1982–83 Liverpool F.C. season


After winning the title previous season Liverpool F.C. regained and won their fourteenth league title. They also won for the third successive season the Football League Cup beating Manchester United 2-1 at Wembley Stadium.
However Liverpool did not regain the European Cup, having been knocked out by Widzew Łódź in the Quarter Finals and surprisingly being knocked out by Brighton & Hove Albion in the 5th Round of the FA Cup. Add a difficult to believe factoid. Liverpool lost 5 of their last 7 league games and drew the other two. Yet they finished the season eleven points ahead of the second-placed Watford.
After nine years Bob Paisley had decided to retire after winning six league championships, three European Cups, three League Cups, four FA Charity Shields, one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Results

First Division

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
28-Aug-82 West Bromwich Albion H 2–0 Lee Neal 35,652
31-Aug-82 Birmingham City A 0–0 20,176
04-Sep-82 Arsenal A 2–0 Hodgson Neal 36,429
07-Sep-82 Nottingham Forest H 4–3 Hodgson Souness Rush 27,145
11-Sep-82 Luton Town H 3–3 Souness Rush Johnston 33,694
18-Sep-82 Swansea City A 3–0 Rush Johnston 20,322
25-Sep-82 Southampton H 5–0 Whelan Souness Lawrenson 32,996
02-Oct-82 Ipswich Town A 0–1 24,342
09-Oct-82 West Ham United A 1–3 Souness 32,500
16-Oct-82 Manchester United H 0–0 40,853
23-Oct-82 Stoke City A 1–1 Lawrenson 29,411
30-Oct-82 Brighton & Hove Albion H 3–1 Lawrenson Dalglish 27,929
06-Nov-82 Everton A 5–0 Rush Lawrenson 52,741
13-Nov-82 Coventry City H 4–0 Dalglish Rush 27,870
20-Nov-82 Notts County A 2–1 Johnston Dalglish 16,914
27-Nov-82 Tottenham Hotspur H 3–0 Neal Dalglish 40,691
04-Dec-82 Norwich City A 0–1 22,909
11-Dec-82 Watford H 3–1 Rush Neal 36,690
18-Dec-82 Aston Villa A 4–2 Hodgson Dalglish Kennedy Rush 34,568
27-Dec-82 Manchester City H 5–2 Dalglish Neal Rush 44,664
28-Dec-82 Sunderland A 0–0 35,041
01-Jan-83 Notts County H 5–1 Rush Dalglish 33,643
03-Jan-83 Arsenal H 3–1 Rush Souness Dalglish 37,713
15-Jan-83 West Bromwich Albion A 1–0 Rush 24,560
22-Jan-83 Birmingham City H 1–0 Neal 30,986
05-Feb-83 Luton Town A 3–1 Rush Kennedy Souness 18,434
12-Feb-83 Ipswich Town H 1–0 Dalglish 34,976
26-Feb-83 Manchester United A 1–1 Dalglish 57,397
05-Mar-83 Stoke City H 5–1 Dalglish Neal Johnston Souness 30,020
12-Mar-83 West Ham United H 3–0 Own Goal Lee Rush 28,511
19-Mar-83 Everton H 0–0 44,737
22-Mar-83 Brighton & Hove Albion A 2–2 Rush 25,030
02-Apr-83 Sunderland H 1–0 Souness 35,821
04-Apr-83 Manchester City A 4–0 Souness Fairclough Kennedy 35,647
09-Apr-83 Swansea City H 3–0 Rush Lee Fairclough 30,010
12-Apr-83 Coventry City A 0–0 14,821
16-Apr-83 Southampton A 2–3 Dalglish Johnston 23,578
23-Apr-83 Norwich City H 0–2 37,022
30-Apr-83 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–2 44,907
02-May-83 Nottingham Forest A 0–1 25,107
07-May-83 Aston Villa H 1–1 Johnston 39,939
14-May-83 Watford A 1–2 Johnston 27,173

FA Charity Shield

FA Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
08-Jan-83 Blackburn Rovers A 2–1 Hodgson Rush 21,967
29-Jan-83 Stoke City H 2–0 Dalglish Rush 36,666
20-Feb-83 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–2 Johnston 44,868

League Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
05-Oct-82 Ipswich Town A 2–1 Rush 19,328
26-Oct-82 Ipswich Town H 2–0 Whelan Lawrenson 17,698
10-Nov-82 Rotherham United H 1–0 Johnston 20,412
30-Nov-82 Norwich City H 2–0 Lawrenson Fairclough 13,235
18-Jan-83 West Ham United H 2–1 Hodgson Souness 23,953
08-Feb-83 Burnley H 3–0 Souness Neal Hodgson 33,520
15-Feb-83 Burnley A 0–1 20,000

Final

European Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2
14-Sep-82 Dundalk A 4–1 Whelan Rush Hodgson 16,500
28-Sep-82 Dundalk H 1–0 Whelan 12,021
19-Oct-82 HJK Helsinki A 0–1 5,722
02-Nov-82 HJK Helsinki H 5–0 Dalglish Johnston Neal Kennedy 16,434
02-Mar-83 Widzew Łódź A 0–2 45,531
16-Mar-83 Widzew Łódź H 3–2 Neal Rush Hodgson 44,494