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The 1966–67 season was Liverpool Football Club's 75th season in existence and their fifth consecutive season in the First Division.Their win against Everton at Goodison Park at least gave Liverpool the Charity Shield, but they were humbled by Ajax, led by a young Johan Cruyff, in the European Cup.
The 1965–66 season was Liverpool Football Club's 74th season in existence and their fourth consecutive season in the First Division. Liverpool F.C. won its seventh league title, tying Arsenal's record, with a six-point cushion to Leeds and Burnley. Roger Hunt scored 29 league goals, which earned him a place in the England squad for the World ...
Liverpool first participated in European competition during the 1964–65 season, a season which represented Liverpool's first FA Cup triumph. [6] They won their first European trophy, the UEFA Cup, during the 1972–73 season. [7] The club won the European Cup during the 1976–77 season and retained the trophy the following year.
5 May 1966: Liverpool are beaten 2–1 (a.e.t.) by West German side Borussia Dortmund in the 1966 final of the European Cup Winners' Cup at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland. 14 May 1966: Everton win the FA Cup with a 3–2 win over Sheffield Wednesday in the final at Wembley Stadium, despite going 2–0 down in the 57th minute.
They made sure of that with a 2–1 win over Chelsea at Anfield on 30 April, and ended the season 6 points clear of Leeds United. Blackburn Rovers were relegated on April 20, after losing 1–0 at home to West Bromwich Albion and Northampton Town 's result at White Hart Lane against Tottenham Hotspur (which finished 1–1) going against Blackburn.
Leeds United and Liverpool completed the top five. A 6-1 signature victory at West Ham United on the penultimate weekend of the season, with the fabled triumvirate of Best, Law and Charlton all on the scoresheet, confirmed what was Matt Busby’s (the Manchester United Manager) fifth and final top flight league title.
This would be their last league title for 26 years, and last in the First Division, until the inaugural 1992-93 Premier League season. Blackpool were relegated on 15 April, after losing 2–0 at Stoke City whilst Aston Villa joined them on 6 May, after losing 4–2 at home against Everton with Southampton's win against Nottingham Forest ...
Liverpool won the Football League and Everton won the 1966 FA Cup Final to qualify for the charity shield. Before the game, Roger Hunt and Ray Wilson paraded the World Cup, the FA Cup and the Football League Trophy around Goodison Park. Liverpool won the game with a goal from Roger Hunt in the ninth minute of the first half. [1]