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1961–62 Liverpool F.C. season

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Manager
  
Bill Shankly

FA Cup
  
5th Round

Second Division
  
Champions

Top goalscorer
  
League: Roger Hunt (41) All: Roger Hunt (42)

The 1961-62 season in English football was an important season in the history of Liverpool football club. They finished the season as Second Division champions and sealed promotion to the First Division under the management of Bill Shankly, who had been in charge since December 1959. Their top scorer was centre-forward Roger Hunt, who scored 41 goals in the league and 42 in all competitions. They also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Contents

The signings of Ron Yeats and Ian St. John in the close season would also be influential in their championship, and would become part of the team for the rest of the decade.

Goalkeepers

  • Jim Furnell
  • Bert Slater

    • Defenders

  • Gerry Byrne
  • Phil Ferns
  • Alan Jones
  • John Molyneux
  • Ronnie Moran
  • Dick White
  • Ron Yeats

    • Midfielders

  • Alan A'Court
  • Ian Callaghan
  • Tommy Leishman
  • Kevin Lewis
  • Jimmy Melia
  • Gordon Milne
  • Johnny Morrissey

    • Forwards

  • Gordon Wallace
  • Johnny Wheeler
  • Alf Arrowsmith
  • Willie Carlin
  • Bobby Graham
  • Roger Hunt
  • Ian St. John

    • References

    1961–62 Liverpool F.C. season Wikipedia
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