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FA Cup Final Winners 1965-1965


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FA Cup Final - Wembley - Saturday 1st May 1965
Liverpool 2-1 Leeds United

 Liverpool - (Hunt, St  John)  Lawrence, Lawler, Byrne, Strong, Yeats, Stevenson, Callaghan, Hunt, St.John, Smith,  Thompson.
 Leeds United -  (Bremner)  Sprake, Reaney, Bell, Bremener, Charlton, Hunter, Giles, Storrie, Peacock, Collins, Johanneson
 Referee:  W Clements 
 Attendance:  100,000 



MATCH REPORT

'Ee‑ay‑addio, we won the Cup!' The twentieth post‑war Final, though not a classic, was a remarkable emotional experience and probably the noisiest and most passionate Final of them all.

The game ran to extra time ‑ the first Final to do so since 1947 ‑ and the additional period was played out in an atmosphere of great tension and drama before Liverpool got their deserved victory. Defensively Leeds were excellent, but there was a lack of invention in their attack.

The Collins‑Bremner midfield machine for once failed to function, their passes down the middle invariably mastered by Yeats and Smith. Liverpool, on the other hand, were always forcing their way forward, with St John and Hunt in particular showing tremendous bursts of energy.

Every raid looked full of danger, but Leeds survived.

Three minutes into extra time Liverpool at last got a goal. Left‑back Byrne, who had played most of the match with a broken collar‑bone, took the ball to the by‑line and crossed for Hunt, stooping low, to nod home.

But they quickly lost the advantage when Leeds equalised with what was virtually their only shot of the game.

Charlton headed the ball down and Bremner slashed a half‑volley into the top corner.

Then Liverpool contrived to score again, St John diving to head in Callaghan's low centre from the right, to give the match a fitting result.     

Date : 09/01/1965 
Round : R3 
Match Summary : The Reds were drawn against fellow first division side West Brom in the third round of the cup when the draw was made in December 64. Earlier that very season the Reds had lost 3-0 at the Hawthorns so the tie was going to a tricky one. This time round though the Reds won by two goals to one. The Reds struggled in traffic reaching the ground and the players actually changed on the coach. Tommy Smith made his FA Cup debut for the Reds and the game got underway twenty minutes late. The Reds took the lead just before half time and survived a disallowed goal in the second before going two nil up. West Brom then missed a penalty with thirteen minutes left after Ron Yeats had picked the ball up in his own area thinking he had heard a whistle. West Brom did get a goal back on eighty minutes but the Reds survived to make the fourth round draw. 
Liverpool 2 - West Bromwich Albion 1
Attendance : 29,851
Team : Lawrence, Lawler, Byrne, Milne, Yeats, Stevenson, Callaghan, Hunt, St John, Smith, Thompson 
Scorers : Hunt, St.John 

Date : 30/01/1965 
Round : R4 
Match Summary : An easy fourth round tie was pulled out of the hat for the Reds in the fourth round. Stockport County, bottom of the football league and to be played at Anfield. That was the thought anyway and Bill Shankly even went to Germany to watch Cologne in a spying mission rather than be at Anfield for this one. With the weather having thawed the game was ok to go ahead and the Reds had a free week leading up to the game. Stockport stunned the crowd on eighteen minutes when they took the lead. That lead lasted until six minutes into the second half when Gordon Milne equalised and despite chances to go ahead the Reds were actually relieved when Gerry Byrne cleared a late shot off his own line. 
Liverpool 1 - Stockport County 1
Attendance : 51,851
Team : Lawrence, Lawler, Byrne, Milne, Yeats, Stevenson, Callaghan, Hunt, St John, Smith, Thompson 
Scorers : Milne (51) 

Date : 03/02/1965 
Round : R4r 
Match Summary : Stockport had shocked the Reds days earlier and forced this replay at Edgeley Park but the Reds would come through this thanks to two goals from Roger Hunt. The Reds took to the pitch in what was then a new all Red strip. The previous game had seen the Reds with white shorts and Red tops but they made the switch for this one. The Reds were by far the better side in this one though and they finally took the lead on thirty nine minutes. The Reds continued to dominate throughout the second half yet only managed to score one more five minutes from time. 
Liverpool 2 - Stockport County 0
Attendance : 24,080
Team : Lawrence, Lawler, Byrne, Milne, Yeats, Stevenson, Callaghan, Hunt, St John, Smith, Thompson 
Scorers : Hunt 2 (39, 85) 

Date : 20/02/1965 
Round : R5 
Match Summary : The Reds faced a trip to Bolton in the fifth round of the cup. Bolton were in the second division back then but were playing well that season. The Reds though were in the middle of a great run of non defeat at the time of the game and managed to win the game with a solitary goal. The crowd at Bolton was virtually half filled with Liverpool fans who had snapped up all of their own allocation and traveled to Bolton to get some of theirs too. The Reds dominated most of the game and must have wondered quite what they had to do to score past Bolton. With time running out and yet another replay looking likely Ian Callaghan stepped up and headed home with five minutes left on the clock. And on to the Quarters the Reds marched. 
Liverpool 1 - Bolton Wanderers 0
Attendance : 57,207
Team : Lawrence, Lawler, Byrne, Smith, Yeats, Stevenson, Callaghan, Hunt, St John, Arrowsmith, Thompson 
Scorers : Callaghan (85) 

Date : 06/03/1965 
Round : R6 
Match Summary : The draw for the sixth round paired the Reds with one of the sids they least wanted. Leicester were seen as a bogey side for Liverpool and even this time it took two attempts to get past them. The game went ahead despite the bad weather leading up to the week of the game and the pitch still being quite frosted on the day. This first game wasn't exactly one to write home about in fairness. Leicester had a goal disallowed in the first half for an obvious offside. With scores all-square it was back to Anfield four days later for a replay. 
Liverpool 0 - Leicester City 0
Attendance : 39,356
Team : Lawrence, Lawler, Byrne, Milne, Yeats, Stevenson, Callaghan, Hunt, St John, Smith, Thompson 
Scorers :  

Date : 10/03/1965 
Round : R6r 
Match Summary : The Reds had managed to hold Leicester just days earlier and felt confident of seeing off Leicester despite the away sides good record over the Reds. The draw having been made the winners knew they would be playing cup favourites Chelsea. The ground was a lock out an hour before the game with over 53,000 inside Anfield. It was Roger Hunt who made sure the Reds never had to play extra time or a second replay when he shot home from the edge of the area with eighteen minutes to go. The goal sank Leicester and moved the Reds on to that semi final game with Chelsea. 
Liverpool 1 - Leicester City 0
Attendance : 53,324
Team : Lawrence, Lawler, Byrne, Milne, Yeats, Stevenson, Callaghan, Hunt, St John, Smith, Thompson 
Scorers : Hunt (72) 

Date : 27/03/1965 
Round : SF 
Match Summary : The Reds played this tie just days after the play off with FC Cologne in the European Cup in Rotterdam. The Reds had tried to move that game and this semi final but both games went ahead as scheduled. The Reds progressed in both although the Cologne one did require the toss of a coin. The Reds ran out at Villa Park though in confident mood and started well. They again survived a disallowed goal when Mortimore was adjudged to have elbowed Lawrence in attempting to get the ball. Peter Thompson finally fired the Reds into a deserved lead just after the hour mark. With Liverpool now in the ascendancy they continued to push forward and a Willie Stevenson penalty settled it outright after Chopper Harris had chopped down St John. Wembley beckoned and it was Leeds who would meet us there. 
Liverpool 2 - Chelsea 0
Attendance : 67,686
Team : Lawrence, Lawler, Byrne, Milne, Yeats, Stevenson, Callaghan, Hunt, St John, Smith, Thompson 
Scorers : Thompson (63), Stevenson (pen 79)