1967–68 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Liverpool F.C. 1967–68 Bill Shankly First Division 3rd Roger Hunt (25) Roger Hunt (30) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Third round FA Cup Quarter-finals League Cup Second round _whiteborder _whitecollar _whiteborder dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 _redborder _redcollar _redborder 000000 dd0000 _blackborder _blackcollar _blackborder eeee00 eeee00 eeee00 000000 eeee00 1966–67 1968–69 The 1967–68 season was Liverpool Football Club's 76th season in existence and their sixth consecutive season in the First Division. Liverpool did not win any major trophies for the second season in a row. Despite top scorer Roger Hunt performing well, Liverpool finished three points behind champions Manchester City, while rivals Manchester United would later beat Liverpool to the honour of being the first English club to win the European Cup. Squad Goalkeepers ENG Ray Clemence SCO Tommy Lawrence Defenders ENG Gerry Byrne ENG Chris Lawler SCO Ian Ross ENG Tommy Smith ENG Peter Wall SCO Ron Yeats Midfielders ENG Alf Arrowsmith ENG Ian Callaghan ENG Emlyn Hughes ENG Doug Livermore ENG Peter Wall ENG Stuart Mason SCO Willie Stevenson SCO Ian St. John SCO Gordon Wallace ENG Peter Thompson ENG David Wilson Attackers SCO Bobby Graham ENG Tony Hateley ENG Roger Hunt Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 1 FA Cup League Cup Fairs Cup ENG FW Alf Arrowsmith 3+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 ENG DF Gerry Byrne 27+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 6+0 0 ENG MF Ian Callaghan 41+0 3 9+0 0 2+0 1 6+0 3 SCO FW Bobby Graham 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 ENG FW Tony Hateley 38+0 16 7+0 8 2+0 0 5+0 3 ENG DF Emlyn Hughes 39+0 2 9+0 0 2+0 0 6+0 0 ENG FW Roger Hunt 40+0 25 9+0 2 2+0 0 6+0 3 ENG DF Chris Lawler 42+0 3 9+0 1 2+0 0 6+0 0 SCO GK Tommy Lawrence 42+0 0 9+0 0 2+0 0 6+0 0 ENG MF Doug Livermore 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 SCO DF Ian Ross 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 ENG DF Tommy Smith 36+0 3 7+0 1 2+0 1 6+0 1 SCO FW Ian St John 41+0 5 9+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 1 SCO MF Willie Stevenson 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 ENG FW Geoff Strong 18+1 5 9+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 ENG MF Peter Thompson 41+0 2 9+0 1 2+0 1 6+0 1 ENG DF Peter Wall 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 SCO DF Ron Yeats 38+0 2 9+0 0 2+0 0 6+0 1 |} Standings y LIV Results First Division 1967–68 Football League#First Division DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 19-Aug-67 Manchester City A 0–0 49,343 Report Report 22-Aug-67 Arsenal H 2–0 Hunt 23 75 52,033 Report Report 26-Aug-67 Newcastle United H 6–0 Hateley 8 47 75 Hughes 30 Hunt 41 87 51,829 Report Report 28-Aug-67 Arsenal A 0–2 33,420 Report Report 02-Sep-67 West Bromwich Albion A 2–0 Hateley 6 Hunt 58 32,737 Report Report 05-Sep-67 Nottingham Forest A 1–0 Hughes 51 39,352 Report Report 09-Sep-67 Chelsea H 3–1 Smith 37 pen Hateley 46 47 53,839 Report Report 16-Sep-67 Southampton A 0–1 29,512 Report Report 23-Sep-67 Everton H 1–0 Hunt 78 54,189 Report Report 30-Sep-67 Stoke City H 2–1 Thompson 38 Smith 55 50,220 Report Report 07-Oct-67 Leicester City A 1–2 St. John 27 25,609 Report Report 14-Oct-67 West Ham United A 3–1 St. John 15 38 Smith 68 46,951 Report Report 24-Oct-67 Burnley A 1–1 Lawler 82 29,855 Report Report 28-Oct-67 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–0 Lawler 10 50,399 Report Report 04-Nov-67 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–1 Hunt 72 47,682 Report Report 11-Nov-67 Manchester United H 1–2 Hunt 83 54,515 Report Report 18-Nov-67 Sunderland A 1–1 Own goal 26 29,993 Report Report 25-Nov-67 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–1 Hateley 1 Stevenson 83 pen 43,885 Report Report 02-Dec-67 Fulham A 1–1 Hateley 80 29,330 Report Report 09-Dec-67 Leeds United H 2–0 Hunt 18 Own goal 44 39,676 Report Report 16-Dec-67 Manchester City H 1–1 Hunt 50 53,268 Report Report 23-Dec-67 Newcastle United A 1–1 St. John 43 46,190 Report Report 26-Dec-67 Coventry City A 1–1 Hunt 13 42,209 Report Report 30-Dec-67 Coventry City H 1–0 Callaghan 17 48,866 Report Report 06-Jan-68 West Bromwich Albion H 4–1 Strong 3 Hunt 56 67 79 51,092 Report Report 20-Jan-68 Southampton H 2–0 Strong 55 Yeats 85 44,906 Report Report 03-Feb-68 Everton A 0–1 64,482 Report Report 12-Feb-68 Chelsea A 1–3 Thompson 80 40,670 Report Report 24-Feb-68 Leicester City H 3–1 Callaghan 51 Strong 59 Hateley 78 41,451 Report Report 02-Mar-68 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–1 Hunt 79 33,207 Report Report 16-Mar-68 Burnley H 3–2 Hateley 31 73 Strong 61 41,114 Report Report 23-Mar-68 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–1 Hunt 27 Arrowsmith 88 32,177 Report Report 06-Apr-68 Manchester United A 2–1 Yeats 9 Hunt 17 63,050 Report Report 12-Apr-68 Sheffield United H 1–2 Hunt 32 50,422 Report Report 13-Apr-68 Sunderland H 2–1 Hunt 18 71 40,350 Report Report 15-Apr-68 Sheffield United A 1–1 Strong 34 22,743 Report Report 20-Apr-68 West Ham United A 0–1 33,060 Report Report 27-Apr-68 Fulham H 4–1 Callaghan 29 Hunt 40 49 Hateley 56 32,307 Report Report 29-Apr-68 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 Hateley 38 41,688 Report Report 04-May-68 Leeds United A 2–1 Lawler 84 Graham 85 44,553 Report Report 11-May-68 Nottingham Forest H 6–1 St. John 34 Hateley 36 41 84 Hunt 55 71 38,850 Report Report 15-May-68 Stoke City A 1–2 Hunt 58 27,693 Report Report Football League Cup 1967–68 Football League Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 13-Sep-67 Bolton Wanderers H 1–1 Thompson 73 45,957 Report Report 27-Sep-67 Bolton Wanderers A 2–3 Smith 35 pen Callaghan 80 31,500 Report Report FA Cup 1967–68 FA Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 27-Jan-68 Bournemouth A 0–0 24,388 Report Report 30-Jan-68 Bournemouth H 4–1 Hateley 33 Thompson 44 Hunt 51 Lawler 73 54,075 Report Report 17-Feb-68 Walsall A 0–0 21,066 Report Report 19-Feb-68 Walsall H 5–2 Hateley 24 33 64 71 Strong 34 39,113 Report Report 09-Mar-68 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–1 Hateley 54 54,005 Report Report 12-Mar-68 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–1 Hunt 23 Smith 78 pen 53,658 Report Report 30-Mar-68 West Bromwich Albion A 0–0 53,062 Report Report 08-Apr-68 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 Hateley 24 54,273 Report Report 18-Apr-68 West Bromwich Albion N 1–2 Hateley 39 56,000 Report Report Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 19-Sep-67 Malmö FF A 2–0 Hateley 9 80 14,314 Report Report 04-Oct-67 Malmö FF H 2–1 Yeats 28 Hunt 36 39,795 Report Report 07-Nov-67 TSV 1860 München H 8–0 St. John 6 Hateley 9 Smith 43 pen Hunt 52 54 Thompson 53 Callaghan 63 70 44,812 Report Report 14-Nov-67 TSV 1860 München A 1–2 Callaghan 5 10,000 Report Report 28-Nov-67 Ferencvárosi TC A 0–1 30,000 Report Report 09-Jan-68 Ferencvárosi TC H 0–1 46,892 Report Report References LFC History.net – 1967-68 season Liverweb - 1967-68 Season Category:Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool