1981–82 Liverpool F.C. season
1981–82 season | |||
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Manager | Bob Paisley | ||
First Division | Champions | ||
FA Cup | Fifth round | ||
League Cup | Winners | ||
European Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
Intercontinental Cup | Runners-up | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Ian Rush (17) All: Ian Rush (30) | ||
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The 1981–82 season was Liverpool Football Club's 90th season in existence and their 20th consecutive season in the First Division. After finishing fifth the previous season, Liverpool came back and won their thirteenth league title. They also won the Football League Cup for the second successive season, beating Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 at Wembley Stadium.
However, Liverpool were decisively beaten by Flamengo at the 1981 Intercontinental Cup final. Neither did they regain the European Cup, having been knocked out by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals and surprisingly being knocked out by Second Division Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
It was also a season with major changes in the team, as many of the players who won the trophies over the previous seasons were being replaced by players who would go on to be part of the team that remained successful for the rest of the decade. Players such as Bruce Grobbelaar, Mark Lawrenson, Ian Rush, Ronnie Whelan and Craig Johnston came into the team during the season and would make their mark on changing the side, that would go forward into the decade.
Squad[edit]
Goalkeepers[edit]
Defenders[edit]
Midfielders[edit]
Craig Johnston
Sammy Lee
Ray Kennedy
Terry McDermott
Kevin Sheedy
Graeme Souness
Ronnie Whelan
Steve Nicol
Attackers[edit]
League table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Liverpool (C) | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 80 | 32 | +48 | 87 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 75 | 53 | +22 | 83 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Manchester United | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 78 | |
4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 71 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
5 | Arsenal | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 71 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1981–82 FA Cup winners.
Results[edit]
First Division[edit]
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report 1 | Report 2 |
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29-Aug-81 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 0–1 | 28,001 | Report | Report | |
01-Sep-81 | Middlesbrough | H | 1–1 | Neal ![]() |
31,963 | Report | Report |
05-Sep-81 | Arsenal | H | 2–0 | McDermott ![]() ![]() |
35,269 | Report | Report |
12-Sep-81 | Ipswich Town | A | 0–2 | 26,703 | Report | Report | |
19-Sep-81 | Aston Villa | H | 0–0 | 37,474 | Report | Report | |
22-Sep-81 | Coventry City | A | 2–1 | A Kennedy ![]() ![]() |
16,731 | Report | Report |
26-Sep-81 | West Ham United | A | 1–1 | Johnson ![]() |
30,802 | Report | Report |
03-Oct-81 | Swansea City | H | 2–2 | McDermott ![]() |
48,645 | Report | Report |
10-Oct-81 | Leeds United | H | 3–0 | Rush ![]() ![]() |
35,840 | Report | Report |
17-Oct-81 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 3–3 | Dalglish ![]() ![]() ![]() |
26,321 | Report | Report |
24-Oct-81 | Manchester United | H | 1–2 | McDermott ![]() |
41,438 | Report | Report |
31-Oct-81 | Sunderland | A | 2–0 | Souness ![]() ![]() |
27,854 | Report | Report |
07-Nov-81 | Everton | H | 3–1 | Dalglish ![]() ![]() |
48,861 | Report | Report |
21-Nov-81 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 1–1 | Dalglish ![]() |
20,871 | Report | Report |
28-Nov-81 | Southampton | H | 0–1 | 37,189 | Report | Report | |
05-Dec-81 | Nottingham Forest | A | 2–0 | Lawrenson ![]() ![]() |
24,521 | Report | Report |
26-Dec-81 | Manchester City | H | 1–3 | Whelan ![]() |
37,929 | Report | Report |
05-Jan-82 | West Ham United | H | 3–0 | McDermott ![]() ![]() ![]() |
28,427 | Report | Report |
16-Jan-82 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 2–1 | Whelan ![]() ![]() |
26,438 | Report | Report |
26-Jan-82 | Notts County | A | 4–0 | Whelan ![]() ![]() |
14,407 | Report | Report |
30-Jan-82 | Aston Villa | A | 3–0 | Rush ![]() ![]() |
35,947 | Report | Report |
06-Feb-82 | Ipswich Town | H | 4–0 | McDermott ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
41,316 | Report | Report |
16-Feb-82 | Swansea City | A | 0–2 | 22,604 | Report | Report | |
20-Feb-82 | Coventry City | H | 4–0 | Souness ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
28,286 | Report | Report |
27-Feb-82 | Leeds United | A | 2–0 | Souness ![]() ![]() |
33,689 | Report | Report |
06-Mar-82 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 0–1 | 28,574 | Report | Report | |
09-Mar-82 | Stoke City | A | 5–1 | McDermott ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
16,758 | Report | Report |
20-Mar-82 | Sunderland | H | 1–0 | Rush ![]() |
30,344 | Report | Report |
27-Mar-82 | Everton | A | 3–1 | Whelan ![]() ![]() ![]() |
51,847 | Report | Report |
30-Mar-82 | Birmingham City | H | 3–1 | Rush ![]() ![]() |
24,224 | Report | Report |
02-Apr-82 | Notts County | H | 1–0 | Dalglish ![]() |
30,126 | Report | Report |
07-Apr-82 | Manchester United | A | 1–0 | Johnston ![]() |
50,969 | Report | Report |
10-Apr-82 | Manchester City | A | 5–0 | Lee ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
40,112 | Report | Report |
13-Apr-82 | Stoke City | H | 2–0 | A Kennedy ![]() ![]() |
30,419 | Report | Report |
17-Apr-82 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 1–0 | Dalglish ![]() |
34,286 | Report | Report |
24-Apr-82 | Southampton | A | 3–2 | Rush ![]() ![]() |
24,704 | Report | Report |
01-May-82 | Nottingham Forest | H | 2–0 | Johnston ![]() |
34,321 | Report | Report |
03-May-82 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 2–2 | Dalglish ![]() |
38,091 | Report | Report |
08-May-82 | Birmingham City | A | 1–0 | Rush ![]() |
26,381 | Report | Report |
11-May-82 | Arsenal | A | 1–1 | Rush ![]() |
30,932 | Report | Report |
15-May-82 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 3–1 | Lawrenson ![]() ![]() ![]() |
48,122 | Report | Report |
18-May-82 | Middlesbrough | A | 0–0 | 17,431 | Report | Report |
FA Cup[edit]
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report 1 | Report 2 |
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02-Jan-82 | Swansea City | A | 4–0 | Hansen ![]() ![]() ![]() |
24,179 | Report | Report |
23-Jan-82 | Sunderland | A | 3–0 | Dalglish ![]() ![]() |
28,582 | Report | Report |
13-Feb-82 | Chelsea | A | 0–2 | 41,42 | Report | Report |
Football League Cup[edit]
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report 1 | Report 2 |
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07-Oct-81 | Exeter City | H | 5–0 | Rush ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
11,478 | Report | Report |
28-Oct-81 | Exeter City | A | 6–0 | Rush ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
11,740 | Report | Report |
10-Nov-81 | Middlesbrough | H | 4–1 | Sheedy ![]() ![]() ![]() |
16,145 | Report | Report |
01-Dec-81 | Arsenal | A | 0–0 | 37,917 | Report | Report | |
08-Dec-81 | Arsenal | H | 3–0 | Johnston ![]() ![]() ![]() |
21,375 | Report | Report |
12-Jan-82 | Barnsley | H | 0–0 | 33,707 | Report | Report | |
19-Jan-82 | Barnsley | A | 3–1 | Souness ![]() ![]() ![]() |
29,639 | Report | Report |
02-Feb-82 | Ipswich Town | A | 2–0 | McDermott ![]() ![]() |
26,690 | Report | Report |
09-Feb-82 | Ipswich Town | H | 2–2 | Rush ![]() ![]() |
34,933 | Report | Report |
League Cup Final[edit]
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European Cup[edit]
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report 1 | Report 2 |
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16-Sep-81 | Oulu Palloseura | A | 1–0 | Dalglish ![]() |
8,400 | Report | Report |
30-Sep-81 | Oulu Palloseura | H | 7–0 | Dalglish ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
20,789 | Report | Report |
21-Oct-81 | AZ 67 Alkmaar | A | 2–2 | Johnson ![]() ![]() |
15,000 | Report | Report |
04-Nov-81 | AZ 67 Alkmaar | H | 3–2 | McDermott ![]() ![]() ![]() |
29,703 | Report | Report |
03-Mar-82 | CSKA Sofia | H | 1–0 | Whelan ![]() |
27,388 | Report | Report |
17-Mar-82 | CSKA Sofia | A | 0–2 | 60,000 | Report | Report |
Intercontinental Cup[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Liverpool in Europe – 1981/82 European / South American Cup Final". Liverpool in Europe. Retrieved 1 December 2010.