1979–80 Liverpool F.C. season


Liverpool F.C. won its 12th league title, and its second in successive seasons. David Johnson was the top scorer and Kenny Dalglish, Phil Neal and Phil Thompson were constants in the side. In the European Cup, there was an early disappointment with a loss to Dinamo Tbilisi in the first round. Liverpool went on to lose in the semi-finals of the FA Cup to the eventual runners-up, Arsenal, after a four-game marathon. They also lost in the semi-finals of the Football League Cup to the eventual runners up, Nottingham Forest, who lost in the final to a Wolverhampton Wanderers team captained by former Liverpool captain Emlyn Hughes, who left Liverpool before the start of the league season.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Results

First Division

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
21-Aug-79 Bolton Wanderers H 0–0 45,900
25-Aug-79 West Bromwich Albion H 3–1 Johnson McDermott 48,021
01-Sep-79 Southampton A 2–3 Johnson Irwin 21,402
08-Sep-79 Coventry City H 4–0 Johnson Case Dalglish 39,926
15-Sep-79 Leeds United A 1–1 McDermott 39,779
22-Sep-79 Norwich City H 0–0 44,120
29-Sep-79 Nottingham Forest A 0–1 28,262
06-Oct-79 Bristol City H 4–0 Johnson Dalglish R Kennedy McDermott 38,213
09-Oct-79 Bolton Wanderers A 1–1 Dalglish 25,571
13-Oct-79 Ipswich Town A 2–1 Own Goal Johnson 25,310
20-Oct-79 Everton H 2–2 Own Goal R Kennedy 52,201
27-Oct-79 Manchester City A 4–0 Johnson Dalglish R Kennedy 48,128
03-Nov-79 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3–0 Dalglish R Kennedy 49,541
10-Nov-79 Brighton & Hove Albion A 4–1 R Kennedy Dalglish Johnson 29,682
17-Nov-79 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–1 McDermott 51,092
24-Nov-79 Arsenal A 0–0 55,561
01-Dec-79 Middlesbrough H 4–0 McDermott Hansen Johnson R Kennedy 39,885
08-Dec-79 Aston Villa A 3–1 R Kennedy Hansen McDermott 41,160
15-Dec-79 Crystal Palace H 3–0 Case Dalglish McDermott 42,898
22-Dec-79 Derby County A 3–1 Own Goal McDermott Johnson 24,945
26-Dec-79 Manchester United H 2–0 Hansen Johnson 51,073
29-Dec-79 West Bromwich Albion A 2–0 Johnson 34,915
12-Jan-80 Southampton H 1–1 McDermott 44,655
19-Jan-80 Coventry City A 0–1 31,578
09-Feb-80 Norwich City A 5–3 Fairclough Dalglish Case 25,624
19-Feb-80 Nottingham Forest H 2–0 McDermott R Kennedy 45,093
23-Feb-80 Ipswich Town H 1–1 Fairclough 47,566
26-Feb-80 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 36,693
01-Mar-80 Everton A 2–1 Johnson Neal 53,013
11-Mar-80 Manchester City H 2–0 Own Goal Souness 40,443
15-Mar-80 Bristol City A 3–1 R Kennedy Dalglish 27,187
19-Mar-80 Leeds United H 3–0 Johnson A Kennedy 37,008
22-Mar-80 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–0 Hansen 42,747
29-Mar-80 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–2 32,114
01-Apr-80 Stoke City H 1–0 Dalglish 36,415
05-Apr-80 Manchester United A 1–2 Dalglish 57,342
08-Apr-80 Derby County H 3–0 Irwin Johnson Own Goal 40,932
19-Apr-80 Arsenal H 1–1 Dalglish 46,878
23-Apr-80 Stoke City A 2–0 Johnson Fairclough 32,000
26-Apr-80 Crystal Palace A 0–0 45,583
03-May-80 Aston Villa H 4–1 Johnson Cohen Own Goal 51,541
06-May-80 Middlesbrough A 0–1 24,458

FA Charity Shield

FA Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
05-Jan-80 Grimsby Town H 5–0 Souness Johnson Case 49,706
26-Jan-80 Nottingham Forest A 2–0 Dalglish McDermott 33,277
16-Feb-80 Bury H 2–0 Fairclough 43,769
08-Mar-80 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–0 McDermott 48,033
12-Apr-80 Arsenal N 0–0 50,174
16-Apr-80 Arsenal N 1–1 Fairclough 40,679
28-Apr-80 Arsenal N 1–1 Dalglish 42,975
01-May-80 Arsenal N 0–1 35,335

League Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
29-Aug-79 Tranmere Rovers A 0–0 16,759
04-Sep-79 Tranmere Rovers H 4–0 Thompson Dalglish Fairclough 24,785
25-Sep-79 Chesterfield H 3–1 Fairclough Dalglish McDermott 20,960
30-Oct-79 Exeter City H 2–0 Fairclough 21,019
05-Dec-79 Norwich City A 3–1 Johnson Dalglish 23,000
22-Jan-80 Nottingham Forest A 0–1 32,234
12-Feb-80 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 Fairclough 50,880

European Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
19-Sep-79 Dinamo Tbilisi H 2–1 Johnson Case 35,720
03-Oct-79 Dinamo Tbilisi A 0–3 80,000