1968–69 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.

1968–69 season

Manager

Bill Shankly

First Division

2nd

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1st Round

FA Cup

5th Round

League Cup

4th Round

Top goalscorer

League: Roger Hunt (13)
All: Roger Hunt (17)

← 1967–68

1969–70 →

Liverpool F.C. came close to a record eighth league title, but fell short to the sensational consistency of Don Revie's Leeds United and would have won the title in the previous two seasons, and picked up the same points that they won their seventh title in 1965-66.

An early exit in the Fairs Cup, losing on coin toss to Athletic Bilbao in the opening round was the main disappointment, meaning that Bill Shankly was yet to lead the club to a European trophy.

In both the League Cup and FA Cup they would be knocked out by the eventual runners-up in both tournaments.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

First Division

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Leeds United	42	27	13	2	66	26	2.538	67
2	Liverpool	42	25	11	6	63	24	2.625	61
3	Everton	42	21	15	6	77	36	2.139	57
4	Arsenal	42	22	12	8	56	27	2.074	56
5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	73	53	1.377	50
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	17	11	61	51	1.196	45
7	Southampton	42	16	13	13	57	48	1.188	45
8	West Ham United	42	13	18	11	66	50	1.320	44
9	Newcastle United	42	15	14	13	61	55	1.109	44
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	11	15	64	67	0.955	43
11	Manchester United	42	15	12	15	57	53	1.075	42
12	Ipswich Town	42	15	11	16	59	60	0.983	41
13	Manchester City	42	15	10	17	64	55	1.164	40
14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	55	82	0.671	39
15	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	16	16	41	54	0.759	36
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	15	17	41	58	0.707	35
17	Sunderland	42	11	12	19	43	67	0.642	34
18	Nottingham Forest	42	10	13	19	45	57	0.789	33
19	Stoke City	42	9	15	18	40	63	0.635	33
20	Coventry City	42	10	11	21	46	64	0.719	31
21	Leicester City	42	9	12	21	39	68	0.574	30
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	10	28	39	95	0.411	18

Results

First Division

Main article: 1968–69 Football League § First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
10-Aug-68	Manchester City	H	2–1	Graham 24' Thompson 73'	51,236	Report	Report
14-Aug-68	Southampton	A	0–2		24,453	Report	Report
17-Aug-68	Arsenal	A	1–1	Hunt 50'	43,535	Report	Report
20-Aug-68	Stoke City	H	2–1	Callaghan 63' Own Goal 75'	46,674	Report	Report
24-Aug-68	Sunderland	H	4–1	Smith 1' Lawler 16' Callaghan 44' Hateley 66'	46,547	Report	Report
27-Aug-68	Everton	A	0–0		63,898	Report	Report
31-Aug-68	Leeds United	A	0–1		38,929	Report	Report
07-Sep-68	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	Yeats 43' Graham 55'	46,025	Report	Report
14-Sep-68	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	Graham 48' St. John 89'	24,514	Report	Report
21-Sep-68	Leicester City	H	4–0	Yeats 2' Smith 4 pen' Evans 10' Callaghan 12'	48,375	Report	Report
28-Sep-68	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	6–0	Hunt 15', 74' Thompson 25', 80' Evans 30', 63'	39,310	Report	Report
05-Oct-68	Burnley	A	4–0	Hunt 20', 35' Thompson 62' Strong 87'	26,238	Report	Report
08-Oct-68	Everton	H	1–1	Smith 75'	54,496	Report	Report
12-Oct-68	Manchester United	H	2–0	St. John 14' Evans 82'	53,392	Report	Report
19-Oct-68	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	Hunt 37'	44,122	Report	Report
26-Oct-68	Newcastle United	H	2–1	Evans 23' Thompson 85'	45,323	Report	Report
02-Nov-68	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0		34,600	Report	Report
09-Nov-68	Chelsea	H	2–1	Callaghan 25' Smith 28 pen'	47,248	Report	Report
16-Nov-68	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	Lawler 28' Callaghan 71'	31,245	Report	Report
23-Nov-68	Coventry City	H	2–0	Strong 36' Callaghan 83'	44,820	Report	Report
30-Nov-68	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0	Hunt 24'	25,175	Report	Report
03-Dec-68	Southampton	H	1–0	Callaghan 14'	45,527	Report	Report
07-Dec-68	West Ham United	H	2–0	Hughes 44' Thompson 47'	48,632	Report	Report
14-Dec-68	Manchester United	A	0–1		59,000	Report	Report
21-Dec-68	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	Hughes 70'	43,843	Report	Report
26-Dec-68	Burnley	H	1–1	Lawler 43'	52,515	Report	Report
11-Jan-69	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	Thompson 83'	47,587	Report	Report
18-Jan-69	Chelsea	A	2–1	Hunt 65' Evans 72'	51,872	Report	Report
01-Feb-69	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	Hunt 65'	45,406	Report	Report
15-Feb-69	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2		42,359	Report	Report
22-Feb-69	West Ham United	A	1–1	Hunt 51'	36,498	Report	Report
15-Mar-69	Sunderland	A	2–0	St. John 39' Evans 62'	17,855	Report	Report
29-Mar-69	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	Smith 28 pen' Strong 78'	16,792	Report	Report
31-Mar-69	Arsenal	H	1–1	Smith 52 pen'	44,843	Report	Report
05-Apr-69	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	Hunt 20'	45,399	Report	Report
07-Apr-69	Stoke City	A	0–0		27,389	Report	Report
12-Apr-69	Leicester City	A	2–1	Hughes 30' Callaghan 56'	28,671	Report	Report
19-Apr-69	Ipswich Town	H	4–0	Thompson 13' Graham 40', 66' St. John 90'	40,449	Report	Report
22-Apr-69	Coventry City	A	0–0		35,106	Report	Report
28-Apr-69	Leeds United	H	0–0		53,750	Report	Report
12-May-69	Manchester City	A	0–1		28,309	Report	Report
17-May-69	Newcastle United	A	1–1	Hunt 68'	34,910	Report	Report

Football League Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Football League Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
04-Sep-68	Sheffield United	H	4–0	Hunt 54' Lawler 71' Callaghan 75' Thompson 83'	32,358	Report	Report
25-Sep-68	Swansea Town	H	2–0	Lawler 52' Hunt 85'	31,051	Report	Report
15-Oct-68	Arsenal	A	1–2	Lawler 75'	39,299	Report	Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1968–69 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
04-Jan-69	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–0	Hunt 70' Callaghan 84'	48,330	Report	Report
25-Jan-69	Burnley	H	2–1	Smith 13 pen' Hughes 23'	53,677	Report	Report
01-Mar-69	Leicester City	A	0–0		42,002	Report	Report
03-Mar-69	Leicester City	H	0–1		54,666	Report	Report

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
18-Sep-68	Athletic Bilbao	A	1–2	Hunt 67'	28,004	Report	Report
02-Oct-68	Athletic Bilbao	H	2–1	Lawler 78' Hughes 87'	49,567	Report	Report

References

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Songs	You'll Never Walk Alone The Fields of Anfield Road Ring of Fire Anfield Rap

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Trophy Play-Off	1971

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