |
| 24-Mar-65 | 1. FC Köln | N | 2–2 | St. John | 45,000 | Report | Report |
| 04-May-65 | Inter Milan | H | 3–1 | Hunt | 54,082 | Report | Report |
| 12-May-65 | Inter Milan | A | 0–3 | 90,000 | Report | Report |
References
- ↑ "What people keep getting wrong about Liverpool all-red strip". 27 November 2014.