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Liverpool 2-0 Stoke City - April 16, 1966 / Division 1 1965/1966

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Division 1 1965/1966 - Round 39

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 16, 1966

Liverpool

2 - 0

Stoke City

Geoff Strong

31'

Ian St-John

78'

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31' - Goal Geoff Strong31

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78' - Goal Ian St-John78

88' - Red card Calvin Palmer

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

Stoke City

Liverpool Stoke City

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Lawrence

Tommy Lawrence

Scotland

B.date14/05/1940

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Yeats

Ron Yeats

Scotland

B.date15/11/1937

Age28 years

positionDefender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Byrne

Gerry Byrne

England

B.date29/08/1938

Age27 years

positionDefender

Strong31

Geoff Strong

England

B.date19/11/1937

Age28 years

positionLeft central defender

Milne

Gordon Milne

England

B.date29/03/1937

Age29 years

positionDefender

Lawler

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Stevenson

Willie Stevenson

Scotland

B.date26/10/1939

Age26 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age24 years

positionRight Midfielder

St-John78

Ian St-John

Scotland

B.date07/06/1938

Age27 years

positionForward

Thompson

Peter Thompson

England

B.date27/11/1942

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Lawrence		25	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Yeats		28	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerry Byrne		27	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Strong	31	28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Milne		29	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		22	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Stevenson		26	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		24	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John	78	27	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson		23	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

148

Stoke City

Farmer

John Farmer

England

B.date31/08/1947

Age18 years

positionGoalkeeper

Skeels

Eric Skeels

England

B.date27/10/1939

Age26 years

positionDefender

Bentley

Bill Bentley

England

B.date21/10/1947

Age18 years

positionLeft full-back

Palmer88

Calvin Palmer

England

B.date21/10/1940

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Kinnell

George Kinnell

Scotland

B.date22/12/1937

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Bernard

Mike Bernard

England

B.date10/01/1948

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Setters

Maurice Setters

England

B.date16/12/1936

Age29 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Ritchie

John Ritchie

England

B.date12/07/1941

Age24 years

positionForward

Viollet

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age32 years

positionForward

Dobing

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age27 years

positionForward

Burrows

Harry Burrows

England

B.date17/03/1941

Age25 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Farmer		18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Skeels		26	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Bentley		18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Calvin Palmer	88	25	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Kinnell		28	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Bernard		18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters		29	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Ritchie		24	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet		32	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing		27	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Burrows		25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Geoff Strong

Phil Chisnall

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bill Bentley

Royston Vernon

OUT

Mike Bernard

Keith Bebbington

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

322

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Stoke City

7 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 16, 1966

Shankly vs Waddington

5 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 16, 1966

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Waddington

292

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Waddington vs Liverpool

2 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 16, 1966

Waddington vs Shankly

2 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 16, 1966

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Key figures

Gerry Byrne played his game number 150 in Premier League

Liverpool keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss vs Stoke City at home running (since 05/03/1960). It's a record streak. The first of history

Liverpool keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a draw vs Stoke City at home running (since 15/09/1956). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/12/1946 (6 matches)

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 1-0 Leicester29/01/1966

VLiverpool 4-0 Sunderland12/02/1966

VLiverpool 4-1 Blackpool19/02/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Budapest Honvéd08/03/1966

VLiverpool 1-0 Tottenham12/03/1966

VLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday06/04/1966

Overall

DEverton 0-0 Liverpool19/03/1966

VAston Villa 0-3 Liverpool26/03/1966

VLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday06/04/1966

DNorthampton Town 0-0 Liverpool09/04/1966

DSunderland 2-2 Liverpool11/04/1966

LCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Liverpool14/04/1966

Current form

Away

LEverton 2-1 Stoke City05/02/1966

LNewcastle United 3-1 Stoke City26/02/1966

LNottingham Forest 4-3 Stoke City19/03/1966

LSheffield Wednesday 4-1 Stoke City30/03/1966

LSunderland 2-0 Stoke City02/04/1966

LNorthampton Town 1-0 Stoke City12/04/1966

Overall

LNottingham Forest 4-3 Stoke City19/03/1966

VStoke City 2-0 Sheffield United25/03/1966

LSheffield Wednesday 4-1 Stoke City30/03/1966

LSunderland 2-0 Stoke City02/04/1966

VStoke City 2-0 Aston Villa09/04/1966

LNorthampton Town 1-0 Stoke City12/04/1966

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	9	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	6	1
Winless streak	11	1
Drawless streak	6	6
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	11	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	37
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
24	Victories (Competition total)	13
15	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	11
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
6	Losses (Competition total)	13
2	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

74	Goals scored (Competition total)	60
48	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	59
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	39
1.95	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.62
2.53	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.16
0.79	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.59
0.74	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.05

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
18	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	25
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	13
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Roger Hunt	27 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	John Ritchie
Roger Hunt	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Peter Dobing
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	John Ritchie
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Royston Vernon
Chris Lawler	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Harry Burrows

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

24 v

8 d

3 l

79 gf

26 ga

Away

36 matches

6 v

11 d

19 l

37 gf

63 ga

Total

71 matches

30 v

19 d

22 l

116 gf

89 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

19 v

11 d

6 l

63 gf

37 ga

Away

35 matches

3 v

8 d

24 l

26 gf

79 ga

Total

71 matches

22 v

19 d

30 l

89 gf

116 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	January 04, 1902
Home	7 - 0	January 04, 1902

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 06, 1897
Away	2 - 0	September 15, 1956

Latest head to head

November 20, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Stoke City

0 - 0

Liverpool

April 03, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Liverpool

3 - 2

Stoke City logo Stoke City

November 21, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Stoke City

1 - 1

Liverpool

April 29, 1964 - Division 1 1963/1964

Stoke City

3 - 1

Liverpool

December 26, 1963 - Division 1 1963/1964

Liverpool

6 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Roger Hunt	6 goals	1963 - 1965
Ian St-John	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Gordon Hodgson	2 goals	1935 - 1935
Berry Nieuwenhuys	2 goals	1935 - 1935
Alf Arrowsmith	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Fred Howe	2 goals	1935 - 1936

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

John Ritchie	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Harry Burrows	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Peter Dobing	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Royston Vernon	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Keith Bebbington	1 goal	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Tiny Bradshaw	6 matches	1933 - 1936
Arthur Riley	6 matches	1933 - 1936
Willie Stevenson	5 matches	1963 - 1965
Roger Hunt	5 matches	1963 - 1965
Tommy Lawrence	5 matches	1963 - 1965
Ian Callaghan	5 matches	1963 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

George Kinnell	5 matches	1963 - 1965
Eric Skeels	5 matches	1963 - 1965
Calvin Palmer	4 matches	1963 - 1965
Dennis Viollet	4 matches	1963 - 1965
Anthony Allen	4 matches	1963 - 1965
Jimmy McIlroy	4 matches	1964 - 1965