90th season in existence of Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C. 1981–82 football season
The 1981β82 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
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Attackers
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
League table
Source:
World FootballRules 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 1981β82 FA Cup winners.
Results
First Division
Date
|
Opponents
|
Venue
|
Result
|
Scorers
|
Attendance
|
Report 1
|
Report 2
|
29-Aug-81 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
A |
0β1 |
|
28,001 |
Report |
Report
|
01-Sep-81 |
Middlesbrough |
H |
1β1 |
Neal 53 Pen' |
31,963 |
Report |
Report
|
05-Sep-81 |
Arsenal |
H |
2β0 |
McDermott 44' Johnson 89' |
35,269 |
Report |
Report
|
12-Sep-81 |
Ipswich Town |
A |
0β2 |
|
26,703 |
Report |
Report
|
19-Sep-81 |
Aston Villa |
H |
0β0 |
|
37,474 |
Report |
Report
|
22-Sep-81 |
Coventry City |
A |
2β1 |
A Kennedy 2' McDermott 26 Pen' |
16,731 |
Report |
Report
|
26-Sep-81 |
West Ham United |
A |
1β1 |
Johnson 77' |
30,802 |
Report |
Report
|
03-Oct-81 |
Swansea City |
H |
2β2 |
McDermott 59 Pen', 64 Pen' |
48,645 |
Report |
Report
|
10-Oct-81 |
Leeds United |
H |
3β0 |
Rush 17', 89' Own Goal 26' |
35,840 |
Report |
Report
|
17-Oct-81 |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
A |
3β3 |
Dalglish 12' R Kennedy 39' McDermott 73' |
26,321 |
Report |
Report
|
24-Oct-81 |
Manchester United |
H |
1β2 |
McDermott 74 Pen' |
41,438 |
Report |
Report
|
31-Oct-81 |
Sunderland |
A |
2β0 |
Souness 61' McDermott 77' |
27,854 |
Report |
Report
|
07-Nov-81 |
Everton |
H |
3β1 |
Dalglish 47', 52' Rush 75' |
48,861 |
Report |
Report
|
21-Nov-81 |
West Bromwich Albion |
A |
1β1 |
Dalglish 90' |
20,871 |
Report |
Report
|
28-Nov-81 |
Southampton |
H |
0β1 |
|
37,189 |
Report |
Report
|
05-Dec-81 |
Nottingham Forest |
A |
2β0 |
Lawrenson 57' R Kennedy 59' |
24,521 |
Report |
Report
|
26-Dec-81 |
Manchester City |
H |
1β3 |
Whelan 85' |
37,929 |
Report |
Report
|
05-Jan-82 |
West Ham United |
H |
3β0 |
McDermott 25' Whelan 27' Dalglish 68' |
28,427 |
Report |
Report
|
16-Jan-82 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
H |
2β1 |
Whelan 74' Dalglish 82' |
26,438 |
Report |
Report
|
26-Jan-82 |
Notts County |
A |
4β0 |
Whelan 44' Rush 67', 75', 84' |
14,407 |
Report |
Report
|
30-Jan-82 |
Aston Villa |
A |
3β0 |
Rush 3' McDermott 23', 73' |
35,947 |
Report |
Report
|
06-Feb-82 |
Ipswich Town |
H |
4β0 |
McDermott 14' Rush 17' Dalglish 44' Whelan 57' |
41,316 |
Report |
Report
|
16-Feb-82 |
Swansea City |
A |
0β2 |
|
22,604 |
Report |
Report
|
20-Feb-82 |
Coventry City |
H |
4β0 |
Souness 5' Lee 13' Rush 34' McDermott 64 Pen' |
28,286 |
Report |
Report
|
27-Feb-82 |
Leeds United |
A |
2β0 |
Souness 40' Rush 76' |
33,689 |
Report |
Report
|
06-Mar-82 |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
H |
0β1 |
|
28,574 |
Report |
Report
|
09-Mar-82 |
Stoke City |
A |
5β1 |
McDermott 15' Dalglish 29' Souness 48' Lee 80' Whelan 87' |
16,758 |
Report |
Report
|
20-Mar-82 |
Sunderland |
H |
1β0 |
Rush 14' |
30,344 |
Report |
Report
|
27-Mar-82 |
Everton |
A |
3β1 |
Whelan 21' Souness 57' Johnston 81' |
51,847 |
Report |
Report
|
30-Mar-82 |
Birmingham City |
H |
3β1 |
Rush 10', 74' McDermott 78' |
24,224 |
Report |
Report
|
02-Apr-82 |
Notts County |
H |
1β0 |
Dalglish 61' |
30,126 |
Report |
Report
|
07-Apr-82 |
Manchester United |
A |
1β0 |
Johnston 63' |
50,969 |
Report |
Report
|
10-Apr-82 |
Manchester City |
A |
5β0 |
Lee 8' Neal 42 Pen' Johnston 58' A Kennedy 59' Rush 73' |
40,112 |
Report |
Report
|
13-Apr-82 |
Stoke City |
H |
2β0 |
A Kennedy 4' Johnston 34' |
30,419 |
Report |
Report
|
17-Apr-82 |
West Bromwich Albion |
H |
1β0 |
Dalglish 71' |
34,286 |
Report |
Report
|
24-Apr-82 |
Southampton |
A |
3β2 |
Rush 12' Whelan 57', 88' |
24,704 |
Report |
Report
|
01-May-82 |
Nottingham Forest |
H |
2β0 |
Johnston 55', 68' |
34,321 |
Report |
Report
|
03-May-82 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
A |
2β2 |
Dalglish 50', 61' |
38,091 |
Report |
Report
|
08-May-82 |
Birmingham City |
A |
1β0 |
Rush 49' |
26,381 |
Report |
Report
|
11-May-82 |
Arsenal |
A |
1β1 |
Rush 31' |
30,932 |
Report |
Report
|
15-May-82 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
H |
3β1 |
Lawrenson 51' Dalglish 55' Whelan 87' |
48,122 |
Report |
Report
|
18-May-82 |
Middlesbrough |
A |
0β0 |
|
17,431 |
Report |
Report
|
FA Cup
Football League Cup
Date
|
Opponents
|
Venue
|
Result
|
Scorers
|
Attendance
|
Report 1
|
Report 2
|
07-Oct-81 |
Exeter City |
H |
5β0 |
Rush 15', 67' McDermott 27' Dalglish 37' Whelan 68' |
11,478 |
Report |
Report
|
28-Oct-81 |
Exeter City |
A |
6β0 |
Rush 15', 89' Dalglish 23' Neal 44' Sheedy 53' Own Goal 80' |
11,740 |
Report |
Report
|
10-Nov-81 |
Middlesbrough |
H |
4β1 |
Sheedy 29' Rush 64' Johnson 74', 80' |
16,145 |
Report |
Report
|
01-Dec-81 |
Arsenal |
A |
0β0 |
|
37,917 |
Report |
Report
|
08-Dec-81 |
Arsenal |
H |
3β0 |
Johnston 95' McDermott 101 Pen' Dalglish 108' |
21,375 |
Report |
Report
|
12-Jan-82 |
Barnsley |
H |
0β0 |
|
33,707 |
Report |
Report
|
19-Jan-82 |
Barnsley |
A |
3β1 |
Souness 37' Johnson 81' Dalglish 89' |
29,639 |
Report |
Report
|
02-Feb-82 |
Ipswich Town |
A |
2β0 |
McDermott 47' Rush 49' |
26,690 |
Report |
Report
|
09-Feb-82 |
Ipswich Town |
H |
2β2 |
Rush 26' Dalglish 47' |
34,933 |
Report |
Report
|
League Cup Final
European Cup
Intercontinental Cup
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Rubio VΓ‘squez (
Mexico)
References
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National teams | |
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League competitions | Levels 1β4 | |
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Level 5 | |
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Levels 6β7 | |
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Levels 8β9 |
- Isthmian League (Two)
- Athenian League (level 8 only)
- Cheshire County League (One, Two)
- Combined Counties League (Eastern, Western) (level 8 only)
- Town & Country League (level 8 only)
- Essex Senior League (level 8 only)
- Hellenic League (Premier, One)
- Kent League (level 8 only)
- Lancashire Combination (level 8 only)
- London Spartan League (Premier, Senior)
- Midland Football Combination (level 8 only)
- Midland League (Premier, One)
- Northern League (level 8 only)
- South Midlands League (Premier, One)
- Sussex County League (One, Two)
- United Counties League (Premier, One)
- West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only)
- Western League (Premier, One)
- Yorkshire League (One, Two)
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Cup competitions | FA cups | |
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Football League cups | |
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European competitions | |
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