Which team had to wait until 1965 for its first FA Cup win?
Founded in 1892, Liverpool FC is surely one of the biggest names in English football. However, in one of those strange twists of fate, things nearly turned out very differently. The original occupiers of Liverpool’s stadium which stands on Anfield Road, L4 was none other than Everton who had played there since their own formation fourteen years previously. The landlord of the site, one John Houlding was an important local businessman and politician who decided, amongst other things, that he wanted to increase Everton’s rent. No middle ground could be found between the two and in 1892 the great schism occured. On forming his new team, Houlding wanted to retain the name Everton, but sensibly enough, FA rules prevented two clubs from having the same name, so he needed to come up with an alternative name for his new team. He settled upon the name Liverpool FC. Voted into division 2 of the Football League in time for the 1893-94 season, Liverpool won the first of its eighteen Football League Championships in 1900-01.
Considering they have such a long list of honours, it may come as a surprise to learn that the Reds had to wait until 1965 for their first FA Cup. Two previous finals (in 1914 against Burnley and 1950 against Arsenal) were both lost, but in 1965 the Reds were up and coming , managed, as they were by Bill Shankly. In the final they were pitted against fellow up and comers Leeds United, managed by Don Revie. Fans of a certain vintage will not be shocked to read that Liverpool were the more inventive and adventurous of the two. However, but they didn’t break the deadlock until the 3rd minute of extra time. Roger Hunt, perhaps the Reds’ best ever forward stooped low to conquer from a cross from broken arm victim Gerry Byrne, struggling on at left back – there were no substitutes at this time. However Liverpool’s lead was held for just 2 minutes before Billy Bremner thumped home following a header from Jack Charlton. So, it was back to the previous stalemate then, until Ian St John scored Liverpool’s first FA Cup winning goal. This time it was a young Ian Callaghan who supplied the centre.
Roger Hunt MBE, or ‘Sir’ Roger as he was dubbed by the Kop was a goalscoring hit for the Reds in the late 50’s and sixties. Signed by Phil Taylor in the summer of 1958 it was Shankly for whom Hunt really shone. Born in Golborne near Warrington, Hunt hit a monumental 245 goals in 404 league appearances for the Reds, for England his record was 18 goals in 34 appearances. He played an important part in the Red’s escape from the second division in 1962, scoring an average of goal a game in his 41 appearances. Then in season 1963-64 he notched 31 goals from 41 games as Liverpool won the league. In England’s World Cup winning season, Sir Roger notched 30 times in 37 Liverpool games as the league was won again. He scored 3 goals and started all 6 of England’s games, including of course the World Cup Final. By now though, Shanks was busy with a new team for the 70’s and in December 1969 Sir Roger moved to Bolton Wanderers where he scored 24 goals from 76 appearances.
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